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There are few areas you should be concerned about when supplementing with whey protein.
Sweetener
Although whey protein is natural, many protein shakes come mixed with sweetener. Aspartame was a more common sweetener until many studies revealed that it could have some nasty long term ... Views: 1610
Introduction
Diseases that are associated with the gastrointestinal tract are called digestive disorders. The Digestive System is made up of various organs that work in harmony. Stress and bad lifestyle can easily disrupt this harmony.
Recent studies reveal that half of the American population ... Views: 1600
The pro's and con's of living a healthy lifestyle
Healthy lifestyle habits are very important to everyone who wants to live a long and (health) problem free life. For most, it is as easy as making a decision to eat and live in a healthy way, but for others this fact of life totally eludes ... Views: 1596
Are All Supplements the Same?
What You Should Know about Choosing Dietary Supplements
Vitamins are nutrients that are necessary for sustaining life and health. With the exception of Vitamin B12, none of them are produced in our bodies; we are dependent on our diets for the important ... Views: 1593
Everyone by now should know that vitamins and minerals are perhaps one of the most essential supplements we should be incorporating into our daily routines. All natural multi vitamins and minerals are substantial for all walks of life including men, women, children, seniors, athletes, ... Views: 1592
Patients of Diabetes should take certain precautions to control diabetes in a better way. They should go for a healthy diet, moderate physical activity, regular monitoring and be prompt to the prescribed medicines. Some of the precautions are listed below :-
•Patients of diabetes should check ... Views: 1592
It's amazing how nature provides for your health. The difficulty can be in in knowing how and when to use her best provisions.
While grandmothers tips and recipes may well be based on useful anecdotal experience, these days you can also apply more modern science to prove the effectiveness of ... Views: 1587
The drops of rain boomed like cannon shot as Efren’s tiny fur-covered body huddled inside the natural shelter of plants and trees. His sensitive pointed ears perked up as the swish of cloth neared his hiding place. Darkness hid him and his brothers from the intruders, providing a cover ... Views: 1583
When your fasting blood sugar rises above 90 your body enters into a state of stress trying to deal with extra sugar. This is true long before blood sugar rises to the level of type 2 diabetes. The extra sugar in your circulation is a challenge for the health of your arteries, heart, ... Views: 1582
There are many ways to increase HDL cholesterol levels.
Obviously you can take drugs that increase the HDL levels like niacin. That can increase HDL cholesterol up to 33%.
I do not personally like any of the FDA approved drugs and medication. The reason is, they always have some cholesterol ... Views: 1572
When the immune system functions well, a person experiences good health. The immune system is akin to the engine in a motor vehicle. It must be well maintained and provided with the proper fuel for the body to function in tip-top condition. It is instrumental in warding off and fighting disease. ... Views: 1572
With such aggressive marketing campaigns, it seems like the prebiotics and probiotics in yogurt makes for a miracle food. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth.
In fact, there is little evidence to support them and the European Food Safety Authority has rejected over 180 health ... Views: 1572
Constipation/Diarrhea
Special report on digestive health
• A new supplement called Probiotic Advantage works very fast to turn off the cause of excess gas and constipation.
• Probiotic organisms aren’t killed by stomach acid.
• Probiotic Advantage helps with diarrhea, gas, constipation, ... Views: 1571
Some Acne and Acne On Chin is a result if external elements, but most cases are a result of imbalances or hormonal changes inside the body.
One of the most effective ways to Cure Chin Acne FAST and Effectively is by taking the right vitamins and nutrients regular basis to help your body to ... Views: 1567
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Deciding to become a vegetarian is not as easy as substituting ISOPasta or other plant based protein sources for your previous poultry, beef, and fish selections. Sure that’s part of it, but there are so many other foods ... Views: 1566
Protect yourself from Training Injuries with Preventive Care!
Many people are injured on a daily basis while exercising and weight training, some more seriously than others. In order to keep this from happening to you a simple process is needed, and that is preventive care. This prevention ... Views: 1557
The omega 3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil, known as polyunsaturated fatty acids, or EPA and DHA, have been found to provide a multitude of benefits for the skin.
