New Year Resolution #1 – Say Good Bye to Dieting! (part 1)
How often have you had the New Year’s Resolution of losing weight or getting into shape? How often is it
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nutrition and dietetics
If New York Banned TransFats Why Don’t You?
What we once took for granted as being a healthy alternative to the the high-fat content of margarine and butter
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Why a High Fiber Diet is the Best Diet
Dieticians and physicians agree that a high-fiber diet is the best diet not only for a healthy weight but also
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Do You Know Your Proteins?
Proteins are one of the three major components or macro-nutrients of all foods. The other two are carbohydrates and fats.
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Swasthavritta – The Preventive Therapy in Ayurveda and Its Relevance in the Present Era
The word swastha means calm or unperturbed by diseases or emotions. Vrtha means observation of rules. So swasthavrtha is the
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Vegans – Can They Be Successful in Sports?
There is a common belief that to succeed in sports, you need to eat meat and drink milk. It is
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The Fallacy of the Underfed Metabolism
Have you heard eating too little would put your body in “starvation mode” and cause it to start storing fat?
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Sugar: Ditch It and Improve Your Physical and Mental Health
Sugar is a name given to a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a
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Thickened Drinks – What Are They, Why Are They Needed and How Do I to Make Them?
As a Speech Pathologist, I was often asked questions like this by the family members of people who had been
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A Free and Simple Test for pH, a Potential Health Tester
It is estimated that 80% of all deaths in the United States can be delayed and you have the power
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