From the category archives:
Nutrition
Diets for quick weight loss can make you feel like you’ve been used and abused, and they can really set you up to fail if you don’t do careful research into what’s available.
One of the most popular reality TV shows about losing weight has been The Biggest Loser. It’s popularity is based on the fact [...]
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Chairman Mao – who hasn’t heard about this man? Mao Tse Tung founded the People’s Republic of China, and was part of the founding fathers of the Communist Party in China. He was both revered and despised almost equally both by the Chinese and foreigners. However, one thing that he is known for that [...]
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You are what you eat. Adequate nutrition is the key to health, well-being and exercise or sports performance. Nutrition experts also agree that diet is directly related to health and the prevention of degenerative diseases.
The basic principle of healthy nutrition is balance. A well-chosen selection of various foods will provide many of the nutrients needed [...]
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Obesity and being overweight, while not the only important focuses in wellness, are major contributors to the wellness crisis in America. Here’s why:
6 out of 10 people in the U.S. are overweight
60 diseases are directly related to obesity
Obesity contributes to over 300,000 deaths per year in the U.S.
Obese people are [...]
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Okinawa, Japan has long been known as an area of the world associated with people who traditionally live longer than their counter-parts throughout the rest of the world. But they don’t just live longer, they also live healthier more active lives at more advanced ages.
So what are the older Okinawans doing right?
Apparently, they eat the [...]
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Here, we talk a lot about wellness from the physical standpoint, meaning that we look at diet, exercise, and the physical things we can do to contribute to our wellness, but we don’t want to neglect the mental and spiritual side of things either.
The best way to address your mental and spiritual needs is to [...]
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The reflex to “Super-size” our meals has become almost as natural as asking for fries with your burger, and while it would be best to avoid junk food altogether, if you must eat it, don’t make a bad situation worse by doubling it! The fact that you can walk into a popular convenience store and [...]
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Everyday, Americans spend millions of dollars of vitamin supplements in hopes of replacing the nutrients we don’t get from our diets, even when we are eating healthy selections, but do we really know what we are getting when we buy food supplements?
“There never was anything in the world that some man could not make a [...]
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Excessive consumption of carbohydrates can create a viscious cycle with devasting health consequences, yet we as Americans consume increasing quantities of them as if we were breathing in fresh air. Super Sized drinks and meals, all-you-can-eat buffets, and sugary sweets all contribute to the over-consumption of carbohydrates in our diets. And these factors eventually lead [...]
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