We have all been bombarded with advertisements and media reports about antioxidants in various forms being heralded as everything from the fountain of youth to protection from our own bad habits. Along with the news on antioxidants comes the message that free radicals (what antioxidants neutralize) are evil and we should do everything we can […]
So a vaccine is being developed for the swine fly (H1N1). Many people are convinced that the H1N1 virus is a pandemic virus that is more aggressive than flu virus’ in the past. It is true that it seems that a high percentage of folks that come in contact with the virus develop symptoms. However, […]
This is a very interesting article that can be found in the very informative Mother Nature Network blog. http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/health/blogs/the-fuel-in-meat-and-potatoes
Vitamin K is known to most of us as something that helps clot our blood. Its most useful and wonderful benefits are certainly not well known to the general public. Certain forms of Vitamin K have proven to be able to build bone and clean the plaque out of arteries. Sounds great, right? So,where […]
Managing and living with diabetes is not easy. One must monitor their dietary intake much closer than the average person. Adjusting to a “diabetic safe” diet is quite a shock to most people, but the real shocking thing is that a diabetic safe diet is really a rather simple and healthy diet that is not […]
It is summer time and that means most of us will venture outside more often. We play more sports, we garden and we simply enjoy outside cooking and eating during this time of the year. That puts us in contact with pests and in particular the dreaded mosquito. I know the first thing to pop […]
A current media blitz would have you believe that fructose, specifically high fructose corn syrup (HFCS for short) is not only “healthy in moderation” just like any caloric sweetener but is also chemically the same as table sugar to your body. Both statements are flat out wrong and misleading. Sort of like a publicists spin […]
Yeast Reduction Diet: An all too common and frustrating health issue these days is Candida or yeast overgrowth in our bodies. It’s a fungus that steals our nutrients and therefore our energy then leaves us with toxic, even carcinogenic waste material to deal with. Our immune systems have a very hard time dealing with this […]
The glycemic index is a measure of the effect a carbohydrate has on a person’s blood glucose level in a two hour period. The glycemic index score of a particular food is a number the amount of rise in blood glucose divided by the standard (glucose) and multiplied by 100. That gives us the number […]
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These days many people are intolerant to gluten, not necessarily pathologically allergic, but sensitive enough to cause some profound health effects. Until recently it was believed that 1 in 10,000 people had trouble with gluten. Now it is believed to be closer to 1 in 100. People with gluten intolerance should not eat foods that […]
Most of today’s diets tend to emphasize foods that have an ability to form acid in our bodies. Balancing those acidifying foods with those that alkalize or even consuming predominantly alkalizing foods can go a long way to making us healthier. The idea behind this diet is though homeostasis will maintain the blood pH relatively […]