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Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

In our life, we somtimes do not care much about the effects of food to our hralth. Though we understand that there are some certain types of foods which are not good for health such as heavy eating habit, we don’t pay attention to the illnessses that we ca get. For instance, comsuming too much fat foods can result in ebesity, or saturated fatscan cause arteriosclerosis, heart attack and stroke. Foods that can contribute to the growth of diabetes are white bread, pasta and rice.

 

Let’s look at six aspects of your diet that can affect your health in a positive or negative way:

 

Antioxidants
Organic vs. non-organic foods
Good and bad fats
Glycemic level
Your digestive system
Cooking techniques

 

1. Antioxidants

 

Many substances in our food attack and damage our DNA, which can cause faster aging (because the cells can’t regenerate correctly) or even … read more

Healthy Diet Plan

Healthy Diet Plan

A balanced healthy diet plan is the secret for healthy and long living. Healthy food habits leads to a healthy life where as unhealthy food habits leads to a diseased body. It is important to nourish the body with the entire vital ingredient like fruits, vegetables, cereals and pulses.

Combinations of all these vital elements like proteins, vitamins, minerals are essential for serving different food group like people with different age, activity, body size, etc. It becomes important for a person to eat a variety of healthy food in order to get maximum recommended nutrition from the food groups. Increase the intake of green vegetables and fiber in your meal as they are a good source of nutrition. Fruit juices are always very high in calories, so choose eating fruits rather than having fruit juices. Food products rich in proteins … read more

Healthy Garden, Healthy Self

Healthy Garden, Healthy Self

The relaxing properties of gardening are not best illustrated by long, wet afternoons dragging up weeds and massacring triffid-like undergrowth, although perhaps it can be considered a form of stress relief – each to their own and so on. So perhaps it is an excellent example of the versatile appeal of gardening after all.

The sanctuary of the garden can be many things – play area, work space, spot for a sneaky nap! The land of garden sheds, climbing frames, ancient trees and lazy evening hazes can reap some unexpected health benefits too.

Atmosphere
As illustrated at the beginning of this article, the garden can be anything you need – frenetic stress relief or peaceful pottering can fit easily into the well designed garden.

The right atmosphere is conducive to a composed mind. Many a gardener has envisaged solutions to life’s little (or big) … read more

Antioxidant Body Cream For a Healthy and Beautiful Skin

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Antioxidant Body Cream For a Healthy and Beautiful Skin

A high quality antioxidant body cream will make a world of difference in both the health of your skin, and in the way that you look. The formula that you use has got to contain the right antioxidant sources however, if you are going to successfully treat your skin. Too many of the formulas that are currently available do not offer you what it is that you need in order to repair your skin.

What you will often find in cosmetics formulas that have been advertised as containing antioxidants are nothing more than watered down synthetic versions of such compounds as vitamin E, and CoenzymeQ10. While these ingredients in their natural form are effective in processed correctly, the synthetic versions offer you very little. They are simply not powerful enough to make a difference.

You need ingredients that are … read more

Hydrating Body Cream For a Healthy and Beautiful Skin

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Hydrating Body Cream For a Healthy and Beautiful Skin

Do you know what ingredients need to go into a hydrating body cream in order to make it effective? Most people do not pay enough attention to what it is that is going into their cosmetics formulas, and this will inevitably lead those people into trouble. There are compounds being used to make cosmetics products that you don’t ever want to use on your skin.

The cosmetics industry is manufacturing products for you that will not help you to obtain the healthy and beautiful skin that you are seeking to obtain. For the most part, the ingredients that they are using are synthetic versions of the natural ingredients that you need in order for your skin to receive the nutrients that it needs, and the rest of the formula is filled out with harmful chemical agents.

There is absolutely … read more

Raw Food Diet Healthy Weight Loss

Raw Food Diet Healthy Weight Loss
The raw food diet is the new kid on the block that is taking the dieting world by storm! The raw food diet can also be alternatively called nutrition at its best because of the wealth of benefits that is has. The raw food diet gas acquired a huge following in the short amount of time since it surfaced as the new diet to get rid of all your worries. The raw food diet is the solution to all your weight problems as this helps you lose weight without ever going hungry. Sounds like paradox? Well the truth is that raw food is generally high in water and fiber content and low in fat. This is an unbeatable combination as this means that you now get to eat your fill without the nagging worry that this is not good for. So switch … read more

Healthy Food For Your Eyes

Healthy Food For Your Eyes
The same healthy diet that’s good for your heart and arteries can help preserve your eyes and vision.That’s not surprising. “Vision depends on tiny capillaries that supply the retina and other parts of the eye with nutrients and oxygen,” says Monique Roy, MD, a professor at the New Jersey Medical School’s Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. “Keeping those arteries healthy is essential.”

As part of an overall healthy diet, several key nutrients appear to be particularly important to preserving sight as we get older.

C, E, and Zinc:-

A decade ago, the Age-Related Eye Disease Study reported that people given vitamin E, vitamin C, beta carotene, and zinc in supplements were less likely to develop advanced age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. The combination was most effective at slowing the progression from intermediate to advanced AMD, which is one of … read more

Healthy Fast Food Tips

Healthy Fast Food Tips
The dark cloud hanging over fast food restaurants is pretty overrated, as there are plenty of nutritious and fulfilling selections to mull over. Being equipped with the knowledge of how to make healthier choices at fast food eateries is key to getting the most out of a dining possibility that is convenient, inexpensive and truly speedy.

Fast food has gained popularity in present times mostly owing to the fast paced life. People have to eat within their hectic schedules. Food is accommodated between the travelling times or busy schedules. As a result, fast food comes in as good filler between the sumptuous meal and a frugal one. With fast life, fast food is here to stay.

If you feel like having a burger, you can significantly reduce calories by going for a regular single burger instead of a large double or triple. Also order … read more