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- Put Down That Spinach! Those "Alkaline" Foods Just Might Be Ruining Your Health! - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Carole TaylorYou've probably seen the headlines: "Alkaline Foods: Healthy Eating for a Healthy Body" You may have even read the article: "Nutrition experts agree - our diets are causing our pH levels to be too acid. We need to eat more alkaline-rich foods like dark leafy greens and drink more water to ...
Views: 17985(2 votes) - Essential-Fats: Essential for Good Health - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Anne WhiteIf you are going to maintain a healthy diet then essential-fats must be consumed regularly. Fats play an important role in the body’s ability to provide energy as well as the storing of some vitamins. However, it is vital that we do not eat too much fat as the fat that is not used by the body ...
Views: 1582 - Top 10 Ways to Make Your Salads More Tasty and Filling! - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Monica ShahOK, so summer is approaching very quickly and most of us are turning our attention to getting in shape in time for bathing suit season. At this time of year, salads become our friends. We turn to them for their delicious lightness, for a quick bite and for their tried and true body shaping ...
Views: 2787 - Formaldehyde: Have You had Your Daily Dose? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Leah FriedmanMillions of Americans every day are willingly drinking a chemical that breaks down into formaldehyde in the digestive system. Why do they do this? Because they think it’s good for them; because they want to lose weight or, at least, to avoid gaining weight; and because they, along with millions ...
Views: 2178 - Nutritional Guidelines to Live By - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Brien ShampThe body is designed for 100% function, any deviation from that or symptoms is not “normal” although some people think they are normal because they regularly experience these symptoms/dysfunctions. Your body is made up of cells and when you give those cells the right fuel, they will give you the ...
Views: 1364 - Could Your Vitamins be Killing You? - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Denise McKinleyBillions are being spent annually on vitamin and mineral supplements. It can also be argued that never in history has so much money been spent on the advertising and purchasing of any merchandise, with so little knowledge of the product itself, on the part of either the seller or the buyer, ...
Views: 1253(3 votes) - Honey: Nutritional Value and Medicinal Properties - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Anne WhiteHoney has been endowed down the ages through legend and lore as a source of unique nutritional value as well as being highly prized in millennia past as a source of great sweetness. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that its medicinal properties could assist in healing wounds. It is also ...
Views: 2947 - Feed Your Head - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Cherokee BillieDid you know that your brain needs eighty five percent of your nutrition? Guess what? The average diet only gives the brain fifteen percent nutrition. So what can you do to change this condition? First off start with the food you eat daily. Food consumed today is pretty much recreational; ...
Views: 1083(2 votes) - Healthy Green Smoothie Recipes - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Cindy ClearyGreen smoothies are simply a fruit smoothie with fresh or powdered greens added. We love green smoothies and they are huge part of what we eat every day. On a typical day, we might make 1- 2 quarts of green smoothie in the morning and drink most of it for breakfast. Friends often drink 4 quarts ...
Views: 2471(2 votes) - Fight ‘bac’ - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonWith the hot, lazy days of summer fast approaching, many of us will be barbequing, picnicking and taking advantage of all the fresh foods available during the summertime. Something we need to keep in mind is to make sure we are taking the necessary precautions to ensure we are not consuming ...
Views: 1634 - The Asian Diet - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Jason BussellFor the best diet advice, look to the East. Compare the shapes of the average American to the average Asian and you will be quickly reminded that America, with all of its diet fads and super foods, is the most obese nation in the world. Chinese culture, on the other hand, has adhered for over ...
Views: 1326 - Billions of Microscopic Bacteria Want to Be Your Friend - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Dr. Karlo Mauro,In 2001, a young girl from Canada's East Coast, named Lindsay Edmund put together a science fair project. The findings from this high school assignment were later published in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Here's what she did... Lindsay completed a survey of 100 physicians. ...
Views: 845 - Understanding Medical Grade Manuka Honey - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Frank BuonanotteManuka Honey has become world renowned for its unparalleled healing ability. The following is important information that you should know before buying Manuka Honey. Honey had been used for medical purposes for thousands of years, prior to the advent of modern-day medicine. Honey's medicinal ...
