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Sugar: America’s Favorite Recreational Drug
The following is an excerpt from the book How to be Thin: An Instruction Manual for Getting Rid of Fat and Keeping It Off Forever: If you have ever jokingly admitted that you are “addicted to chocolate” or other types of foods that have high sugar content, you might be surprised at how right [....
Human Nutrition – Phytonutrients, Carbohydrate, fat and protein
Phytonutrients The importance of antioxidants is highlighted in the California pyramid, with the baseline here occupied by foodstuffs, notably fruits and vegetables, which are rich in these and other ‘phytonutrients’ (i.e. plant-derived nutrients). People living on plant-rich diets generally ...
Omega Fats Are Not Created Equal
I thought all omega fats are healthy.” I can’t tell you how often I hear people saying this. While many people imagine that the term omega is synonymous with omega-3 fats, that impression is far from correct. It’s easy to get confused, because the fats and their names can be a bewildering t...
Omega-3 Fats Keep the Pace and Rhythm of the Heart
The heart is an “excitable” tissue, meaning the heart cells generate electric currents, which trigger the heart to beat regularly. Fatal rhythms occur when the electrical signals get chaotic, which disables the heart’s ability to beat and pump blood. One of the ways omega-3 fats benefit the...
Omega-6 Fat Syndrome
The last reason that omega-3 fats affect so many different aspects of your body and, ultimately, your health involves their interaction with another key group of fats, omega-6 fats. We consume omega-6s in soybean oil, cottonseed oil, safflower oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, margarine’s, and salad ...
The Benefits of Balanced Diets Low in Omega-6 Fat
The significance of less omega-6 fat in the diet has been overshadowed (and even discounted) by the excitement over the benefits of omega-3 fats. However, two landmark studies — the Greenland Eskimo study and the Lyon Diet Heart Study—indicate its importance. The Greenland Eskimos In the 1980...
Meet the Omega-6 Fat Family
Meet the Omega-6 Fat Family Omega-6 fats, when eaten in excess, can cause a variety of health problems. The omega-6 fat problem is a bit like Americans’ excess consumption of salt (sodium). Sodium is a nutrient that is very easy to get in the diet without ever lifting a saltshaker. Similarly, o...
Negative Calorie Diet: Digestion Process
The digestion process is the most important part of the Negative Calorie Diet. Dont disrupt it! It literally takes hours and hours for proper digestion to take place. Let it progress freely and in its own time.
The NutriSystem Diet
The NutriSystem diet is the ultimate in convenience. Dieters who don't want to think about portion sizes, planning, shopping for or cooking meals will love the NutriSystem diet plan. You simply make your food selections and then get a month's worth of meals delivered to your door in microwave-rea...
