 Sweet, chewy “gummi” vitamin supplements are a hit with mommies and kids. Kids like them because they’ve got cartoon characters and bright colors on the label and they taste just like candy. Mommies like them because they believe they’re making up for any shortfalls in the diet they feed their kids (often heavy on fast foods and processed foods) and they don’t have to fight with their kids to take them.
Good nutrition is critical for children, who are in their growth years, when their bodies and brains are developing, and when they are especially susceptible to stress and infections.
Parents might be surprised to learn that many of these children’s vitamins aren’t nearly as beneficial for their kids as they think they are, because they contain synthetic and artificial ingredients.
Children’s vitamins with synthetic ingredients have the same achille’s heel as adult supplements with synthetic incredients: They’re missing the food matrix, the associated micronutrients, that vitamins found in nature come with.
Most nutrients like Chromium, beta-carotene and B-Complex are found in complex groups. Amino acids, vitamine E, trace minerals and vitamin C all come in families. It’s important that this family integrity is kept intact. If it isn’t you are getting only the isolated vitamin and not all the other known and unknown factors, just as nature intended.
“The synthetic vitamins may be identical with naturally occurring substances or closely related. The close relations, although useful in many ways, pose some problems in that they may have only a fraction, whether large or small, of the biological activity of the natural products… Synthetic vitamins may perform some of the functions of their natural counterparts while being useless for others. But what may be more important is the fact that synthetic vitamins, prepared from chemicals instead of nature, are frequently less active biologically than their natural counterparts, thereby reducing any beneficial effect they may have.” – Isobel Jennings of Cambridge University. Continue reading Still Giving Your Kids “Stone Age” Vitamins?
 Most people are aware of scientific research that has established diet as an important component of good health and more of the general public are paying attention to nutritional intervention.
Glyconutrients, a class of nutrients that appear necessary for maintaining health, have gotten a lot of attention in the scientific community in recent years. Information concerning glyconutrients, glycobiology, and glycoproteins fills volumes of textbooks and thousands of medical research articles. To date there are over 40,000 publications on the research of glycobiology and the study of these important glyconutrients.
However, the public’s knowledge of glyconutrients and their importance to maintaining health is limited.
The human body is incredibly dynamic; every day, it is maintaining, protecting and regulating its 60 trillion cells. It replaces 150 to 500 billion cells daily. Central to the body’s health is the cell’s ability to maintain its function properly. Cells must also be nourished, protected and supported.
Glyconutrients are monosaccharides or carbohydrates that are vital for the correct structure and function of cells in our bodies. As the name monosaccharides indicates they are sugars.
When most people think of sugar, they think of that sweet white granulated stuff that many people put on their breakfast cereal or in their morning coffee. Diabetics think of sugar as something to avoid because it will raise their blood sugar. Glyconutrients are not that kind of sugar.
Science has found that glyconutrients are important for cell to cell communication and the proper functioning of our immune system.
Proper cell to cell communication is necessary for our body to function properly. For instance our digestive system needs to know which food components to absorb into the blood stream and which to ignore. Without proper cell to cell communication our immune system wouldn’t know which cells to attack and destroy and which cells to protect. Continue reading The Sweet Language of Life – How Our Cells Communicate
 Yogurt is healthy for us right?
Most of us have come to believe so. Yogurt has become so synonymous with healthy food and dieting that when we see somebody eating it we automatically assume that they’re on some kind of diet or health routine – and most likely they are.
Many of these people would be surprised to learn that the yogurt they’re eating is probably not healthy for them, especially if it’s processed yogurt.
In recent years yogurt makers have had great success in making their product more attractive to the mainstream market by packaging it in convenient containers, and adding flavoring, coloring, preservatives and other “unnatural” additives.
Some people indulge their sweet tooth by enjoying frozen yogurt as an ice cream substitute thinking that it’s healthier and lower calorie than ice cream.
It seems like frozen yogurt “parlors” have popped up everywhere. There, yogurt is available in a flavorful soft-serve consistency, and customers can add toppings like candy sprinkles and M&M’s. Many do, figuring they’ve saved a lot of calories by eating yogurt instead of ice cream.