Views: 1506 - Why You Should Remove Soy From Your Diet to Live Healthier - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Dianne GreggWe have all been conned into believing that soy is healthy! The fact of the matter is, soy products are creating more health problems, not preventing them, including obesity. This can be a challenge because soy is in so many products where we would not expect it. It is in canned tuna, canned ...
Views: 1538(2 votes) - Fiber & Your Heart - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Laura GarrettYou hear a lot today about fiber. What is fiber? Dietary fiber is the part of the plant food source that your body cannot break down - it is not digested. There are many health benefits associated with eating a diet rich in fiber. This article will focus on the benefits associated with heart ...
Views: 1350 - The Nutty Truth About Nuts - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Laura GarrettDid You Know ... The number one killer of American women is heart disease. Heart disease is not isolated to men. Women need to be just as careful with their lifestyle to reduce their risk of developing heart disease. This is especially true if you are post-menopausal. Did You Know ... Eating ...
Views: 1256 - Six Tips to Take Your Detox Out without Feeling Deprived! - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Cindy ClearyAre you trying to plan your detox around family outings and celebrations? How will you ever stay on your plan while you travel, go to work meetings, or attend birthday parties? Are you waiting for the “perfect” window to schedule your detox? Looking for that magical time when there is nothing ...
Views: 1228(1 vote) - Are Nutritional Labels Making You Fat? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Chrissy ZmijewskiI’ve heard it from my clients a hundred times. They’ve counted their calories, they’ve been faithful to their workout regimen, and still the scale does not show them favorable results. Some of my clients get discouraged at this point and blame their genetics, their metabolism, or some strange ...
Views: 809 - What's In Your (Food) Bank Account? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Susan DykesMaybe you have heard the saying “it only takes a spark to get a fire going”? Well, one small micro-dot of the hallucinogenic drug “acid” can be that way. The only thing about this drug is that you can never be sure if the spark will emerge as a powerful pleasure trip of fun and adventure for ...
Views: 1128 - 4 Ways to Eat Less Sugar - by The jury is still out on just how bad too much processed sugar is for our bodies. But we have all experienced how too much sugar provides lots of non-nutritional calories and is bad for your teeth. Not to mention, it can make your body feel hyperactive, followed by a crash, which can make you ...
Views: 928 - Spice it Up - Improve Your Health With Herbs and Spices - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Ann MusicoWho would have thought that simply using different herbs and spices to flavor and enhance your foods can boost the nutritional value of your meals and provide amazing health benefits as well? Research shows that adding various spices to your meals is synonymous with promoting health and ...
Views: 2400 - Treat Your Cells to Wellness - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonThe average person can live about a month without eating any food, but can only live a few days without water. As essential as water is to sustain life, water also has extraordinary healing properties. Coupled with minerals found in natural hot springs and mineral baths, water has been used ...
Views: 1443 - Are You a Foodie or an Emotional Eater? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Annette ColbyAre you a foodie? A foodie is a term invented in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook. The term is used to describe someone who seeks out and enjoys new restaurants, foods, and wines. is a term used to describe someone who seeks ...
Views: 2397 - Healthy Nutrients Found In The Acai Berry - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2009 from Karen LynchThe acai berry is an amazing nutritional discovery. Grown only in the rainforests of Brazil the acai berry has only recently been available throughout the world due to advances in processing methods. This amazing little berry has up to 10 times the antioxidant level of red grapes and twice the ...
Views: 914 - Get Through the Day with These Healthy Meal Plan Secrets - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Daniel MundayAre you sick and tired of nutritionists and so-called health experts that promote really poor nutrition advice to the average person on the street who just wants to lose their belly fat? I know I am. I was recently reading some nutrition advice in Sydney’s biggest weekend newspaper advising a ...
Views: 959 - Good Nutrition Can Lead to Desired Weight Loss - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Gregory CampPersonal body image invariably involves how we view our physical selves, and how we perceive how others see us. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements, depicting perfectly-proportioned men and women, who seem to be enjoying themselves tremendously. The message: if only you could ...
