Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Enjoy Your Daily Health Shake
Who doesn’t want to live a long, healthy, vital life? One that we’re an active participant and not sitting on the sidelines? What’s the use of having our “senior years” if we can’t enjoy them? Living is about the quality…
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Muscles and Metabolism…
Many people are confused about our metabolism (our body’s engine) and have little idea of how to keep it in good running condition.
What do you think has the biggest impact on it? Age? Activity levels? Thyroid function? Wrong, wrong…
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Are You Building Your “Defensive Army” or Tearing it Down?
For optimal health and wellness it’s ultimately important that we are including foods that are rich in antioxidants.
Antioxidants are substances such as vitamins that help to prevent free-radical damage to the body by neutralizing the oxidation process and reducing…
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Micro-Nutrients Matter
Nutrients are chemical compounds that are found in all the foods we eat. All the functions of your body systems like breathing, thinking and even your beating heart, require energy and this energy comes from nutrients.
Nutrients can be broken…
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Clean Nutrient Dense Eating for Health and Longevity
Everyday our bodies are bombarded by foreign toxins. They are found in the air we breath, the water we drink and the foods we consume. Pesticides, household cleaners and beauty products including lotions, soaps, hair products, makeup and perfumes are…
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Eating Well Empowers You…
The nutritional value of the foods you eat determine the composition of your cells, blood, bone marrow and hormones. Everything consumed becomes a building block of your body, meaning all the foods you eat are reflected directly in both your…
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What does “healthy eating” really mean?
Maintaining a fit body through active physical fitness along with healthy eating is the key to enjoying a long healthy, vital life. Unfortunately healthy eating means different things to different people.
For some healthy eating means gluten free. For others…
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Healthy and Delicious…Kiwi Lime Bars
The small green uniquely exotic tropical kiwifruit is enjoying a recent rise in popularity due to its taste and powerful nutritional punch.
Native to China, Kiwifruit is now grown in New Zealand, Chile, France, Italy, Japan as well as the…
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