The truth is that many of the top brands of yogurt are unhealthier for us than eating a bowl of ice cream. Continue reading The Hidden Dangers of Yogurt
 Okay, you’ve made the decision to lose some weight, maybe a little, maybe a lot. If you’re typical, you’ve dieted before. At any given time, nearly 50% of American women and 25% of American men are on a diet.
A survey of 4,000 women by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that, on average, women go on two diets a year with each diet lasting about five weeks. This means that by the time she’s 70 years old, the typical woman has been on 104 diets and spent a total of 10 years counting calories. 41% of the women surveyed said they felt they were constantly on a diet.
One-fourth of the women in the survey admitted that despite their efforts to lose weight, they didn’t lose anything at all. The average woman has failed at 10 diets in her lifetime.
There are so many different diets out there that it’s difficult to determine which one is the best for you.
Advertisements on television feature claims to melt the fat off and show before and after pictures of men and women who have been successful. They all look miserable and desperate in their “before” picture and bubbly and cheerful in their “after” picture.
I wish they’d publish the name and telephone numbers of these people so that I could check up on them a couple of years later! Maybe I’d ask them to send me a picture. I suspect they’d be looking more like their “before” picture than their “after” picture. Odds are that they’re already searching for a different diet to try.
In an effort to help Americans weed through what seems like an endless array of weight-loss plan options, the magazine U.S. News & World Report recently published the results of their six month study on the best diets. Continue reading Which Diet Is Best For You?
 Mention the diet that relies on eating sandwiches in place of two meals a day and people will instantly recognize Jared and the Subway Diet. If you ever wanted to know how this whole thing got started, keep reading.
Jared Fogle worked his way through college by working at an adult book store. Like many people he sat around too much and ate too many snacks – his habits causing him to balloon to 425 pounds. Jared realized his weight was critical and so started looking for a way to drop some pounds.
He tried and failed with many diets because he had too much time and too much temptation to cheat. One day he noticed a Subway sandwich store about a mile and a half from his apartment. Unknown to Jared he was about to take his first step towards the Subway diet. Jared changed his daily diet to nothing but a sandwich, baked chips and a diet soda for lunch and dinner, walking the 3 mile round trip for each meal. His caloric intake plummeted from about 10,000 calories each day to only 900, with 6 miles of walking added for good measure. The result of Jared’s personal Subway diet was a loss of 245 pounds in only a year.
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How did this Subway diet become a national ad campaign for the Subway chain? After losing the weight Jared ran into a friend who worked with the school paper. After Jared told him how he had lost so much weight, this guy turned it into a feature for the paper. Someone at Men’s Health magazine read about Jared and decided to include his diet in a feature about crazy diets that work. A subway franchisee in Chicago brought the story to the attention of his advertising people who talked to Jared to make certain it was legit. The local agency brought the idea to Subway’s national ad agency, but they hated the idea, so the local guys paid out of pocket for Chicago commercials featuring the Subway diet. Continue reading Strategies About Subway Diet
 When the words oils and fats are mentioned, health-conscious individuals tend to run for cover. What they fail to realize is that there are good fats and bad fats. Complete avoidance of intake of oils and fats would actually be detrimental – rather than beneficial – to their health.
The Truth about Fish Oil
Essential fatty acids must always be part of our daily diet – without them, we take one step closer to our deaths. Essential fatty acids are divided into two families: omega-6 EFAs and omega-3 EFAS.
Although there are only very slight differences to distinguish the two groups of essential fatty acids from each other, studies have revealed that too much intake of omega-6 EFAs can lead to inflammation, blood clotting and tumor growth. The good news, however, is that the opposite is true for omega-3 EFAs. Omega-6 EFAs can be found in vegetable oils while omega-3 EFAs can be found in fish oils among other foods.
Omega-6 vs. Omega-3
Physicians and scientists believe that the imbalanced intake of omega-3 and omega-6 EFAs is the cause behind increasing cases of various health problems.
