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401. How Can Fat Be Essential? By Garry Gamber
     How Can Fat Be Essential? By Garry Gamber        Did you know that some fats are essential to the body?  Yes, there are some fats that our body cannot produce which means that we must get them from our food.  Perhaps you’ve heard of omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids.  These are both considered essential and must be supplied by the foods we eat.        What do they do?  Well, the omega-3 fatty acid, for example is used for the production of healthy cell membranes and for the productio…



402. Foods Can Lower Cholesterol and C-reactive Protein By William Davis
     If you have high cholesterol, the American Heart Association’s low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat diet will fail you. Even when applied conscientiously, it achieves a disappointingly modest reduction in LDL cholesterol of approximately 7%. Starting at an LDL cholesterol of 150 mg/dl, for instance, you would drop to 139. It’s no surprise that many people turn to alternative diets (Ornish, Pritikin, Zone, etc.) to get a bigger bang. And no surprise that many physicians go directly to statin agen…



403. Whatever Happened to the Basic Four Food Groups? By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
     What Ever Happened to the Basic FourThe USDA was originally given the conflicting task of educating the public on agricultural matters while simultaneously working with food producers to provide a reliable and consistent food supply. This has, over the course of time, led to our ever evolving dietary guidelines, and yet is the purpose of these guidelines for our health or to sell more food?Would You Believe There Were Once 12 Food Groups?The food guides during the 1930's were heavily influence…



404. 5 Ideas for Creating an Effective Immune System By Heather Dominick
     Supplements, taken daily or when you feel “something” coming on, are an effective and inexpensive way to get your immune system functioning. Even if you take a vitamin after you feel a cold coming on, it can give the feel of wellness on its way -- IF you make some other adjustments to your usual routine as well.To get your immune juices flowing, here are five tried and true formulas that can work for cold cures or flu onset.1. Be aware of a seasonal change. We often keep moving at our same sp…



405. Fat and the Cholesterol Guidelines and Recomendations By Abdul Matynne
     Of all the nutrients we know the carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins and vitamins fats are the most confusing and the most dangerous. From diabetes to hypertension, from cancer to arteriosclerosis its all fats.One of the most important and extremely useful decision you can make in your nutrition life is to cut down on fats of all kinds the saturated and the unsaturated.Our recommendations for fats are that it should not exceed the total caloric intake by 25% by proportion. The saturated variety sh…



406. Not All Protein is Created Equally By Jim Duffy
     America’s focus on nutritious eating began to receive national attention in the 1940s when President Roosevelt introduced the RDA, or Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) model. This model, which took on the shape of a pyramid in the 1980s (and hence now goes by the term “food pyramid”), has gone through a number of iterations since its inception more than 60 years ago[i].This change and evolution of the RDA model is, in many respects, a positive step. It demonstrates that, just as America’s info…



407. Avoiding Mental Disorders Through the Aid of Vitamins and Minerals By Charlene Nuble
     When we think about the benefits of being ensuring a good bill of health by keeping track of our daily intake of prescribed vitamins, minerals and as well as the other nutrients that are needed by your body in order to stay healthy. It is important to be conscious of the fact that deficiencies in the daily intake of vitamins and minerals can negatively affect not only your physical capabilities but your how your mind functions as well. Recent research has indicated that such deficiencies can e…



408. Four Changes You Need to be Aware of in the New Food Pyramid By Constance Weygandt
     It has been twelve years since the United States Department of Agriculture has updated the Food Pyramid. Most of us are familiar with the old one. That pyramid emphasized foods you should eat more of on the bottom of the pyramid with foods to be eaten in smaller amounts on the top. The New Food Pyramid is an inverse pyramid. The food groups are color coded, with the size of the sections emphasizing the proportions of foods eaten in each group. You will also notice a figure, climbing some steps…



