Category: Nutrition and Diet

Its important that you find out what is your nutritional type for enjoying optimum health by way to eating the right food. Food that is right for your body type.

Eating a meal according to your nutritional type will result into an instantly noticeable and long lasting improvement in your energy level, mental capacities, your emotional well-being, and will give you a feel good feel for several hours.

First see if you feel any of these in an hour or so after eating. Like do you feel hungry even after having the meal? Do you crave sweets after meal or often otherwise? Does the energy level drop? Do you feel hyper, nervous, irritable, angry or depressed? Continue reading “Importance of Finding Out Your Nutritional Type”

The need for calcium in your diet or as supplements is well hyped. But do people really take as much calcium as their body needs? About ninety-nine percent of the human body’s calcium can be found in the bones and it helps to make bones and teeth strong. Calcium also has other uses in that it helps the heart beat and the muscles contract. Normal nerve functions and clotting of blood also require calcium. Continue reading “Are You Taking Enough Calcium?”

It may easily top the charts as one of the most inedible looking fruits. The outside of Kiwi (Chinese goose berry) looks dull, drab and most unappetizing.

Cut one open and the results are not likely to get any better. Worse may be, the neon green flesh speckled with black seeds isn’t likely to whet your appetite either, considering the fancy price you may pay for one. But this is no time for kiwi-phobia. In fact it is time to hear some good news, especially for those few who really and truly love this fruit. Continue reading “Kiwi The New Artery Sweeper For Healthier Hearts”

Fat has always had a bad name but some kinds of fat are good. In fact, research studies suggest that more than 50% of the brain and nervous system are made up of fat. Fat constitutes the major part of the diet of most people in the world.

But this doesn’t necessarily add to the intelligent quotient and the reason is because the intake is not of the right kind of fat.This is where DHA or docosahexaenoic acid comes in. DHA is an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid. It is present in great quantity in fish such as tuna and bluefish and in marine animal oils. Continue reading “When Fat is Good-All About DHA”

Salt is something we all need in our diet but the intake of too much salt is dangerous to our health.

Salt can raise your blood pressure and people with high blood pressure are three times more likely to develop heart disease or suffer from a stroke than a person with a low intake of salt.

The problem with blood pressure is that most people don’t even realize they have it. Because of this it can be called the silent killer, even if you feel fit and healthy it is always worth going for a blood pressure check at least once or twice a year, it is a simple procedure that takes no more than three or four minutes. Continue reading “Blood Pressure and the Dangers of Salt”

The vast value of honey has been known since ancient times, as evidenced in the Bible and other documents. Unfortunately, sugar has become the primary sweetener in today’s society, leaving honey in its historical dust.

Does it matter? Is sugar one of those great technical advancements of our time? Is honey just another type of sweetener?

All right, we always hear things about sugar being bad for us, and our craving for sweets is often associated with unhealthy lifestyles. So, what’s the deal, why do crave something that’s bad for us? Is it our fault? Continue reading “Is It Sugar or Honey?”

Partying mostly means having to drink and while you may or may not intend it you can wind up getting drunk.

This backfires on you more ways than one. You may talk unwisely under the influence and if it’s an office party that is surely something you don’t want to do. And when drunk your behavior also undergoes a change and you act in a way you normally wouldn’t when you are sober.

So how do you avoid getting drunk and having a hangover while at the same time ensuring you have a good time at a party?

Continue reading “How To Avoid Getting Drunk”

As a consumer, you’ll find high fructose corn syrup in most packaged items at your grocery store, from typical sweet items such as cookies, donuts, brownies and soft drinks to more surprising items like sauces such as tomato sauce, canned beans and even bread. However, evidence suggests that this popular sweetener once thought to be harmless, may have adverse health effects.

High fructose corn syrup has not always been the most popular sweetener in America. In 1966, for example, the majority of sugary products consumed were sweetened with sucrose a sugar that breaks down into fructose and glucose in the body.

But sugars made from corn became more widely used when companies discovered they were cheaper to process, sweeter than sucrose so less had to be used, and dissolved easily in drinks. In 2001, the average consumption of high fructose corn syrup was 62 pounds.

Continue reading “High Fructose Corn Syrup – Sweet Like Sugar, Not As Safe”

It may take you by surprise but it’s true that hunger is not the only reason why we eat.

We use the phrase indulgence in food all the time, don’t we? If you start observing closely you will agree with me that Indulgence starts where hunger ends.

This indulgence does not stem out of hunger. There are many factors that trigger this indulgence. And this trigger differs from person to person. Find out Your Triggers & Your Reasons beyond hunger that take you closer to the calories and cholesterol you neither need nor deserve!

Continue reading “Do You Know Hunger Is Just ONE of The Reasons We Eat?”

Conjugated linoleic acid, or CLA for short, is a nonessential fatty acid that’s already present in foods we eat, such as beef and dairy products. Studies have shown it to rearrange body composition in such a way that fat mass decreases but lean body mass increases. It may also be helpful for dieters, helping prevent weight regain.

Continue reading “Supplementing With Conjugated Linoleic Acid”