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Some time ago carbohydrates got a bad name and people, especially those on weight loss diets, shunned them like plague. Little did they know that they were committing a grievous mistake! It was like throwing the baby with the bathwater. The truth is that carbohydrates are not the enemy. They are an essential part of every healthy diet because these organic compounds provide the main source of energy for the body. Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are the three main nutrien...
Posted: 2007-05-21
Category: Health & Fitness
What do you know about superfoods? They have been all over the media and health journals as foods that are going to help keep your body performing at the top of its game. These foods are said to be your allies in a battle against obesity and for healthy cholesterol levels as well as removing toxins from your body. If you are one of the millions who are battling obesity, you need to learn about superfoods. Don’t feel alone in this battle, the American Obesity Association sa...
Posted: 2007-05-20
Category: Health & Fitness
When our homes get a little messy we give them a full cleaning. When our car looks a little dirty, we take it in for a cleaning. But rarely do we give the same consideration to our bodies. The human body needs the same style spring-cleaning regimen for digestive health. This kind of cleaning is referred to detoxification, and is a complete process of cleaning out all 7 of the areas the body eliminates waste. While you may only think of regular elimination, in the form of...
Posted: 2007-05-20
Category: Health & Fitness
Very rarely do we think about what goes into eating and digesting our meals. Pretty much, we just toss the food in our mouths, chew it a bit, and let it go down the gullet. The real process behind digestion is much more complicated and begins as soon as you put the first morsel in your mouth. As soon as the first bite hits your tongue, the mouth is hard at work. The job of your teeth is to break down the food into smaller and smaller pieces until all that is left is a mush...
Posted: 2007-05-20
Category: Health & Fitness
Is it possible to loose weight overnight? A four-year study carried out by researchers at the University of Wisconsin point outs that this is indeed possible. They found that those who sleep seven to nine hours nightly are less likely to be obese than those who only have between two and four hours sleep a night. As a matter of fact those only having two to four hours a night were seventy three percent more likely to be obese. They found that these percentages lessened signifi...
Posted: 2007-05-14
Category: Health & Fitness
One of the most popular questions in the weight loss industry is 'what do I have to do to maintain and support a healthy weight?' If you were to ask enough weight loss experts this question you would probably receive a multitude of responses. The answer is to detoxify and cleanse your digestive system. Detoxification is the purging of harmful toxins which prevent natural health from occuring. One of the first steps of detoxification is to purge the colon of impacted f...
Posted: 2007-05-11
Category: Health & Fitness
Health care practitioners and nutritionists often recommend a high fiber diet. Dietary fiber is found in the cell walls of plants. It is a complex carbohydrate, which is not strictly classed as a nutrient because we cannot assimilate it. Despite containing no nutrient value of its own, the food in which the fiber is found is laden with nutrition. The average American gets just fifteen to twenty grams of fiber daily. When comparing this with the daily recommendations of thi...
Posted: 2007-05-11
Category: Health & Fitness
A healthier diet is not about how much you eat or measuring portions, counting calories or cutting carbs. It is a long-term lifestyle alternative. The concept of healthy dieting is considered to be one aspect of good living and healthy practices. To lose weight naturally, you must know what makes you fat in the first place. When you eat carbohydrates your body turns them into sugar. These sugars are either immediately sent to the cells of the body for energy or they are st...
Posted: 2007-05-09
Category: Health & Fitness
Eating convenience foods daily isn’t healthy and this is a fact, which we are all conscious of. We recognize that low carbohydrate diets and diets containing dairy products which are rich in fat and meats covered in fat aren’t the route to a slimmer body. Its time to face facts and wise up that the only way forward is to choose correctly and instigate a wise eating strategy if we intend to lose weight. We usually lack the motivation to change our food habits but a little b...
Posted: 2007-05-08
Category: Health & Fitness
Have you ever had a bad episode of digestive gas buildup? It can be very embarassing. However what most of us never consider is that fact that flatulence is a primary sign of poor digestion. Poor digestion is problematic for your long term health. If you do a little comparative test, you will note that you feel better and your digestion is smoother when you eat in a quiet and peaceful environment. Digestion is the process of converting food into an absorbable form that...
Posted: 2007-05-08
Category: Health & Fitness
Eating to a lot of processed foods is particularly unhealthy. This can lead to a build up of undigested food in the intestines, which causes the bacteria in the gut to interact with the undigested food; as a result toxic gases and chemicals are released. These inner toxins are called endotoxins. They can cause substantial damage to the mucosal lining of the gut. When this damage occurs the toxins will enter the bloodstream and circulate into the rest of the body. Increa...
Posted: 2007-05-08
Category: Health & Fitness
Everyone will admit that flatulence is embarassing, uncomfortable and humiliating. However, the real issue involved with gas buildup is the reality that food is not being properly digested. This is a huge potential health risk. Poorly digested foods petrify and ferment in the gut increasing the risk of many digestive degenerative diseases. Digestion is the process of converting food into an absorbable form. Good digestion is the key to good health. Our great grandparen...
Posted: 2007-05-07
Category: Health & Fitness