409. Food Additives Affect Behavior By Jane Oelke
     On average 30% of foods in our daily diet are processed foods. These are foods that come in a box or a can and have many ingredients that are hard to pronounce, containing food starches, gums, preservatives, and colorings. Many processed foods have to be enriched, adding inorganic minerals and vitamins to compensate for the nutrition lost in the processing of the food. Some people believe enriched foods are good enough, and we will be able to absorb their nutrients sufficiently to benefit from…



410. Natural Food Sources of Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen By Naweko San-Joyz
     Got a wrinkle to fill? You could fill that wrinkle with injections of bovine collagen or hyaluronic acid. Yet, is there anyway to smooth out wrinkles without jabbing your skin with needles?You can avoid the need for the needle by optimizing your estrogen levels. While estrogen influences numerous aspects of our health, from the development of breast cancer to the development of a fetus, estrogen also determines the moisture and collagen level of our skin as we age.Studies published by N. Grosm…



411. No Calories Along the High Fiber Highway By Stephanie Shank
     Take a guess. There is a nutrient that is exceptionally good for your health and well-being that provides more healing and preventative benefits than mom's chicken soup. What is it? It goes by the name of fiber. Fiber is not a single food or substance. It is the nutrient found in high fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables and whole grain products.Fiber can be grouped into two categories: Water insoluble and water soluble. Each type works differently and provides different health benefits. Ins…



412. Fish Oil By Dr. Randy Wysong
     The research in support of dietary omega-3 fatty acids (such as in fish oils) continues to flood the scientific literature. This is perfectly predictable given our genetic roots. In the wild, eating natural raw foods, we would be consuming large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids daily. But today, on processed, grain-based diets, we get little.Instead, we have dramatically increased the consumption of omega-6 fatty acids. Although these too are essential in the diet, their excess results in a …



413. What's So Great About Coral Calcium? By David Saunders
     Calcium is an essential mineral and is required for human life. However talk about the benefits of coral calcium can be confusing and may make it difficult to put into context how we can benefit from appropriate levels of calcium in the diet, be it from food or from supplemental sources.Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body, and has several important functions. More than 99% of total body calcium is stored in the bones and teeth providing the necessary support to their structu…



414. Stay Healty, Eat more Fish and Seafood By Hans Dekker
     There are a lot of very good reasons to eat fish and seafood. Fish is a source of high quality protein, and is low in fat and cholesterol.Fish and seafood are an excellent source of Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Magnesium and Omega 3 fatty acids. There is now a lot of evidence that people who regularly include fish in their diet have a lower risk of unwanted weight gain.The Omega 3 fatty acids that Fish is rich off are a very important factor in the health benefits of a fish and seafood rich diet. T…



415. The Healthy Little Seed That Is Gaining Popularity By Constance Weygandt
     Flaxseed has been around since the time of the Emperor Charlemagne. Lately, it has received a lot of attention. Studies have shown that flaxseed has many benefits because of its variety of properties. Here are four reasons to consider adding flaxseed to your diet.Flaxseed contains both soluble and insoluble fiber. Soluble fiber, such as that in oat bran, has been shown to lowers LDL or bad cholesterol levels. This contributes to a healthy heart. Insoluble fiber, such as that found in wheat bra…



416. Do You Eat Breakfast? By Cheryl Haining
     It is not a myth. Eating breakfast is an important part of attaining and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The morning meal enables your body to refuel itself after enduring a nightlong fast or 10 hours or more. It assists in re-energising your body’s metabolism and providing sufficient amounts of energy and nutrients for you to survive the earliest part of the day. Remember breakfast is the first opportunity for you to replenish your body’s exhausted energy reserves. Whatever you do don’t wast…



417. You Can Have Healthy Skin By Jay Harris
     With new research, new products and new skin protection advice popping up all the time, it is hard to figure out the best things to do to improve and protect your skin.A skin care program is the combination of skin care products and a routine that will be most beneficial to the skin. You will first need to consider your diet and type of life-style since these two factors play an important role in the health of a person's skin.These days we seem to be living in the fast-food age and the …



