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Live Web Chat Examines Healthy Eating And Weight Management In Lupus — An estimated 1.5 million Americans and at least five million people worldwide are living with some form of lupus, an unpredictable and potentially fatal autoimmune disease. While medications are important to managing lupus, there also are a number of lifestyle adjustments people with [...]

Exercise and good eating habits a family affair - In Georgia, more than 59,000 middle school and 50,000 high school children are considered obese, according to the Department of Human Resources. Sedentary lifestyles and poor eating habits contribute to the growing problem.  [Read More]

The Miracle of Fasting - Part 1 (Your First 36-Hour Fast) — Deliberately ceasing to ingest food is called fasting and has been used throughout history by both people and animals to restore and maintain optimal health. Animals that become ill instinctively know to heal themselves properly by resting near a source of clean water [...]

My old ticker had a mess of a time earlier this week.  Every now and then it would go to missing beats, skipping a beat, or fluttering around in my chest while overall wreaking havoc on my system.  Of course it has a lot to do with lupus and every time this happens I’ll typically [...]

A Spice That’s Nice for Your Pancreas - It’s Good to Be Yellow: Curcumin, the yellow stuff in turmeric, may do in tumor cells. When researchers added the substance to cancerous pancreas cells, production practically shut down — thanks to a clampdown on cytokines, chemicals linked to tumor growth and cell survival. (Find out why [...]

Does Fructose Make You Fatter? — High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener used in many processed foods ranging from sodas to baked goods. While the ingredient is cheaper and sweeter than regular sugar, new research suggests that it can also make you fatter.  [Read More]

One of my favorite foods.

Dangers of detox diets — Dawn Page, 52, drank four pints of water a day and drastically cut her salt intake on The Amazing Hydration Diet recommended by nutritonal therapist Barbara Nash. The mother of two, who suffered a huge epileptic fit due to severe sodium deficiency.  [Read More]

Nutritional Requirements By Gender — Scientists have discovered that what works for males can be very different for females.  In the evolutionary “battle of the sexes”, traits that benefit males are costly when expressed in females and vice versa. This conflict may have implications for human diet, aging and reproduction, says a team of [...]

Obesity And Heart Disease May Be Reduced By Herbal Remedy — With unprecedented levels of obesity across the Western world, and incidence of associated heart disease, cancer and diabetes rising, there is a major drive to find new treatments. Scientists from Germany have recently discovered that extracts of a traditional herbal remedy derived from Tabebuia [...]

Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) Programs: The Key To Fighting Chronic Disease — Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease have reached epidemic proportions, affecting half of Americans and costing $1.5 trillion annually. But a little-known and relatively inexpensive tool called a TLC program has been shown to be effective in preventing, managing, [...]

From Trout to Tilapia—Which Fish Is Best? — A new study, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, analyzed 30 species of wild and farmed fish and found that while wild fish is generally more healthful than farm-grown, fish such as salmon and trout still maintain a beneficial fatty acid profile. Other farmed [...]

Veganism grows up - Stoevelaar became a vegan more than two decades ago in her search for a non-medical treatment for her arthritis and lupus.  She hasn’t had a hamburger, a bite of cheese or a glass of milk in 21 years.  She’s not sick. On the contrary, she says, her health has never been [...]

Miracle diet from the Med – Adopting elements of a Mediterranean-style diet, which is high in fruit and vegetables and low on red meat and dairy produce, can reduce the risk of cancer by almost a quarter, according to a major study of people’s eating habits.  “Of the 26,000 people we studied, those who closely [...]

New Wellness Study: Employees With Balanced Diets Have 10 Times More Energy - ComPsych Corporation has released its 2008 Health & Productivity Index, a workplace wellness study which revealed only 5 percent of employees with unbalanced diets had high levels of energy, while 50 percent of workers with balanced diets had high energy.  “Energy is [...]

MIT Researchers Offer Tantalizing Evidence On How To Make People Smarter, Naturally - New research findings published online in The FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve. According to MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range of foods from infant formula to [...]

Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center, says watermelon may have Viagra-like effects. (Credit: Image courtesy of Texas A&M University)
Yes, you read right and I will vouch for the many benefits watermelon has had on my life.  It is a kidney cleanser, it serves as an anti-inflammatory that contributes to [...]

I’ve been dealing a lot with spirit, which has been taking up a lot of my time, and the journey has been most interesting.  In my past unconscious state, I would kind of hit and miss spirit’s small and quiet voice.  Today, I’m more conscious of its movements in my life and, as a result, [...]

Giving your immune system a fighting chance - Stress, smoke (tobacco, incinerators, etc), food additives (especially colours and flavourings) and drugs (illegal and medical) are all enemies of the immune system, says Dr Holford.  Others include a negative attitude to life, unhappiness, an incorrect balance of food (too much salt, fat or sugar), poor vitamin [...]

HTML clipboardI cannot emphasize the importance of a healthy diet combined with exercise. In today’s society of desk jobs where we sit and look at computer screens all day, or sit and dine in a restaurant, or sit in our cars in traffic, there is very little time afterward to give time for preparation of [...]