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Try eating one-half cup of cooked dry beans every day to help lower total cholesterol levels. An Agricultural Research Service study in North Dakota added to the already growing body of evidence that beans are healthy for the heart. The Agriculture Research Service is the U.S. Department of ... Views: 747
The Microwave oven is one of most popular gadgets ever created for the American kitchen.
Microwave ovens are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. They set and enforce rules of performance to assure radiation emissions do not pose a hazard to public health. Proper use and ... Views: 2997
"Sensual Nutrition – Body Freedom"
(Part 2 of 7)
by Al Link and Pala Copeland
Your body is a remarkable gift from the Creator, a vehicle through which the spiritual can experience the material; that is what a body is for. As spirit in physical form, you can celebrate and explore the ... Views: 952
The importance of post workout nutrition cannot be undermined. In order to recover properly from your workouts your body needs essential nutrients to rebuild and re-energize. You’ve worked hard in the gym, or just completed your run, or just finished an intense game and don’t want your sweat ... Views: 832
If you currently do not eat a healthy diet, it can be difficult to start such a plan. However, healthy eating is important for maintaining bodily function and living a disease-free life. If you struggle with healthy eating, than you know that breaking unhealthy habits can be the most difficult ... Views: 2949
It is appropriate to make certain lifestyle adjustments when seasons change. For people with specific health conditions, this is very true. With the approaching winter, humidity drops and the air becomes drier. As an eczema sufferer, you are likely to experience a worsening of your symptoms ... Views: 3004
Crunchy Snacks
Great-tasting, crunchy snacks can be made from Garbanzos, lentils, dry peas and beans, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists and their university colleagues. They have created unique, healthful treats that can come in a variety of shapes, crisp bits and tubular ... Views: 689
Essential amino acids refer to the amino acids that are essential for our diets. The natural choice of essential amino acids greatly varies on species to species. It is due to the fact that synthesis of different substances may require different metabolic structures. For humans, 9 amino acids ... Views: 572
Amino acids refer to the molecular structure consisting of both amine and carboxyl functional groups. Referred to as alpha-amino acids in Biochemistry, typically it is defined with the formula H2NCHRCOOH where R stands for organic substitute. Amino acids can be called as the building blocks of ... Views: 990
The following guidelines are a valuable source regarding your first steps to an alkaline nutrition. They will help you to understand the basic rules of an alkaline lifestyle and will tell you how to implement them into your daily life. Alkaline nutrition assures balanced body chemistry and a ... Views: 2774
Developing your knowledge and awareness about everyday foods is an important way to start learning how to nourish yourself on all levels. In a recent article, I set out 10 pointers on how to achieve a healthy way of eating that is fast. You can also do this by educating yourself by consulting ... Views: 564
As a young boy, I was fascinated by the exploits of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, a fictional detective who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century, was created in the imagination of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. As a London detective, Holmes was famous for solving mysterious ... Views: 3288
In all media outlets such as the newspaper, on TV news, and the internet we are seeing headlines such as these that follows: Childhood obesity is on the rise, adult obesity is a serious epidemic, try this pill or this fad diet, and get more exercise. What is going on in our society? Well could ... Views: 1480
Trans-Fats
The name trans-fat is short for transformed fat. And transformed fats have no place in the human body. They are artificially created by scientists in laboratories when they hydrogenate liquid oils to make them solid so they can withstand longer shelf lives. Trans-fats are also ... Views: 3292
The body's entire metabolic process depends on an alkaline environment. When we ingest too many acidic or acid-producing foods, excess acid corrodes tissues and organs, which leads to illness, sickness and disease. In addition, acid also provides a favorable environment for harmful bacteria and ... Views: 3259
Over 300,000 people will die because of it? Billions upon billions of dollars will be spent on it? It was been called the 'silent killer'? It has been named the 'widow maker'? It is the fastest growing epidemic of the 21st century? And in the next few minutes, a person will die from it? ... Views: 1507
What are the common ways that are followed to use anabolic steroid? Get to know here.
Steroids are a large part of the modern bodybuilding industry. Anabolic steroids are a class of natural and synthetic steroid hormones that promote cell growth and division, resulting in growth of several ... Views: 1017
Your body requires vitamins and minerals to help make it work. Vitamins are organic substances made by plants and animals. Minerals are inorganic substances that come from the soil and water. They are absorbed by plants or eaten by animals.
