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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ever hear of this fruit?
- I want to tell you about the most healthful and most delicious tropical fruit that you'd ever want to taste. It's called the mangosteen, and the reason you've probably never heard of it is because you can't buy it in the United States. However, you can buy the juice of the fruit and I'll tell you how you can do that at the end of this article.The Mystique The mangosteen is a lov...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating to gain mass
- This is usually the forgotten element of most mass programs. Food. The truth is, no one will gain muscle without food. It seems so simple and basic, yet most don't get enough of it to build muscle.Dieting for muscle gain is simply a matter of eating. You must eat more calories than your body burns off. Now, when I say eat, I do not mean just anything. All calories are not created equal. In ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - (fitness) health thoughts, living on the health minimum wage?
- Random thoughts taken from valuable sources, what many nutrition experts consider to be the most important nutrients and health habits a person should have to help them stay healthy long term. We would categorize them into the following areas.Dietary Fiber - Fiber is extremely important to your health in a number of different ways.According to the National Institutes of Health one of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Minimum health or maximum health? that is the question!
- Picture yourself in one of the following scenarios.You're cruising along in your new car by the ocean or in the mountains near the ski lodge, or just a leisurely drive through a beautiful forest or in the country. You stop and smell the fresh air you hear the scenic sounds. You are at peace.You're relaxing on the patio of your new home - you see the mountains or lake in the distance....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you know your bodys ph and its relation to your health
- Do you know your ph? By getting ph strips at a pharmacy, pool store or lab you can test your urine in the moring and see it's range. A good range is between 6.5 and 7.2. Most of are too acidic.When we are too acidic, the body takes minerals from important organs and our bones to neutralize the acid.These minerals can include calcium, sodium, potassium and magenesium. Though we may not notic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Food selection for gastric bypass patients
- Dieters who dejectedly complain they are figuratively "stuck" with their excess fat may be surprised to learn there is a scientifically-accurate truth to their statement. Fat cells -- which are created when the body is unable to convert excess calories to energy -- are permanent. Fat cells cannot be removed by any diet known to humanity [1]. They can, however, be reduced in size. This is...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Battling childhood obesity through smart eating
- Finally, a positive solution regarding America's difficult and costly campaign to stem childhood obesity is emerging. For the thousands of children and their families who are currently battling with childhood obesity, this good news is long awaited.Indeed, the risk factors for childhood obesity read like a checklist of ailments that only a generation ago would never have been linked to chil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Safely transitioning off meal replacement plans
- Meal replacements have been part of the diet landscape for decades. They have helped numerous people lose weight, and more importantly, they have helped people learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy eating choices. Both quantity and quality of life improvements can be credited to the concept of meal replacement solutions.Those that have successfully relied upon a meal replacemen...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Calculating your calorie needs
- In order to eat fewer calories than you need, you have to determine how many calories you actually need. Adults can calculate their approximate energy needs using the following formula:A. Body weight multiplied by 12 (for men) or 11 (for women) e.g., 150 lbs. x 12 = 1800B. Activity One third body weight multiplied by the number of hours you don't sleep, typically 16 hours 150 lbs. x ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Vegetarian lifestyle
- Being vegetarian is one of the greatest things in the world. From good health to sufficient energy in your daily life. Eating healthy is one of the easiest ways to ensure both your mood and physical wellbeing remain at their positive peek.Uplift Your MoodIf you have an attack of the blues, try drinking some tea made from walnut. Walnuts are plentiful with the mood boosting chemical s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Juice sensibility
- Apart from eating many of the wonderful vegetables and fruits that inhabit our planet, drinking them is equally nourishing and satisfying. Juicing vegetables and fruits can also create a dynamic taste treat, causing your taste buds to dance with undiscovered delight. If you're new to juicing, I recommend only juicing vegetables and fruits that you enjoy eating. As time goes on, you can try out oth...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating disorders do not discriminate
- Who suffers from Eating Disorders?Eating Disorder sufferers are male and female alike. We are of all ethnicity's, religions,and economic backgrounds. We are of all ages,with very different body structures. We can look normal on the outside and yet be suffering terribly on the inside.Genetics, Psychology, and Media all influence the onset of an eating disorder. Once we get caught in t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Bye bye holidays and holiday eating
- Bye Bye HolidaysHoping everyone had a fun, fantastic, exciting and relaxing mix of Holiday eventfulness or lack thereof. Whatever it was that you did, that it most suited your moods and needs. Since the holidays were shortened into one compact week, Saturday to the next weeks Sunday, there was no time to languish. You had to seize that holiday time with both hands and feet to get the most o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nutrition secrets never before revealed
- The topic of nutrition is one that is always present in our lives no matter where we turn. It's on the news, magazine articles, at school, at your doctor's office, and even is a major topic for many books.Over the years, there have been many ideas presented how to structure your diet so you ensure a good state of health. The RDA established by the government recommends certain percentages o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What colors are on your plate?