First of all, omega 3 fatty acids decrease inflammation throughout the body, including causing a significant decrease in ... Views: 1555
Being obese as an adult is hard, imagine what it feels like for a child. Overweight kids are at risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, strokes and joint problems. A healthy eating plan can help your child lose weight and reduce his chances of developing any of ... Views: 1553
If you have been paying attention to the supplement industry, one product that has been gaining popularity recently is beta-alanine. While it should not be confused with the amino acid alanine, beta-alanine itself is a non-essential amino acid, meaning that it occurs naturally in the body. Some ... Views: 1553
Blood building nutritional supplements are necessary as the foods that provide specific nutrients thought to encourage the production of new blood cells in the body are missing in our diet. The most important ingredient in a food is iron, but vitamin B12 and folic acid are also key.
Although ... Views: 1550
Modern life is extremely demanding, highly stressful due to not only personal commitments, but long-work hours, busy schedules, and unhealthy diets. All of these factors combined are the perfect cocktail for fatigue to settle. Mental exertion caused by stress, anxiety and daily life, in general, ... Views: 1548
What is the Cause of Diabetes?
In type 2 diabetes, high blood sugar levels occur when glucose is prevented, to a significant degree, from entering cells of the body, notably liver, muscle, and fat cells. This is caused by a “short circuit” in the insulin signaling pathway, a cascade of ... Views: 1548
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Should you Detox?
We live in a toxic world. It has been estimated that up to twenty-five percent of the U.S. population suffers from some extent of heavy metal poisoning. Solvents, food additives, pesticides and other chemicals can affect your mind and body and be the cause of many unwanted ... Views: 1547
Chlorophyll has numerous health benefits. And while mostly forgotten over the last 70 years, the wonders of this ‘green magic’ are slowly but surely reemerging.
Chlorophyll Is The Root of Life
Deep within every photosynthesizing plant cell on this planet is the green pigment, chlorophyll. ... Views: 1547
Ask anyone who works out and takes a protein powder what type they are using and most likely their response will be “Whey protein.” Whey protein has been a staple supplement for years in the bodybuilding world and also in many other athletic events for those wanting to gain muscle for one simple ... Views: 1546
About ten years ago, the supplement industry introduced a new spin on two old, but necessary, nutritional supplements. By combining the minerals - zinc and magnesium aspartate (this is where they get the letters for ZMA) - a safe and powerful supplement for increasing testosterone and aiding in ... Views: 1544
Get ready for a mainstream media headline proclaiming that vitamin D causes fractures.
Yup, you read that right. Causes, not prevents.
Is it true?
Well, no.
Let’s go to the videotape.
Vitamin D is the new superstar of nutrients, having been found in recent years to be associated ... Views: 1544
If you are in the beginning stages of starting a raw food diet plan, you might be at the point where you’re becoming tired and not because you’re not getting the required vitamins from your diet, but because you’re hitting the beginner’s wall.
A beginner will be highly excited to start the ... Views: 1543
Vitamin K1 is also known as phylloquinone or phytomenadione (phytonadione), while vitamin K2 includes menaquinone and menatetrenone. Vitamin K2 is typically produced in the large intestine by bacteria. Unless the individual has intestinal damage which undermines their ability to absorb the ... Views: 1540
This new Acai Berry Superfood has been a huge topic of conversation among the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Rachael Ray, and many other talk shows of late. What exactly is this berry, and what is the big deal? As people are becoming more aware of their health and more conservative ways to diet and ... Views: 1535
Osteoporosis is a condition of decreased bone density. It affects one in six women and one in eight men over the age of fifty and is most common among post-menopausal women. Osteoporosis is often the cause of many health complications, as it progresses silently and unnoticed for years. Only ... Views: 1534
As a former competitive bodybuilder, I have taken a wide variety of protein powders over the course of my career. From whey protein to casein to a blend of both, I have pretty much tried them all. But when it comes to protein powders, there are a wide variation in the quality that you can ... Views: 1531
If you're not taking a pharmaceutical-grade fish oil, there's a possibility you could be poisoning your body without even knowing it!
