General Nutrition Articles
Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet.
Alcohol, Good or Bad?
This is not a very easy to answer. We humans have consumed alcohol safely and enjoyably for thousands of years, and it continues to occupy an important place in many religious and social ceremonies. It can provide certain health benefits, however it is also associated with serious risks....
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Balance your meals
After many years of trying different diets and not staying on any of them, I discovered that the best diet is the one that is easy to maintain and that you actually like and can feel tangible results from. The only diet that has worked for me for more than 10 years is the “Balanced Meals Progr...
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BULIMIA NERVOSA
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder defined as recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating, in a discrete period of time, an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time) accompanied by a sense of lack of control over eating and recurrent inapp...
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Caffeine–Related Psychiatric Disorders
Caffeine is a white, bitter crystalline alkaloid that belongs to a class of compounds called xanthines and is classified together with cocaine and amphetamines as a central nervous system stimulant. Coffee is the most abundant source of caffeine, although caffeine is also found in tea, cocoa, and co...
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Eat Healthy. Eat Fresh. Eat Local.
It is so important to eat fresh food, whether it be fresh meats, produce, or baked goods. What is meant by fresh is fresh off the pasture, off the vine, or out of the oven, not fresh off of the grocer’s display. The fresher food is, the healthier it is, especially if it is produce....
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Glucosamine: Get to the Root of Your Joint Pain
Joint pain is a tough condition to battle and if you are in this boat, you are certainly not alone. As a nutritionist, I often encounter patients with joint pain who feel like they have exhausted their treatment options. Many of them have tried the common drugs, such as NSAIDs (Non–steroidal a...
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Everybody Needs Nutrition
When we realize that every cell in the body receives blood supply all day long, 24/7, we have to admit there must be a reason for it. The reason is to deliver nutrition to every cell in the body. It is obvious that the richer the blood the more nourishment reaches each cell, thus the more resilient ...
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Got Water
Water. Something we don’t think about until we’re thirsty. Even then, we might think of a soda or sports drink. Our bodies, though, never stop thinking of water. Almost all of our life functions rely on water. Perhaps that’s why about 65% of the human body is made up of it. We tend...
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Hazards of soft drinks
Did you know that many soft drinks contain caffeine and other ingredients that harm your health? Read on...
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Healthier Holiday Eating and Exercise Can Help Prevent Cancer
With eggnog, sugar cookies and cheese balls among the most popular dishes served at holiday parties, the season often causes even the strictest health nuts to stray from their nutritious paths. While an occasional indulgence is expected, it’s also important to remember that a healthy lifestyle...
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Living with a Diabetic Diet
Diabetics face many challenges as they make efforts to manage blood glucose levels, meals, exercise, and general health. There is a constant consciousness that must take place for diabetics to stay healthy, which begins with keeping blood glucose, or blood sugar, under control. The good news is that...
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No More Excuses
Computer games, TV, and fast food are the main causes of obese children, which has become an epidemic in the United States. The number of obese kids has more than doubled in 30 years. In America today, 20 percent of all children ages 2 to 19 are obese, and of that number, 40 percent are African Ame...
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Nutrition and Beauty
It is true–true beauty starts on the inside. It’s also true that your self–confidence plays an important part in the beauty that others see. But what about nutrition? ...
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Organics
A nice, dark green salad with bright tomatoes, sweet purple onions, and fresh orange carrots. A fresh apple right off the tree that drips juice down your chin each time you take bite. And the peach that you can smell before you even reach the fruit stand. Now that’s fresh produce!...
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Recovery form adrenal stress
There is a scene that plays out in Africa everyday where a herd of zebras gets anxious when a lion is hungry. If you were to draw the blood cortisol levels of the zebras, it would be really high. Once the lion devours a zebra and is no longer hungry, the lion and zebras will drink from the same wate...
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Starting Out Our Children Right: Target Diet
Parents are flooded with advertisements for food products claiming to be healthy alongside media coverage on the child obesity problem. But, if we start out correctly, healthy children will grow into healthy adults. ...
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The Black Dragon: Oolong Tea
Isn’t it wonderful that whatever our needs Nature has the ability to fulfill them? So many of our medicines are linked to the rainforest, and so many ancient remedies were sought and found in flora....
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The Paleolithic and Mediterranean Diets
During the 2.6 million years that our Paleolithic ancestors inhabited the earth, they depended upon nutrition from lean meats and organs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. As a result, our ancestors were lean, fit, and free of the chronic diseases that plague our society in epidemic proportions t...
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Todos necesitamos nutrirnos
Cuando nos damos cuenta de que cada célula de nuestro cuerpo recibe un suministro de sangre durante las 24 horas del día, debemos admitir que tiene que haber una razón para ello. El objetivo es nutrir cada célula del cuerpo. Es obvio que cuanto más rica es la sangr...
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Weighing Obesity Options
There are millions of obese Americans today, over 65% of adults are overweight or obese says Ophelia Rodriguez MD, internist at an Adult & Senior Clinic. Obesity is a condition where there is an excessive amount of body fat that increases the risk of illness and even death. The measure used to know ...
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You Are What You Eat
There’s a lot of truth to the old expression that “you are what you eat.” Everything that you eat or drink has an effect on your health and mental state, which is why it’s so important to make eating a balanced, nutritious diet a PRIORITY in your life. Most of us don’t ...
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YOUR NEW BODY, YOUR NEW YOU in 2010
It is hard to believe the New Year is here, and like so many people you comprise your list of “resolutions.” Many of us will make resolutions to get in shape and lose weight with the best of intentions. We will try cleanses, diets, exercise and more, only to have another year of resoluti...
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