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Tag Archives: Nutrition
Healthy New Year Resolutions
Ah Time to chip away the ice and put on your heavy overcoat of winter. Gone are the holiday feast and treats. Will your well-mentioned New Year’s resolutions be left buried in a February snow bank. Continue reading
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Tagged Dairy product, Diet food, Food group, Food Guide Pyramid, Human nutrition, Milk, Nutrition, Wine tasting descriptors
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What is Inulin
Garlic is a good source of food inulin, sweetness without the calories. Inulin is one of the many functional foods said to have some health benefits. Continue reading
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Tagged Blood sugar, Business, Dietary fiber, Health, Inulin, Nutrition, Prebiotic (nutrition), Sugar
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Fast Food Choice Can Help Your Heart
We have all been there, we are ready to order our burger large fries and vanilla shake when that annoying little voice in the back of our head pipes up and says wait get a salad instead. Continue reading
Nutrition is critical after heart surgery
Nutrition is critical after heart surgery a healthy diet is an important part of a healthy life, but at no time is nutrition more important than following surgery, especially open-heart surgery. Continue reading
Have You Ever Heard of a Crossover Food?
If you are looking for a healthy, versatile way to include more protein in your daily intake, you can eat fully cooked dried beans, otherwise known as legumes.Legumes are also very low in fat, but full of minerals, vitamins, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bean, Dietary fiber, Health, Heart disease, Nutrient, Nutrition, Protein, Vegetarianism
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The War Between Synthetic and Natural Vitamins
Whole food, all-natural vitamins come directly from produce. However, as Earth’s soil became depleted, the food it produced didn’t have as many nutrients. The delicious fruits that we love are not as delicious, or as nutritious, as they once were. Continue reading
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Tagged Ascorbic acid, Food, Health, Medical dictionary, Natural foods, Nutrition, United States, Vitamin
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Important Health and Nutrition Information for Aging
Nutrition has a lot to do with aging. Problems with nutrition as people age increase as chronic diseases and impaired organ function damage digestive functions, along with the processing of nutrients. Food may not be absorbed, metabolized, or excreted properly, and the nutrients in the food won’t be absorbed. It is estimated that 80% of senior citizens have a chronic disease. Nutrition can prevent chronic disease and help people recuperate from it.
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Tagged Chronic (medicine), Diet, Dietary fiber, Health, Muscle, Nutrient, Nutrition, Vitamin
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How to Select Nutritional Supplements
Your diet may be short on certain important nutrients. However, supplements may not be what you expect them to be. You need to select the right nutritional supplements to complement your healthy diet, so that you don’t cancel out the nutrients. About 50% of Americans take supplements, but have of them don’t use then correctly, according to doctors. But, how in the world do you use supplements the wrong way? Continue reading
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Tagged Diet, Dietary supplement, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Nutrient, Nutrition, United States
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You Can Have Better Health Through Fiber
A daily intake of fiber is an important factor toward losing weight and your general health. Health care professionals tell us that each adult should have 25 to 35 grams a day. In Western countries, the daily fiber intake falls well below those recommendations. Increasing your dietary fiber could certainly improve your health. Continue reading
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Tagged Bran, Dietary fiber, Fiber, Gram, Health, New England Journal of Medicine, Nutrition, Rice
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Consumer Alert on Synthetic Vitamins
Synthetic vitamins, very popular in today’s marketplace, are now proving to be dangerous. They are no substitute for the All-Natural vitamins that come from whole-foods. Continue reading
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Tagged American Medical Association, Dietary Reference Intake, Food, Health, Nutrient, Nutrition, Synthetic fiber, Vitamin
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