An unabashed guide to symptom-free, drug-free periods For the 30 to 40 percent of women afflicted with PMS, traditional medicine can offer no genuine cures, only hormones, anti-depressants, and temporary pain-killers.
Offering a practical, easy-to-implement plan for recovery from even the most debilitating forms of PMS, herbalist Linda Woolven outlines a natural powerhouse regimen of herbs, vitamins, minerals, and nutritional changes. A comprehensive guide to eve… More >>
Obesity and weight gain are an ever-expanding problem for people today. The standard Western consists of too much protein, fats and sugars and not enough fresh fruits and vegetables. Most people also understand that in order to lose weight effectively and keep it off for life they must use healthy methods, which includes burning calories through exercise programs.
Weight loss clinics are a wonderful experience for people who want to have a relaxing holiday and learn healthy eating and exercise patterns at the same time. Weight loss clinics often focus on physical health and education about eating habits and making life long changes.
When people arrive at a weight loss clinic they will undergo an evaluation with a counselor who evaluates their previous eating and exercise habits and looks at the necessary measures that should be taken. The counselor will take the clients family history, body type and other medical issues into account as well as help the client to establish reasonable goals to decrease the possibility of failure. Read more...
A year in the making, Sandra Ramacher has released Healing Foods: Cooking for Celiacs, Colitis, Crohns and IBS, a visually stunning and intelligently written cookbook.
It is specifically designed to please and inspire all those who suffer from these debilitating intestinal diseases, as well as those who already live happier lives thanks to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (TM). This book strictly adheres to the diet prescribed by Elaine Gottschall in her revolutionary… More >>
1/2 cup walnuts, toasted 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup sugar substitute 3 large eggs, room temperature 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon grated orange zest 1 1/2 cups grated carrot 2 cups all purpose flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 cup canned crushed pineapple, drained Non stick cooking spray
Instructions:
Place the walnuts in a food processor and chop fine. Put the butter in a large bowl. Use the electric mixer and beat the butter on high speed for 45 seconds. Slowly add in the sugar and continue beating until the two ingredients are creamed together. Add the eggs, one at time, beating on low speed after each addition. Use a rubber spatula and fold in the cinnamon and pepper. Add in the orange zest and carrots and stir well to incorporate the flavors. Place the flour, baking powder and salt in at sifter. Sift together into a separate bowl. Stir half of the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Fold in the pineapple and walnuts. Finishing mixing in the rest of the flour mixture into the batter. Spray 2 loaf pans with the non stick cocking spray. Fill both pans with the batter. Bring the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake the loaves 25 minutes or until a nice golden brown on top and toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Read more...
Low Fat Recipe and a tremendous source of iron, fiber, potassium and Vitamins A, C and E.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon shallots, chopped fine 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon honey 1/4 teaspoon pepper 4 kumquats 1 head lettuce 1 bunch watercress 2 grapefruits, peeled and sectioned 1 avocado, peeled and sectioned
Instructions:
Place the shallots in the sherry vinegar in a mixing bowl. Add the mustard, olive oil and honey. Sprinkle in the pepper. Whisk all together until completely combined. Bring a small sauce pan filled 3/4 full of water and placed on medium high heat to a quick boil. Add the kumquats. Bring back to a boil and allow the kumquats to boil for 30 seconds. Drain, pat dry and slice thin. Place the watercress, grapefruit sections, avocado sections and the kumquat slices into the sherry vinaigrette and toss to cover well. Make a bed of lettuce on a plate. Spoon the vinaigrette mixture over the lettuce. Serve immediately. Read more...
Acupressure points can be great for migraine relief. Learn how to press wrist and head acupressure points with expert tips on headache relief in this free video. Expert: Vineeta Gogia Bio: Vineeta Gogia has a degree in Hotel administration, Catering and Nutrition from Cornell University.
MiGone Plus is a natural, safe and effective liquid herbal formula, formulated by a Clinical Psychologist as a concentrated medicinal extract of three herbs especially chosen to quickly and effectively address the principle underlying causes of chronic headaches and migraines. MiGone Plus works effectively to prevent migraines and chronic headaches, including cluster headaches; reduce muscle tension and spasms; stop tension headaches before they start; relieve the symptoms of arthritis; improve liver functioning and the elimination of toxins; relax and reduce anxiety and tension and prevent menstrual cramps.
The number of deaths related to tuberculosis continues to rise each year. This might be because of the reemergence of the disease related to immunosuppressive illnesses, such as HIV. Or it may be related to the paucity of new tools which doctors have in order to combat the disease. It was 1891 since the last effective diagnostic tool for latent tuberculosis was developed. It was 1921 since the last vaccine for tuberculosis and 1967 since the last new first-line drug class for treatment of tuberculosis was developed.
