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Author :: Chris Raynor  |
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| Article Title :: Eating the Australian Way |
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| Australians are often divided into the haves, and the have-nots.But they're not always talking about money.These days, it's often the haves (too much body fat), versus the have-nots (not overweight).We can't seem to make up our minds whether to eat at McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, and All-You-Can-Eat fast food restaurants, or whether to grab a protein snack, a freshly-squeezed fruit juice with wheatgrass and go straight to the gym.Women's Magazines have the same problem. A sample magazine from this month featured diet and exercise routines from three TV personalities and movie stars. Yet the back section of the magazine featured recipes s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Marvin Pirila |
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| Article Title :: Sugar - Sweet, Cancer Feeding, and Deadly |
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| The average American consumes two to three pounds of sugar each week. If they are ingesting more than their body can accomodate they are placing their short-term and long-term health at serious risk.One major health issue with sugar is that is depresses the immune system. An influx of sugar into the bloodstream upsets the body’s blood-sugar balance, triggering the release of insulin. The body uses insulin to keep blood-sugar at safe, constant levels. Insulin also promotes the storage of fat, so foods high in sugar can lead to rapid weight gain and elevated triglyceride levels, both of which are linked to cardiovascular disease.Complex carbohydrates are absorbed (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Donetta Harrison |
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| Article Title :: Getting Well - Solving the Right Problem |
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| 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 and dairy products. It is our increased intake of such foods that is having consequences for our health and well being.Our bodies are 2/3rds water and they operate best in a very sligh (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Kathy Ferneau |
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| Article Title :: Caffeine - Should You Kick The Habit? |
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| Are you a drug addict? Most people take offense at that question. Of course not, they answer indignantly.But if you drink coffee, tea, or cola, or consume chocolate every day like nearly 90% of the population in North America, the answer is yes!In fact, caffeine ranks as the world's most widely-used, mood-altering drug. How can you tell if you're addicted? Stop using it for 24 hours and see if you experience any of these symptoms:
headache
fatigue or drowsiness
bad moods, including irritability or depression
trouble concentrating
flu-like symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and weakness
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Lyle Robertson |
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| Article Title :: Wheatgrass Juicers - Improve Your Health With Wheatgrass |
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| There are several reasons to juice wheatgrass, the chief of which is that wheatgrass is a wonderful source of living chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a pigment in plants that contains magnesium. The juice that is the product of wheatgrass being juiced is extremely full of vitamins and nutrients and while the juice is fresh it is rated as one of the best juices to consume for anyone and everyone.This grass is wheat in its early stages and once the grass reaches about seven or eight days it is at its optimal stage to be picked and juiced. The juice must be drunk as soon after juicing as possible to ensure that you receive the most nutritional rewards from your hard work. Chlorophyll conta (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Stewart Hare |
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| Article Title :: Reducing Hypertension (high blood pressure) Naturally |
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| Hypertension is commonly known as high blood pressure. A healthy young adult resting blood pressure should be around 120/80 mmHg, blood pressure rises with age, a typically healthy 50 year old should have blood pressure reading of 150/90 mmHg at rest. Hypertension (high blood pressure) is diagnosed when the blood pressure is constantly above 160/95 mmHg at rest.The contributing factors to hypertension (high blood pressure) are kidney and hormonal disease, a genetically predisposed family history to high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, high consumption of dietary salt (sodium chloride), low dietary calcium, depletion in magnesium, obesity, low intake of potassium salts, a high cons (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Ross Bridgeford |
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| Article Title :: Distilled Water - Frequently Asked Questions |
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| 1. What is distilled water?Distilled water is quite simply water that has been heated up to boiling point so that it evaporates. It then rises in the distiller unit and condenses – turning back into water but minus all of the toxin and impurities behind. Using a distiller rids the water of any bacteria, viruses, cysts, heavy metals, radionuclides, organics, inorganics, and particulates.It is no different from the process seen in the hydrologic cycle when the water on the earth is heated by the sun, turning it into a vapour which rises and forms clouds (leaving the toxins and impurities behind). As the vapours cool, the clouds turn back into droplets of water and (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Susan Yurek |
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| Article Title :: Feel-Good Organics |
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| You'll find tons of articles and lists on how to be more eco-friendly, and they're all great. I still believe that going
organic in our average lives should be a pleasurable adventure, like taste-testing, not a social or political statement.Organic food:On a pretty autumn Saturday, swing into a local organic farm stand and browse. Nothing is better than locally grown produce
that's grown exclusively for flavor and color, compared with supermarket veggies grown to withstand harsh cross country shipments.Visit local pumpkin farms at harvest time. In many areas of the country, families annually enjoy autumn weekend outings to
pumpkin farms that are a riot (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Brian Vaszily |
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| Article Title :: Food Nutrition Labels: Six "Catches" You Need to Know |
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| Most foods are required to carry nutrition labels to provide, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says, "distinctive, easy-to-read formats that enable consumers to more quickly find the information they need to make healthful food choices."But despite being regulated by the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food manufacturers can, and do, get away with adding confusing or deceptive information to the labels. Sometimes this is done inadvertently, but often it's done with the specific intention of making you think the food is better for you than it actually is.Reading the labels can be tricky, so here are the six top (read full article) |
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| Category :: Nutrition Articles |
Author :: Charles Silverman N.D. |
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| Article Title :: Antioxidants and Home Remedies |
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| Many of the studies and researches done lately focused on the nutrients known as antioxidants. Scientists are beginning to understand the preventing qualities of antioxidants but the average person does not yet understand what antioxidants do or what they are. But you will have the knowledge after reading this newsletter.Understanding the function of antioxidants is not hard and taking advantage of their properties is quite simple. Diseases like Cancer and arteriosclerosis, are unable to advance and spread throughthe body, thanks to the actions of antioxidants like Vitamin C, A, E Beta-carotene and others. By blocking and neutralizing the destructive power of too much free radicals (read full article) |
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