Low Fat Diet Linked with Cognitive Decline

Surely by now most people know that low-fat diets are not the panacea that the medical establishment claimed they were for a generation. In fact, nutritional research clearly demonstrates that low-fat diets can lead to cognitive decline since they are missing essential brain nutrients.It`s estimated that between 10 and 20% of people over the age of 65 suffer from mild cognitive impairment or have been diagnosed with Alzheimer`s disease. By the age of 80 more than half have some loss of memory or functional decline and the trend continues to escalate as the number of baby boomers turn senior citizen explodes. Forward thinking nutritional researchers believe that some of the blame for this trend can be placed firmly on the fat-phobic diet pushed by many physicians and dieticians for the past...

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Get a 45 Minute Workout In 4 Minutes

Shedding For The Wedding trainer Jennifer Cohen tells you how to get a workout that's just as effective as 45 minutes on the treadmill in just four minut...

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11 Foods That Speed Up Your Metabolism

It is believed that certain foods and spices can help you boost your metabolism which in turn makes you into a fat burning machine. These eleven foods may give you the extra edge in weight loss, says Edward Group.While there are no short-cuts to losing weight, there are a few things you can do to boost your metabolism. Exercising regularly and getting plenty of sleep are two of the best things you can do. However, there are also plenty of foods that speed metabolism, so adding them to your diet may give you the extra edge to lose more weight.Below is a list of eleven foods that speed metabolism. Think of these foods as support mechanisms on your path towards fat loss, as any diet that keeps the pounds off requires sustained effort and exercise. Read m...

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Your Lifestyle Equals Your Health

Do you want to cure a chronic condition or just feel and look better? Margaret Durst explains that lifestyle changes account for most of the success of any natural health program. Natural health is a lifestyle. All too often I meet someone who just wants a pill to fix this or that. Occasionally there is something that works that way, but usually a diet or lifestyle change is an important part of restoring health.Natural health is about a lifestyle of healthy habits. When I give advice to someone about their health, it may include nutritional supplements to help balance their diet, but it always includes recommendations about what to eat and drink and what not to eat and drink.America is plagued with deteriorating health. Look around you. The sick just get sicker. Does anyone ever get well?...

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Super Abs 400 Rep Burpee Workout

This workout is loaded with burpees, including some variations I guarantee you've never seen before. For the workout breakdown, click he...

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How to Benefit from Hemp Seed Nutrition

You may already know about the medicinal benefits of cannabis, but did you know that its legal cousin hemp is a highly nutritious food?Hemp seed is the basis to legal, non-drug hemp foods around the world. Hemp foods include non-dairy milk, snack bars, pasta, sauces and more. Its nutritional content is second to none. So why is this "super-food" not enjoyed at everyone`s dinner table?Hemp is a legal cousin of "cannabis" or the illegal/ medicinal form of hemp that contains the drug ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. Hemp seed contains none of this THC, but what it does contain is worth having. 24% protein includes the full range of amino acids as well as a balanced source of Essential Fatty Acids or EFAs#1. EFAs include omega-3 and omega-6, which help us keep a healthy immune...

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Neotame: A More Toxic Artificial Sweetener Than Aspartame?

Joseph Mercola reveals the dangerous science and politics behind Neotame.Since 2002 an artificial sweetener called neotame has been approved for use in food and drink products around the world, although so far its use appears to be very limited.Neotame is a chemical derivative of aspartame, and judging by the chemicals used in its manufacturing, it appears even more toxic than aspartame, although the proponents of neotame claim that increased toxicity is not a concern, because less of it is needed to achieve the desired effect.Neotame is bad science brought to you by the Monsanto Company.If Monsanto truly had nothing to fear with either of these artificial chemical sweeteners, they would have funded rigorous independent testing for safety. To date they have not, and they won't, because virtually...

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Is There a Healthy Alternative to Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners?

Is there a healthy alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners? Mark Sisson discusses stevia.After last week's article many of you asked about a natural alternative to sugar and artificial sweeteners: stevia. It is widely used in the low carb community to satisfy sugar cravings or simply add a touch of sweetness to a hot beverage or dessert, but should it be? What is stevia? Is it safe? What is its effect on insulin, if any, and does it have a place in a Primal Blueprint eating strategy? Let's investigate.Stevia is an herbaceous family of plants, 240 species strong, that grows in sub-tropical and tropical America (mostly South and Central, but some North). Stevia the sweetener refers to stevia rebaudiana, the plant and its leaves, which you can grow and use as or with tea (it was traditionally...

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Natural Remedies for Joint Pain

Do you suffer from the number one chronic illness? Margaret Durst has a long list of natural remedies for joint pain.Joint Pain or arthritis is the number one chronic illness in America. One person in 7 suffers from it.Many people are successfully using glucosamine, chondroitins and MSM to manage pain and to supply building materials for joint repair. While these are very helpful, particularly with osteoarthritis, I would like to mention some other natural remedies for arthritis. Read m...

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Mainstream Media Admits Diabetes Can Be Reversed by Diet, Lifestyle Changes

Alternative health practitioners have long maintained that Type 2 diabetes was a reversible condition. Now the mainstream media is beginning to catch on.The mainstream media is just now catching on to what NaturalNews and other natural health advocates have been saying for years: type 2 diabetes can be reversed through dietary and lifestyle changes, and without the need for lifelong drug interventions. A recent report by CNN says that improving one's diet, keeping off excess weight, and regularly exercising, can help millions of people with diabetes get rid of it for good."We have seen numerous people reverse their condition," Dr. Michelle Magee, director of the MedStar Diabetes Institute in Washington, is quoted as saying by CNN. "But it takes a real dedication for the rest of their lives."...

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Popeye Was Right about Spinach

Popeye's claim that, "I am strong to the finish because I eat all my spinach," is scientifically correct, a study has found. Researchers have discovered that eating a bowl of spinach a day makes your muscles "profoundly" more efficient.They found that eating 300g of the vegetable reduced the amount of oxygen needed to power muscles by as much as five per cent when exercising.The effect is so powerful it works after just three days.The secret is not iron but nitrates which are abundant in the vegetable.These chemicals make the mitochondria – the "engine rooms" of every cell – more efficient, they found. Read m...

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Bodyweight Exercise Program to Build Muscle and Lose Fat

Bodyweight exercises are strength training exercises that do not require weights for resistance. Your own body weight is enough resistance to build an amazing level of muscle, and bodyweight exercises are definitely challenging enough to chisel away any extra fat. If you want to build more muscle and burn more fat, then this bodyweight exercise workout program is for you.The 4 Basic Bodyweight Exercises Pull-ups Squats Push-ups Sit-ups These four exercises provide everything you need for a fit and functional body. You have a pull movement (pull-up), a squat movement, a push movement (push-up), and an abdominal movement (sit-ups).How This Bodyweight Exercise Program WorksYou will perform these four exercises as a circuit using...

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