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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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