Diet and Nutrition

Understanding The Mediterranean Diet
Can the Mediterranean Diet help with weight loss The Mediterranean Diet is not a diet per se but a loose term referring to the dietary practices of the people in the Mediterranean region.

Banking Calories Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later
Should you eat less now to pig out later

Why Fast Food Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Their Ingredients
Lynn VanDyke delivers a powerful look into Americas fast food culture. She explains why fast food companies must be held accountable for disclosing their ingredients for each and every product.

Can You Significantly Improve Your High Blood Pressure
It is possible to significantly lower your blood pressure by changing your daily habits. Here is a list of factors that could benefit you.

Is Fruit Juice Healthy
Are fruit juices really as healtthy as TV comercials will have us believe? Heres a more sensible solution for getting your nutrients from fruits.

Dining Out As A Routine Is Good Health Still Possible
Often, I hear from people who have a dilemma. They would like to live a healthy lifestyle but don’t have time to cook. It is definitely healthier to eat less processed food and foods that you prepare yourself...

Water Ionizers Counter Urbanization
Urban water filters are often unable to filter out all the contaminants in our water

Five Tips From An Italian On A Mediterranean Diet
Five lessons I learned from my Italian family on balancing food groups, the easy way.

Four Changes You Need to be Aware of in the New Food Pyramid
A look at the differences in the new and old food pyramids.

Wheatgrass Juicers The Benefits of Wheatgrass Juice
There are several reasons to juice wheatgrass, the chief of which is that wheatgrass is a wonderful source of living chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a pigment in plants that contains magnesium...

Free Radicals Should I Be Concerned About Them
Free radicals are unstable molecules with extra "free" electrons looking for a connection. They can latch onto a cell membrane or blood vessel lining and create constant inflammation, leading to eventual damage, serious disease, and even to an early death.

How to Choose the Best Juicer for You
There are many factors that determine which of the many food juicers out there is the correct juicer for you.

Turning Off the Fat Genes
Genes do influence our size and shape but studies clearly show that if you change your diet and lifestyle you can override hereditary effects to a great degree.

Five Ways to Reward Yourself and Lose Weight
We eat not only for nourishment but for emotional reasons. Five ways to help with emotional eating.

The Olive History and Production
Did you know there are 35 species of olives? Have you wondered why some olives are green and others black? The link at the bottom of this page offers an abundance of information about olives

Why The Low GI Diet Is The Key To Your Weight Loss Goals
Discover how the low gi diet can help you achieve your weight loss goals quicker and easier than you ever thought possible.

Dieting Scams and Losing Weight
A look at some of the most common fraudulent diet claims youll find with scam diet products and plans.

Are All Vitamins Created Equal
Everyone is aware of the importance of supplementation with vitamins and minerals. However many people fail to realize that all vitamins are not created equal. Discover 5 tips to purchase vitamins that help one obtain optimal health.

What are Probiotics and do you need them
What are probiotics and why do you need them This article answers those questions and gives you some advice when looking for good probiotic sources.

Listen Up Listen Your Way To a Better Diet
Listening to audio books about nutrition can be one of the easiest ways to improve your diet. Not only will it not take any more time out of your day but you can listen while preparing meals or buying groceries! A number of diet and nutrition-related audio books are discussed in this article.

Phytochemicals for Your Immune Health
While most research focuses on the anti-carcinogen effects of phytochemicals the results are equally important to those who just want to boost their immune system or help reverse the aging clock.

Rawsome Beauty Luck of the Draw or Within Reach of All
People who have been on the raw food lifestyle for several years begin to have an emerging radiance. The glow is hard to fake because it is basically internal. It comes from an abundance of clear pink almost transparent cells that light up the face. Only superior blood circulation can bring this transfiguring glow. Several years on the raw diet will give you a translucent radiance.

High Mercury Content in Fish
We all know that adding fish to our diets can help increase our bodys ability to repair itself as well as its ability to burn body fat and keep our energy up but its important to choose fish thats also going to improve your health as opposed to silently poisoning you.

YESTERDAY YOU ATE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE KILLING YOU
YESTERDAY YOU ATE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE KILLING YOU. WORSE YET YOURE FEEDING IT TO YOUR FAMILY. YOU SEE PEOPLE EVERY DAY EATING MORE AND MORE OF IT. ITS KILLING OUR NATION AND MAKING YOU FAT IN THE PROCESS - STOP EATING IT TODAY AND START LOOKING AND FEELING BETTER WITHIN 24 HOURS!

Is an Apple a Day Really OK
Whats the point of this story Fruits and vegetables CAN help keep the doctor away. There may be fruits with higher levels of antioxidants but in terms of fruit popularity apples are second only to bananas.

