Nutrition and Your Health

Archive for February, 2008

7 Strategies for Stopping Sugar Cravings:

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1. Eat regularly. Avoid skipping meals or starving yourself. Include planned, healthy snacks into your eating plan. Sugar cravings get more intense when you’re over-hungry.
2. Eat more complex carbohydrates, especially high fiber, whole grain products. Minimize simple sugars and refined products. Cakes, cookies, sweets, white rice, white bread, and white pasta may cause an “insulin […]

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Are Whole Food Supplements Better for You then Vitamins?

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Foods heal illness, provide our cells with energy, prevent disease and build our immunity. Only whole, natural foods have this life-supporting power. Not vitamins, not multivitamins and not drugs.

Whether you are suffering from a common cold, arthritis, asthma, heart disease, cancer, mouth sores, diabetes, prostate problems, PMS, osteoporosis, joint pain, headaches, back pain or […]

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Easing Pain with Omega-3s

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Can you eat your way out of pain? Possibly yes.
There’s evidence that certain types of chronic pain may be helped by consuming foods or supplements that are high in omega-3 essential fatty acids. Omega-3s, commonly called “fish oil” because of their primary source, have been shown to lessen the intensity of joint pain and […]

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20+ Foods You Should Have at Home

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Guest Excerpt from Healthy Living that Fits Your Life:
…Today I just want to give you a shopping list of some things to have on hand in your home that will help you eat better. If you have good food at home, you’ll eat it. If you have bad food at home, you’ll eat it. See […]

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The Plant Sterol Story: Using Food Choices to Help Manage Cholesterol

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Adding plant sterols to your diet is one of several simple changes you can make to help manage your cholesterol level. The National Cholesterol Education Program’s guidelines for adults with elevated cholesterol levels include 2 grams of plant sterols a day for effective cholesterol lowering.

Plant sterol research has been building since the 1950’s. The foundation […]

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Cocoa and Chocolate: Sweet News in Time for V-Day!

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Did you know that cocoa packs a powerful antioxidant punch? Thanks to nutrient rich cocoa beans, this plant-based food contains naturally-occurring anti-oxidants.
Cocoa Beans are rich in flavanols.Cocoa beans are rich in a specific type of antioxidant called flavanols. Flavanols are found in several plant foods such as apples, berries, beans, nuts, purple grapes, red […]

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Reading food labels: White bread disguised as whole wheat

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“If you’re a carb-eater, then you probably know by now that all carbs are not created equal. ‘White’ flours are those who have had most of the nutrition stripped out of them during processing. Whole grains, such as whole wheat bread, are a much more nutritious source of energy and fiber.”
So just grab the bread […]

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Keeping the "Heart" in Your Favorite Recipes

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With a few changes, you can keep the heart in family favorites and add the health.Here’s how:
Dairy Products Cook with lowfat, fat free, nonfat dry, or evaporated fat free milk. Bake or cook with 3 egg whites and 1 egg yolk, instead of 2 whole eggs.Or use 2 egg whites or 1/4 cup of egg […]

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Food for Thought: Cholesterol

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What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and in all your body’s cells. It’s normal to have cholesterol. It’s an important part of a healthy body because it’s used for producing cell membranes and some hormones, and serves other needed bodily functions.
But too much cholesterol in the blood is […]

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Protect Your Heart: Make Wise Food Choices

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How can food choices help keep my heart and blood vessels healthy?
You can help protect your heart and blood vessels by• eating less of the foods that raise your blood cholesterol and your chances of heart disease• eating more of the foods that lower your cholesterol and your chances of heart disease
Choosing foods wisely can […]

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