Archive for the ‘health’ Category
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How fiber fights disease
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Before we take a look at how fiber can combat cancer, we need to explore the two different types of fiber – insoluble and soluble. Each type works differently to fight disease.
Insoluble fiber comes from a substance that forms in the cell walls of plants. The reason it is called insoluble [...]
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Fiber - your friend for life.
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
If there was one element of our diets that we would ‘wish away’ it might be fiber. Fiber is what is left over after our bodies have squeezed every bit of nutritive value from the foods we eat. Don’t discount fiber, however. It is a very important part of a healthy diet [...]
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Watch out for dietary fats.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The problem is that not all fats are created equal and many of us just don’t understand the difference.
Monounsaturated fats such as olive and canola oils and polyunsaturated fats like corn and safflower oils are considered somewhat healthy when taken in moderation.Saturated fats that we find predominantly in meat, eggs and dairy products are [...]
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Good fats v bad dietary fats
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Cancer is another possible by-product of excess fat in the diet. In fact dietary fat is credited with playing a role in as much as 40% of cancers in men and 60% of cancers in women. Read meat is considered to be one of the biggest culprits, increasing the instance of colon, rectal [...]
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Our love affair with fat.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
We love fat so much that we eat the equivalent of 1 ½ cups of butter every week! Yes, that’s correct. Walk to your refrigerator and pull out 6 sticks of butter and imagine them placed at different points in and out of your body. Pretty scary, isn’t it? Excess fat [...]
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Make the switch to unsaturated fats for anti-ageing
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Switching to a low-fat style of eating mostly unsaturated fats you may very well quickly feel rejuvenated regardless of your age. No matter what your age or medical conditions might be, diabetes, high cholesterol, gout or heart disease a low-fat diet is the way to go.
Limit saturated fat to less than 10% of your daily [...]
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It might be a cliche, but you ARE what you eat.
Friday, December 7th, 2007
We have to discuss it. You’ve heard it before but it must be repeated. You ARE what you eat. There are over 13.5 million Americans alive today who have a history of heart attacks, angina or a combination of both. 50% of them are age 60 or older and 83% who die of heart attacks [...]
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Your environment.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Are you under the assumption that pollution is a modern day problem? Think again. In ancient times, the Greeks AND the Romans spewed huge amounts of toxins into the air extracting silver from lead.
The stench of an abandoned canal in
Washington, D.C. clogged with animal carcasses and human waste was so bad it permeated the [...] -
Berry nice!
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Tannins are not just colorful substances used in dying, making ink or tanning leather. Ellagic acid, one form of tannin, is in foods that stain. Strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Get more tannins into your system and fight cancers, heart disease and stroke. Skip juices and go for the whole fruits. Check the labels of your [...]
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Who’s anti-oxidant?
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Although you can get most of the nutrients you need from a multi-vitamin, you may want to take extra supplements of certain vitamins and minerals to promote optimum health. As we get older, the body reduces the amount of antioxidants it produces and it will become more difficult to get enough antioxidant protection just from [...]