Views: 898 - Lean and Green: Six Simple Strategies - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from John AOVWe don’t often think of losing weight and becoming healthier as a way to live greener and become a better steward of the planet, but becoming lean and going green go hand-in-hand. Here are some easy ways to slim down, become healthier, and take better care of our beautiful planet. 1. Shop the ...
Views: 902(1 vote) - Purine-Rich Foods are Gout Foods to Avoid - Is Purine Really Bad? - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2009 from Alvin HopkinsonWe have often concentrated our attention in the kind of gout foods to avoid. Avoidance of purine-rich food is often touted as the most effective way to prevent the formation of uric crystals that cause gout pains. Is purine really that bad? In what other ways does purine affect our health? ...
Views: 1089 - Happy Easter: Eat Some Chocolate! - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonIt’s Easter time! What better way to celebrate than to spend time with family and friends, give thanks for what Easter really means, and eat some chocolate. Chocolate is one of the world’s most favourite foods and recent research is showing that eating moderate amounts of dark chocolate can ...
Views: 1430 - The Good, the Bad, and the Brittle - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonOur bones. They keep us upright, they keep us tall. They help us walk, and they keep us strong. Without them, we’d be a blob and flop around like jelly. They give us shape and support, and help to protect our heart, lungs, brain and other organs. They team up with our muscles, and if we ...
Views: 1186 - Can Chocolate Be Good for You? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2009 from Karyn MaierHow many times have you heard someone jokingly say that chocolate is a dietary staple belonging to that “other food group”? Well, the addition of this melt-in-your-mouth confection isn’t likely to be recommended as a dietary supplement anytime soon, but there is some good news for chocolate ...
Views: 1142(1 vote) - A Custom Detox Diet Plan - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Cindy ClearyWhy is a detox diet plan an important part of cleansing? Everything you consume is incorporated into your cells. Your cells are the building blocks of your organs, blood, bones and skin. Truly, you are what you eat! Many foods, beverages and medications carry heavy toxic loads that weaken your ...
Views: 1735(1 vote) - Sugar Overload Syndrome - I Love Sugar But Sugar Hates Me! - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from Angie LewisIt’s hard to pass up treats made with sugar sometimes, but I know that I have to, or I will get “sugar overload syndrome”. Eating too many sugary laden products made with refined flour literally make me sick, emotionally and well as physically. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) is a symptom of ...
Views: 1737 - Sonoran Bloom Nopalea Fights Inflammation - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from Curtis ReznicekIn recent years, Inflammation has become one of the hottest research areas in modern medicine. New studies are being published at a rapid rate, with the focus on chronic inflammation and its links to disease. These links have now been established between inflammation and coronary artery and ...
Views: 1950 - Sucralose - Risky Sweetener? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2009 from Laura GarrettSucalose is a zero-calorie sugar substitute -- brand name Splenda®. On the internet, you will find unfounded claims regarding the safety of sucralose. The Facts: * Sucralose is made from sugar, altered chemically and actually has a sweeter taste than sugar -- about 600 times sweeter! ...
Views: 1752 - Is Your Diet Giving You the Vitality You Need? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Marie BarrettIs your diet giving you the holistic vitality you need to get through your day? Perhaps you’re too busy doing other things to worry about what you eat, as long as it’s quick to prepare or purchase and tasty to eat, it will suffice. Or will it? If you keep putting inferior fuel into an engine, ...
Views: 1318 - *** The Best Source of Omega 3 Supplementation for Optimal Health & Longevity - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Christine Dreher, CCN, CCHOmega-3 Fatty Acids Defined: Omega-3 fatty acids are a form of polyunsaturated fats, one of four basic types of fat the body derives from food or supplements and Omega-3's are increasingly recognized as important to human health. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fatty acids (or ...
Views: 8137(6 votes) - Healthy Choices Shouldn’t Be Difficult - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonEvery time I hear the news it seems that one thing or another has been found to be either good or bad for us. One week the “experts” are telling us to cut back on or eliminate a particular food or drink as it can cause disease or health conditions (at least it did in lab animals), and the next ...
