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Doctors, health experts, and advertisements always emphasize the importance of healthy eating and make suggestions on how to improve our diets. Some of these suggestions include eating fruits and vegetables, nuts, yogurt, fish, and lean meats. Recently, Tara-Parker-Pope quoted in the

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Jonny Bowden, PhD, C.N.S. is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition, food and healing. He’s appeared on FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC-TV, NBC-TV and CBS-TV as a nutrition expert, and he’s contributed material to over 50 national publications. This video explains “Hillary Clinton Peppers”—basically, the New York Times…

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Sometimes, cooking healthy can put a hole in your wallet. I recently came across this article by Kristen Seymour of That’s Fit , which discusses how she loves the magazine Cooking Light, but hates the prices of the ingredients. Check…

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Like the other vitamins mentioned in the B-vitamin complex thus far, vitamin B5, or Pantothenic acid, plays a role in metabolizing fats, carbs and proteins.  B5 plays a crucial role in the production of red blood cells and hormones from the adrenal…

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The eight B-vitamins that make up the B-vitamin complex are powerful nutrients; essential for energy, cell production growth and maintenance.  And while these eight water soluble vitamins share a common bond, each plays an individual role in a proper diet. 

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Looking for something that’s healthy, but tastes great, too? Mark Bittman of the New York Times suggests a stir-fry dish with shrimp, black beans, and greens. This is a great suggestion for someone looking to lose weight but not taste.

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Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin essential to maintain healthy teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucous membranes, and skin. Vitamin A is also good for your vision in low light conditions, and some researchers think it may be beneficial for reproduction and breast…

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Arsenic is a metallic element that is extremely poisonous, so it’s kind of hard to believe that arsenic is also an essential vitamin for our bodies. Most of us don’t need to supplement because we get enough of it in our diets. Arsenic…

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As we become immersed in our fitness routines, strength and muscle gains are inevitable.  Broader shoulders, bigger biceps, stronger quads.  But what about that 6-pack those models strutting around in all those men’s magazines are sporting?  Where are those muscles at?  Ever think…

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California has always led the way with the newest food trends that sweep across the country. There was vegetarianism, raw foods, and then organic produce. Today, the newest trend is immunity-enhancing meals, and a recent article in the

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Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause many serious problems in the human body such as anema, peripheral neuropathy and even memory loss. Unlike getting enough protein or calcium, maintaining healthy blood levels of vitamin B12 is impossible for vegans in a modern…

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These days, more and more people are trying out vegetarian diets, but not necessarily because of animal rights. Currently, Coronary Heart Disease is the number one killer in the United States, caused mainly by fatty substances and plaque clogging up the…

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Cancer specialist Larry Norton from Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital speaks about a new study that claims Vitamin D may be a key factor in preventing cancer. Take a look…

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For many of us, the importance of a balanced diet goes without saying; keep the vegetables, fruits and whole grains but toss the chips, cookies and beer. 

Nothing in life can be that simple though, so listen up.  Without the inclusion of…

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