The Importance of a Healthy Diet - Nutrition
Do people really understand the importance of a healthy diet? I don't think so. If they did, they'd be eating a super healthy diet instead of the poor Standard American Diet - You probably already know that what you put into your mouth makes a ... [... more]
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Online Glycemic Index List of Foods - Nutrition
This online glycemic index list of foods is based on the latest, most up-to-date research for optimum nutrition and blood sugar levels by Arianna Carughi, Ph.D., C.N.S. and Gene Spiller, Ph.D., C.N.S., Consultants to the Stanford Center for ... [... more]
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Hidden Sugars - Nutrition
Many companies consistently look for new ways to hide more and more high glycemic sugar in commercial products. Why? Because it's addictive. So be on guard for hidden insulin spiking ingredients with new names. Some of the products that contain ... [... more]
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Are Herbs Nutritional Fuel? - Nutrition
It may surprise you, but most herbs (except for garlic) are not intended to be part of your nutritional fuel. Although herbs can be beneficial and healing (I generally prefer them over medications), herbs are not nutrition. They're medicinal. If ... [... more]
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Margarine or Butter - Which to Choose? - Nutrition
This was the great debate at my house. Margarine was created during the Second World War as a cheap substitute for butter. My father was Scotch and preferred cheap. He claimed there was no difference. But Mom was committed to quality and had no ... [... more]
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Do You Need Nutritional Health Supplements? - Nutrition
What do you think? Can you get all your nutrition from the foods you eat? Or do you really need nutritional health supplements in order to be and stay disease free, vibrant and healthy? Not long ago, most doctors, nutritionists, and government ... [... more]
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Food - Medicine or Killer? - Nutrition
The famous ancient Greek physician Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine and let your medicine be food." But that was a long time ago. So, how do you suppose Hippocrates' healing philosophy can be applied to our modern refined foods? [... more]
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Foods High In Antioxidants Phytonutrients - Nutrition
Antioxidants are naturally occurring phytonutrients found in fruits and vegetables. Eating foods high in antioxidants and taking a natural antioxidant supplement are essential to good health. Foods high in antioxidants and high quality natural ... [... more]
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Hidden Obstacles In Your Food - Nutrition
In the 18th century, Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray." And that's certainly true when it come to our plans to live a long, happy, healthy life. On the road to good health, most people go ... [... more]
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Hunting And Gathering At The A & P; - Nutrition
Have you seen the new government food guidelines? If you haven't, don't bother. Instead of making it clearer and less confusing, they've made food categories so broad that it's more like having no guidelines at all. Whenever I get confused about ... [... more]
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Is Pasta Good For You? - Nutrition
If you're wondering if pasta is healthy food, the answer is, "Yes" and "No." It totally depends on the pasta, how you cook it and serve it and how much you eat. The bottom line is - pasta can be very healthy or very unhealthy. Pasta [... more]
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Junk Food Adds Up - Nutrition
Non-nutritious junk food has taken over the American diet - much to everyone's detriment. Desserts, for example, at a shocking average 12.3% of calories, are now the most common single food in the national diet. Sweets, soft drinks and alcohol ... [... more]
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