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  • Mangosteen Juice, The Pain Reliever  By : Dorline Howard
    Xango, a revolutionary beverage that will help you to heal a bunch of health problems including gout and arthritis.
  • Healthy Hair Vitamins  By : Tania
    Find which specific vitamins a person should take in order to have healthy hair and prevent hair problems.
  • The Dangers of Sodas and Diet Drinks  By : Dianne Ronnow
    Sodas and colas are incredibly popular across the world. These beverages account for more than a quarter of all drinks consumed in the United States. More than 15 billion gallons were sold in 2000. That works out to at least one 12-ounce can per day for every man, woman and child.

    Sodas are full of empty calories and will contribute to obesity, tooth decay, weakened bones and caffeine dependence. Studies have shown strong links between children who drink sodas and childhood obesity...
  • Glyconutrition: All Eyes On Newton  By : Doc Gamble
    Newton: Finally Speaks out about
    Glyconutrition: Accessing the nutrients is a key to health.
  • Getting a Healthy Breakfast  By : Peter Garant jr.
    A good breakfast is necessary to make a good day’s start. Headaches, dizziness, and irritability are consequences of breakfastless mornings.
  • Acid Vs Alkaline Diet  By : Ciara Carruthers
    In this article, I will answer the question of “acid vs. alkaline diet; which is the best?”
    Well, ok, it’s quite obvious from where I’m sitting; I mean who wants to say their body is mostly acid? But, what are the benefits of having an alkaline diet, over an acid diet?
  • Get your nutrition now!  By : Linu T
    You can gain many health benefits by maintaining a balanced diet with all the essential foods .
  • The Best Foods on the Planet for a Lean Body  By : Michael Geary
    In most of my newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body appearance that everyone is looking for. In this article, I'd like to give you healthy food ideas in a different way. These are some of the healthiest foods on the planet for a lean body.
  • Fruits Secrets  By : Sharon Hopkins -
    Fruits, goldmine of vitamins, minerals and fibre are ideal to consume at least 4-5 servings in a day. Since they are in the natural form, account for largest part of water and 100% bad cholesterol free, it's much easier for the body to process and absorb the vitamins and minerals from the fresh fruit.

    Apple – Round fruit with lots of fibre, vitamins A, C, E and folate. Available in green, red or yellow skin when ripe. Apples reduce the risk of colon cancer, prostate cance...
  • Why Eating Berries Can Be Good For You!  By : Royane Real
    Berries are some of the tastiest foods you can eat. And now scientists are discovering that berries such as blue berries and black berries also containg substances that provide fantastic health benefits. Find out why berries are so good for you!
  • Lack Of Vitamins Is The Result Of Careless Nutrition  By : Jennie Winter -
    One of the most common deficiencies is that in iron; about two to three millions of people suffer from the lack in iron in their blood and some develop the anemia hypo ferric or the iron-deficiency, which is the latest stage of this kind of deficiency. Those who are usually in high risk are children and women in fecundity periods. Until the 80-ties this phenomena was very common with babies and little children. Although iron was added to babies’ drops without testing the hemo...
  • Nutrition Spray  By : Jennie Winter -
    This little helper entitled “Rescue Remedy” will not cause you to lose weight over the night. In fact, it will not cause you to lose or gain any weight at all: consisting of natural ingredients, it is meant to relax and ease you. Why can’t you do it yourself you ask? That’s a question worth exploring, but putting that aside, it turns out that most of the human population tend to feel tensions under these or other conditions.

    Not so long ago one of my best friends got marri...
  • Getting Your Child To Eat Vegetables  By : Sharon Hopkins -
    Many parents strive to ensure that their children eat vegetables. Some meet with complete success, others with very little success. Veggies contain many vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients that a body needs to main good health and energy. They help protect against the effect of aging and reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.

    If you want your child to eat vegetables, improve your own attitude towards eating them. Early in age, child tends to mimic eithe...
  • Developing Healthy Eating Habits Amongst Kids  By : Sharon Hopkins -
    It is quite natural for any child to dislike new kind of food right away. It may take 10 or more tries getting a child to accept a new food. It is essential for parents to behave patiently if you want your child to eat right and healthy. For overall growth and development, parents should offer kids foods from each of the food group.

