With the array of different diets and diet foods available to help with weight loss and health, it?s sometimes hard to figure out what?s healthy and what?s not. Of course, part of the problem is that people have different health needs: for example, while fruit juice is often a good source of vitamins and other [...]
Almost everyone has heard of liposuction. It is one of the safest forms of cosmetic surgury out there today. Being a surgury, however, there are certain risks and complications that may occur. Because of the complications that could happen, researchers are trying to look for an alternative to liposuction which could give the same, if [...]
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a dangerous condition that can lead= to stroke, enlarged heart, congestive heart failure, kidney and eye damage, atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries, and premature death.
According to a recent report released in The New England Journal of Medicine of 16,000 adults surveyed over the age of 24, nearly 30 percent had [...]
Carbohydrates - found in grains, breads, pasta, and sugar, as well as vegetables, fruit, tofu, beans, and dairy - provide the body with the most efficient fuel for energy production and brain activity. They’re nutritionally essential, a principle currently downplayed by the “low-carb craze”.
What is important to understand is that not all carbohydrates have the [...]
The sugar industry and the food manufacturers are capitalizing BIG TIME on the addictive nature of carbohydrates (sweets, breads, deserts) in the human body. Blood sugar-handling problems promote arteriosclerosis (plaque in the arteries), adult-onset diabetes, mood swings, weight problems, chronic fatigue, PMS and much more. Additionally, there is evidence that sugar addiction has [...]
The Omega Zone Diet and specialists’ opinion
“Omega RX Zone - The Miracle of High-dose Fish Oil” is considered the best contribution that Dr. Barry Sears has yet made to a healthy diet. The benefits of fish oil are well-known. Species such as mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon are rich in two [...]
Dr. Barry Sears revolutionized nutritional thinking around the world with his 1995 landmark #1 New York Times best seller The Zone. With The Zone, and his subsequent bestselling Zone books, Dr. Sears describes how a scientifically proven plan of moderate carbohydrate consumption balanced with appropriate amounts of protein and fat may help you live a [...]
You wouldn’t judge a book by its cover, would you?
You would want to open the book and read part of it to get a better idea about what is going on, right?
Well, judging a book by its cover is what happens when you look at LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and decide that this is the [...]
Liposuction has been in the health headlines for a long time. When individuals first started to use it, it was thought to be a great way to drop the pounds. More and more individuals have sought out the solution for just that: weight loss. But, liposuction is not necessarily a good [...]
The field of nutrition is awash with charts, tables, diagrams, models, acronyms, and abbreviations; more than the average person can memorize. As such, one often comes across someone who has simply burnt out trying to keep track of how much to eat, when to eat it, how to find the calories from fat, the [...]
