Your liver has a big job to do. It's responsible for building proteins, producing hormones, producing biochemicals such as bile which are necessary for digestion, plays a major role in metabolism, and stores several important substances such as glucose and various vitamins and minerals. On top of all that, the liver also has an important role in detoxification. It breaks down insulin, hormones, and various other substances in the body. But it...more
In my younger invincible years I could work twenty hours a day and be ok. Now I use health food amp vitamins to overcome the stresses and fatigue that seems to be a daily onslaught.Ups and downs are the path that life takes us through. Energy is vital to keeping up during the down times as well as overcoming in the good times!. There are plenty of reasons to take amp vitamins, but perhaps one of the best ones is that they will enhance...more
All my life I've been a little fearful of eating home-canned beans, because of the rare but potentially fatal illness caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. The botulinum toxin produced by this bacterium is one of the most lethal natural toxins known to man. Now that my organic garden is overflowing with fresh beans, and I can't possibly eat them all fresh, my mind has turned again to this microscopic organism, which lives naturally in the soil.Eating poorly prepared food isn't actually the only way you can be sickened by this type of bacteria. It is also possible for the bacterium to infect an open wound, (often caused when drug users share needles), and babies can sometimes be sickened by consuming the spores of the bacteria. Fortunately, the incidence of botulism poisoning is quite rare - only an average of 110 cases are reported in the United states each year. The majority of these cases, 72%, are infant botulism, and 25% are caused by eating contaminated food.Infants can be infected by eating honey, corn syrup or other sweetener that contains dormant bacterial spores, so parents are warned to not give honey in any form to babies under one year old. Once the child...more
Under normal circumstances, the purines you find in many foods are broken down into uric acid, and the body gets rid of it without any problems. However, for someone with gout, getting rid of this uric acid is problematic, and the result is painful crystals forming in the joints - leading to gout pain. When this happens, there are medications that...more
There are so many benefits of a high fiber diet that one wonders why it took so long to realize it. It provides total body support, from cleansing, detoxifying and decreasing the risk of deadly diseases. As a matter of fact, a high fiber diet promotes healthy cholesterol levels. When the wrong type of cholesterol accumulates in your blood and...more
Weak bones and brittle teethÂ…Perhaps if not given utmost care, it might develop to osteoporosis or complete destruction of teeth.You will prevent further damage to your bones and teeth if you will only be well informed of the foods that might help you maintain good bones and teeth. One way is to ingest foods rich in calcium.Calcium is needed by the body due to the following reasons:- During pregnancy, it helps proper formation of bones and teeth of the baby.- With proper calcium intake, it keeps your muscles to function well.- It prevents or aids possible emergence of blood clotting.- Nerve impulses are transmitted properly with the help of calcium.The above-mentioned benefit of calcium promotes a healthy well being. To achieve a fit and nourishing diet, you need to be well knowledgeable of the foods that will help you obtain your goal. Foods rich in calcium are one of those.Foods rich in calcium can be classified into two groups. The first group is under the dairy products category.Milk and milk products are major sources of dairy products. You are aware that a woman has the capability to produce milk, which is highly nutritious for her newborn infant. Furthermore, adults can...more
There are many contaminants that assault us on a daily basis. These toxins are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the foods we eat, to name just a few. Eating organic food greatly reduces the toxins we consume in our food. Organic food is...more
This article has been written for those readers who have already been diagnosed with a food allergy. If you are worried that you may suffer from a food allergy, then your best course of action, is to contact your Doctor or GP and have them help...more
If you ask most adults why they don't get the vitamins they need as part of their daily food intake, they'll likely tell you that they just don't have the time to eat like they should. It's true that eating right does take some time and effort, but...more
If you're "fat" and don't eat low fat food in public, do you get comments from others? Eating fat has become such an emotive thing to the point that when an overweight person eats a burger in public, fingers are pointed and heads are shaken.Fat is...more
As the owner of several weight loss ebooks and weight loss web sites I am often asked, "What are the best all around diet foods?"My first response is to tell people that there are no magic diet foods that will help you lose weight fast, and it is...more
There is a reality about weight loss that people need to be aware of. Losing weight requires you to feel hungry from time to time. There is no way to lose weight without feeling some degree of hunger. Believe me, I have exhaustively explored this...more