Processed Snacks and Desserts: What the Hell, Let's Have Some!
viaflickrBy Crabby McSlackerAre you one of those people who eats only healthy whole foods, having absolutely no desire to consume tasty and convenient items created in some huge factory somewhere, packaged up and shipped thousands of miles away to your very own neighborhood grocery store?Well, congratulations!Enjoy that little cute little plate of fresh cut veggies and hummus. Savor that teeny-tiny handful of raw nuts. Arrange those fresh apple slices into a Pinterest-ready photo broadcasting your virtue.Me? Sometimes I buy processed stuff in boxes and bags and cartons and resealable pouches.My meals are generally pr...
Source: Cranky Fitness - October 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Who needs rice when you have cauliflower?
Cauliflower is a versatile vegetable: raw, cooked, mashed, roasted, or riced. Using riced cauliflower allows you to recreate many rice dishes easily while maintaining a grain-free, low-carb eating style.
Use riced cauliflower as a substitute for all forms of rice without sacrificing taste or texture. While you can rice the cauliflower yourself in a food chopper or food processor, food retailers such as Trader Joe’s are now selling pre-riced bags for convenience. Our replacement for mashed potatoes is mashed cauliflower, a delicious substitute that tastes every bit as good without the excessive carbohydrate load...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Cauliflower Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat-Free Lifestyle Dr. Davis gluten-free grain-free grains rice Thyroid Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Food Fight
Given the void in dietary wisdom due to the ineffectiveness and blunders of “official” dietary advice, there is no shortage of books or diet programs trying to fill that void, many wildly at odds with each other—paleo, Atkins, vegan, vegetarian, high-carb, low-carb, ketogenic, etc.
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the USDA’s MyPlate and food pyramid, and organizations such as the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association, as well as many of the diet programs in the popular press, I believe, fail to acknowledge several fundamental principles that really need to be address...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle atkins carbs Fat gluten gluten-free grains low-carb low-fat paleo protein undoctored vegan vegetarian Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Dante Labs Full Genome Sequencing: A Medgadget Review
Conclusion
In reading my report I found it was important to be mindful of the complexity of the genome’s effects and the relative infancy of much of the research surrounding this. For instance, I possess gene variants associated with both an increased and decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, based on current research. There are a number of more clear-cut aspects to the sequencing, such as drug interactions and carrier status of genetic diseases, which I think do give genuine peace of mind.
The more light-hearted traits around food preferences and lifestyle quirks do appear to have impressive accuracy. And I am sure t...
Source: Medgadget - September 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Genetics Source Type: blogs
Starting in on the Identification of Mechanisms by which Gut Bacteria Influence Aging
It is now fairly well established that gut bacteria have a degree of influence on the pace of aging, though just how much of individual variation can be explained in this way is still a question mark. The next step in the process of investigation is to identify the most significant mechanisms involved. This will no doubt proceed in much the same way as investigations of the mechanisms of calorie restriction and exercise, with researchers seeking ways to mimic the presence of favorable gut bacteria populations via pharmaceuticals. Just like those other parts of the field, this probably isn't going to result in therapies tha...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 23, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Your brain on chocolate
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Did you know that places where chocolate consumption is highest have the most Nobel Prize recipients? It’s true, at least according to a 2012 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Of course, that could be a coincidence. But is it possible that intelligence or other measures of high brain function are actually improved by the consumption of chocolate? A new review summarizes the evidence and concludes with a resounding “maybe.”
Keeping your brain healthy
When it comes to preserving and improving brain function, let’s face it: we need all the help we can get. With ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Brain and cognitive health Healthy Eating Memory Source Type: blogs
NMN, next year ’ s big food supplement
Remember when your parents told you to eat your greens…well…there are plenty of benefits, but one of them might bear fruit if you would like to long long and prosper. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have demonstrated increased longevity in mice fed a compound known as NMN, nicotinamide mononucleotide. This substance is found naturally in broccoli, cabbage, cucumber, avocado and other foods.
They suggest that its mode of action may be to compensate for a loss of energy production, and so reduce typical signs of aging such as gradual weight gain, loss of insulin sensitivity and ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 3, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Cream of broccoli soup
Sooper easy, delicious and satisfying!!!
In the Wheat Belly lifestyle, there is NO limiting calories, fat, or portion sizes, only a celebration of real, non-grain foods.
CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP
INGREDIENTS:
¼ cup Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Coconut Oil
2 Garlic Cloves (minced)
1 Medium Yellow Onion (chopped)
4 cups Chick Stock
1 lbs. Broccoli Floret
1 cup Coconut Milk
1 tsp Seas Salt
¼ tsp Ground Black Pepper
L...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 29, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Recipes Wheat Belly Lifestyle Dr. Davis gluten gluten-free grains health Weight Loss Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Water Fasting Summary
I completed my water fast yesterday. I fasted for 17 days and 3 hours, which is longer than I’ve ever fasted before. This post is a summary of the experience, building upon what I shared on Day 6 of the fast.
Motivation
This isn’t the same world people lived in 100 years ago. The unfortunate truth is that we now live in an environment filled with toxins that our bodies weren’t evolved to efficiently eliminate. These toxins include pesticides, herbicides, pollution, heavy metals, plastics, animal hormones, pharmaceuticals, radiation, and more. We’re exposed to such toxins merely by drinking water, br...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
The Productive Diet: 7 Simple Ways To Eat Your Way To Getting More Done
You're reading The Productive Diet: 7 Simple Ways To Eat Your Way To Getting More Done, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
If you type in the words “how to be more productive” into Google you’ll find 36,400,000 results. Much of what comes up will talk about the latest hacks, tricks, and techniques for making you more productive.
However, only a small percentage of these articles talk about one of the biggest productivity “hacks” of all: eating in a way that optimizes your energy and mental fo...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ron Reich Tags: featured health and fitness motivation productivity tips self improvement success being productive best health blogs diet and exercise eat for success focus how to be healthy how to eat for productivity mental health pickthebra Source Type: blogs
Food the Forgotten Medicine: More bait and switch from the “ College of Medicine ”
‘We know little about the effect of diet on health. That’s why so much is written about it’. That is the title of a post in which I advocate the view put by John Ioannidis that remarkably little is known about the health effects if individual nutrients. That ignorance has given rise to a vast industry selling advice that has little evidence to support it.
The 2016 Conference of the so-called "College of Medicine" had the title "Food, the Forgotten Medicine". This post gives some background information about some of the speakers at this event. I’m sorry it appears to be too ad homine...
Source: DC's goodscience - August 21, 2016 Category: Science Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: anti-oxidant Anti-science antioxidant antiscience Bait and switch CAM causality College of Medicine Continuing med education corruption Cyril Chantler Foundation for Integrated Health fraud Graeme Catto herbal medicine Michae Source Type: blogs
Let Food Be Thy Medicine: 20 Superfoods to Improve Your Health
Conclusion
Based on extensive medical and scientific studies, health professionals have identified different types of superfoods that are greatly beneficial in promoting a healthy lifestyle. To help health enthusiasts get a better idea of the superfood concept, the comprehensive list above will serve as an important source of information. At the same time, they are given the liberty of incorporating these foods into their daily diets based on their personal preferences.
References
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-eats/nutrition/nutrition-tips-spirulina-helps-cleanse-and-detox/
https://www.glozine.com/lifestyle/health/affo...
Source: Life Learning Today - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Healthy Living Recipes food be thy medicine natural healing nutrition superfoods Source Type: blogs
Let Food Be Thy Medicine: 20 Superfoods to Improve Your Health
Conclusion
Based on extensive medical and scientific studies, health professionals have identified different types of superfoods that are greatly beneficial in promoting a healthy lifestyle. To help health enthusiasts get a better idea of the superfood concept, the comprehensive list above will serve as an important source of information. At the same time, they are given the liberty of incorporating these foods into their daily diets based on their personal preferences.
References
About the Author
Katleen Brown is a health, beauty and fitness writer. She loves to publish her articles on various health related websites...
Source: Life Learning Today - June 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Healthy Living Recipes food be thy medicine natural healing nutrition superfoods Source Type: blogs
Should you be worried about aluminum in deodorants? Episode 134
Should we be worried about aluminum in deodorants?
Erin asks…Should we be worried about aluminum in deodorants?
First of all don’t get confused between anti-perspirant and deodorants. Anti-perspirants contain aluminum salts that help plug your pores so you don’t sweat as much. Deodorants do not contain aluminum and they don’t stop you from sweating. They only reduce body odor. (By using fragrance or anti-bacterial compounds.) This started around 1985. Researchers found that Alzheimers patients had high levels of aluminum in their brains. There have been a number of studies since then – at least o...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Antiperspirants/deodorants Podcast Soap & body wash Source Type: blogs