The expanding epidemic of HIV and AIDS, as well as the overcrowding of cities, poor nutrition and hygiene and emergence of multi-drugs resistant bacteria, all contrive to increase the number of deaths from the disease that has been documented since 2400 B.C.
Doctors and scientists all over the world are conducting research into the bacteria which causes tuberculosis, mycobacteria tuberculosis. Research studies are being designed to answer important questions about both diagnosis and treatment and to find new approaches which are both safe and effective. Read more...
Weight loss is a simple equation. Amount of lost weight or gained weight is equal to the number of calories eaten minus the number of calories burned. In other words, if an individual eats more calories than they burned they will gain weight. The reverse is also true. If an individual eats less calories than they burned they will lose weight. The former is called a positive calorie balance and the latter is called a negative calorie balance.
By creating a calorie deficit the body must begin to burn fat stores in order to provide enough energy to take care of body systems. Did you know that everyone has a specific amount of calories they burned each and every day, even if they never get out of bed? This number of calories is called the basal metabolic rate. This rate is able to be calculated using basic math equations that given individual the amount of calories it requires to keep their body running and functioning optimally. Read more...
We all have memories of how we looked and felt when we were younger. It’s sometimes hard to get those memories out of our minds or be satisfied with our current level of fitness, age, beauty or size. We make legitimate efforts to lose weight or to improve our health and eating habits.
And with all of the information that is available today it is sometimes difficult to figure out what supplements to integrate, how many multi-vitamins you should be taking, the number of hours of sleep or how much exercise you really need.
Another one of those factors that plays a part in a healthy diet is fasting. In most cases people don’t think of fasting as part of a healthy eating plan but instead as part of a radical diet designed to lose 20 pounds in 2 days. However, because of the way in which our bodies were designed, an occasional fast is actually good for the body and works with the way in which the body functions. Read more...
Anyone who has reached the age of 30 has had to come to grips with the ever slowing metabolism that faces all of us as we age. If you are younger than 40 and do a significant amount of weight training you may not have seen a difference yet but take a good look at a basal metabolic rate calculator and you’ll see that in order to maintain your present weights at the age of 55 you’ll have to eat significantly less calories each day than you do now.
Weight management while aging goes beyond how you look. Recent studies have indicated that individuals who carry extra pounds will actually speed up the aging process. In a study published in The Lancet researchers from London included that obesity and cigarette smoking would both accelerate human aging. This study involves approximately 1100 Caucasian women and focused on the length of the end caps of DNA strands in their white blood cells. These end caps, called telomeres, are believed to shorten over a persons life time as a function of the aging process. Read more...
Every 10 years or so a new nutrient becomes the hot topic in the weight loss industry. Fueled by the running craze started by Jim Fixx the early 1980’s identified carbohydrates as the nutrient that required fixing and we began running. In the 1990s nutritionist identified fats – there were good fats, bad fats and now there are even fake fats. Today the hot nutrient is protein.
Interestingly all of these things are important for good overall health for any individual. We all need carbohydrates. We all need good fats. And we all must have protein in our diets in order to fuel our bodies. However, there are some authors who advocate the use of high protein diets and even higher protein diets in order to lose weight. The question really becomes how much protein do we really need and how does protein fit into the overall metabolism of an individual? Read more...
Diet is defined as a prescribed selection of foods or the act of restricting food intake. However this definition has only become common in the past couple of decades. Prior to that diet was commonly considered to be the nutritional intake were the sum of food consumed by a person or an organism. To this day the term “diet” in veterinarian medicine refers to the type of food a particular animal eats and not the act of restricting food for that animal.
However, over the past several decades the term “diets” or “dieting” has come to mean the act of restricting caloric intake with the ultimate goal of losing weight. Initially, this terminology and thought process was believed to be a positive movement toward a successful goal. As time progressed and more and more research was done on the psychology of weight loss as well and as the physiology researchers have come to understand that it is not beneficial for us to significantly change our dietary intake for a short period of time with the express purpose of weight loss. Read more...
Healthy foods to stay young? Of course, youve heard it before, probably when mom insisted to eat more apples and less burger even when you thought you were too young to age.
Indeed, mom was right. Youll never know when youll start to age until you notice some crumpling and folding on your skin. Premature aging might just be a sleep away. And you never want to see that happen.
But its never too late. You can delay aging now by changing some items on your plates, and its just another meal away.
