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351. Fruit For Fitness Tips By Steve Shannon
     Without question, fruit has wonderful natural benefits for the human body. Fruit is packed with vitamins and fiber much like vegetables, but comes in a wide variety of sweeter, more palatable flavors.Adding fruit to your diet is an excellent thing to do, but there are a few things that you need to keep in mind:1. Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. Juice is often sweetened, but fresh fruits have natural sugars. Also, you don’t receive all of the needed fiber and vitamins from frui…



352. Top 5 Worst Foods You Can Eat That People Think Are Healthy By Frederic Patenaude
     1- Fermented Cheese. Fermented, or ripened cheese is one of the most toxic foods known to man. The smallest quantity has a catastrophic effect on the system. It disturbs digestion and makes everything ferment in the digestive tract, so foods eaten don't benefit the body. According to Albert Mosséri, a European natural hygienist and researcher, fermented cheeses can create or exacerbate the following conditions: infection, fever, headaches, nausea, cold sensitivity, bad stools, bad digestion. F…



353. Blood Type and Diet By Samantha Stevens
     Eating right to suit your blood type" is a subject that is come up a lot in the chat rooms lately, so as promised, here is more information about the topic.First of all there are two bibles on this subject written by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo. The first is "Eat Right 4 Your Type" and the second, "Cook Right 4 Your Type". If you are really interested in pursuing this lifestyle, I STRONGLY recommend you buy both of these books and read them from cover to cover to see if these diets are for you. For t…



354. Got Sprouts? By Pia Nutro
     They're not only good for you, but they taste good, too. Sprouts are also a great source of vitamins, fiber, protein, anti-oxidants, and enzymes. A sprout is produced when a seed starts growing into a vegetable. Sprouts can grow from the seeds of vegetables, from grains such as buckwheat, and from beans. While Mung beans are perhaps the most common source of sprouts, you can also obtain good results from lentils, soybeans and chickpeas just to name a few.Sprouts can be grown almost anywh…



355. Learn About Food Nutrition Facts By Rolf Rasmusson
     Food nutrition factsFinding food nutrition facts and dietary nutrition used to be almost impossible because of the mountains of facts scattered all about in libraries and books. Lets face it most of us aren't going to cuddle up to a book on vitamins and minerals. Fortunately with the growth and popularity of the internet and the computer the fact finding process has been much simplified. Finding good food nutrition facts can now be done with the click of the mouse.Learning about our foods and …



356. Post Nasal Drip By Joe Miller
     Post nasal drip is a sensation of mucous build up in the throat. Sometimes you may even feel a dripping sensation from the back of your nose. The cause is over-production of mucous by glands in the nose and in the throat.At a healthy level those glands produce around two quarts of mucous each day. Most, if not all, of that is swallowed without knowing it. The mucous, however, serves a healthy purpose at this level, cleaning and moistening nasal passages, trapping foreign matter that has been i…



357. The Tibetan and Chinese health Secret: If you read one health report a year, this should be it! By Paul Brelin
     It seems as if the health of America is failing. One million Americans will die of circulatory disease this year. Six hundred thousand lives will be cut short by cancer as well. How did we get in such a mess? I’m not sure. But there is a way out that is starting to generate a real buzz! Since CNN and the gang won’t talk about it I decided to write is article.Dear readers, I want to introduce you to the most nutrient dense food on the earth; wolfberries, or more specifically Lycium Barbar…



358. Whey Protein Importance By Dan Phillips
     Studies on whey demonstrate it's an even better protein supplement than previously thought. Although whey protein's health benefits have only recently been elucidated, the use of whey protein for medicinal purposes has been prescribed since the time of Hippocrates. In fact, there are two ancient proverbs from the Italian city of Florence that say, "If you want to live a healthy and active life, drink whey," and, "If everyone were raised on whey, doctors would be bankrupt."In previous issues, w…



