Archive for the ‘health’ Category
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Is taking supplements beneficial?
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Visit your local supermarket, drugstore or health food store and you will find rows upon rows of vitamins and supplements. Each is minutely measured giving you the RDAs, DVs, IUs, milligrams and so on. It’s enough information to make your head swim!
Some studies suggest that specific vitamin and mineral supplements can help reduce your [...]
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Supplements for seniors
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
If you are over 55, vitamin supplements will help prevent disease even though it may take at least six months to a year to register the improvement. That’s not an excuse to put it off, because the sooner you begin, the better the results.
Let’s take a look at weight for instance. If you take in [...]
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Lignans may prevent breast cancer.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Lignans. Little is known about lignans as it is a newer area for research. What is known, however, is that lignans seem to prevent breast cancer at lest in the laboratory. As antioxidants they may help prevent damage from LDL cholesterol which, as we know, lays the groundwork for heart disease.
Add lignans to your diet [...]
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Defend against breast cancer with Indoles & Isothiocyanates
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Isothiocyanates are plant chemicals found in leafy green vegetable like watercress, arugula, cabbage, brussel sprounts, Chinese cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. These compounds help rid the body of cancer causing substances and actually act to remove the trash. Isothicyanates make it difficult for cancer causing substances to target the DNA of healthy cells and in [...]
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Have you had your phytochemicals today?
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Science used to believe that phytochemicals were absolutely useless. However as more experts delve into the study of plants they have found that they appear to help fight off cancer, heart disease and stroke even though they don’t understand why. In fact over 200 studies conducted show that a diet high in [...]
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Anti-aging foods
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
While we have discussed certain foods high in fiber, we haven’t even scratched the surface of foods that can help you battle the aging process.
Plants. Nope, not the philodendron hanging in your kitchen window, but the treasure you find in the fruit and vegetable aisles of your supermarket. If there is one single [...] -
Don’t peel fruits and vegetables
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The skins of apples, pears, peaches and potatoes are rich in soluble fiber. Eating the white rind of oranges and the membrane in grapefruit also provide extra fiber.
Eat fruits and vegetable whole rather than as juices. You may get concentrated nutrients from the juices but you lose the fiber in the fruit. [...] -
Where to find fiber
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Learn to balance the benefit of fiber versus other ingredients. If a granola bar has one or more grams of fiber it is only a good deal if the fat and calorie content are low. A snack bar with 100 calories, 2 grams of fat and a single gram of fiber is probably [...]
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Beans, beans the musical fruit…
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Whether canned or dried, Beans in any form contain large amounts of fiber. Reduce the amount of gas by soaking them overnight in clean, clear water. Rinse again thoroughly before cooking.
Oat bran added to cereals or eaten as bread is a great source for additional fiber.
Try eating brown rice instead of white. [...]
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Fight cancer with fiber
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Fiber works with the levels of acids in the intestines changing the way that certain bacteria do the job. The result is increased fermentation. Yes, it may cause gas but it also makes it harder for carcinogens to get in your body. It also plays a role in regulating the levels of [...]