Vitamins are divided into two categories: fat soluble ... Views: 1609
This is a very debatable topic right here – Food!
Let’s take a look at a lifestyle plan (remember, DIETS DON’T WORK!) that is guaranteed to have you eating healthier, speeding up your metabolism and losing FAT in the process! Sounds great, doesn’t it?
I’m ... Views: 646
The benefits of Omega 3 EPA DHA fish oil to our health is the single most important discovery of the last fifty years. The lack of fish in our diets replaced with an over-abundance of Omega 6 plant oils ALA, such as flaxseed oil, soybean, vegetable has created a health epidemic in America. ... Views: 2125
On Halloween, our little "trick or treaters" get so much candy, full of sugar and chemical additives. Sugar is known to cause hyperactivity in children and dental caries, as well as mood swings, depression, and obesity. But, it's not only the sugar that's so bad for them. It's also the other ... Views: 1434
Allergy symptoms include signs such as sneezing, a running nose, coughing, and watery eyes. If you continually expose yourself to your allergens, you may suffer from your allergy symptoms on a daily basis. They can cause you to be bed ridden if severe and can make your life very miserable. ... Views: 1745
First of all, let me just say that I've given up on the idea that there is ONE right way to eat. The fact is, each of us is dealing with an entire history of experiences, most of which we're not even conscious of, that continually affect our cells and their ability to operate efficiently and ... Views: 629
Proper nutrition is essential to overall good health and optimal performance. People of all ages and at all levels of health are affected by good nutrition.
Although this may be a well known fact, a grand majority of people still feel like they're fighting a losing battle when it comes to ... Views: 775
Careful food planning for a celiac disease diet is key, if you are a sufferer of this condition. Although it sounds as if there is no cure, there are however important diet changes that you can make to help reduce the frequency and severity of your symptoms. Celiac disease occurs when you ... Views: 1123
A Crohn’s disease diet usually comprises more of anti-inflammatory foods to help reduce symptoms. Such a diet is healthy and inadvertently provides you with loads of energy. Most people think of such foods as bland and boring. On the contrary, good food selection can help you add more ... Views: 1714
Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. The fiery glory of the leaves during my college years in Maine. The alpenglow on the mountainsides near my home in the Rockies. Pumpkin patches and fresh apple cider straight from the press. Thanksgiving, the most important holiday tradition in my ... Views: 813
Milk-the big, white lie!
By: Ian Kelley Chef/Bodybuilder/Health Advocate
www.organicbodybuilding.com
Please know that I am just like you and I am not trying to speak down from a hilltop or condescend. I would do that if I thought it would work but humor is usually more effective. I too ... Views: 7207
I’m madder than hell about soybeans!
Not because I hate soy but because I hate the way the Soy industry has lied to us and poisoned us for profit. You must read Kaayla T. Daniels’s book The Whole Soy Story to truly understand the history and damaging effects of soy. The book contains ... Views: 2607
Enzymes are needed for every single metabolic process in the body. If we didn’t have them, we would simply die. There are 3 types: metabolic, digestive, and food enzymes. Metabolic enzymes are those involved in all bodily processes except digestion, which the digestive enzymes control. Food ... Views: 1373
When your body notices that the blood has become to acidic and there are no longer any alkaline reserves, it quickly makes the decision to alleviate this dangerous situation. One of the first things your body does to alkalize the blood is remove acid from within the blood stream, storing it in ... Views: 864
Milk is one of the most important foods we consume in life: breast milk that is. Cow’s milk is made exclusively for baby calves. Likewise, human milk is made exclusively for human babies. Cows grow to their adult weight by eating grass for heaven’s sake!
Babies’ intestinal tracts ... Views: 1318
Do you have dips in energy during the day? Fancy learning how to eat healthily but also, in pace with modern life, want some ideas for a quick and easy way to eat? In this article I'll be giving ten pointers on how to eat healthily, quickly and easily with a special focus on keeping blood sugar ... Views: 618
Metabolic typing history and evolution.