359. 5 Ways to Get the Best Out of Radishes By Emily Clark
     They sit left behind on relish trays. They’re often by-passed in grocery store refrigerator shelves. Dad and Grandpa usually eat them but later complain of belching them up. The poor radish has gotten a bum rap. There are at least five different varieties; but for now, the popular, red globe variety will be spotlighted. They are a great source of vitamin C and an excellent low calorie snack (only 12 calories in a half cup of radishes). Radishes are root vegetables that are classified in the ca…



360. The Ins and Outs of Proper Nutrition By Beverley Brooke
     Secretly we all want just a few things in life, none the least of which is to live a life that is healthy and energetic. One way to accomplish this is to eat a well balanced diet that fuels the body to take on life’s challenges.Did you know that one of the best things you can do to improve your overall health and well being is to eat a diet that is well rounded and nutritious?Diet can make the difference between feeling great and feeling just o.k. But how do you know which foods will propel y…



361. DON'T Drink Your Calories! By Karen Peralta
     If you drink soda pop, especially the caffeinated kind, it could kill you. But most especially, it can go right after your kid’s health. Pop gives the average teenager approximately 12.5 teaspoons of refined sugar a day. It works out to that much more than what our US government has determined people need in unrefined sugar per day. Also, your kid and you are using soda pop, in all probability, as a food. In 1977-78, teenagers drank twice as much milk as soft drinks, but by 1994-96, it had tur…



362. Nutrient Requirements of Women in Sport By Lucy-Ann Prideaux
     Female and male athletes respond to training in a fairly comparable way. As volume and intensity of training increases, so does aerobic capacity and hence performance. Body composition tends to change, whether male or female, indicating that physiologically, we are all actually quite similar.Nutritionally speaking, fuelling of training is similar too. Regardless of the sport in question, energy intake must match energy output in order to fuel training and recovery. For endurance athletes, carb…



363. Change Your Eating Habits By Rudy Silva
     Because all of us have been brought up eating junk food, well most of us, it is not easy to change our eating habits. Your eating habits have developed since childhood based on what your mothers or fathers cooked and what your psychological make-up was during that time.The foods you eat and crave help keep pass trauma and present anxiety in check. Food helps make you feel good when you start to feel bad. Eating is a natural defense mechanism that the brain-body uses to keep you from going craz…



364. Fibromyalgia: How Simple Sugars Turned Fatigue into Energy By Doug Grant
     Several years ago, Marilyn M. couldn’t even spell fibromyalgia.Now she can spell it backwards, sideways and every other way...along with the term ‘chronic fatigue’. Both became a devastating way of life for her.Hardly a moment passed without her being aware of the debilitating advance of the disease. Even the smallest activities, such as holding a pen to write, became impossible for her.Doctors were not encouraging. They offered prescriptions to relieve the constant pain, muscle spasms, memory…



365. High Blood Pressure? Natural Alternatives Can Help! By Roger Jirves
     High blood pressure (hypertension) is a dangerous condition that can lead= to stroke, enlarged heart, congestive heart failure, kidney and eye damage, atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries, and premature death.According to a recent report released in The New England Journal of Medicine of 16,000 adults surveyed over the age of 24, nearly 30 percent had blood pressure of at least 140/90 and more than one-third of them were unaware of their condition.Blood pressure refers to the force of the…



366. Boost Your Unborn Childs Brain! The Most Important Nutritional Supplement for a Healthier Pregnancy By Ross Bridgeford
     Omega3 - Nutrition for the Pregnant Mother and ChildIt is widely accepted that a woman’s nutritional needs change when she becomes pregnant. This includes both an increase, as well as a decrease of certain foods, drinks and supplements. While we all know that an increase in nutrients during this time is beneficial, however, just as an increase in certain nutrients can support fetal development, deficiency of a number of nutrients can lead to birth defects or complications.Essential Fatty Acids…



