Side Effects
Good healthy foods don’t come with side effects. (Of course, if your body is damaged in some way you may experience problems with certain foods, but then the problem is with your body and not a …
Creamed Cauliflower and Brown Rice
Total time to prepare: 40 minutes Ingredients: 1 lb. cauliflower, chopped into small pieces 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 cup short-grain brown rice 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese 1 Tbs. lemon …
The Many Benefits of Water
The Many Benefits of Water: Considering the many benefits of water starts with looking at the picture to the left. Notice that your brain is 75% water. That might explain why you get a headache if …
Diabetic Retinopathy
According to Nutrition Action, diabetic retinopathy occurs when diabetes causes damage to the blood vessels in the back of the eyes. When these damaged and scarred blood vessels can no longer deliver blood to the eyes, …
Diabetes Defense
Researchers monitored 3,000 overweight people with pre-diabetes—that is, their blood sugar levels were above normal, but not high enough to be diabetic. People who changed their eating habits and began exercising enough to lose at least 10 …
Fructose and Kidney Stones
Fructose in sugar-sweetened sodas may raise the risk of kidney stones Drinking sugar-sweetened soda may lead to kidney stones. Researchers tracked more than 194,000 people for roughly eight years. Those who drank at least one serving of …
Breathe Through Your Nose, Keep Your Mouth Closed
Why should you breathe through your nose and not your mouth? Because there are hairs in your nose to filter the air and prevent many pollutants form entering your lungs. This filtering does not occur when …
Take a Deep Breath
WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH? Because it empties your lungs completely. This is one of the main ways your body releases unwanted acid to stay neutral and fully armed to defend you and keep …
What can we do about the arsenic in our rice?
There isn’t much that we as individuals can do about the arsenic in rice at this point. Since it seems impossible to remove the arsenic from the rice once it is in there, the only completely …
