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601. The Benefits of Flax Seed Oil By Mindi Haehl
     Products designed to promote good health are all the buzz nowadays. There are miracle creams for anti-aging, pills for fat loss, and powders that help the body heal. But how often do these products really work and are they even legitimate? The answer is commonly “no” and most of these things turn out to be clever gimmicks designed to drain the pockets of those wishful for better health. Worse yet, some of them can even have harmful side effects because they’re not natural to the human body…



602. Studies Prove Magnesium Boosts Memory & Learning Ability By Roger Jirves
     According to the National Institute of Health, Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions, including maintenance of normal muscle and nerve function, strong bones and steady heart rhythm. It is also involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.Now, according to an important new a research study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, researchers found that rats supplemented with Magnesium, their levels of communication between brain cells was activated. Lab rat…



603. Nutrional Dos and Dont's By Paul Duxbury
     Questions like "What do you recommend? What should people eat?" or “What exactly it is the proper diet?” can not be answered only with "eat less fat" or “exercise more” and “base your diet on low fat food like…”. This "do’s and don'ts" will direct you towards a plant-based diet. Although nutrition is a more complicated mater and it can not be solved in a few phrases, this can be a start.Don’t eat:Ground beef and other fatty meats are dangerous for both your health and weight. It is known that …



604. Hidden Poison By Kevin Koskella
     Did you know that there might be poison in many of your favorite foods found on grocery store shelves everywhere? Breads, crackers, cookies, energy bars, tortillas, frozen pizza are just a few examples of these dangerous foods. The poison in these items is called partially hydrogenated fat, often referred to as trans-fatty acids.A trans-fatty acid is usually made from a vegetable oil- corn, cottonseed, or soybean, for example- that has been treated by a process called hydrogenation to make it …



605. What Colors Are on Your Plate? By Meri Raffetto
     Can the colors on your plate tell you what health benefits you are getting?As researchers are learning more and more about the foods we eat there is one hot topic that keeps coming up….phytochemicals. You may have heard the latest craze for lycopene found in tomato products boasting its heart health benefits. Phytochemicals are biologically active chemicals (not classified as vitamins or minerals) found in foods that our bodies may use as part of their disease-fighting arsenal. A single tomato…



606. Fruits for Summer: Summer Skin Care By Jasdeep Singh
     Summer is the time when we sweat highly and beating the heat is always high on our agenda. So, we move on to aerated drinks or other beverages. But what we tend to ignore is that we can fight the heat in a much healthier way. That is, through FRUITS. Fruits not only provide us with the required fluids but also the electrolytes which we lose while sweating.Excess of dehydration can cause headaches, dizziness, loss of concentration and muscle cramping. So to counter that, Summer provides us with…



607. The Facts About Fats in Our Childrens Diet By Vikki Scovell
     FatSome years ago health visitors were reporting a rash of reports on under-weight toddlers in middle-income households. Concerned parents were putting their small children on low-fat diets, believing this to be healthy. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. Fats are essential to everyone’s health. Between 25 and 30% of our daily calories should come from fats, and they are extremely important for children and adults. Fat contains 9 calories per gram, and is energy-dense compared to carboh…



608. Beans - The Perfect Food? By Claire Raikes
     Beans. Legumes. Pulses. Whatever you call this plant group, they are all edible seeds in a pod. The majority of them are packed with complete plant protein and contain almost no fat. They are also a good source of healthy complex carbs.Beans helped me turn the corner with my illness, the worst part of which was actually when I was on the mend - though it certainly didn't feel like I was mending at the time.I was following Robert Young's program. Since I had an urgent need, I skipped the Tra…



609. Need Energy Tomorrow? Try Power Eating By Carole Pagan
     It's 11:30 a.m. You're in an important meeting. Your stomach growls so loud that the speaker pauses to see just where that noise came from.You feel like crawling under the table.You're trying to concentrate, but you feel weak. Unable to keep your mind on your work. You're antsy. All you can think about is lunch.Everyone piles down to the restaurant. You are so starving, you order the bacon cheeseburger with fries. And they have this great white chocolate cheesecake. Gotta try that!Back to the …



610. Mother Was Right By Dianne Ronnow
     Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables. It is almost impossible to get too much of these foods. They are full of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients, as well as high in complex carbohydrates. And fruits and vegetables are an important source of fiber, as well. Even the much maligned potato, eaten baked with the skin on, is full of vitamins C and B6, potassium, and nearly 5 grams of fiber!When eaten raw, the enzymes that most vegetables and fruits contain help the body process foo…



611. Red Meats and a Therapeutic Diet By Stewart Hare
     There are many reasons to not include red meats in a therapeutic diet ranging from slowing down the process of elimination to increasing the chances of colon cancer.Meat digestion and assimilation uses more of the body’s energy than other foods. This use of energy in a person whose system is weak may well tip the scales into them becoming ill.If a person is on a detoxifying diet, meat will slow down the process of elimination because it uses a lot more energy than other foods. Meat is known as…



612. Eating Healthy -- Why? By Dr. Jamie Fettig
     The most incredible thing you can do for yourself is have a big enough reason why that will totally light up your life and remind yourself of that reason every single day. We are going to go through a process to help you create your reasons why to make it almost impossible not to eat healthy. If you did this earlier you can do it with another area of your life now. If not DO THIS NOW! PLEASE.Action Step: #1: Figure out what you want. Remember, you can want more than one thing, and you can cha…



613. Seven Secret Agents That Can Help You Live To 120 By Jeffry Weiss
     You know about Vitamins A,C, D, E ,and the B’s – about how they boost the immune system and help the body repair itself. Well, that old hat. There are supplements now that are so far ahead of those that it’s like comparing a model-T car to the space shuttle. This stuff is the real cutting edge in nutrition and we’ve got them for you right now. Are you ready to slow down the aging clock? Here we go.1 – Alpha-GPC. This nutrient, derived from soy, provides high levels of choline, which prot…