418. Wanna Look 10 Years Younger? Have More Fruits By Rajesh Shetty
     Fruit calories are very healthy as compared to calories in fast foods or processed food.So, don't avoid fruits.In fact have more of fruit calories if you want to get rid of that excess flab from your body.Fruits require 20-25 minutes to digest and give us energy and vegetables take 4 hours to become nutrients for energy whereas meat takes upto 72 hours to completely break down and pass out from the body.Unlike carnivorous animals,your intestines are too long for meat to pass out fast which lea…



419. Getting Well – Solving the Right Problem By Donetta Harrison
     We are told to eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each and every day but do any of us really understand why? If I told you it was to regulate the pH balance of your body fluids, would you be surprised?All foods are either acidic or alkaline, very few are neutral. By consuming acid forming food we make our bodies acidic and if the acid is not neutralized we risk illness, premature ageing and chronic disease. The worst culprits for acid formation in the body are meat, processed foods, coffee…



420. What Everybody Ought to Know About Food Additives By Christine Farlow
     Every day we are bombarded with information about food products that are healthy, all natural, have no artificial ingredients, no preservatives, low fat, no fat, no cholesterol, sugar free, vitamin fortified and provide 100% of your daily vitamin requirements. Are these foods as healthy as the advertising tries to make us believe they are?Let's look at the facts. There are more than 3000 different chemicals added to our food. The company that wants to produce the chemicals or use the chemicals…



421. Foods to Fight Disease By Jon Wickham
     When it comes to food, we can't ignore the facts - or the science. You need a healthy diet for a healthy life.Research shows a healthy diet could help or prevent a number of health problems, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. And that number keeps growing as researchers learn more about how nutrition affects your health.What You Should KnowAdopting a disease-fighting diet is easier than you think. When you shop, choose fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains, such as b…



422. WHOOPS -- There Goes My Energy! (Are You Wasting Your BIGGEST Asset?) By Heather Dominick
     Have you ever accidentally eaten a mini piece of candy for breakfast? Perhaps your one piece of chocolate for after lunch multiplied by 10 (again) or your promise of no dessert was swept away when the waiter cleared the dishes. Remember that little pang in your stomach you felt when you realized that entire box of cookies was gone?OK, now imagine feeling a little spacey, shaky and hungry when you just ate an hour earlier. Did that pang just get a bit more intense? (Ouch!)When several Nutriti…



423. Odd Fact or Oxymoron: Learning How To Cook Will Help You Drop a Few Pounds and Gain a Few Friends By Robb Ksiazek
     Finding simple ways to reduce my waistline is always a personal objective. I am by no means a health expert, and I have not always been too concerned with what I put into my body. But as I get a little older, I fear that if I don’t concern myself with health, my doctor will have to. And regardless of the good that they do, I don’t like doctors and clinics that much.I do a lot of my own research, and the internet has been a blessing. What I have learned in my research and life experience is…



424. Do You Need Omega 3 Fatty Acids? By K. Perry
     Do you need omega 3 fatty acid in your diet? This question on the importance of omega 3 fatty acid can be clarified by examining the medical evidence regarding the omega 3 benefit.Omega 3 fatty acid are important building blocks for the cell membranes. Omega 3 fatty acid plays a role in the neurological health of the human system. A significantly reduced risk of heart and cardiovascular disease is a well documented omega 3 benefit offered by omega 3 fatty acid.Studies undertaken on the lifesty…



425. Understanding Coral Calcium By Dave Saunders
     Calcium is an essential mineral and is required for human life. However talk about the benefits of coral calcium can be confusing and may make it difficult to put into context how we can benefit from appropriate levels of calcium in the diet, be it from food or from supplemental sources.Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body, and has several important functions. More than 99% of total body calcium is stored in the bones and teeth providing the necessary support to their structu…



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