As mentioned earlier on, omega-6 EFAs can be found in vegetable oils. This includes but is not limited to corn oil and soy oil, both of which contain high amounts of linoleic acid. Omega-3 EFAs on the other hand can be found also in marine plankton and walnut and flaxseed oils. It should be significant to take note that fatty fish and fish oils contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fatty acids that have been observed to provide many benefits to the human body. In the early 1970’s, a study on Greenland Eskimos have revealed that one of the major reasons why they rarely suffer from heart problems is because of their high-fat diet (mainly composed of fish). Continue reading Get Fat! Omega-3 Fatty Acids That Is.
 Typically, most people maintain their cars far better than their own bodies. This is puzzling considering the comparative value of our cars vs. our health. We will never have more than one body whereas we will probably own several cars in our lifetime. When our body breaks down, we can’t replace it with a new one.
People want reliable performance from their vehicles while at the same time wishing to avoid unexpected and costly breakdowns. They take them for regular service and periodic inspections so that vehicle systems like steering, braking, and cooling are working properly.
They monitor and maintain important fluids like oil and gasoline. If they want high performance from their cars they use high performance, high octane fuel. With most people it is also a matter of personal pride to keep their vehicles looking good.
But what about taking care of our body’s health? Sadly, we don’t use the same standard of care when it comes to our own health. Just like a car our bodies require care, maintenance, and fuel to function properly. It’s essential that we maintain our body if we want it to last a long time without periodic or serious break downs.
In the same manner that vehicle systems must be maintained, our body’s systems; circulatory system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, etc. have to be maintained.
A Five Point Maintenance Program for Our Body Continue reading Your Body the Car
 Practiced before Western healthcare advances existed in any form, the Chinese had a complete and comprehensive program of medical treatment that ran the gamut of ailments that any individual could conceivably suffer.
Almost everything from headaches to pulled muscles, and almost everything in between, had its individual remedy. Classic Chinese medicine has been around for 30 centuries or more, and is still in practice in numerous parts of the globe.
In contemporary times, many persons see standard Chinese medicine being a quite viable alternative to contemporary solutions. Many of the treatments for sicknesses are totally organic, which ends up producing a remarkably short list of side effects compared to modern pharmaceuticals. Even if you don’t factor in cost, that fact alone makes it an extremely attractive fit for persons who have decided to select to live a more normal lifestyle that’s more in sync with nature. Continue reading Discover Traditional Chinese Medicine
 Every day in the United States, millions of Americans say to themselves “I need to lose weight.” Are you one of those individuals?
While many of the individuals who tell themselves that they need to lose weight do need to lose weight, not all do. So, the question that many ask themselves is “do I really need to lose weight?” If that is a question that you have asked yourself before, you’ll find this article useful.
Among the indications that you may need to lose weight is if you are obese. Many individuals do not realize that there is a difference between being overweight and being obese.
While different healthcare professionals have different definitions for obese, it is often said that those who are thirty or forty pounds overweight are obese. If you are obese, you should be worried not only about your appearance, but your health as well. Obesity has been linked to multiple health complications, including the early onset of death.
Another method of measuring overweight and obesity is the Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is a measure of body fat based on a person’s weight and height. The BMI chart shows four ranges: underweight (Below 18.5), healthy (18.5 – 24.9), overweight (25.0 – 29.9) and obese (30.0 and Above).
The formula to calculate your Body Mass Index is to divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared and then multiply the result by 703. For example, a person who weighs 185 lbs and is 6 feet tall (72 inches) would divide 185 by (72 x 72) and then multiply by 703 resulting in a BMI of 25.09. Continue reading Some Signs You May Be Overweight
Acne or commonly known as zits or pimples are skin inflammation affecting 87% of the total US population. They usually appear during puberty because of abnormal response of the body to the male hormone known as testosterone.
Causes
The causes of acne are still being investigated. However, scientific studies show that it can be hereditary. Other factors linked to zits are the following:
1. Skin irritation.
2. Use of Anabolic steroids. Most body builders are taking these synthetic hormones for faster growth of muscles and bone tissues.
3. Stress that increases hormones from adrenal glands.
4. Exposure to chlorine compounds like chlorinated dioxins. Continue reading Everything You Need to Know About Acne
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