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Author :: Vitanet Health Foods -  |
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| Article Title :: Nutrition: The Super Foods That Keep You Healthy |
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| Get ready to experience a volume of information of the healthiest foods in the world. Here is a list of the top ten super foods that most health experts agree on. You should tell everyone you know about these foods and enjoy them at your next meal. From fruits and vegetables, to whole grains, nuts, beans and legumes, this power-packed nutritional inventory will take you into the best years of your life and beyond.
Fruits
1. Cantaloupe
Only a quarter of cantaloupe provides almost all the vitamin A needed in one day. Since the beta-carotene in a cantaloupe converts to vitamin A, you get both nutrients at once. These vision-strengthening nutrients may help (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Kerri Stalton - |
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| Article Title :: The Truth About Bottled Water |
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| Bottled water is advertised heavily and is often seen in the tote bags of famous celebrities and athletes. As mainstream culture becomes increasingly health conscious, people continually turn to bottled water as convenient and stylish way to stay hydrated while exercising. However, at a dollar or more per gallon, the price of bottled water can really add up over time especially if you are drinking it on a regular basis. Bottled water costs roughly five hundred times per gallon the amount that tap water does, which raises the question: is bottled water really worth the price?
The answer, unfortunately, is less clear cut than the question. Bottled water is vital in some situations (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jean Bowler |
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| Article Title :: Why Low Glycemic Foods? |
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| Some currently popular eating plans likeThe Perricone Prescription
A Week in the Zone and The Protein Power Lifeplan recommend low glycemic foods.The theory is that sugar and high glycemic carbs that rapidly convert to sugar trigger a release of insulin to control the level of sugar in the bloodstream. Excess sugar in the bloodstream is inflammatory and causes a cascade of free radical damage.To explain how dangerous this is, Dr, Perricone points out that diabetics with poorly controlled blood sugar age one third faster than nondiabetics and are prone to kidney failure, blindness, heart attack and stroke.So insulin comes to the rescue to clear the excess sugar from t (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Paul Ghossain |
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| Article Title :: Can Nutritional Supplements Replace Food? |
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| Nutritional supplements are only effective as a health boost. What do I mean by that? Well, to make a short story long, it seems as though there is quite a huge population that believes nutritional supplements are the answer to all diseases and well being. Part of this population seems to think that by taking supplements, there is no need to get it through natural foods.Funny enough though, if a person just looks at the phrase "nutritional supplement" in it self, they would effectively realize that this is far from the truth. Why? Well, think about it. The word supplement pretty much says it all. To supplement something, merely means to add to something or fill in the place of some (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Vikki Scovell |
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| Article Title :: Artificial Sweeteners; the Low-down on Low-calorie, Low-sugar Foods |
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| Sweeteners are used to replace sugar for 2 reasons; they have less or no calorific value, and they are cheaper to produce. Artificial sweeteners are a billion dollar industry involving some of the biggest names in the game. You will find them hiding in thousands of products including; diabetic products, crisps, cakes, biscuits, savoury snacks, fizzy drinks, squash, yoghurts, chewing gum, ready-meals, diet products, products aimed at children (low-sugar or tooth-kind), low-carb foods, puddings, cereals, shakes, hot chocolate, salad dressings, laxatives, gelatin deserts, breath mints, vitamin tablets, and children’s and adults medicine. You can also buy artificial sweeteners in boxes an (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jim O'Neill |
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| Article Title :: If Sugar is Bad for You, are Sugar Substitutes Better Instead? |
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| Everyone knows that sugar is not a good part of a healthy diet and so many people are turning to sugar substitutes in order to get their sweet tooth fulfilled, but, are these substitutes in reality better than sugar or are there more things hidden under the surface of these “healthier” alternatives than meets the eye?Let’s take a closer look at some of these substitutes and see which ones are better and which ones may be better to avoid.SUCRALOSE, sold under the name splenda, is useful as a one to one substitute for sugar. Sucralose is made from sugar and is used to make splenda which tastes like sugar. Sucralose has no calories but does not measure, look or act like s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jen Scott |
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| Article Title :: Be Heart Healthy The Plant-Based Way |
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| All diets designed to promote heart health are low in fat and cholesterol and high in fiber. Vegetarian diets, then, are natural choices for those who want to reduce the risk of heart disease because vegetarian diets are naturally low in fat and cholesterol and high in fiber! Eliminating meat, poultry and fish, which are among the foods highest in fat and cholesterol and lowest in fiber, can be a giant step toward improving heart health. Another step, which comes naturally to vegetarians, is to increase the consumption of plant-based foods that are naturally high in fiber. Plant-based foods, particularly fruits and vegetables, also provide antioxidant protection for the heart.The f (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Beverly Taylor |
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| Article Title :: 7 Ways to Make Alkaline Diet Benefit You |
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| The premise of an alkaline diet is that the nutrients found in supplements, alkalizing foods, and water can bring the body back to balance. These vitamins, minerals, and herbs infuse the body with new energy, vitality, and better health.Alkaline foods and water must be consumed in order to provide nutrients the body needs to neutralize acids and toxins in the blood, lymph, tissues, and cells.When pH balance inside the body is ‘out of balance’ the body tries to correct that sensitive pH balance. That process shows up as uncomfortable symptoms, including colds, flues, allergies, diseases, viruses, and bacteria.When the pH level in our body is unbalanced, almost a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Susan Carey |
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| Article Title :: Healthy Eating - Simple, Easy, Everyone Can Do It ! |
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| Health experts warn that overeating and an imbalanced diet (especially one that is high in fat) can be extremely harmful to our health. Coupled with an unhealthy lifestyle (lack of exercise, excessive stress, smoking and alcohol abuse), unhealthy eating habits can lead to obesity, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and many other diseases. Prevent this from happening to you or your family members by practicing healthy eating habits today.1) Eat according to your needsEat to get sufficient energy for your daily activities. Overeating will give you excessive calories which will be converted into body fat, thus making your fat and possibly obese.
Conversely, skippin (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Dennis Driscoll |
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| Article Title :: ADHD Nutrition |
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| A Specialized ADHD Nutrition Plan Could Help Patients FocusCurrently one of the most widely accepted theories about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is that it is caused by nutritional problems. This theory really only applies to childhood ADHD and does not even account for all of the childhood ADHD cases, but when some dietary studies were conducted on ADHD nutrition plans for those with the disorder, there were some beneficial results. The whole nutrition and ADHD correlation emerged in nineteen ninety when an English researcher found out that certain artificial food colorings found in some foods could actually deplete the amounts of zinc in an ADHD patient (read full article) |
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