Archive for 'Family Nutrition'
6 Pillars of Student Formula
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Most of us have enough on our figurative plates that we don’t have the time to think about what’s on our dinner plates — but we should. Nutrition is permanently intertwined with your health, and if you don’t put much thought into nutrition, your health will certainly pay the price. Whether you are a regular [...]
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Water’s Effectiveness on the Body
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Drinking More Water Is Key To Alleviating Some Of Today’s Most Common Diseases and Disorders by Kelly Joyce Neff Everyone knows we should drink water. This may seem obvious. But could you actually be chronically dehydrated? water through urination, rather than retaining it.. The one is plump, full, and juicy, containing all its natural water. [...]
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The Toxic Western Diet
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
A UCSF researcher has determined that a key reason for the epidemic of pediatric obesity, now the most commonly diagnosed childhood ailment, is that high-calorie, low-fiber Western diets promote hormonal imbalances that encourage children to overeat. In a comprehensive review of obesity research published in the August edition of the journal Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology [...]
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Preservatives linked to dementia
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
July 06, 2009 10:16am PRESERVATIVES added to cured meats, bacon and ground beef have been linked to dementia diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Scientists say sodium nitrite, which is added to meat and fish to destroy toxins, reacts with proteins in the meat, damaging human DNA cells similar to aging. US researchers, whose work [...]
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Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Martin Mittelstaedt Environment Reporter From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Monday, Jul. 06, 2009 Most people don’t worry about what’s in food packaging, but the cans, boxes and bottles used as containers for everything from pop to microwave popcorn are an underappreciated route of exposure to synthetic compounds able to disrupt normal hormone functions, according to [...]
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Permanent diet may equal longer life
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By Karen Kaplan 8:23 PM PDT, July 9, 2009 For a country in which roughly 200 million people are overweight or obese, scientists today have discouraging news: Even those who maintain a healthy weight probably should be eating less. Evidence has been mounting for years that the practice of caloric restriction — essentially, going on [...]
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BPA linked to cell damage in Women
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Synopsis by Michele A. La Merrill, Ph.D. and Wendy Hessler Women in menopause are more prone to the BPA-associated health effects of inflammation and oxidative stress than either men or women who are still menstruating, finds this study of Korean adults. This is the first time BPA has been linked to these conditions in people [...]
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Chemicals found in Chicago water
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By Michael Hawthorne Tribune reporter July 14, 2009 Annual water quality reports mailed to Chicagoans this month didn’t say a word about sex hormones, painkillers or anti-cholesterol drugs, even though city officials found traces of pharmaceuticals and other unregulated substances in treated Lake Michigan water during the past year.Mayor Richard Daley is technically correct in [...]
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Factors that Affect Your Digestion
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Remember: Our health starts in our intestines. So what are the most important factors that affect our digestion? Here’s my top-five list: Levels of beneficial bacteria in your intestines. From my last newsletter I emphasized the importance of high levels of beneficial bacteria (known as probiotics). Sources include cultured foods like yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut and [...]
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Why Healthy Bacteria Are Important
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
We hear it all the time from nutritionally based healthcare practitioners – you are what you eat. Actually it is more accurate to say you are what you digest, absorb and assimilate. My personal health challenges stemmed from a seriously compromised digestive system. It took many years before I finally woke up and addressed this [...]
