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Chocolate Flavanols Folly
One ounce of chocolate a day keeps the doctor away. Or so Dr. Oz and other celebrity nutrition and diet experts want you to believe. It sounds so simple and so tempting; if you like chocolate. But, does it really mean you should add one ounce (28 g) of chocolate to ... more
Read more8 Ways To Stay Healthier Longer
While your genes have the biggest affect on how long you will live, there are eight simple lifestyle steps you can take to improve your odds of living a long, healthy life with fewer doctor and hospital visits, and little or no prescription medications. Step 1. Stay Active Your body was ... more
Read moreLower Your Blood Pressure Without Medications
For some people, controlling high blood pressure requires taking several medications daily. Each can produces undesirable side affects. Not taking the medication due to side affects can result in a heart attack or stroke which are still the number one killer in the United States. There are proven ways to lower ... more
Read moreAncient Grains
More and more products are made and marketed with ancient grains. It’s used on products made with quinoa, amaranth, spelt and other grains grown and harvested for thousands of years. Advocates of ancient grains fail to tell you is that wheat, corn, and rice have also been harvested for thousands ... more
Read moreOrganic Tortilla Chips
It was only a matter of time when the demand for organic products was high enough to beginning marketing and sell what amounts to organic junk foods. During the low fat diet craze of the 1980s, manufactures couldn’t flood supermarket shelves fast enough with “low fat”, processed foods; cookies, cakes, ice ... more
Read moreFacts and Fantasies About Chia Seeds
Want to lose weight, boost your energy level, and be a stud or goddess in bed? Add miracle chia seeds to your daily diet. That was a recent claim by a “nutrition expert.” Just add a tablespoon of chia seeds to your smoothie or oatmeal and you can expect miracles. Chia ... more
Read moreSoy and Breast Cancer
Along with all the misinformation about diets there are websites and nutritionists that profit by research by taking statements and conclusions out of context for there own gain; publicity or monetarily. Published research conducted using mice and other animals has not always been a good indicator of how a food or substance ... more
Read moreHow Much Sodium Does Salted Water Add To Pasta
Cooking Pasta When you cook pasta, you have two options: Use unsalted water Add salt to cooking water I was raised in the second camp. My parents always added salt to the cooking water. Most pastas have little or no sodium. That’s good if you are on a sodium restricted ... more
Read moreLegumes Lower LDL Cholesterol
What to lower your LDL cholesterol and heart attack risk? Then give peas a chance and beans, chickpeas and lentils. A research study reported a 5 percent drop in blood LDL cholesterol by eating a three-quarter cup (180 ml) serving of legumes a day. Not bad for a food thats only ... more
Read moreFiber and Fitness
One of the simplest way to reduce calories and lose weight is by increasing the amount of fiber in your diet replacing high saturated fat and fried foods with low saturated fat fiber rich foods. Most Americans eat a fiber poor diet providing less than 10 grams per day. Daily ... more
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