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Relax and Recharge.. Let the Money Flow In
Even if you are behind on your bills and you cannot find a job needed to support your family, it is important to take time out for regular rest and relaxation.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Organizations (nutrition)

The Simple Life
Often times I meet with people who claim they are too busy to maintain their finances, search for a better career or even clean their own home. While I agree that paying a cleaning service $60 per month is a great idea if you could better use that time with family or make more money during that hour, you really do need to carve out the time to take charge of your life. Take balancing your checkbook for example.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Organizations (nutrition)

The Surprising Benefit of Potassium
The number of Americans with high blood pressure continues to climb every year. The American Heart Association estimates that currently, one third of U.S. adults over age 20 have high blood pressure. Incorporating more potassium in your diet may be the key to lowering it.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Nutrients

You Are What You Eat
I recently read an article about how many whole foods have a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function. The similarities between the food and organ signal the benefit that food provides. Basically saying, you are what you eat.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Nutrients

Big Changes Start Small
My message has always been that health changes do not have to be (and probably should not be) drastic to be effective. Many people assume that to improve their health they must spend five days a week at the gym and cut all foods out of their diet that they love. By making this assumption you may be setting yourself up for failure.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Nutrients

Low Fat Isn't Always Good
We are bombarded daily with low fat food options: from low fat cookies and chips, to low fat ice cream, baked goods, and even candy.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Other Nutrition

What You Didn't Know About Fat
Believe it or not, there is not much credibility to the idea that avoiding animals fats and consuming a low-cholesterol diet will reduce the risk of heart disease.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Diet Analysis Tools

The Top 6 Foods from the Produce Aisle
Sometimes we need a kick in the pants to make our day-to-day nutritional routine a bit more thrilling. If you want to enhance your dining experience with quick, easy-to-prepare recipes, with the guarantee that you are eating some of the best foods available, this article is for you.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Diet Analysis Tools

Where Does Your Food Come From?
Life without a car really limits your options for grocery shopping, especially in the winter. The thing that I love about being in Boston in the spring and summer are all the farmers markets that suddenly pop up throughout the city.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Raw and Living Foods

Is Your Fuel Gauge on Empty
Do you find yourself lacking energy throughout the day, despite getting 7-9 hours of sleep each night? Many people report feeling fatigue, even though they do their best to get enough sleep.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Health Food Stores

The Top 7 Health Problems Linked to Trace Mineral Deficiency or Imbalance
Here are the seven most serious health problems linked to trace mineral imbalance or deficiency (in alphabetical order)

Author: John Heinerman
Category: Vitamins & Minerals

Why Our Bodies Need Minerals To Function
It’s astounding to realise that our blood plasma (26 pints in a typical adult) has a composition very similar to seawater.

Author: John Heinerman
Category: Vitamins & Minerals

Bioelectrical Energy Surges With Mineral Supplementation
“There is only one health paradigm, but many disease anomalies!” So declares Robert O. Becker, M.D. in the opening chapter of his book, THE BODY ELECTRIC (New York: William Morrow, 1985). He maintains that electromagnetism is the very foundation of life itself in all things living.

Author: John Heinerman
Category: Vitamins & Minerals

Improving Heart Health With CoQ10 And Omega 3 Supplements
Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death among Americans and Britons alike.

Author: John Heinerman
Category: Vitamins & Minerals

The Secret Of Life In An Ancient Inland Sea?
In 1968 George W. Crane PhD, M.D. wrote a series of newspaper articles about the amazing health benefits people derived from drinking a small amount of sea water each day. Crane theorized that the minerals and trace elements it contained played an essential role in maintaining human health.

Author: John Heinerman
Category: Vitamins & Minerals

How To Use Human Growth Hormone, Side Effects
Chorionic gonadotropin is a hormone found in the female body during the early months of pregnancy (it is produced in the placenta). It is in fact the pregnancy indicator looked at by the over the counter pregnancy test kits, as due to its origin it is not found in the body at any other time. Blood levels of this hormone will become noticeable as early as seven days after ovulation. The level will rise evenly, reaching a peak at approximately two to three months into gestation. After this point, the hormone level will drop gradually until the point of birth. As a prescription drug, HCG offers us some interesting benefits. In the United States, we have the two popular brands, Pregnyl, made by Organon, and Profasi, made by Serono. These are FDA approved for the treatment of undescended testicles in young boys, hypogonadism (underproduction of testosterone) and as a fertility drug used to aid in inducing ovulation in women. When prepared as a medical item, this hormone comes from a human origin. Although there is often a fear of biological origin products, there is little research to be found regarding pathogen or sterility problems with HCG. The problems seen with human origin growth hormone are certainly not to be repeated with HCG, as this compound is obtained in a much different way.

Author: mark henry
Category: Nutritional Supplements

Salad: Friend or Foe?
What is the first thing you hear people talk about eating when they mention that they are going on a diet? The thing that comes to my mind is salads. Everyone turns to salads when they want to improve their eating habits but there are two things you should be aware of. First, when you go on a “diet” you do not have to restrict yourself to eating salads in order to lose weight. Second, salads are not always a healthy choice.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Diet Analysis Tools

3 Weekly Goals to Maximize Fat Burning
In the fitness world, there are little tricks you can incorporate into your weekly routine that will equal significant gains in weight loss and fat burning.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Other Nutrition

5 Ab Revealing Tips
A recent article in the New York Times described a phrase called "unit bias". Unit bias is defined as an individual's tendency to take whatever "unit" or "portion" of food they are served, and consider this a standard sized meal.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Food Guide Pyramid

5 MORE Fat Burning Nutritional Tips
This article will give you 5 more tips to turn your body into a lean muscle-building, fat-burning machine.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Food Guide Pyramid

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