How Important is Nutrition, Really?
If I eat well, will I be well? Really, how important is nutrition?
Eating well is critical to living well. Everyone has heard the old saying, “you are what you eat”. And in today’s society, that would mean that we are just walking, talking chemical testing facilities. Unless we use our minds to decide what goes into our mouths. If we feed enough healthy food to our bodies, it will eventually stop craving all those delicious things that do us more harm than good.
Put a Lot of Color in Your Diet
Mother Nature must have known that people like color, so she made the most nutritious foods the most colorful. Fruits and vegetables that have the brightest, the darkest, and the most vivid colors hold the most vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.
Want Your Kids To Be Smarter? Foods That Feed the Brain.
Have you ever watched your child devour an entire bag of Doritos during homework time? Or had to forcibly remove the candy dish from the hands of a child who was cramming for a test? I used to think that my kid was just using food as a distraction from the homework, but I’ve been proven wrong. It turns out that food actually feeds the brain, though candy and Doritos aren’t good choices.
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Water Is the Most Essential Nutrient
Water constitutes 60% percent of an average adults’ body weight, and every function performed within our bodies, needs water to achieve necessary effectiveness.
When we get thirsty, we reach for something to quench that thirst but we never think about why we’re thirsty or that we need to replenish our bodily fluids. When we need a boost of energy, we reach for one of the energy drinks that are the biggest nutrition craze right now, without even realizing that water is the best energy drink there has ever been.
The Facts About Spirulina
Spirulina is a green micro alga. They are microscopic plants which grow in fresh water. They are green due to chlorophyll.
It is sold in the form of powder and can be found also in veggie capsules.
Aloe Vera Can Help With Oral Pain
Aloe vera is a handy home-grown remedy that can be used as a moisturizing agent and for the treatment of minor burns, skin abrasions, and irritations. It has been suggested that external application of aloe vera gel promotes wound healing.
Does Alcohol Have Any Nutritional Value
There seems to be debate on whether or not some alcohol is good or bad and whether or not it holds any nutritional value. The debate continues.
Including alcohol such as red wine in ones diet has been said to have some nutritional value due to the antioxidant effect that one may get along with the other chemicals that come along with the wine.
Lower Fat, Eat More Veggies For Prostate Health
As part of a long-term study on preventing prostate cancer, researchers in Seattle analyzed the diets of thousands of men to see if they could identify any connection between what the men were eating and their risk of benign prostate hyperplasia. BPH is a non-cancerous inflammation of the prostate gland. Although BPH is by definition benign, it is very common condition and can be a major quality-of-life issue for men over 50. As well, having BPH increases the risk for eventually developing prostate cancer.
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Do You Know The Answers To These Questions?
A few tidbits of trivia that may take you by surprise, and have you looking at your vegetables with a new eye.
1. Do the leaves and roots of beets have any nutritional value? If so, what are they?
Can A Zinc Deficiency Be Causing You To Apply Too Much Cologne
Have you ever been around someone who wears too much perfume or cologne? It can be extremely unpleasant for co-workers and people who are close to them at the movie theater or on the bus. These people usually have no idea that their cologne is way too strong to those around them. In fact, it may be the result a zinc deficiency.
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