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Cancer: Does a Vegetarian Diet Help?
If you had a magic pill that would reduce your risk for cancer between 30% or more, the threat from dying from heart disease by 32%, reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes by 47-78 %, and taste good—wouldn’t you take it? In this article we will show how a vegetarian...
Seven Facts about Salt Your Doctor Won’t Tell You
Salt affects blood pressure. If you are deficient in sodium, your blood pressure can drop too low! However, if you regularly consume salty and sodium-rich processed foods, you can increase your risk for five other medical conditions besides hypertension! Find out...
Navy Bean Soup: Anti-Diabetic Soup
Ingredients: 2 cups navy beans, dry 1 large onion, chopped 2 stalks of celery and leaves, chopped 2 1/2 teaspoons salt (may be reduced) 1/4 teaspoon savory 1/4 teaspoon marjoram 1 bay leaf A small amount of cold-pressed, virgin olive oil (to sauté onions). Directions:...
Plant-Based Protein: IS IT ENOUGH?
"She’s not going to make it,” the nurses whispered. “Someone call her parents to come get the baby.” As the young mother’s condition worsened, her parents did their best to save the life of her newborn, Wesley. Deathly ill from typhoid fever, Wesley was too weak to...
Low-Glycemic Foods: Healthful or Hyped?
Imagine a country with two major cities – Alpha and Omega. Alpha had small bouts of precipitation every day throughout the year, while Omega had all of its precipitation in the first two months! Which of those two cities had more precipitation damage? What does this...
Gluten-free Diet: Is It for You?
Approximately 30% of all Americans now, either avoid gluten-containing foods or eliminate gluten all together. The popular paleo diet avoids gluten-containing grains and claims that our distant ancestors did not eat them. Even some PBS TV health specials and popular...
Will Juicing Help You Detoxify?
The Benefits of Juicing Is juicing a health fad or a genuine therapeutic remedy? If you don’t like eating raw fruits and veggies, juicing them or blending them into a smoothie could help you meet your nutritional needs. Freshly made juices are a source of concentrated...
Iron Deficiency: Will You Get It?
So what’s the deal with iron? Is this metal truly worth its mettle? Iron is a two-edged sword. For a certainty, iron plays a huge role for the body’s health. Excessive amounts, though, can cause damage. Worldwide, iron deficiency is the most common nutritional...
The Satisfying Fast
You hear a lot about the health benefits of detoxifying your body. Detox programs often include fasting. But really, do you have to suffer all the discomfort of no food intake? What are fasting‘s real benefits? Are there any adverse effects to fasting? Is there a...