Chron’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can make it difficult to digest certain types of food and beverages. The disease causes your digestive tract to become inflamed along with a handful of other uncomfortable symptoms. And if the disease is left untreated it can result in long term consequences that can even include malnutrition. Your dietary habits…
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If you’re like most people who depend on caffeine for its marvelous energy boosting properties, you constantly fluctuate between enjoying caffeine and refusing to drink it because of its alleged negatives. Well, this should make your decision making a little bit more difficult, because there is yet another pro for making caffeine a regular part of your diet. Researchers at…
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No matter what your health goals are, whether you want to lose weight, gain muscle, increase your immunity, etc. your success will depend greatly on your diet. This is especially true if you are suffering from diabetes. There is no one size fits all when it comes to creating a healthy diabetic eating plan. Each person has their own particular…
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An increasing amount of research has pointed to vitamin D as a key ingredient in heart health. A vitamin D deficiency raises your risk for everything bad associated with heart health such as, an increased risk of heart attacks, congestive heart failure, strokes, peripheral arterial disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. What is Vitamin D Vitamin D functions similarly to…
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DASH stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension”. It actually is a lifelong approach towards eating healthy and is designed to treat high blood pressure, also called hypertension. It was created to lower blood pressure without medication. What Does DASH include? DASH diet places importance on the right portion size and the variety of nutrients. The diet has been planned…
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Food that is high in calories, is highly processed, and is very low in nutrients is labeled as junk food. It also contains high levels of added sugars, salts, and saturated or trans fats. Addiction to junk food can be compared to addiction to drugs and alcohol. The term ‘fast food’ is coined for the food that is prepared very…
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Prevention, they say, is very important because although there are treatments for osteoporosis but once you have the disease, there is little that you can do. The diet that you eat plays an important role in the prevention of osteoporosis. You should include calcium, green leafy vegetables, fish, egg yolk, proteins, and phosphorus in your diet. It is advised that…
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