APPLES – CRUNCH YOUR WAY TO HEALTHY NUTRITION There’s no easier way to add a dose of nutrition to your day than by crunching on a tasty apple. You probably first experienced its delightful flavor as a baby, when applesauce introduced you to real food. And now, whether it’s a Granny Smith, a McIntosh, or a Red Delicious, you think …
Americans Urged to Identify Their Cholesterol Goal
AMERICANS URGED TO IDENTIFY THEIR CHOLESTEROL GOAL, GET HEALTH ‘MAKEOVER’. From fixing leaking roofs to repainting peeling walls, many people take on renovation jobs themselves to enhance their homes. But when it comes to enhancing their health, many Americans simply aren’t tackling the job. Nearly 38 million Americans have high levels of LDL (“bad”) cholesterol – a major risk factor …
Amino acids
AMINO ACIDS – Chemistry will tell you that an amino acid is any molecule that has both carboxylic acid and amino functional groups. They are the basic building units of a protein. In biochemistry, the shorter and more general term is used to refer to alpha amino acids. Those are amino acids wherein the amino and carboxylate functionalities are attached …
About Omega 3 Fish oils
ABOUT OMEGA 3 FISH OILS Answer: Omega 3 fish oils are a substance that can be found in the bodies of fish. However, eating fresh fish is no longer recommended. The mercury levels that are prevalent in almost all fresh fish these days can be very detrimental to your health. However, companies have manufactured fish oil that is mercury free …
Analysis Of Alternative Health Treatments
ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTH TREATMENTS Are you considering an alternative health treatment? Buying a nutritional supplement? Need hard facts on the effectiveness of a therapy? When evaluating an alternative therapy, as with conventional therapies, there are two basic factors you want to look at: Benefits and Cost. The benefits can be hard to sleuth out. Many treatments are buried under …
An overview of heart disease
AN OVERVIEW OF HEART DISEASE Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in most developed countries around the world, and the number of cases is rising constantly as a result of both modern lifestyles and increased overall longevity. While developing the condition can have a devastating impact on the sufferer’s life, modern medicine has developed several effective …
An Order Of Healthy Food Please
AN ORDER OF HEALTHY FOOD PLEASE When you have no time to cook your own food, what do you do? The answer is obvious, of course. You go out to your local fast food outlet (in deference to your kids’ preferences), you go out to the food strip at the mall, or you order take out. It is convenient and …
An African Bush Doctor’s Prescription For Better Health
AN AFRICAN BUSH DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION FOR BETTER HEALTH Bush Medicine is traditional herbal medicine- the oldest system of healing in the world. Bush medicine started in Africa about 30,000 years ago. In the African-Caribbean culture plants are referred to as Bush such as fever bush or toothache bush and are revered for their healing and spiritual propertiesî. Every culture in …
All About Healthy Fats
ALL ABOUT HEALTHY FATS With the low carbohydrate craze, many people have turned their attention to healthy fats. They eat more of it and think its fine. Depending on what kind of fat you are consuming and how much of it you take in, fats can be beneficial or detrimental to your health. There are three main types of fat. …
Alkalize to Reduce Your Size
ALKALIZE TO REDUCE YOUR SIZE It is a fact that over 75% of people who lose weight put that weight back on within a year and of those who put it back on a further 50% will actually put on more weight than they started with in the first place! How is that for a scary fact? What I am …