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How to Home-Dry Tomatoes; For Longer Storage Period.
How to Home-Dry Tomatoes; For Longer Storage Period. Dried tomatoes are such a wonderful ingredient in their own right that it’s worth trying some just for the unique flavour. Home-dried tomatoes taste just as great as the ones you buy at the store but without the high cost. And tomatoes do not need to be…
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Ways To Have a Good Sleep No Matter the Duration.
Ways To Have a Good Sleep No Matter the Duration. Many people do not realize just how important proper sleep is for their health. With today’s hectic lifestyle, our society is sleeping less to work more. Research studies show that depriving the sleep your body needs decreases the quality of your life and decreases your…
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5 Things to Consider in Your Vegetable Selection and Consumption
5 Things to Consider in Your Vegetable Selection and Consumption There are some important guidelines to consider in your vegetable selection and consumption, as not all vegetables are created equal. ♣ The Best Green Leafy Vegetables for Healthy Meals Here are 5 factors to consider; #01 Vegetables rich in colour generally indicate that they are…
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Reasons Why You Should Eat More Vegetables Daily.
Reasons Why You Should Eat More Vegetables Daily. No food group is denser with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and flavonoids than the vegetable group. This is particularly true for the vegetables that grow above the ground. Vegetables provide the good carbohydrates you need and much more. ♣ The Best Green Leafy Vegetables for Healthy Meals Protein…
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Excess Sugar; The Arch-Rival and Enemy to Optimal (Good) Health.
Excess Sugar, The Arch-Rival and Enemy to Optimal (Good) Health Most people are addicted to sugar, and along with grain addiction, the over-consumption of added sugars whether they are high-fructose corn syrup, fructose, glucose, dextrose, or the sucrose from sugarcane and sugar beets is one of the major health problems facing our nation today. For…
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You are What You Ate; Beware the Unfamiliar Grain, Corn.
You are What You Ate; Beware the Unfamiliar Grain, Corn Most people can easily name the common grains such as rice, wheat, oats, barley, and rye, but forget that corn also belongs in that category, as they perceive corn to be a vegetable. Corn is a grain, and it has all the negative health impacts…
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Improving Your Wellbeing; The Dangers of Grains and Sugars
Improving Your Wellbeing; The Dangers of Grains and Sugars If you made no other adjustments to your diet but eliminating or vastly reducing grains and sugars it is likely your health would rapidly improve and within days you would start losing weight. Within weeks you would have a very noticeable improvement in both areas. Within…
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Do You Have High Cholesterol? How Fasting Lowers Cholesterol.
Do You Have High Cholesterol? How Fasting Lowers Cholesterol. The liver produces the vast majority of cholesterol found in the blood. Eating less cholesterol has almost no effect on the liver’s production. It may be counterproductive. As the liver senses less incoming cholesterol, it may simply increase its production. So why does fasting affect the…
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Do You Know Fasting Can Boost Brainpower?
Do You Know Fasting Can Boost Brainpower? Mammals generally respond to severe caloric deprivation by reducing organ size, with two prominent exceptions: the brain and, in males, the testicles. Reproductive function is preserved to propagate the species. But cognitive function is just as important and also highly preserved, at the expense of every other organ.…
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Reasons Why it is Not True That Fasting Puts You in “Starvation Mode”
Reasons Why it is Not True That Fasting Puts You in “Starvation Mode” Starvation mode is the mysterious bogeyman always raised to scare us away from missing even a single meal. Why? Is it so bad to skip a meal? Let’s get some perspective here. Assuming we eat three meals per day, over one year,…
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The Effects of Fasting On Human Growth Hormones.
The Effects of Fasting On Human Growth Hormones. Human growth hormone (HGH) is made by the pituitary gland. As the name implies, it plays a huge role in the normal development of children and adolescents. Levels peak during puberty and gradually decrease with age. Excessively low growth hormone levels in adults lead to more body…
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Effects of Fasting on Insulin.
Effects of Fasting on Insulin A decreased insulin level is one of the most consistent hormonal effects of fasting. All foods raise insulin to some degree. Refined carbohydrates tend to raise insulin the most and fatty foods the least, but insulin still goes up in both cases. Therefore, the most effective method of reducing insulin…
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What Really Happens to Our Body When We Fast?
What Really Happens to Our Body When We Fast? The process of using and storing food energy that occurs when we eat goes in reverse when we fast. Insulin levels drop, signalling the body to start burning stored energy. Glycogen (the glucose that’s stored in the liver) is the most easily accessible energy source, and…
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The Effect of Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) on Aging
The Effect of Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) on Aging The Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) is an important cellular nutrient sensor that is sensitive to dietary proteins and amino acids. When you eat protein, it gets broken down into its component amino acids for absorption by the intestines, and…
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THE BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING ON AGING.
THE BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING ON AGING. Intermittent fasting, which means going without food for some time, might have benefits for antiaging beyond simple calorie restriction. There are many different fasting regimens. One common form involves a sixteen-hour fast (including sleep time) and an eight-hour “feeding window.” Some people practice alternate-day fasting, in which they…
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The Mechanisms of Calorie Restriction and Its Effects on Aging.
The Mechanisms of Calorie Restriction Initially, the descriptions of life extension with calorie restriction seem radical, but studies have confirmed the relationship many times over in multiple species. Essentially, slower development and lower growth also resulted in longer life spans. Why? There are many potential mechanisms. Low body fat is perhaps the most obvious effect…
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Understanding the Principle of Hunger.
Understanding the Principle of Hunger We often believe that hunger is simply a natural physiological reaction to not eating, as inevitable as a rainstorm. We have a mental image that as our stomach fills up with food, signals our brain that we are full. We imagine that as our stomach empties and drops below a…
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The Role of Green Leaf Vegetables in Kidney Health
The Role of Green Leaf Vegetables in Kidney Health Green-leafy vegetation is also an excellent detoxifier of the liver, especially wild greens. The calcium, magnesium, and iron in deep green and wild green vegetation bind with heavy metals, chemicals, and chemical drugs and allow the body to wash them out as salts through the urine.…
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The Best Green Leafy Vegetables for Healthy Meal
The Best Green Leafy Vegetables for Healthy Meal Green leafy vegetables are probably the most important group of foods because they are so overlooked. Green leaves are the best consistent sources of alkaline minerals (good calcium, magnesium), are an excellent source of fiber, have many calming antistress properties, and are the best source of chlorophyll.…
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Natural Remedies for Edema (water retention problem) in Both Males and Females
Natural Remedies for Edema (water retention problem) in Both Males and Females Retaining excess water in the body is a problem that women in particular are prone to, especially premenstrual. Both men and women can be susceptible, however. Particular “holding” areas are the fingers, under the eyes, and (thanks to gravity) the ankles and feet.…
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