Eat regularly spaced meals and snacks, approximately every 4 to 5 hours, to avoid feeling famished and to keep energy levels high. Eliminate as much sugar as possible from your diet: soda, sweetened beverages, fruit juice, cookies, cakes, candies. Choose as...
by Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N So many diet programs are about what you can’t have, but what about focusing on things you can add to your diet? What a concept! More food instead of less? Well, of course there’s a catch....
HEADACHE? EAT FISH! Eat plenty of fish — fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain. HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT! Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily. TO...
While we constantly hear about how healthy water is for our systems, too much of a good thing is possible. Drinking lots of water in a short period of time, say a few hours, can lead to “water intoxication,” which, although...
Posted by Simeon Margolis, M. Provided by John Hopkins Medicine In an earlier entry, I railed against the bogus health benefits of bottled waters such as Aquafina®, a Pepsi product that TV advertisements are now admitting is simply tap water that...
by Sue Gilbert, M.S., Nutritionist Foods that stimulate the immune system Yogurt: Prevents colds and reduces hay fever symptoms. Must contain live cultures of lactobacillus bulgarius or bifidobacteria. Garlic: Increases immune system cell potency. Fruits and vegetables: Go for those high...
Is one of your 2002 resolutions healthier eating? Try these 10 easy new habits and you’ll be fast on your way to improved health. Honey, I shrunk the food! Unfortunately, the opposite has happened: Portion sizes have grown to T. rex...
If you are watching your weight, cholesterol, or just your basic health, I advise against using butter regularly. The most saturated of all the animal fats, butter also contains the most cholesterol – more than twice that of beef fat. While...
1. BOTOL PLASTIK Mungkin sebagian dari kita mempunyai kebiasaan memakai & memakai ulang botol plastik (Aqua, VIT, etc.) dan menaruhnya di mobil/kantor. Kebiasaan ini tidak baik, karena bahan plastik botol (disebut juga sebagai polyethylene terephthalate or PET) yang dipakai di botol2...
Jawabannya cukup “mengerikan” tetapi simak saja. Kira-kira 80% tubuh manusia terdiri dari air. Malah ada beberapa bagian tubuh kita yang memiliki kadar air di atas 80%. Dua organ paling penting dengan kadar air di atas 80% adalah : Otak dan Darah....