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It is not the fat in the foods we eat but, far more, the excess carbohydrates from our starch- and sugar-loaded diet that is making people fat and unhealthy. If you or people in the family or friend circle are experiencing any of the below mentioned symptoms, the possibility is that may be the excess carbohydrates in your body is responsible for symptoms like gaining weight, fatigue and feeling sleepy all the time, depression, fog like feeling in the brain, low blood sugar, and high blood pressure etc.

It’s a fact that we all need a certain amount of carbohydrates. The carbohydrates that we get through grains, potatoes, sweets and other starchy and sugary foods, is far too much than our we need and body’s capacity to store it. This excess carbohydrate simply gets converted, via insulin, into fat and gets stored in the adipose or fatty tissue. Read the rest of this entry »

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The food habits of people have changed over generations and, nowadays, intolerances to different kinds of food are more common. It can be caused by unhealthy dietary habits, stress, an immune function that is supersensitive, and weak digestion. A food intolerance is different from an allergy in that it won’t be dangerous to life and the immune system is also not involved. But with a food intolerance people can feel ill and their health will be affected over the long term if it is not diagnosed soon.

A person can develop intolerance for any kind of food as the body does not produce a sufficient quantity of the necessary chemical or enzyme that is needed to digest that particular food—lactose intolerance, for example, or alcohol, or food additives such as caffeine and monosodium glutamate. Read the rest of this entry »

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Caffeine occurs naturally in several plants. Caffeine can also be chemically synthesized. It is found in high doses in coffee, soft drinks like cola, some medicines, in tea and chocolate. In some things it is found in higher proportion that the others. Like tea and chocolates are not as high on caffeine as the other things mentioned above.

Since it is found in such everyday routines that we follow year after year, like drinking coffee, that many a times the cases of caffeine overdose are reported where the patient has overdosed without being aware of it. Read the rest of this entry »

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They are being banned in restaurant and fast food joints. These are the trans fatty acids that lead most to cholesterol and heart disease. It is now mandatory for food manufacturers to declare trans fats on food labels.

Fats are usually saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated fats. Trans fats are mostly artificial fats but can occur naturally in dairy and meat products. There is a process called partial hydrogenation through which trans fats are made. Liquid vegetable oil is a healthy monounsaturated fat. It is full of hydrogen atoms that can be changed into fats. The food industry found this an ideal fat to work with because it had a smooth texture and could be reused for deep-frying. Read the rest of this entry »

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Our body is the smartest ‘machine’ ever created. And how we fail to take even basic care of it. Especially when it comes to children we need to be extra careful but many of us aren’t. We ourselves are responsible when it comes to creating an environment for disease in our own bodies and of our children. Eating and encouraging fast food or a diet that consists primarily of highly processed foods, not going for enough fruits and vegetables and having soft drinks. This is how we set the stage for disease to grow in our bodies and our children’s as well. Read the rest of this entry »

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We all know that calcium is very important and helps keeping our bones strong. We my be 15 or 60- either way calcium has a significant role to play.The easiest source, when one thinks of calcium are dairy products. But sometimes, dairy products don’t agree with our body. The other possibility is that may be we are following a certain diet and trying to cut calories to lose weight or we just don’t like the taste of milk, we don’t agree with the way the cows are bred and milked in terms of hygiene etc. Under such circumstances how do we get our calcium? It is possible! Provided we are resourceful and determined.

I am emphasizing on being determined because you will agree that drinking milk or eating your bowl of yogurt are easy and quick and get you to the daily goal faster than having broccoli, almonds, sardines and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

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Women (and men alike) can their get calcium from raw milk, vegetables, almonds, yogurt, and sardines etc. Some people also make calcium citrate at home. Eggshells are also considered high in calcium.

Calcium from food is absorbed and utilized better by our body than calcium from a pill. Supplements are supplements as the name suggests. And food is food. Let us not think of replacing food with supplements at any stage or given point of time. It does not work. Raw milk, green veggies are the biggest and best sources of calcium. Your best choice is always to opt for nutrients the way nature intended in the first place. Which certainly is not by swallowing pills. Go for a healthy balanced diet. Read the rest of this entry »

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There are many ways in which you can cut fat from your everyday cooking. Things you don’t realize and follow as a routine because you saw your grand ma doing it may be actually causing your body a lot of harm to your body. So let us take a good look at what we can do to make our meals healthier by way of cutting fat. If you have more ideas, let them pour in. The more useful the article, more people can be benefited from it. So here we go.Replace butter or oil with nonstick cooking spray or opt for liquid oils over solid fats. Cooking oil may contain fat. Depending upon the type of oil one uses in cooking the degree may vary. That is the reason one is always encouraged to try canola oil or olive oil whose bad fat content is comparatively much less. Read the rest of this entry »

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Touted as the latest wonder fruit, pomegranate according to clinical studies has been shown to be of significant benefit, particularly in the prevention of heart disease. A glass of Pomegranate Juice all the Vitamin C our body needs through the day. Besides Vitamin C it also has sufficient Vitamin A, E and folic acid.Pomegranate juice also works as a blood thinner. Research institutes also think that it may be an excellent agent that will help promote blood flow to the heart, reducing plaque in the arteries, to raise “good” cholesterol and lower “bad” cholesterol.

People everywhere also enjoy the taste of Pomegranate Juice, and have it as their preferred beverage. Its antioxidant properties also make the juice very popular. It contains about three times more antioxidants (ounce for ounce) than what researchers have found in red wine or green tea. Read the rest of this entry »

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Through this article I will share the most important fact with you about putting your children on diet. Let me tell you that it’s not right to put your child on a diet. If your child is obese, the solution does not lie in restricting his/her calories. During this time kids are rapidly growing and developing their skeletal structure. And by opting to watch and limit their calories intake may affect children’s overall health adversely. The result of this exercise may be that they do not develop their full bone and muscle mass.

I have come across several parents who are so worried about their children’s obesity that they are even considering commercial weight loss programs for them. What they have to understand is that these commercial weight loss programs are designed for adults with fully developed bone mass. Read the rest of this entry »