Fish oils contain omega 3 fatty acids. There are many health benefits of fish oils, including reducing blood pressure and fighting inflammation. These ... Views: 1530
Moms are always too busy trying to take care of their family, they often forget about themselves. I know when my daughter was born, my world revolved around her. Everything I did was for her and my husband, and I rarely took the time to think about me. When I did think about me, I felt as though ... Views: 1529
Have you been using the same multivitamin for years? It may surprise you to know that not all vitamin sources are the same. Quality nutrition begins with a quality product. Even if you’re purchasing your vitamins at a health food store, you may still be wasting your money. Find out the ... Views: 1527
There are a number of new diet fads out there that many people are using with a remarkable measure of success. These are not unlike fad diets of the past in which dieters were required to eliminate entire food groups or cut calories so significantly that their bodies were in danger of entering ... Views: 1526
Breast cancer rates in Europe dropped dramatically for five to six years, only to rebound at the end of that period. For a while it seemed that breast cancer might be going or gone, but then it came back. What was going on? World War II! The war diminished breast cancer? Could it possibly have ... Views: 1523
Organic vitamins and minerals play a vital role as important nutritional ingredients that human body needs or require to have the best possible health benefits. They are organically taken from organic natural herbs and their herbal extracts. We consume them every day in our daily routine ... Views: 1523
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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) results in nearly 1 million deaths each year and millions more are living with this disease and the limitations which lead to an early demise. Coronary Artery Disease is avoidable and reversible by following a healthy diet and supplementing with targeted ... Views: 1520
Have anyone been attempting to lose weight with the use of work out as well as good eating? If you have, have you nevertheless been coming up short on your weight loss aim? If you have, you may well be interested in looking for assist by way of the utilization of weight loss products, namely ... Views: 1513
Metformin is an effective and potent anti diabetic drug of the biguanide drugs category. It is basically used to control blood sugar levels in people suffering from type 2 diabetes. However, apart from its basic function of reducing the blood sugar levels in the body, metformin has also been ... Views: 1513
In order to revive your hair, what are the best hair growth vitamins for women you should buy? There are vitamin supplements out in the market that claim to help in the wonderful hair growth. We women are proud of our physical appearance, and this includes our body and of course, our hair. We ... Views: 1513
Whey protein has rapidly grown in popularity in recent years, and some people are using it as a snack to help with weight loss, but most use it to help them build muscle.
So what is the best way to take whey protein if you want to build muscle?
There will be two main moments in the day ... Views: 1512
I began taking astaxanthin over 10 years ago. I played a lot of tennis and I had developed a case of tennis elbow. I started taking the astaxanthin and the symptoms disappeared within about a week.
I continued to use astaxanthin because I also like to spend time in the sun and astaxanthin ... Views: 1512
In my last article, we discussed the seven causes of all disease and I briefly mentioned the 20 Steps To Perfect Health. If you haven’t taken the time to look over or better yet, print out this list, I strongly recommend you do so. You can find the list at www.HealthIsNatural.com. Print it out ... Views: 1511
Any doctor who you will ask about type 2 diabetes treatments will assure you of one thing: proper diet and exercise are necessary components that any diabetic patient should commit himself or herself to. For one, you need to make sure that your blood sugar is always stable by checking it at ... Views: 1511
Alzheimer's Disease cases have been rapidly increasing over the last half century, and are currently the seventh leading cause of death in America. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia and affects our ability to form memories, communicate and perform the most common daily tasks. ... Views: 1509
Oregano oil is, in my opinion, one of the very best anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti parasitical NATURAL substances known to humans. Oregano is a perennial herb and is well loaded with free radical killing antioxidants. A growing body of evidence has proven that oregano oil offers so many ... Views: 1508
Most people think about calcium in terms of its vital role in bone building. However, the flow of calcium in and out of all cells is vital to cellular function. A new study shows that if calcium signaling is lacking then cell energy systems break down and the cells start eating ... Views: 1506