The Definitive Guide To Magnesium And Health
The subject of magnesium and health is often overlooked. Being the fourth most abundant mineral in the body though, its important we stop and examine the value it plays in biochemical processes.
Magnesium And Health
Magnesium is necessary for over 300 biochemical processes. With over 50% being stored in bones, the remainder can be found in tissue, [...]
Foods, Allergies, And Overall Health – Raising Awareness
The ongoing situation with my youngest son’s seizure activity has prompted me to take a closer look at whether foods and allergies may play a role, both in my own health, as well as his. Why? My entire side of the family suffers from documented environmental allergies, so foods and allergies aren’t out of the [...]
How To Eat After Exercise
The question of how to eat after exercise is a morass, with a tangle of opinions and conflicting research. But the subject of how you should eat after exercise is pertinent to maintaining your desired body weight and composition. There are a variety of opinions on this subject out – wait an hour, eat within [...]
Eating For Health – Nutrition And The Immune System
We’ve often encountered the truism ‘eat for weight loss, exercise for fitness.’ We frequently read about the values of eating foods high in antioxidants for health, the value of proteins and vitamins, but the subject of nutrition and the immune system seems to get less attention. Let’s pay homage here.
Nutrition And The Immune System
I suspect [...]
Tips To Avoid Overeating On Thanksgiving
With the holidays fast approaching, I thought we could take a moment to outline a few tips to avoid overeating on Thanksgiving. It seems to be a tradition, that we should stuff ourselves silly and lay around moaning about how bad we feel. Since overeating once preps our bodies to do it again, we’re better [...]
Healthy Harvest Muffins
A few days ago, my wife was baking cakes for her mother, and decided to take a crack at a new recipe for harvest muffins. These turned out to be excellent, and at 153-calories and 2-grams of fiber per muffin, they’re actually relatively healthy as well.
Healthy Harvest Muffins
Ingredients
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Oats – 1 cup
Baking [...]
How The Taste Of Carbonated Sodas Will Trash Your Weight Loss Goals
What’s your biggest sin, when it comes to weight loss?
For the longest time, mine was carbonated sodas. According to some of my reading, I’m not alone. The average American consumes about 760 8-ounce sodas a year, worth about $73 billion dollars annually. This makes carbonated sodas the largest class of beverages in the U.S., eclipsing [...]
Are Phytates In Food Dangerous?
As I’ve started studying my nutritional habits more closely over the last several months, one of the subjects I’ve questioned is the strong bias against grains expressed by followers of the primal lifestyle. Specifically, phytates. Not that I think the concern is misplaced, but I would just like to better understand the sentiment. A recent [...]
How Bread Makers Could Deceive You…And How To Beat Them
I received an excellent question from a reader today, in regards to an article published earlier this year on the advantages of whitewheat bread. Cate writes:
Do you have a suggestion as to brand of whitewheat bread? I tried the White Bread Fans but they don’t seem to be making it anymore and all the other [...]
Looking For Foods With Lean Protein
I’ve been working on trying to nudge my eating habits, moving more in the direction of the AHA recommendations. To make this happen, I started by developing a baseline of my daily calorie distribution, and what I discovered from this exercise is that my protein intake has been relatively low by most standards. While this [...]
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