What are Glyconutrients?
What are Glyconutrients?
by: Theryssa Gossman
Simply stated, the Greek word glyco refers to "sweet." Hence, a glyconutrient is a biochemical that contains a sugar molecule. The prefix "glyco" can be placed in front of a fat, protein or any
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Food Safety Begins In The Home
Food Safety Begins In The Home
by: News Canada
(NC)-More than 200 known diseases are transmitted through food, and Health Canada estimates that every year approximately two million Canadians suffer from illness caused by foodborne bacteria.
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Holyday Eating Strategy Sheet
Holyday Eating Strategy Sheet
by: Caryl Ehrlich
?I?m glad it is over,? say many people after Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year?s.
If you are the food preparer, you are most likely shopping, mincing, dicing, and saut?ing, days ? possibly
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Make Your New Year's Resolution Stick
Make Your New Year's Resolution Stick
by: Lynn Bode
The New Year is upon us. Do you have a New Year?s Resolution? Well, if you?re like most Americans (88 percent in 2001 according to a GNC poll), you have at least one resolution. And, if you
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Nutrition And Mental Function
Nutrition And Mental Function
by: News Canada
(NC)-Eating well and getting the vitamins and minerals we need over the course of our lives is important for overall good health. It may also help preserve memory and cognition in the golden
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Overall Food Health Values
Overall Food Health Values
by: Christopher Stephen
Let?s take a look a the basic food elements in your perfect dietary plan; fruits and vegetables group, bread, cereals, rice and past groups, meats and beans group and dairy group. Each has
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Half of our Nation is Over Weight!
Half of our Nation is Over Weight!
by: Paul Marsland
Experts say obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest health problem of the decade. They are predicting a quarter of the population will be suffering from weight related diabetes by
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Healthy Chocolate for Your Valentine
Healthy Chocolate for Your Valentine
by: Debra Lynn Dadd
Let's face it. We're all going to eat chocolate for Valentine's Day. But there's no need to feel guilty! Chocolate is actually good for you?it's all the things added to it that are the
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Diets and Slimming
Diets and Slimming
by: Ric Wiley
Its time to talk about diets. This but in America today there are many people who are overweight and, many of us need to think very seriously about a diet. I don?t like diets and I bet most of you don?t like
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What Exactly Is Good Nutrition?
What Exactly Is Good Nutrition?
by: Beverley Brooke
Secretly we all want just a few things in life, none the least of which is to live a life that is healthy and energetic. One way to accomplish this is to eat a well balanced diet that fuels
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South Beach Diet Overview
South Beach Diet Overview
by: Beverley Brooke
Developed by Dr. Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet touts itself as teaching dieters to eat the right carbs and the right fats. The diet has three phases. In the first dieter?s banish their bad
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Low Carb: The Role of Insulin
Low-Carb: The Role of Insulin
by: Beverley Brooke
There are three basic units the body uses for energy:
Fats
Proteins
Carbohydrates
All three can be converted to blood glucose. However, while fats and proteins are converted slowly,
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Calculating Your Calorie Needs
Calculating Your Calorie Needs
by: Beverley Brooke
In order to eat fewer calories than you need, you have to determine how many calories you actually need. Adults can calculate their approximate energy needs using the following
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3 Easy Dieting Success Tips
3 Easy Dieting Success Tips
by: Beverley Brooke
1. Drink 8-10 glasses of water each day
Okay, for many people this is a big problem. Water doesn?t taste all that great generally because water doesn?t really ?taste? like anything. Drinking
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Vitamin Intro
Vitamin Intro
by: Tyler Falls
Today in our modern age we have just about every supplement possible. Every vitamin from a-z can be found in supplement form. Along with vitamins, herbal capsules and high concentrated of other things such as bee
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Top Five Ways To Lose Weight Fast
Top Five Ways To Lose Weight Fast
by: Jed Turner
Losing weight is not about achieving the hour glass figure or the perfectly sculpted and toned body. It is more about staying fit and remaining healthy to ensure a long, disease free life.
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Make Food Your Friend
Make Food Your Friend
by: Jane Kriese
The food you choose to eat, can be your answer to a healthy vibrant body or it can be the cause of your sick body. The fact is we need good nutrition for good health.
Good nutrition can be broken into four
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How to Stay on Top of Your Nutrition When Visiting the Folks
How to Stay on Top of Your Nutrition When Visiting the Folks
by: Phil Goglia
Don?t You Wish You Were Home Alone?
How to Stay on Top of Your Nutrition When Visiting the Folks
Let?s face it?most of us come from families who are nutritionally
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