The theory took its first steps in the 1920's when a dentist, Dr Weston a Price travelled the world chart the nutrition, health and lifestyle of the different ethnic tribes around the world. He compared the effect of western food compared to their ... Views: 1496
Most of the time I’m pleased that our choices in alternative supplements rest with just us, and not the FDA or some other government agency until I read an ad for a “burpless Omega 3.”
If the majority of Americans are expecting a “burp” to be part and parcel of taking fish oil, my heart ... Views: 4916
So, you've fallen in love with the idea of raw foods. You start arriving at home with grocery bags billowing with greens, fruit and veggies. You are optimistic and hopeful that your new healthy habits will catch hold in the family and then someone screams,
"I WANT SPAGHETTI!"
Granted, ... Views: 802
It is a known fact that vitamins are essential to good health. The benefits of vitamins are numerous, and in a perfect world we would obtain all needed vitamins directly from the food we eat on a daily basis. However, because this is not reality for many individuals, there are some convincing ... Views: 636
The aloe plant is one of the world's oldest and most frequently used natural supplements. Aloe juice, gel, and leaves have played a role in medicine since the 4th century B.C., when ancient Greek doctors obtained it from Arab traders for its healing properties. Using aloe topically gained ... Views: 2155
It comes as no surprise that an eczema diet designed to help in reducing dry skin should include adequate amounts of Omega 3 oil. Studies show that eczema sufferers are deficient in essential oils in their body. The deficiency can cause poor elasticity and formation of skin. As an eczema ... Views: 3952
If you're wondering "What effects does coffee have on health?", consider the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) viewpoint. According to TCM, a complete, professional medical system continuously practiced for at least 2500 years, coffee has both beneficial and detrimental effects.
The positive ... Views: 5297
Metabolic typing analysis
The way to determine what your nutritional needs are is to discover your metabolic type. A Metabolic Type is the inherited pattern of genetically-based strengths and weaknesses in the body's fundamental control systems. Although tens of thousands of chemical reactions ... Views: 3722
There was a time adding Omega 3 flax seed oil was recommended to improve our health. Today, however, with scores of research linking the rise in inflammation from an over-abundance of Omega 3 seed oil, we need to begin reducing our intake of Omega 3 seed oil and replacing it with Omega 3 fish ... Views: 1191
Hangover Help....
We've probably all been there at one time or another: first, you, and the company you're with seem exceptionally witty and good fun; later, you're pleased you manage to get yourself, fully clothed, onto the bed the third time it comes around, and finally, well' you'd be OK if ... Views: 764
As you know by now, all parents have a different idea of what is healthy food and what is not. For years, you have had the opportunity to hand select and monitor what your child eats for lunch. Now it is time to test their ability. It is only natural for your child's eyes to wander and notice, ... Views: 1022
The school year is in full swing. So what does that mean for your child’s diet? Hopefully not a strict diet of fast food five days a week as you run to football practices and dance lessons. The start of the school year can indeed be a busy time for families, but it is possible to make healthy ... Views: 654
Dr. Jim here with a crucial message about a totally unique nutrition program that's in a league of its own. This is my personal invitation to a no-charge Future of Health TeleSeminar that will show you a plan I believe will at last truly clear up the confusion about how to feel your best, be ... Views: 626
We know the brain is about 60% fats so when someone calls you a “fat head” that literally is the truth. The question is, what fats are you feeding your fat head? Omega 3 fatty fish oil, or Omega 3 seed oil? Omega 3 fish oils are known as PUFA’s (polyunsaturated fatty acids), the beneficial ... Views: 1083
Is arthritis literally draining the life out of you? If you answered 'yes', you should pay close attention to this next sentence. What you eat and drink is determining how much your joints ache! Let me explain.
Over the past centuries, arthritis has been a plague for most civilizations. ... Views: 559
Whenever I read new statistics, I always refer back to my favorite expert, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, National Institutes of Health, one of the world’s leading authorities on Omega 3. I read the other day we now have 60,000 pre-packaged food items available in super Wal-Marts, Targets, grocery stores, ... Views: 1641
The immune system is filled with protective cells called white blood cells. There are many types and all work to kill bacteria, pathogens, eat harmful cells, and neutralize toxins including metabolic waste. Some even make antibodies. Our bodies must constantly regenerate and build new white ... Views: 3282