- Can the colors on your plate tell you what health benefits you are getting?As researchers are learning more and more about the foods we eat there is one hot topic that keeps coming up?.phytochemicals. You may have heard the latest craze for lycopene found in tomato products boasting its heart health benefits. Phytochemicals are biologically active chemicals (not classified as vitamins or mi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A healthy diet means avoiding trans-fat as well as saturated fat
- We all need fat in our diet on a daily basis. However, not all fats are created equal ? there are healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Many people know that monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are the healthier variety, and that saturated fats should be avoided. But did you also know about trans-fats? Read on to learn more about this unhealthy fat:What are trans-fats?Trans fats are ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is dr. arthur agatston fearing the loss of popularity of south beach diet?
- Dr. Arthur Agatston, the cardiologist who developed South Beach Diet has stated in a recent interview that the diet is not low-carb, as everybody labels it. Speculating the wave of decrease in popularity of the low-carb diets, many hastened to say that Dr. Agatston's recent statement is issued from his fear that the diet would fail altogether taken by this wave. The way I see it, the allega...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The non-diet diet
- Diets don't work. If they did the U.S. of A. would be the thinnest, trimmest nation in the world, with over 40 million Americans spending billions each year on weight loss products. In fact, the opposite is true. The Center for Disease Control claims that at least 65% of adults are overweight or obese. With the growing list of woes associated with obesity, including heart disease, high blood press...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sugar lovers beware
- It would be fair to assume that almost everyone on the planet loves sugar and sweet foods. Processed sugar is in many products and is a key ingredient for baking. It seems that everyone has a sweet tooth for some sugar food in one way or another. Most people know to limit their intake of processed sugar, however, what most people don't know is that sugar is one of the worst ingredients to put into...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why are free form essential amino acids necessary and what to look for!
- 1. Look for high quality, crystalline, free-form, amino acids (AAs) Most amino acid blends on the market are actually reduced milk or soy proteins. These may contain small quantities of free form AAs but are mostly comprised of whole proteins and peptides. Proteins and peptides are AAs that are linked together in chains and must first be broken down into single AAs by the digestive process in orde...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The sneak attack of trans- fats
- If you are like most people, you are probably confused about trans fats. What are they? Which foods have them? What is the health risk?The truth is, trans fats are everywhere. They are lurking on the shelves in almost every aisle of our grocery stores. Just when you think that bag of microwave popcorn was a healthy choice for a snack... it might not be. Not because of the popcorn itself but...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Aggressive behaviour seems to be triggered by early age diet
- The fact that diet directly affects behaviour is no news, on the contrary, this reality has been perceived a very long time ago, as the old saying "a man is what he eats" proves. Studies have been performed to ascertain the degree in which this happens. A study of the scientists and researchers from the University of Southern California shows that a lack vitamin B, zinc, iron from the diet ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Toxic metal removal through restored protein anabolism. focus: mercury toxicity
- Toxic metals exist in our environment as pollutants in our air, soil, water and consequently our food supply. We face the added challenge of the toxic metals in our fillings (silver/mercury amalgams) and the thimerosol mercury compound that has been used as preservative for over half a century in our vaccinations. These metals build in our tissues causing our systems to malfunction on many differe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Functional foods: what they are and how they work
- In the brain, a typical protein can live for approximately ten days. The thoughts, feelings and memories of a human being are made up of what was in the stomach only a few days before. As you can see, in choosing one's diet, you actually can determine who and what you are going to become.About 2500 years ago, Hippocrates said, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Glutamates
- Approximately 30 years ago, food manufacturers were competing against the American Homemaker for consumable dollars. Women, traditionally prepared food fed to the family and the food prepared came fresh and cheap!Food scientists knew then that we have glutamate receptors on our tongues. Humans are driven to eat foods containing glutamates, even when we can't taste them. Glutamates can enhan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Antioxidants and your health
- Get back to the basics - eat fresh at home and neutralize free radical oxidation, which is rusting away your body, by eating a variety of foods high in antioxidants every day.Why? Antioxidants, as the name implies, help prevent oxidation, may help increase immune function and possibly decrease risk of infection and cancer.A few of the better known antioxidants include carotenoids-- t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Functional foods are becoming more popular...
- Established in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, "Foundation for Innovation in Medicine" defined "Nutraceutical", as a food, dietary suppplement, or medical food that has a medical or health benefit, including the prevention and treatment of disease. Today, it is hard to separate the definition of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. In 2002, the Nutraceutical or Functional Food indust...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - True culprits of high cholesterol
- What if I told you tap water and homogenized milk may be two of the biggest culprits in skyrocketing rates of high cholesterol? Cholesterol is actually being produced by our own bodies all of the time as a natural mechanism to combat oxidation when our bodies are diseased. Therefore, if we are not well, our cholesterol levels are likely to be higher regardless of what we eat that contains choleste...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating healthy in a time-starved world
- Americans are literally running out of time. Achieving a work-life balance, which is still a luxury for tens of millions of working parents, has been overtaken by an even greater demand: a work-life-nutrition balance. Unfortunately, this increasing demand for nutrition has not been accompanied by a useful strategy that enables people to reclaim time from their harried lives.The result of th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Exposing the best source of protein myth
- An American culture that is marked by a chronic lack of time and the need to achieve is often in pursuit of the "best" something or other. These "best" lists tend to improve time efficiency they help people make quick decisions without a lot of research or "trial and error".However, as with most inventions, there is a potentially harmful application of these ve...