According to a recent study, the foods produced in the conventional methods are in no way inferior to foods produced organically, in terms of the important nutritional components they contain. Alan D. Dangour, Ph.D, who is a public health nutritionist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, says, “Our aim was to find out whether organic foods are better than the food that are grown in conventional ways from the nutritional point of view. Our studies indicate that they are not.”

This findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is different from the opinions of food researchers in the USA. (more…)

Exercise and weight loss programs each have different attributes that may or may not help you be successful. My 10 commandments have stripped them down to the stuff that really works for weight loss.
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Type 2 diabetes is a growing concern in the United States as more cases of the disease are being seen in children. Usually type 2 diabetes affects people who are obese and over age 40. Over the past 20 years however, doctors have seen an increase in type 2 diabetes among children. (more…)

When undergoing skin cancer treatment, it is important to take special care of diet you take. However, in most cases, it becomes very difficult to focus on eating the right type of foods when undergoing cancer treatments. It becomes more difficult when you undergo radiation treatment or chemotherapy. (more…)

You find yourself bitten by the mosquitoes all around your body at the garden party and much to your bafflement others are merrily devouring their food, while you find it difficult even to hold your plate amidst their constant pricking. It is as if the mosquitoes are only after you. “Do mosquitoes choose their prey? Do they love to feast on some particular human beings?” You wonder. (more…)

Colon cleansing is essential to your well-being and for the elimination of waste products and toxins. Doing a cleansing program is preventive health care and there is no better place to rid your body of toxins and contamination. Colon cleansing is used to flush fecal matter, parasites, excess colon mucus and other unwanted matter from the colon so as to improve a person’s health. Such cleansing is typically done periodically by users thereof. Colon cleansing is not just for people with constipation, but for anyone who wishes to feel better, strengthen their inner organs and improve their energy and appearance. Colon cleansing is necessary to rid our body of toxins that accumulate as a result of an unhealthy diet, environmental pollution and chemicals, and a constant use of antibiotics. (more…)

‘Reduce your fat intake.’ Over the years, this has been the slogan of the American Heart Association, World Health Organization and the National Institute of Health. They propose to reduce the fat intake to 30% of the required calories in a day. But, this general reduction of fat deprives the body of the good fats, which are essential for it, along with the bad ones. Sometimes, people resort to take fat-free products like sugar or refined carbohydrates that are easily digested, in lieu of the good fats. (more…)

There are all kinds of diets and food plans out there. Ask just about any women and she’ll tell you to name a diet and she have been on it. There’s a grape diet, a cabbage soup diet, which is fun for all concerned and an eat anything you like but stop at 4pm diet. We’re all heard of the Atkins diet and we’ve probably all heard of the low GI diet, both are quite popular at the moment. There is, however, one diet that no one should ever like to be on and that is the eating for cancer diet. The obvious prerequisite is that you should have cancer of some kind and be about to undergo treatment.
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Your food has a major influence in keeping your skin acne free. The following delicious tips will help you achieve acne free skin with the ease of making a cup of instant coffee.
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