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Health, Healthy Eating, Eat This

Health, Healthy Eating, Eat This
Due to a large campaign by cereal companies back in the '70s and '80s, pretty much everyone knows how important fibre is in the diet. Fibre is the bulk component found in all plant foods that does not get digested when eaten. It is necessary for pushing the digested portions of food through the digestive tract. Getting enough fibre is associated with lower cholesterol levels, lowered incidence of colon cancer andHealth, Healthy Eating, Eat This
One of the more frequent topics I get asked about is sweeteners. Sweet, it seems, is a very comforting flavour. It seems a cruel joke that sugar, the very essence of the sweet flavour, is so detrimental to our health; implicated in everything from obesity to tooth decay and many disorders in between. Artificial sweeteners are really no better as, although controversial, much of the science on them shows they are extremely toxic. Advice, Health, Healthy Eating
Some people seem to have issues with the idea that emotions are associated with disease. Admittedly, the realm of emotional healing tends to bring to mind New Agey weirdos wielding crystals rather than hard science, but there is no denying that emotions have very real, material effects on the body and science is backing it up.Advice, Health, Healthy Eating, Dear Healthy Foodie
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Saturated fat has been the demon of the Western politically correct diet for the majority of the last century, but perhaps this new century will finally see it vindicated. A new study out of California has found that there is no link between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, pooled data from 21 different studies, looking at almost 350,000 subjects and found no relationship between heart disease and saturated fat consumption.Health, Healthy Eating, Eat This
It's often touted by the holistic nutrition pundits that North America is a starving continent. It seems paradoxical that nations that have an out-of-control obesity problem could be said to be suffering from starvation, but there is logic behind the statement. With our nutrient-depleted foods coming from mineral-depleted soils, the over-processing of our foods and the artificial ingredients that replace real ingredients, the Western world is suffering from a starvation of nutrients!Health, Healthy Eating, Holistic Recipe
On the road to an ideal state of health, people often have to make rather large changes in their diets. This can be a traumatic experience when many of our favourite foods need to be tossed to the wayside; sometimes this is only temporarily, but often for good. Lactose intolerance, for example, brings with it a whole list of foods that need to be avoided. Happily, many people find that when they give up dairy products their overall health and well-being improves. Many of us have minor hidden intolerances that are affecting our health without our being aware of it.Health, Healthy Eating, Eat This
A reader recently wrote to me, "my brother in law has lung cancer and I have read a diet high in vitamin C and beta-carotene is NOT recommended where lung cancer is involved as it seems to aid the cancer to metastasize".Health, Healthy Eating, Dear Healthy Foodie
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