You Are What You Eat
The food and all other things that you take or dont are laying the groundwork for your health and your appearance as well. For example, a person who has a pretty huge room for french fries and beef patties in his stomach may suffer more diseases and may not look age-appropriate. A person deficient in unsaturated fats, on the other hand, may have dry, flaky skin, and eventually look older than he actually is. Read more...
Cover the bottom of a saucepan with a scant amount water. Place the carrots into the saucepan with the water and set over medium high heat. Bring to a steady boil. Reduce the heat to low and cover the saucepan. Continue cooking on low 17 minutes or until the carrots are tender. Drain well in a colander and place the carrots in large serving bowl. Stir in the honey mustard being sure to cover the carrots well. Sprinkle the dill over the carrots and top with the butter. Stir until the butter is melted and distributed through the carrots.
Nutritional Information: (Approximate Values based on 3/4 cup)
74 calories; 3 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; 5 mg cholesterol; 172 mg sodium; 13 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g protein
Heavy-metal refers to a metallic chemical element that has a high density and relatively high atomic mass that is toxic or poisonous. Some examples are mercury, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, nickel, selenium and lead. These elements can damage living things at low concentrations and tend to accumulate in the food chain.
In nature the lowest elements on the food chain is plant life. Specific types of animals are herbivores and eat only plants. These animals can have a build up of heavy-metal in their system, deposited in their muscle mass, from absorption from plants. When these animals are slaughtered and used for food the heavy metal in their system is absorbed by the end user, us.
Researchers have discovered that the human body often contains microscopic heavy-metal from environmental toxins and our food sources. Another source of heavy-metal toxification is from the amalgam fillings made for dental appliances. In 1989 the Environmental Protection Agency stated that the use metal fillings were hazardous substances under the Superfund law. When outside of the mouse they must be stored in unbreakable, tightly sealed containers, they are not to be touched and have specific storage requirements. Outside of the mouth they are toxic but when placed in the teeth they are labeled “non-toxic”. Read more...
Did you know that everything you put in your mouth isn’t going to make you fat?
In today’s society so many of the media messages we receive are about weight loss and staying thin. It seems as if all of society has focused on the ability of individuals to maintain a thin physique without truly focusing on overall health and well-being. And, because this has become the focus of the media and much of the general public, many also now believe that everything that is put into the mouth is going to make them fat.
This belief system or knowledge does not always change the way in which an individual chooses their food but it does impact their overall emotional health. However, not everything we put into our mouths will make us fat. In fact, eating isn’t fattening but instead is the way in which our bodies obtain nutrients, vitamins and minerals it needs in order to survive. Read more...
Bulimia is an eating disorder. Someone with bulimia might binge on food and then vomit (also called purge) in a cycle of binging and purging. Binge eating refers to quickly eating large amounts of food over short periods of time. Purging involves forced vomiting, laxative use, excessive exercise, or fasting in an attempt to lose weight that might be gained from eating food or binging.
Bulimia, also called bulimia nervosa, is a disorder in the eating disorder spectrum. Bulimia is characterized by episodes of secretive excessive eating (bingeing) followed by inappropriate methods of weight control, such as self-induced vomiting (purging), abuse of laxatives and diuretics, or excessive exercise. Like anorexia, bulimia is a psychological disorder. It is another condition that goes beyond out-of-control dieting. The cycle of overeating and purging can quickly become an obsession similar to an addiction to drugs or other substances.
Signs of malnutrition or dehydration may be present including dry skin, changes in the hair and nails, swelling of the lower legs and feet, or loss of sensation in the hands or feet. Read more...
Learn how to use aromatherapy for better sleeping habits with expert sleeping tips in this free online healthy living video clip. Expert: Lisa La Barr Bio: Lisa La Barr is AFPA certified, a WAPF member, and a personal nutritionist in Beverly Hills. She has almost 10 years of health care experience working for top pharmaceutical companies. Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Dieting is a term that became popular around the time that women decided that thin was “in”. For the most part it was heralded by the Twiggy craze but more likely had been a significant concern since dresses began to rise above the ankles.
But dieting isn’t always equated with weight loss, nor should it be. Dieting is a term that conjures up images of men and women (but mostly women) who are denying themselves the pleasures of chocolate, bread, butter, dessert, soda, alcohol and any food that remotely carries more than 10 calories.
Dieting is really a lifestyle choice. It is a time when people feel they should be denied something of pleasure in exchange for fitting into the next dress size down. But it is NOT a long term option for either weight loss or overall health.
It may seem like splitting hairs but as humans we all respond best to what we interpret as “best”. Because of the connotation that ‘dieting‘ has developed over the past several decades it is much better for those who wish to lose several pounds to consider a nutritional change that results in healthier eating habits. Read more...
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