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www.TheCreswellChronicle.com: Nutritionally Speaking
Back to School Shopping Guide
Some school supplies contain materials that are toxic for kids and harmful to the environment. Learn which to avoid and how to pick safer alternatives. Think green when you stock up on school supplies.
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Cool Smoothies for Those Hot Days
One creative way I have enjoyed these healthy fresh foods even when camping is in smoothies, which are a tasty, quick, easy-to-store way to "drink" my fruits and vegetables. These raw ingredients are rich in enzymes, easy to digest, and there are many ways to combine ingredients for variety.
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Best and Worst Fat Choices
If you are watching your weight and are hesitant to add butter to your diet, but have no fear. About 15 percent of the fatty acids in butter are of the short and medium chain variety that are NOT stored as fat in the body, but instead are used for energy by our bodies.
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Maximize Your Exercise Results
In the introduction to P.A.C.E., Sears reminds us that two out of three Americans is overweight, diabetes is nine times more prevalent than it was 30 years ago and that heart disease kills more than a million people a year in the U.S. alone.
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Support Your Body's Cleansing: An Ongoing Process
Many holistic health care practitioners suggest a spring cleansing process intended to eliminate accumulated toxins and purge the body of some of the added winter weight. Spring is not the only time our body cleanses and purifies. Every day, our bodies complete millions of detoxification processes to maintain our health. The justification for a spring cleanse is that our bodies need a little extra help to cleanse after winter.
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The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth
Book review by Yaakov Levine, NTP: Dr. Jonny Bowden, nutritionist and author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, offers us an excellent guide about those foods that are the best choices to support our healthy lifestyles.
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Top Ten Foods for 2010, Part III
In the final installment of Top Ten series, I will discuss fats, oils, beverages and a few "specialty" foods I plan to include this year in my diet.
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Top ten foods for 2010, Part I
Food serves a dual purpose for me: if I choose foods wisely, the end result is that I benefit nutritionally and experience optimum health and, proper preparation of my food allows me to joyfully experience the flavors of the foods as they mingle on my palate.
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Enjoy Your Tea!
Green, black, white and oolong teas all come from the same plant, a warm-weather-loving evergreen named Camilla sinensis.
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The high cost of cheap soft drinks
I have written in past columns about the dangers of the large amount of sugar we consume on a daily basis and the huge threat this poses to our health as a nation.
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What about Wellness Care?
What if our doctors and other health professionals were paid based on how healthy their patients are, instead of how many illnesses they are afflicted with?
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Avoid the Flu Bug!
Prevention is our best medicine! The number one method I suggest to prevent flu is the importance of eliminating sugar and starch from your diet.
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Just (and Healthy) Desserts
The great thing about carrot cake is that it can actually be quite healthy to eat. You are probably thinking that I am just trying to justify eating something sweet, but let's look at some of the ingredients of most carrot cakes, and their health benefits.
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Caution! Read Those Food Labels!
Recent food recalls have revealed inadequate scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration, and federal legislation continues a trend of weakening the federal agency's ability to keep unsafe additives out of processed foods.
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