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I’m sure you’ve heard everyone saying it - the best way to live your life is through a high-fiber diet. Health expert after health expert is telling us this. Even the American Dietetic Association, the Surgeon General, and the National Cancer Institute are pushing the importance of making sure you eat enough fiber. Their recommendation is that every adult should consume at least 20-35 grams of fiber a day (for children the recommendation is “age plus five” meaning their age p...
Posted: 2007-07-16
Category: Health & Fitness
If you’re on a quest for weight loss, there’s no doubt you’ve heard horror stories of all sorts on the ways people have tried to lose weight. For those who considered stomach-stapling surgeries, it may be about scarring or infections, of others who went on crash diets but failed miserably. How safe are the things people are doing to try and lose weight? There is concern that some people are willing to do whatever it takes, at whatever price to lose weight. While overall we...
Posted: 2007-07-16
Category: Health & Fitness
Nearly 65 percent of Americans are either obese or overweight. Many of them are trying to do something about it. Some have tried all sorts of diet foods, shakes, bars and pills. Others have taken the extreme step to have a stomach-stapling surgery to try and get rid of the pounds that just won’t seem to go away. The weight loss industry is huge. A report on the topic on Frontline estimated that there is about $40 billion dollars a year going into various weight loss prog...
Posted: 2007-07-16
Category: Health & Fitness
The majority of people in the United States are overweight. A number of them are obese or close to it according to recent studies. Obesity increases threats of colon problems and heart disease. If you are one of these people, you should not feel alone. If you are searching for a weight loss program that will work as well as a way to keep the weight off and stay healthy once you get to your goal, consider research that has been done on the topic. Most cardiovascular surgeo...
Posted: 2007-07-16
Category: Health & Fitness
There are so many benefits of a high fiber diet that one wonders why it took so long to realize it. It provides total body support, from cleansing, detoxifying and decreasing the risk of deadly diseases. As a matter of fact, a high fiber diet promotes healthy cholesterol levels. When the wrong type of cholesterol accumulates in your blood and arteries, it can block the flow of blood to your heart and the result can be life-threatening. However, the remedy is not to banish all...
Posted: 2007-07-15
Category: Health & Fitness
Even if you don’t have an overweight problem, you need to manage your weight on a daily basis lest it gets out of control. And, the best and safest way to do it is to introduce high fiber foods in your daily diet. If you do have a weight problem, you must not look for short cuts or quick-fix remedies, and avoid even thinking of things like gastric bypass, or tummy tuck surgery which can lead to sepsis or scarring According to 2006 statistics, nearly 200,000 bariatric proce...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Once upon a time when a star would put on a few too many pounds for the camera to see them in the same light, they would be whisked away to an exclusive spa resort that would cost a fortune but also do the trick of getting them back in shape and looking like a million bucks once again. Now it’s not just the Hollywood elite that get to go to these special weight loss havens. In recent years, the affordability of weight loss spas has become more within the reaches of the gen...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Dieticians and physicians agree that a high fiber diet is the best diet not only for a healthy weight but also for a healthy heart and over all health and general well being. According to the Surgeon General, the American Dietetic Association and the National Cancer Institute, fiber should become an essential part of your daily diet, and adults should consume 20-35 grams of fiber everyday for optimal health. For children the standard rule of ‘age plus five’ applies, for examp...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
It is commonly said that if you want to lose weight you have to eat less. But that is not the case. In reality, if you have too few meals with too much time between them, your body will not be happy. Therefore, the real way to lose weight is to eat more. Let’s look at the process of food consumption. When you eat something, it makes its way into your stomach where dietary thermogenesis gets underway. In this process, your body needs quite a bit of energy to be able to star...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Fiber and Your Brain There has been an increase in recent years of the numbers of people who experience a variety of weaknesses in their bones and brains. But new studies believe that if you follow a healthy, high-fiber, diet it may stop the break down of the brain and bones, and actually keep those parts of your body healthy into your later years. Unfortunately the numbers of those who are suffering with the brain disease Alzheimer’s is growing. Right now there are 4.5...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Have you been feeling irritable, tired or overweight lately? Have you felt like you are not as healthy as before? Has your feeling of well being deteriorated with age? If yes, your problem could be toxins, which can be eliminated by a colon cleansing diet. “Death begins in the colon”, say digestive experts. 57 leading physicians met and discussed this issue before the Royal Society of Medicine of Great Britain. They concluded that toxic colon, technically known as alimenta...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Renowned health experts recommend a healthy balanced fiber rich diet along with supplements that aid digestive health and provide many other benefits to our system. Digestive health implies that our body is able to make the best of the nutrients it gets. It also means regular bowel movement and reduced instances of bloating, gas and other digestive discomforts. There is a growing amount of research that points to an undeniable link between our intestinal environment and its ...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
1. Lowered risk of heart disease –The Journal of the American Medical Association conducted a ten-year study of 68,000 women in June 1999. The study showed that fiber lowers the risk of heart disease and especially fiber contained in cereal grains is most effective in this regard. 2. Lowered risk of type 2 diabetes – Fiber can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in half. Diabetics find great help in stabilizing their blood sugar levels by a regular intake of f...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
If you want to be on the fast path to weight loss, you may have considered diet shakes, strict regimens, diet pills and other lose weight quick plans. Before you start popping pills, make sure you know what they may do to your body. Many diet pills come with complaints of causing heart issues, and others lead to anxiety disorders. Why take the risk when there is a more natural option. The same results can be accomplished by eating more high-fiber foods. Fiber comes with...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
What do you really know about the good effects of high-fiber foods? There are a lot of benefits to these foods and many people cannot name them all. One is that instead of breaking down and all being absorbed by your body, fiber actually stays pretty solid as it moved through your system and for that reason acts as a cleanser, removing other waste materials from your digestive walls. High-fiber foods are known to have positive effects on cholesterol levels. There are two k...
Posted: 2007-06-23
Category: Health & Fitness