367. Antioxidants - Add a Lean, Muscular Body to the List of Benefits! By Mike Geary
     I’m sure by now you’ve heard all about the amazing health benefits of antioxidant rich foods in your diet. Not only do these free-radical fighting antioxidants help you look and feel younger by slowing down the aging process, but they also help to prevent cancer, heart disease, and loads of other degenerative diseases. But that’s not all. Antioxidants also help you to recover better from exercise...and that means more muscle and less fat on your body in the long run!The function that antioxid…



368. Chicken Scoop: Fast Food Cries Fowl! By John McGran
     WARNING: Today's column features plenty of fowl language.Let's talk chicken. Fast food chicken. We'll chew on the nutritional info surrounding the sandwiches, subs, salads... even the new "chicken fries" recently trotted out by Burger King.Every savvy dieter knows white meat chicken is a yummy part of a healthy eating plan. So why are the nutritional numbers so scary at your favorite fast food joint? Flock this way and check out the latest offerings including McDonald's new line of premium ch…



369. Sex and Nutrition By Ruby Boyd
     Psychological sex problems fall into a special category.But good diet and exercise are necessary even when counselling is the primary means of correction. Some problems may be primarily rooted in chemical or glandular imbalance and may be completely corrected by diet and exercise.When the food we eat lacks essential vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other nutrients, we become undernourished and subject to disease.Likewise, sexual problems, whether physical or mental, result from deficiencies--…



370. Let Your Freezer Be Your Ally! By Susan Rutter
     Most recipes end with instructions to "serve immediately." You could conceivably serve any one immediately but how about putting meals in the deep freeze for prosperity. "Freezing" is the simplest, quickest form of food preservation and its a safe and convenient way to preserve food for months until you're ready to enjoy them.Busy people especially can benefit from freezing prepared meals, particularly on week days when time is scarce. In the battle to get food on the table in a hurry, your f…



371. Healthy Eating Habits By Dawid Michalczyk
     I read a lot about the topics of health and especially diets. I have been experimenting with diets since 1990 and keep journals about my observations. Over time I tried several very different diets - ranging from the politically correct ones to highly controversial, along with diets of my own design. My general observation is that a healthy diet plays an essential role in the overall scheme of well being.Why eat healthy?Eating the natural foods humans are well adapted at utilizing, enhances on…



372. From Cell to Super Cell - with Glutathione By Priya Shah
     Imagine you're a cell.Inside your body runs the machinery that creates life itself. But as that machinery keeps running, day after day, you begin to get worn out - the friction and the processes that cause damage (here the "free-radicals" - highly destructive little entities generated by biochemical processes, as well as pollutants, UV radiation and other sources) start to create havoc and you begin to lose the battle to disease, old age and ultimately death.In fact your battle would be over m…



373. Beverages Boost Calorie Intake, But Many View Fluids As Calorie-free! By Susan Rutter
     Beverages - and not just alcohol - are a significant if little recognized source of calories in North American diets. Yet many people seem to believe that if a calorie is ingested in fluid form, it's a freebie."They just don't put it in the same category - they're not eating, they're quenching a thirst," says Richard Mattes, a nutrition professor at Purdue University in Indiana who has done extensive research on beverage consumption.Sure, most people know a thick milk shake, a sugary cola or …



374. The Business Traveler’s Diet Problem: Staying Fit When on the Run By Jim Duffy
     Despite the fact that accurate nutrition information can be accessed by almost anyone with an Internet connection or a library card, the 21st century has picked up where the last one left off: one dominated by poor eating habits.The reason for this national dietary deficiency is not due to any single source or kind of nutrition misinformation. Nor can it be said that a lack of interest or effort on the part of health-conscious Americans is to blame. Actually, there are more health-conscious Am…



375. Functional Foods: What They Are And How They Work By D. S. Epperson
     In the brain, a typical protein can live for approximately ten days. The thoughts, feelings and memories of a human being are made up of what was in the stomach only a few days before. As you can see, in choosing one's diet, you actually can determine who and what you are going to become.About 2500 years ago, Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals are designer foods and supplements that are combined with nutritional value th…



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