10 Easy Food (and Life) Ideas to Increase Your Focus and Energy (12 Jun 2006) Changing seasons, especially summer into fall, is the ideal opportunity to use your food to increase your focus and energy (It's time to get back to school, right?). By changing your food (and the way you live) to adjust to the season, you build energy, while boosting immunity and managing your weight.
High Blood Pressure Diet Guidelines (12 Jun 2006) It is a well-known fact that heart diseases and excess body weight are related. Obesity, heavy alcohol consumption and lack of activity are the main factors causing high blood pressure.
Milk Ranked Among the Top Eight Offenders for Food Allergies (12 Jun 2006) Cow's milk contains over 25 different molecules, which have the potential to elicit an allergic reaction. No wonder milk is repeatedly ranked among the top eight offenders for food allergies! In fact, many doctors, scientists, and health specialists recommend going dairy free as an initial test when a food allergy is suspected.
Is Your Bread Slowly Killing You? (12 Jun 2006) Are there "hidden dangers" in every slice of bread you eat? Are you slowly being poisoned by your daily bread? You could be. Find out now if you are, and what you can do about it.
Nutrition and Exercise Tips to Walk Away From Death (12 Jun 2006) Another tragic death in the powerlifting world. What lessons can we learn from it? How can we improve our eating habits and exercise in order to "Walk Away From Death?"
Stay Healty, Eat more Fish and Seafood (12 Jun 2006) Fish and Seafood are linked to a significant decrease in heart disease and cancer. It seems that the Omega 3 fatty acids play a major part in these beneficial effects of a seafood rich diet...
Nuts To You... Just One Way to a Healthy Heart (12 Jun 2006) Nuts are readily available and provide a highly nutritious food. In addition to protein, carbohydrate, and fat, nuts contain many other important nutrients: fiber, vitamin E, folic acid, potassium, and magnesium.
Alcohol as a Key Ingredient to a Healthy Diet (12 Jun 2006) Evidence suggesting that alcohol is "cardio-protective" first appeared in the literature about 30 years ago. Many large studies have found that men and women who consume light to moderate amounts of alcohol per day live longer than those who abstain completely. On the other hand, the same study showed that men who had more than two alcoholic drinks per day had a higher risk of death than nondrinkers.
Busy Mums Guide to Losing Weight (12 Jun 2006) Starting a family is both rewarding and challenging. However, it often means little spare time (or money) to spend looking after you! Things you once took for granted, like going to the gym or exercise class do not feature so importantly in day-to-day life. Often doing these things is simply wishful thinking! Being a busy Mum is therefore not an easy time when wanting (or needing) to lose weight, especially for new Mums wishing to regain their pre-pregnancy shape.
Food Intolerance (12 Jun 2006) Many people experience unpleasant reactions to foods they have eaten and suspect they have a "food allergy". However, only 2-5% of adults and 2-8% of children are truly "allergic" to certain foods.
The remainder of people may be experiencing food intolerance, or food sensitivity, rather than true food allergy.
Turn to Diet for Everyday Ailments (12 Jun 2006) The old cliché that you are what you eat is quite true. Many people suffer from certain health conditions that even though may not be cured, can be controlled through your diet. All foods have certain qualities that affect the body in different ways. Nutrients are broken down and used in different ways, allowing your body to use them how it desires.
Avoiding Nutritionally Deficient Foods After Gastric Bypass (12 Jun 2006) The restrictive and malabsorptive nature of the gastric bypass system necessitates patients avoid nutrionally void foods. Learn to recognize them and why partaking of them results in illness and weight gain.
Apple Cider Vinegar (12 Jun 2006) Apple cider vinegar's health giving properties were
well known long before our time.Hippocrates
prescribed it as antiseptic. Greeks and Romans
drank it as beverage. Columbus took it on his sails.
Samurais drank it for strength as did Babylonians
and Caesar's troops...