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A recent study from China shows that people who eat spicy foods appear to be healthier and live longer. In a survey involving 500,000 Chinese men and women, there was a inverse correlation between spicy foods and all cause mortality, heart disease, cancer and respiratory infections. So…besides being tasty to those ‘chili lovers’ out there, …
KISS is a famous acronym that I love: Keep It Simple Stupid That, along with “Brevity is the soul of wit.” are two of my favorites. Here is a nice article with simple recommendations for how to eat in a healthy manner. It does not take an entire book to tell you the rules, …
We’ve all heard that the words OMEGA 3 FATTY acids….and they are invoked as having magical properties to heal us. Specifically, supplements of Omega 3’s, a healthy polyunsaturated fat, are thought to protect the blood vessels in the heart and brain, thus preventing heart attacks and strokes. A recent study out of England compiled data …
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I must talk to 20 people a day about eating better and losing weight. It is so difficult and there are so many different ways to lose weight. Trying to just improve our diet is a great first step and making some simple changes will give us improved health if not the weight we desire. …
We’ve heard that dark chocolate can be good for us and a recent article in the respected medical journal BMJ (British Medical Journal) concluded that chocolate with 60-70% cocoa, lowers blood pressure enough, and lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol enough that it would reduce the risk of heart attack by 1% and reduce the risk of …
The salt shaker is not a big factor in our salt consumption these days. Approximately 50% of salt in your diet comes from the following items….so do attend and make an effort to reduce if you can. The top 10 sources, which account for 44% of sodium consumption are— white bread and rolls; lunch meats, …