    Some ways to develop your child's healthy approach towards eating

    - Cut down on the amount of fat in your family's diet. Include low fat da...
  • Fruits To Be Eaten During Summer  By : Sharon Hopkins -
    With summer up on us, there are hordes of juicy, tasty fruits that you can sink your teeth into. They are good for the nervous & respiratory system and lead to healthier looking skin. They are approx 80% water with high natural sugar giving energy to one and all when eaten fresh and ripe. Gorge on these sweet luscious fruits this summer -

    Apricots - Apricots are rich in potassium, magnesium supplying stamina. They contain vitamin C, iron and beta carotene. They are fairly ...
  • The Benefits of Vitamin D  By : Susan du Plessis
    Vitamin D is an important part of a healthy diet. New benefits of this vitamin are being discovered every day, but many people still do not receive enough vitamin D to reap the wonderful benefits it can provide to their health.
  • Chew on This: Not Your Everyday Sweetener  By : Jordan B
    Sweeteners can be used to “liven” up our food and give us the sugar fix we’re looking for without actually having sugar.
  • Why You Should Consider Buying Organic Food  By : Gray Rollins -
    Besides the fact that organic food tastes better and it reduces the amount of cancer-causing chemicals that enter your body, there are plenty of other very good reasons why you should buy organic food. Here are just a few:

    Organic Meat Comes From Healthier Animals

    The animal from which you got your meat is guaranteed to have been healthy throughout its life. Why? Part of the criteria governing organic products is agreeing not to use antibodies to treat an illness. Anima...
  • The Dangers Of Trans Fats And How To Know If You're Eating Them  By : Gary Ruplinger -
    Trans fats, or Trans Fatty Acids, are a vegetable-based fat that is made when vegetable oils are hardened for use in shortening or margarine. Trans fats are found in baked and fried foods, such as cookies, fried fish or chicken and donuts, which are prepared using the hardened vegetable oil.

    The problem with eating Trans fats is that it contributes to clogging of the arteries, increases the presence of low density lipoprotein (LDL), which is the "bad" cholesterol, reduces ...
  • Healthy Dining Out  By : Libby Sustachek -
    With our busy lives these days we are more apt to dine out, pick up take out food, or have food delivered to us. The problem is we are not aware of the calories and fat we are consuming when we continually eat food other than what we, ourselves have prepared.

    The average dinner meal at a restaurant is 1200 calories, and 60 grams of fat. Men should not have more than 70 grams of fat a day, and women 40 grams of fat a day. One meal alone can make up one whole days worth of ...
  • Drink More Water For More Energy  By : Dr Edward Steiner
    If you haven't yet heard that 70% of the world's population is dehydrated - you will soon, as the UN push to get proper water supply to people in the third world.
  • Learn How To Breathe Properly And Stop Denying Yourself Of Energy  By : Dr Edward Steiner
    Did you know that breathing is the only essential bodily function performed unconsciously, that you can control consciously? Your body can go without food for months, water for weeks and yet your body can't go without oxygen for more than a few minutes. Think about it.
  • Learn What Foods Will Infuse Your Body With Energy  By : Dr Edward Steiner
    If 70-80% of your body is water, what does it make sense to eat? Foods which have a 70-80% water content.
  • Get Your Vitamins Naturally When Possible  By : Bob Benson
    There’s no doubt that there are times when supplemental vitamins are a good idea, but the best way to get your daily requirements of all vitamins is to consume them naturally.
  • Why We Need Amino Acids  By : chester
    There are over 20 amino acids, separated into two categories - essential and non-essential. Essential amino acids are those that cannot be manufactured by your body, hence, it is essential that you obtain them from your diet. Non-essential amino acids can be manufactured by your body, however, your body must have the right combination of essential amino acids and supporting nutrients to optimize healthy protein maintenance, so supplementation may be desirable. Twenty amino acids are needed to bu
  • Sources of Vitamins When A is What You Need  By : Bob Benson
    Of the vitamins necessary for a healthy life, Vitamin A is one that’s often overlooked. You seldom hear anyone touting the positive effects of Vitamin A, but it is one of the most necessary vitamins for proper growth and development.
  • Sources of Vitamins When D Is What the Doctor Ordered  By : Bob Benson
    Getting enough Vitamin D is much typically not a huge issue for most people today, but it was just a few years ago that a lack of this vitamin was a serious health issue
  • Vitamins Is There Such Thing as Too Much?  By : Bob Benson
    You probably hear lots of information about the need to get sufficient amounts of vitamins in your daily diet, and to take a vitamin supplement if you aren’t getting those necessary vitamins
  • Keep Fit With Essential Fatty Acids  By : chester
    Fat is a concentrated source of energy. This source of energy is very useful during aerobic exercise. The longer the exercise, the higher the fat contribution for providing energy. Fat is particularly used in large quantities in the brain and nervous system. There are two types of fat: saturated and unsaturated. Unsaturated fats are commonly referred to as "good" fats, and should make up the greatest percentage of your fat intake.
  • Ingredients Commonly Found in Fat Burners  By : chester
    The term commonly used with fat burning supplements is often thermogenics, which as the name suggests, has to do with temperature. These supplements have been shown to help increase the body's temperature enabling the body's ability to burn calories as heat; to be used as energy, thereby preventing them from being stored a fat.

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