614. How My Health Was Restored Through Glyconutrition By Mildred Shears
     My name is Mildred Shears. I'm retired and I live in the Minnesota Northwoods with my husband, George, our German Shorthair, Bodhi, and our senior citizen cat, Cinnamon.A Sudden Transition from Health to HelplessnessOn a hot summer day in 1983, I had a very sudden attack of extreme dizziness. For the next two years, I was in bed or a wheel chair and could only walk with assistance. Doctors had nothing to help me. I took a lot of supplements and tried many forms of alternative healing.19 Yea…



615. Morning Glory: Top 10 GI Breakfasts By Susan Burke
     Breakfast is a very important meal -- it can either make or break your day. Why? Because your body can't run on empty.That's why it's so important to refuel in the morning. Taking that "engine analogy" one step further, your engine won't run with sugar in the gas tank. That's why your breakfast meal should be high-test fuel, the type of fuel that will get you out on the highway, operating smoothly.The eDiets GI Diet plan incorporates research that supports including high-fiber, unrefined carb…



616. Simple Easy Health and Home Fixes From The Days Gone By By Alfred Jones
     How did we cure ourselves of many aches pains and illnesses in the past?Most of the remedies worked very well, were cheap and could usually be found in most homes.Did you know that? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately, without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers."Did you know that? Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns?Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemica…



617. Eating For Success: Fast Lunch Ideas for Busy People By Jennifer Jefferies
     Remember the days when you actually had time to take a lunch break? When you used to leave the office for an hour, have something to eat, meet up with friends, walk in the park, play sport or wonder around the shops…? These days people eat lunch at their desks more often than not, if they eat at all. For many people, the demands of the day just don’t let up long enough to afford them a break. Lunchtime rolls around, your stomach is rumbling and you know you should eat, but you’ve just got one …



618. Nutrition and Exercise Tips to Walk Away From Death By Marty Gallagher
     Recently yet another super-heavyweight Iron Immortal died from a heart attack at age forty-five or thereabouts. Typically, when I read of these tragedies I search my memory banks and then write some sort of tribute. Rather than eulogize yet another fallen warrior, for whom it’s too late, and at the risk of sounding presumptuous, I thought a slightly different approach might be appropriate and perhaps even helpful in preventing a future tragedy. It is my contention that a shockingly large perce…



619. 7 Bad Eating Habits You Should Change Immediately By Emily Clark
     People are obsessed with dieting and weight loss! Don't believe me? Just tune-in to any source of advertising...you're instantly bombarded with the latest diet schemes and "Hollywood" food fads.Here in America, we have built a thriving industry trying to control our weight and treat the consequences of over-indulgence. The cost of weight loss and obesity related health care treatments is staggering...Americans alone spend around $114 billion every year! And even with all this interest in losin…



620. List of High Fiber Foods and Fiber Content By Olinda Rola
     A list of high fiber foods helps you know which foods to include in daily meal planning. Obtaining adequate fiber is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. However, too many people do not obtain sufficient fiber each day, which results in poor bowel function and constipation. Whether obtained from the list of high fiber foods or from fiber supplements, the recommended daily fiber consumption should be about 25-30 grams for an adult. The typical adult in the USA averages about 11 grams o…



621. Importance of Water By D.S. Braun
     Water is the most abundant substance in the human body. It is a component of virtually everything, except tooth enamel and bone. We are about 70% WATER, 25% PROTEIN and 5% MINERALS.You can regard the body as being water, thickened with protein, which prevents us from "running away". This gelatinous mass is then hung on a skeleton made up of minerals. Not a very flattering analogue. But it does put things in perspective.Water performs many functions.A few of the more important ones follow:1. Mo…



622. Blueberries and Their Role in Cholesterol Control By Vic Carrara
     Our bodies need cholesterol. We use cholesterol to produce vitamin D, hormones, and certain acids that help us digest fat. Only a small amount of cholesterol is needed to meet these needs; in fact, our bodies actually produce enough cholesterol on their own, and any cholesterol derived from food is unnecessary. Problems arise when we have too much cholesterol, commonly known as LDL. Many factors help determine whether your LDL-cholesterol level is high or low. The following factors are the m…



623. Eggs For Balance By Heather Dominick
     The egg, the symbol of birth, of life and, therefore, of spring has been celebrated by numerous cultures at this time of the year. Eggs were given as gifts at spring festivals in ancient Egypt, Greece, Persia and Rome. They were often dyed red to symbolize the power of the womb. Eggs, of course, still play an important role in our springtime holidays, but the real power comes from handling and eating eggs at this time of year. It is said that at the exact moment of the Equinox an egg can…



624. Soy Ruled No Health Food By Dr Joseph Mercola
     The Israeli Health Ministry recently issued a health advisory strongly recommending that soy foods be eaten only in moderation. They also recommended that soy formula be avoided altogether by infants.A Host of DisordersThere are hundreds of studies linking soy with such disorders as:Digestive problemsThyroid dysfunctionADD and ADHDDementiaReproductive disordersCancerPhytoestrogens are the CulpritThe Israeli Ministry based its advice on the findings of a panel of nutritionists, oncologists, ped…



625. The Isometric Diet and Balanced Health By Jim Duffy
     The concept isometric has been a part of the health care vocabulary for decades. The most common application of the term, until now, has been with respect to physical exercise. Taken from the Greek root word Iso, meaning equal, the familiar term Isometric exercises involves applying equal weight to achieve strength goals.Fairly recently, health researchers have discovered another innovative application of the isometric concept in the health care field: nutrition. These researchers have identif…



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