Counting calories is a common diet technique. It involves carefully planning all of your meals to make sure the amount of calories in your food is under a certain threshold. The basic idea behind this is that if you eat fewer calories than your body needs for energy, you should burn fat and lose weight. […]
Read More...Does your New Year’s resolution involve a daily dose of leafy greens? Kale, spinach, mustard greens, bok choy and other veggies with that distinctive dark-green hue provide a nutritional boost you won’t find anywhere else in your diet. Leafy greens provide a rich source of cancer-fighting antioxidants and vitamins as well as fiber, calcium, potassium, […]
Read More...Bone broth has been all the rage for the past few winters. Packed with healing ingredients like collagen and amino acids along with other minerals and nutrients, bone broth can reduce uncomfortable intestinal inflammation, strengthen the GI system, boost your immunity and help the body remove toxins that cause illness. While bone broth is an […]
Read More...Everyone passes gas, so if someone tells you they don’t, they’re lying. The average person farts roughly 10–20 times a day. A perfectly healthy digestive system still produces gas as your gut bacteria breaks down food.Unfortunately, not everyone can digest certain foods well. For example, people who are lactose intolerant can’t break down milk, cheese, […]
Read More...What you choose to put into your body can have a drastic effect on your long-term health and well-being. Just like certain foods and substances are known to perpetuate disease, others — which many people refer to as “superfoods” — may help to prevent illness. While no one food can protect you against cancer completely, […]
Read More...It turns out that European explorers were on the right track searching for the Fountain of Youth in South America. Unfortunately, they were looking for the wrong thing. The secret to slowing aging isn’t a magical well, it’s a berry! The Brazilian Berry That Slows Aging The amazing berry that turns back the clock is called […]
Read More...B Vitamins are the construction workers of your body. They build a lot of the cells you depend on: healthy eye tissue, heart muscles, red blood cells, brain cells and nerves. How can you tell if you’re running low on these workhorses? Here are four warning signs you need more Bs in your life:1. You […]
Read More...Minerals are natural elements that come from water and earth. Iron, magnesium, manganese and zinc are metals. Plants absorb these nutrients from the soil, and animals eat the plants, so different quantities of minerals eventually end up in the different foods you eat. On the other hand, vitamins are organic compounds produced by living things. Plants […]
Read More...Should you follow a juice cleanse diet to lose weight? What about the “blood type” diet? Every time you turn on the TV, there’s another diet that promises you can lose tons of weight while eating all the junk food you want. What’s the truth about fad diets?1. Fad Diets Don’t Work The first reason I […]
Read More...Fad diets deprive your body of essential nutrients. They put you on a roller coaster where you lose tons of weight only to gain it back (with interest). Do any of these symptoms apply to you?Tiredness or exhaustionIrritabilityHungerDigestive problemsHeadachesJoint painColdnessHealthy eating should never leave you feeling exhausted, irritable or in pain. A great diet makes […]
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