7 Tips for Dieting Success
Handy tips that will help you be successful in your diet and achieve a healthier all-around lifestyle.

Are your nutrition habits robbing you from the body you desire
What if by making a few small changes in your nutrition and eating habits you could add up to a 50% gain in muscle mass and loose up to 18% extra fat?

Dont Let Your Metabolism Fall
It only takes a few key habits to raise your metabolism. There is no magic pill required. You dont have to put heavy spices on all of your foods or run in circles all day long either. This article shares ten strategies to keep that metabolism elevated.

Liquid Vitamins in a Liquid World
Every day, it seems like we are living in an increasingly liquid world. Im not preaching against the evils of alcohol or for a new era of prohibition that will save us from sin and politicians. After all, water is also a liquid, and it rarely inflicts us with either sin or politicians...

The Worshipful Company of Bakers
Bread is one of the oldest known recipes to man. It has been around for several millennia...

The Face of the Waters
The story of creation begins with water. Water is an essential nutrient in our diet, but many people fail to address this important component of health...

The Five Keys to Healthy Eating
Whether someone is following the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, the advice contained in Tom Venutos e-Book, “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle” or even a program of their own design, success depends on enjoying what you eat...

The SugarCoated Truth
It is believed that cane sugar was discovered before the birth of Christ. As early as 500 B.C., India was said to have a “reed which gives honey without bees.” This reed would later become known as sugar cane...

The Skinny on Salt
Sodium is a subject of debate. How much is needed How much is too much Is it good or bad for health This article shares the history of salt dispells some common myth and gets down to the skinny of where it belongs in a healthy nutrition program.

Magnesium The Miracle Mineral
It is estimated that 90% of Americans have magnesium deficits. Magnesium is necessary for some 360 body functions. Its symptoms aRe those of diabetes depression as migraine headaches ADHD asthma allergies psychiatric disorders fibromyalgia insomnia PMS hypertension backaches constipation kidney stones irregular heartbeat and muscle cramps. The RDA is 400.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegars health giving properties were well known long before our time.Hippocrates prescribed it as antiseptic. Greeks and Romans drank it as beverage. Columbus took it on his sails. Samurais drank it for strength as did Babylonians and Caesars troops...

Water makes muscles more elastic
Before you say yeah yeah yeah I know to drink 8 cups a day and live until a hundred. Boring heard it all before and close the page your best bet would be to read on for what you are about to learn may indeed not only broaden your circle of knowledge but save your life.

Are Liquid Vitamins better than Pills
There has been a lot of discussion about the different between liquid vitamins and pills. This article shares the research found and will tell your visitors if Liquid Vitamins are truly better than pills.

Health Is Internal Beauty
The term natural beauty has been misused and abused beyond restoration. Because there is no natural beauty without 100 natural food the beauty that will emerge on the raw food diet I call Rawsome Beauty. Our external beauty is at its best when our internal organs are in the best possible shape form and color. Beautiful is not something extra the body needs: to be beautiful both inside and out is the natural state of ones body. The vitality of internal organs working properly transcends your skin and brings a radiance to your face. This is when beauty does penetrate the skin. So when we admire sparkling eyes fabulous skin and lustrous hair in a way we are admiring the teamwork of a healthy liver colon kidneys etc. How profound the direct meaning of the phrase "beauty comes from within" really is.

Enzymes and Raw Food Can You Cheat Time and Stay Young for Longer
What if the usual signs of old age were not actually a part of the aging process weve come to accept as normal? Have you ever considered that these conditions are simply symptoms of us mistreating our bodies over the course of our lives to date?

New Hair Vitamin Discovered Straight from the Labs
You havent seen this story on CNN. Your doctor hasnt heard about it. Its the latest research in the field of hair loss science, straight from the labs. And you may already have some of this "hair vitamin" in your kitchen right now...

Is Your Skin Getting These Benefits From The Sun
To sun or not to sun, that is the question. You hear people talking about skin cancer and the incredibly harmful rays that it extends to the earth. These rays encourage growth in trees, plants, animals, and humans.

Water Retention
If you think you are too big for your clothes, your face is puffy and looks swollen when you get up in the morning, then you are suffering from water retention. The other symptoms are bloating of the stomach or tightness of the ring in the finger. Your shoes will pinch and all these events will cause you a lot of discomfort. This is called water retention or edema.

Anti Aging Look And Feel 10 Years Younger Without Drugs or Sugery
How to look and feel years younger for baby boomers.

Vitamin Supplements
A person who doesn’t require vitamins is a rare find. Our food production methods (over farming, use of pesticides) coupled with the burgeoning fast food industry and poor cooking methods (over cooking, deep-frying) play a key role in depriving our bodies of important nutrients.