It is a fact: we are born in a society where beauty is a powerful asset. It is important, for specially women, to fit that sexy and coveted figure projected by Hollywood. Physical beauty may not mean everything, but it does mean a lot. Who wouldn’t want to get approving stares from eligible bachelors? Who wouldn’t want to be tagged…
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Relational Nutrition Study
Simply, Nutrition is studying the unique relationship between the states of health and disease and diet. Particularly the study of food. Nutrition is so important because lack of neccessary nutrients can allow viruses and diseases to thrive which can lead to illness and even death. Nutrition is mostly based in the middle of the two extremes; that being between prime…
Diet And Your Health
In recent years, we have heard more and more about how our diet affect our health , especially in relation to the production of cancers. Research has shown that our diet contains an enormous variety of natural mutagens and carcinogens. It is also apparent that we are ingesting vastly greater qualities of these substances than was previously suspected. Perhaps this…
The Importance Of Vitamin B 12 Supplementation In A Vegetarian Diet
It’s something we read or hear about all the time: people, in general, do not eat healthy. The average diet contains too much saturated fat and simple carbohydrates, elements that can lead to heart disease, obesity and other serious conditions. While not all people who follow a vegetarian diet do so for health reasons, such a diet is beneficial to…
Weight Loss Discipline
Why is it so hard to lose weight and keep it off? We have all heard that weight loss is just a matter of taking in less calories than we expend. That certainly sounds very logical, but is it really that simple? For example, I had an intention of only eating fruits and vegetables for a day or two, to…
Diet But Know Your Fats
Margarine, butter, other spreading fats and low fat spreads, cooking oils, oil-based salad dressings, mayonnaise, cream, fried foods including fried chips, chocolate, crisps, biscuits, pastries, cake, puddings, ice-cream, rich sauces and gravies are all in this food group because they contain fat. Like carbohydrates, fats contain the elements Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Fats are used as a source of energy:…
Natural Weight Loss And Ending Emotional Eating Once And For All
When you combine intention with patience, exercise and a healthy varied diet, weight loss IS possible! Whether your goal is to loose 10 pounds, 20, or 100 What’s your Reaction? Love Love 0 Smile Smile 0 Haha Haha 0 Sad Sad 0 Star Star 0 Weary Weary 0 0 Shares Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Gmail Linkedin × Share this post! Facebook…
Proven Ways To Lower Cholesterol In Our Body
There are, in fact, many ways of lowering cholesterol which can also lower the risks of stroke and heart attacks. The most effective and proven way is by maintaining a healthy diet. This has been done by most people who have experienced cholesterol level problems. Following a healthy diet is very effective in lowering cholesterol if you learn the appropriate…
What Is The Glycemic Index
Over the last 30 years, research into food and blood glucose response has completely changed our carbohydrate classification system. It has been learned that it is impossible to predict the impact on blood glucose levels by certain foods, instead people are fed carbohydrate foods and the response measured. This response is known as the Glycemic Index (GI), it is a…
Is Losing Weight Via Gastric Bypass For Everyone
Gastric bypass surgery is not about losing weight the easy way and looking good, the operation is about improving health. There are several types of gastric bypass procedures, but all of them involve bypassing part of the small bowel by greater or lesser degrees. Surgical options Gastric bypass procedures involve constructing a gastric pouch whose outlet is a Y-shaped limb…