The immune system cannot be strengthened by taking just one nutrient or food. We can get the neccessary nutrients form naturally vailable foods. All you need is variety. Although there is no specific nutrient that can boost the immune system, there are two nutrients to worry about.
I return to Step 6 this week with full confidence that you can change lifelong eating habits and regain control of your health.
Why You REALLY Don’t Want To Develop Diabetes Today’s post is focused on why you really don’t want to develop diabetes. You may feel you are too young to be thinking about diabetes, but did you know that 1 in 10 people over age 20 is pre-diabetic? Or you may feel that you already have…
How to Break Old Patterns To Take Control of Your Eating Behavior Making an effort to change your eating behavior over time will eventually allow you to take full control of your health. Your diet is actually one of most critical factors in keeping you healthy and free of chronic conditions such as high blood…
I love my wife’s cooking, it has truly kept me healthy over the years. Here is her Pickled Beet recipe: Pickled Beets Prep time: 20 mins Ingredients: 2 Beets – (about 14 ounces in weight) 4 cloves garlic 1 tsp. ginger cut to small pieces 1 Green chili ½ teaspoon Cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons Tamarind…
You may think, given the vast amount of advertising you hear, that you can eat products that are gluten-free. If you are not certain what this means, but think that these foods are better for you, let me clarify the truth. Gluten is a protein found in many grains, especially wheat in all its forms…
“Surviving Cancer” Provides Insight and Valuable Advice Surviving Cancer explains in very clear language a great deal of information about cancer that is vital to know if you have cancer or you know someone with cancer. Order the book today on Amazon and you will learn about the causes of cancer, how it forms and spreads, and what…
Weight Gain and Obesity Are The Other Effects of Eating Grains A study published in the Lancet in May 2014, showed that worldwide, the population of adults with obesity increased between 1980 and 2013 from 28.8% to 36.9% in men, from 29% to 38% in women. During the same period, the prevalence of obesity increased…
To maintain health, humans must have a constant supply of nutrients in the internal environment of the body. Maintaining this steady but dynamic state requires that we acquire nutrients from our surroundings. Nutrients are absorbed in the form of molecules and ions from the environment they live in. Cells in the body must then perform…
In my last blog, How Much Food Do You Really Need, I discussed how your own brain determines what type of food you should choose and how much you really need to eat of it. I then explained how you can start responding to your own hunger and satiation signals so that you do not over-consume.…
