Posts Tagged ‘vegetarian’
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Take Your Diet From Polluted to Pristine With A Few Simple Steps, Followed By Gourmet-Style Recipes.
Not so long ago, eating food was a pretty simple activity. It grew in the ground. We cut it down or pulled it up, chopped it, cooked it, and ate it. Nowadays, between reports about cancer-causing additives and life-threatening pathogens, eating can be downright scary. Based on newspaper headlines, you’d think we’d be better off starving. (more…)
Tags: additives, artificial sweetners, avocados, blood sugar, cancer, Cardiovascular disease, coconut oil, coffee, cortisol levels, Diabetes, endocrine disruptors, flax oil, genetically engineered hormones, genetically modified ingredients, Green tea, healthful fats, high-fructose corn syrup, olive oil, organic, organic coffee, pathogens, pesticides, preservatives, produce, salt, saturated fats, stroke, sugar, trans fats, vegan, vegetarian, water
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Weight loss isn‘t the only reason for adopting a particular diet. Some people need to avoid certain ingredients; others simply desire greater well-being. Whatever your dietary goal, there‘s a path that will work for you.
The Low-Carb Diet
From Atkins to South Beach, the idea of cutting carbohydrate intake to promote weight loss has increased in popularity as time has gone on. But it has become more refined over the years, with less of a “hello, bacon!” mindset and more of one in which green vegetables—an often-forgotten component of the original Atkins diet—have become more prominent. (more…)
Tags: ashwaganda, Atkins, blood sugar, breastfeeding, carbohydrate, children, coleus forskohlii, CoQ10, diet, flax seed, forskolin, garcinia cambogia, gluten, gluten-free, Green tea extract, herbs, hydroxycitric acid (HCA), immune system, low-carb, metabolism, pregnant, protein, raw diet, resveratrol, rhodiola, South Beach, spirulina, thyroid, ubiquinol, vegan, vegetarian, vitamin B12, weight loss, wheat, xanthan, yerba mate
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should understand the benefits of taking prenatal supplements. During pregnancy, a woman’s need for nutrients like calcium, folic acid and iron become greater because both mother and baby need extra nourishment. Prenatal supplements can fill any nutritional void the mother may have in her diet by delivering nutrients that are essential for development, fetal growth and healthy living into adulthood (1). It’s important to note that not just any multivitamin will do; those formulated for pregnant women contain different levels of vitamins and minerals. Case in point, prenatal vitamins will have larger than usual amounts of iron, which are needed for the baby’s blood supply and to prevent iron-deficiency anemia. (more…)
Tags: calcium, fetal growth, fish oil, folic acid, gestational diabetes, iron, iron-deficiency anemia, kosher, multivitamin, natural supplements, neural tube birth defects, pregnant, prenatal supplements, rickets, spina bifida, synthetic ingredients, vegetarian
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