Views: 1388(1 vote) - Is Sugar Really That Bad for You? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Valerie Balandra NPYou've probably seen that commercial - the one where a mother sadly contemplates the mountains of sugar her family consumes daily. Her children pile it on their cereal, then snack on sugar-laden treats washed down with corn syrup-based beverages. Even the teaspoonful or so she dusts over her ...
Views: 996 - 3 Substances Your Body Must Have - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2009 from Joshua YamsonIf you provide your body with the organic substances that it must have and avoid the dis-ease producing substances found in many processed foods, then you stand a good chance to have optimal health even in this dis-ease producing society that we live in. Your body must have these 3 important ...
Views: 3983 - Stress Can Make Life Miserable: 10 Things You Need to Know About Magnesium Nutrition That Will Help You Combat Stress - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2009 from Boris LevitskyIn today's environment, economic stress and job stress is on everyone's mind. Although stress can come at you in many forms both physical and mental, our bodies respond similarly to both types by increasing the use of and need for magnesium to manage the stress. Here are 10 things you need to ...
Views: 1936(1 vote) - Nutritional Magnesium is an Important Part of Treating Chronic Fatigue - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2009 from Boris LevitskyChronic Fatigue expert Dr. Carolyn Dean talks about how you can successfully treat Chronic Fatigue and how you can avoid it altogether. Our sedentary lifestyle, consumption of processed foods combined with antibiotics, environmental chemicals, and polluted atmosphere have coincided with a ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - The Acid-Alkaline Diet - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from John AOVThis article is an excerpt from "The Acid-Alkaline Diet" and taken from the website www.innertraditions.com from Chapter 1: What Is Acid-Alkaline Balance? The Buffer System Acids and alkaline substances are substances possessing opposing characteristics. When they combine, their respective ...
Views: 1431 - 6 Simple Ways to Help Your Family Eat Healthier - by If you can help your children to adopt a wholesome diet when they are young, you really help set them up for a lifetime of healthy living. Here are six simple ways to help you create healthier meals and snacks for your family.
1. Be the change. One of the most important things that you can do ...
Views: 710 - Nutrition Claims: Reading Between the Lines - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2009 from Nara DemieWe often see claims such as "zero trans fat" and "reduced in calories" on the front of food packages highlighting a product's nutrition features. They are a quick and easy way to get information about a food, but these eye-catching statements do not tell the whole story. For example, a food free ...
Views: 565 - Chocolate - No Longer Junk Food! - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from Laura GarrettEnough is known about chocolate now to justifiably make the following statement, "Chocolate is good for you and no longer just an empty calorie junk food!" Did you know chocolate has been linked to lower blood pressure? Lower cholesterol? Increased insulin sensitivity? Improved blood flow to the ...
Views: 1533 - Tips for Helping Children Eat Healthy - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2009 from FSB AuthorsHelping kids eat a healthy diet doesn't have to be difficult. Here are 12 tips: 1. Make it fun. Serve broccoli and other veggies with a favorite fat-free dip or sauce. Cut foods into various shapes with cookie cutters. 2. Recruit your child's help. At the grocery store, ask your child to help ...
Views: 1107 - Back to the Basics - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonDuring these tougher economic times, many of us are faced with decisions of what, and how, we need to cut back on in order to help pay for the rising costs of necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. Talk shows such as Oprah, Dr. Phil and a host of others, are frequently discussing ...
Views: 1344(1 vote) - The Benefits of Good Nutrition - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Darren O ConnellThere are multiple benefits to good nutrition. Good nutrition is essential for the maintenance and health of you and your body. It is known that good nutrition can provide mental health relief, promote sleep, and increases energy. Good nutrition also provides the body with the nutrients it needs ...
Views: 12113 - What's Up Doc? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Joanne JacksonIt is well known that carrots are a healthy food. We enjoy them in a variety of ways. They are often cut up and boiled or steamed, and are usually used in soups and stews. They also make a terrific snack for dipping. Their sweet taste and crunchy texture are a favourite among children and ...
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