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Author :: Ryan Joseph  |
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| Article Title :: Omega 3's: Using Our Heads to Nourish Our Brains |
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| We sometimes hear about ways that we can take care of our organs by the foods we injest. When we think about our diet we cannot help but think about the effect our choices have on our heart, liver and other internal and external organs. And yet, what of the brain? When it comes to our diet, the brain has generally been the most overlooked organ, when the brain is actually affected quite strongly by our dietary choices.
Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids are among the very best brain nutrients. As it turns out, omega-3's apparently protect the brain. Omega-3 fatty acids are made out of DHA (or docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (or eicosapentaenoic acid).Perhaps the top asset to the brain is (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jane Oelke |
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| Article Title :: Sugar, America’s Drug of Choice |
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| Many people use sugar as medicine. Sugar tends to change the way our metabolism uses specific amino acids to make the neurotransmitters needed for proper brain function. Eating refined carbohydrates increase the level of the amino acid tryptophan, which helps to create the neurotransmitter serotonin. Serotonin is the calming neurotransmitter. So when we need to relax we will crave sugar so that we can create more serotonin. This is one of the main reasons sugar is so addictive.Refined sugars are added to many foods to improve the taste. Sugar consumption has increase dramatically since the 1950’s. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in 1993 that the average American ate (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jane Oelke |
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| Article Title :: Food Additives Affect Behavior |
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| 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 them. But what about the great increase in type II diabetes in the past few years, seen especially now in children? What about the increase in Attention Deficit Disorder and behavioral problems in s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Will Brink |
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| Article Title :: The Role of Nutrition in Martial Arts, Police, Military Personnel |
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| For a considerable amount of time, nutrition has not played a prominent role in the life of many martial artists, police, and military personnel as a means of improving performance. Top athletes are always looking for an edge. Although the martial arts are more of a way of life and a life style than a sport per se, the needs of the martial artist are the same as that of the elite athlete.Mental aspects not withstanding (i.e. mental awareness, strategy, cunning, etc.), the need for speed, agility, strength, flexibility, and the ability to recuperate from tough workouts (and unforgiving sparing partners) is paramount to the success of athletes and martial artists alike. Police and mi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: B. Williams |
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| Article Title :: MSG: If It's Safe, Why Do They Disguise It On Labels? |
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| Monosodium glutamate, commonly known as MSG, was thought of as a "miracle food enhancer" when it was first introduced to the public over five decades ago.More than just a seasoning like salt and pepper, MSG could actually enhance the flavors of foods, making processed meats and frozen dinners taste fresher and smell better, salad dressings more tasty, and canned foods less tinny.It wasn't until people started having side effects after eating foods with MSG that some began to question whether this miracle flavoring was too good to be true. Today, many more question its safety, but others insist it's safe.How Much MSG are Americans Eating?Americans associate MSG (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Jennifer Tran |
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| Article Title :: Fat: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
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| When it comes to planning a healthy diet, fat is a complex subject. It's useful to understand some basic information.There are 4 types of fat: Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated, Saturated and Trans fat.MonounsaturatedMonounsaturated fats are considered good fats and are said to help reduce cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure and to help control diabetes.These fats are found in food like; olive oil, peanut oil, cashews, canola oil, hazelnuts, peanuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pine nuts and chicken fat.PolyunsaturatedPolyunsaturated fats are also considered good fats and are said to reduce triglycerides, inflammations and (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Dr. Jamie Fettig |
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| Article Title :: What Actually Is Health? |
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| Nature works mostly on the principle of thing and no thing. Light is the thing and darkness is the absence of light. Sound is the thing and silence is the absence of sound. Health is the thing, and symptoms and disease are the absence of health. But some time back they got mixed up. Somehow symptoms and disease became the thing, and once you treated away the symptoms and disease, you would be left with health. And yet most people know that health is more than the absence of symptoms and disease. So what does this mean? It means you have to do something other than treat symptoms and disease to be healthy.
Let me show you why. If there are shadows or darkness in a room, the only way to get (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Dr. Jamie Fettig |
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| Article Title :: Finding Your Reason Why to be Healthy |
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| The most incredible thing you can do for yourself is have a big enough reason why that will totally light up your life and will 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 be healthy. DO THIS NOW! PLEASE.Action Step: #1: Figure out what you want.Remember, you can want more than one thing, and you can change what you want. Everyone knows what they want, it is just some people are afraid. What if I don't' really want that, what if I cannot get it, what if I want something else. Don't worry about all that. Go for what you REALLY want now, and if you want something e (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Dr. Jamie Fettig |
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| Article Title :: The Hidden Price of Being Healthy |
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| What I am also going to point out is the not-so-obvious cost of not being healthy. But, as you know, nothing in life is free. If there is a benefit, there is a cost. What most people do not see is the cost, the price you have to pay for the benefits you are getting.There are also tons and tons of hidden costs that most people never see. I will list some of the biggest ones. This is the price you have to pay for not being healthy:1. Vitality2. An abundance of energy to do everything you want to do3. Happiness4. Love and closeness with others5. Satisfaction and fulfillment in life6. Healing symptoms and disease7. Symptoms and disease g (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Dr. Jamie Fettig |
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| Article Title :: Getting Your Target |
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| What is health? Everyone wants this thing called health, and yet most people have never thought about what their “target of health” actually looks like. If you and your family were healthy, what would it be like?
It is like this: Imagine you are shooting a bow and arrow at a definite target and you have no idea what the target is. What do you think the chances are that you will hit the target? Not very good. Knowing what the target is dramatically increases the chances of you hitting the target. Everyone usually has some definition of health but that is kind of like saying the target is round. A definition doesn’t help much.What would you feel like, what would your kids do, a (read full article) |
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