“It is just sensible.”exclaimed my friend. She was referring to the large plates sitting in front of us loaded with everything imaginable. As though, it was sensible ingesting a mountain of lettuces, sliced boiled eggs, chunks of ham, shredded cheeses, [...]
Simply Salads
Posted by luputtenan2 on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
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The Four Cornerstones of Nutrition
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What is nutrition? We hear so many reports today on different foods containing them, but the reporters rarely provide any context in which the informaiton can be understood. To receive the benefits of good nutrition, it is important to understand how [...]
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Hyperglycemia, Diabetes, and Managing Blood Sugar
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So, after a miserable 10 hours of blood tests it’s confirmed you have hyperglycemia. Well now isn’t the time to sit back and get depressed. Look at the positive side, now you know why you’ve been tired and worn out for all of this time. Diagnosed in [...]
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Diabetes May Lead to Erectile Dysfunction
Posted by luputtenan2 on Monday, August 29, 2005
Researches have established that a diabetes patient is more prone to succumb to erectile dysfunction than a normal person. Erectile Dysfunction besides diabetes can prove a disastrous combination that can have an impending effect on the psychological [...]
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Understanding Vegetarianism
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Like the Sun, Moon, and Earth, there are three kinds of vegetarians in existence: ovo-lacto, a vegetarian that eats vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, seeds and nuts, as well as eggs and dairy products. Lacto, a vegetarian that eats everything the [...]
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Why Should I Lose Weight?
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According to the BMI chart, if you are overweight, you may be more at risk of developing disease. That should be reason enough to lose weight. Weight related conditions include:Premature death Cardiovascular disease High blood pressure High Cholesterol [...]
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Relieve PMS with the Food Diet Changes
Posted by luputtenan2 on Saturday, August 27, 2005
Almost every woman suffers with premenstrual syndrome at one time or another. The symptoms are familiar: mood swings, cramping and bloating, trouble sleeping. Fortunately, alternative therapies and dietary changes are now providing many women with relief.Reducing [...]
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Simple Food and Diet Nutrition Remedies for Your Common Health Ailments
Posted by luputtenan2 on Friday, August 26, 2005
You are what you eat is a simple, time tested adage that still holds true today. There are non-medical remedies that can help with many of today’s most common illnesses and conditions. In fact, making simple changes to your food diet to cure your common [...]
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How To Find Your Ideal Body Weight
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A calorie is the unit used to measure the energy value of food and the energy used by the body to maintain normal functions. When the calories from food intake equal the calories of energy the body uses, weight remains constant. But when more calories [...]
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Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
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Diabetes affects the manner in which the body handles digested carbohydrates. If neglected, diabetes can cause serious health complications, ranging from blindness to kidney failure.Approximately 8% of the population in the United States has diabetes. [...]
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Where Does Your Drinking Water Come From?
Posted by luputtenan2 on Thursday, August 25, 2005
Have you ever thought about where your drinking water comes from? Most of us never give this question a thought. Yet, the sources of our water tell us a lot about its quality.The Importance of Water SourcesVery early in the development of civilizations, [...]
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7 Tips on Using Food Diet Remedies for Your Common Health Ailments
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Making simple changes to your food diet can help remedy some of the common health problems. Increasingly, more health experts are acknowledging that natural food is a good alternative medicine against many diseases. The use of antibiotics or drugs may [...]
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Warning: If You're a Woman Over 25, You Should Eat These Foods To Prevent Diseases
Posted by luputtenan2 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Do you keep your health care plan in the fridge? It’s not a bad idea actually because if you pick your foods the right way, you can pack heart disease, colon cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes prevention all in a day’s worth of groceries.Heart DiseaseIt [...]
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Healthy Aging - The Clean-Meat Connection
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It is shocking how many people are not taking advantage of the lessons from 21st Century research on cellular health. The syntax of disease is known by many researchers; and many of them are telling you what you can do to protect yourself. They wonder [...]
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Tips to Avoid Trans Fats Hidden In Food
Posted by luputtenan2 on Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Recently, trans fats have risen to the forefront of the nutrition world. It is not uncommon on a regular visit to the grocery store to see a wide range of products advertising themselves as being “trans fat free”. This is helpful information for the [...]
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Tools to Manage Your Diabetes
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It’s estimated that in the US, over 18 million people over the age of 20 have diabetes. If you happen to have been diagnosed with diabetes, make sure you’re getting all the right diabetes treatment supplies. Also check to make sure that your glucose [...]
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After WLS: Silica Vitamin Helps Slow Hair Loss
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The question of hair loss comes up all the time in the LivingAfterWLS community. Is there anything we can do to prevent hair loss or at least decrease the severity of it?Some bariatric centers say there is nothing to be done, that patients have to just [...]
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Weight Loss : Keep It Simple
Posted by luputtenan2 on Monday, August 22, 2005
An increasing trend over the last few years has been for diet books to make things complex.I expect it's because each one vies with the other to come out with some brand new theory or other about why we gain weight and why their diet plan is the only [...]
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Tips to Avoid Trans Fats Hidden In Food
Posted by luputtenan2 on Sunday, August 21, 2005
Recently, trans fats have risen to the forefront of the nutrition world. It is not uncommon on a regular visit to the grocery store to see a wide range of products advertising themselves as being “trans fat free”. This is helpful information for the [...]
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Health Update: Have Your Chocolate and Eat It, Too!
Posted by luputtenan2 on Saturday, August 20, 2005
According to the Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis, a report released on August 10, 2005 elaborates how "Cocoa is the New Red Wine..."In Southampton, England, a research team headed by Dr. Denise O'Shaugnessy, presents [...]
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Welcome to the Middle Aged Diet
Posted by luputtenan2 on Friday, August 19, 2005
You are not a kid any more and becoming a senior is just around the corner. By now, you are monitoring, at least, one of the following: Blood pressure, blood sugar, or cholesterol levels. If not, you are using a prescription, or an herbal remedy, to [...]
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Facts About Virgin Coconut Oil
Posted by luputtenan2 on Thursday, August 18, 2005
Coconut oil is less known compare to olive oil, corn oil, canola oil or any other vegetable oil. It is sad to hear that many terrified titles such as "fat contributor" or "cholesterol raiser" has been sticking on it for years. Do you want to know the [...]
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Lifting for the Love of It!
Posted by luputtenan2 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Over the last couple of years I have taken a number of layoffs, for a variety of different reasons. Many times I wonder why I lift at all. The prevailing belief is that lifting must be one’s top priority if one is to be the best at it. That may be true [...]
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Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin!
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin like A and E. This vitamin is hard to obtain from food. Luckily, sunshine is a significant source of this vitamin because UV rays from the sun trigger Vitamin D synthesis in the skin.Vitamin D is tasked with the crucial [...]
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