Articles tagged with: Nutrition

The Little-Known Miracle Nutrient for Inflammation, Anti-Aging, Athletic Endurance and More..
Posted in Aging, Arthritis, Increase Your Energy, Insulin Control, Mental Health, Vitamins and Nutrition, Weight Loss on 26 September 2008

Well imagine if there were a natural substance that operated at many different biochemical levels at once, providing all the following health benefits (yes, from a single source!):

• Reduces proliferation of breast cancer tumor cells by 40%
• Protects the brain from dementia and Alzheimer’s
• Greatly reduces inflammation and joint pain
• Reduces oxidative damage to your DNA by 40% (even at low doses)
• Greatly increases endurance, muscle recovery and workout performance
• Reduces the risk of cancer
• Reduces blood sugar level in diabetics and prediabetics
• Improves fertility while decreasing the rate of stillborn births
• Promotes cardiovascular health, reduces C-Reactive Proteins (CRP)
• Reduces or eliminates carpal tunnel syndrome
• Boosts immune function and helps the body resist infections
• Protects the stomach from ulcers and invasive bacteria
• Protects the kidneys from damage due to high blood sugar
• Causes cancer cells to commit suicide (apoptosis)
• Greatly improves sperm quality, motility, and sperm count
• Prevents asthma by normalizing histamine levels
• Protects the body from highly oxidative foods like fried foods

The Green Tea Super Substance
Posted in Vitamins and Nutrition on 17 September 2008

by Dr. Ray Sahelian
EGCG. In the future you’re going to see these initials quite often. EGCG is short for epigallocatechin gallate, a substance found in certain herbsand in high amountsin green tea. Many of the benefits of drinking green tea are ascribed directly to EGCG.
You can obtain EGCG from drinking green tea or taking a [...]

The Natural Way to Fight Deadly Super Bugs
Posted in Vitamins and Nutrition on 7 September 2008

Yet, there is a way to beat infectious disease and still avoid the serious health risks associated with these over-prescribed drugs. Mother Nature’s healthy immune-boosting nutrients are a wiser option. In my previous job as a pharmaceutical chemist, Mother Nature was my guide for the design and synthesis of drugs. I learned that that real science, not pharmaceutical hype, dictates that we “go natural first.”

Getting Over Fear of Fat
Posted in Weight Loss on 28 August 2008

by Laura B. LaValle
We’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon in our practice — many people are still afraid to eat fat. Even those who are experiencing the benefits of a low-carb, higher-fat diet can’t seem to make the change without having some guilt or concern about the butter on their sautéed vegetables or the cholesterol [...]

Artificial Sweeteners: The Controversy Rages On
Posted in Vitamins and Nutrition on 20 August 2008

by Joseph F. McCaffrey
“In a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the aspartame in the diet soda. . . and literally dying a slow, and miserable death .”
Comments, case reports and claims like this are sprouting up all over — especially on the web. The above quote comments on aspartame, but other artificial sweeteners come [...]

Can Your Morning Cereal Give You a Heart Attack?
Posted in Aging, Insulin Control, Vitamins and Nutrition on 24 July 2008

The USDA’s “food pyramid” says you should eat 6 to11 servings of grain-based foods every day, including rice, pasta, bread, and cereal. The one thing all these foods have in common is that they’re starchy and high in carbohydrates.

Starchy, high-carb foods spike your blood sugar levels. This kicks your pancreas into gear, ramping up your blood insulin levels.

Insulin’s a hormone. It tells your body that the “eating is good” so it may as well start storing those excess calories — as fat. So the more insulin your body makes, the more fat your body stores. The more fat your body stores, the more pounds you pack on. The more pounds you pack on, the harder your heart has to work getting you up those stairs [...]

5 Super Foods for Weight Loss
Posted in Featured, Vitamins and Nutrition, Weight Loss on 13 July 2008

By now almost everyone knows how great foods like broccoli and blueberries are and how they can help you lose weight — but here are some foods you may not have thought of when you first saw the title of this article. Yet every one of these foods (and one beverage) meets at least one major criteria of being a super food for weight loss [...]

The 85/15 Rule for Healthy Eating
Posted in Vitamins and Nutrition, Weight Loss on 2 July 2008

Dr. Tim Reynolds
Last night my wife made chocolate chip cookies. For those who don’t know it, my wife makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the entire world. She only makes them to torture me. She fills the entire house with the aroma and then the cookies sit on the cooling rack saying, “Eat [...]

Seven Good Reasons to Eat Only Grass-Fed Beef
Posted in Vitamins and Nutrition on 6 June 2008

Meat most people eat is poisoned with antibiotics, steroids, and hormones - and just as bad - comes from feedlot farms where the animals are treated horrendously. They’re also fed an unnatural diet of grain and have a high level of inflammation-causing omega-6 fats in their meat that is passed on to consumers. But there’s a solution […]

The Impact of Acid on the Body
Posted in Acidic Body on 1 June 2008

We are, as a nation, chronically acidic. And fewer of us realize what a devastating impact acid can have on our bodies. Bone Loss and Joint Pain, Bronchial Attacks for Those with Asthma, Abnormal Cell Growth.. And these are only a few of the damaging effects of chronic acidosis..
Your body chemistry can be changed from acidic and damaging to alkaline and healthy. How? […]