Figs: Middle Eastern Jewels

Figs are rich, honey-flavored delicacies that evoke images of an oasis amidst warm desert sands. They originated somewhere between southwest Asia and the eastern Mediterranean-not far from where the Garden of Eden is reputed to have been. They were so highly valued in ancient Greece that their export was forbidden.

But aside from their rich, full flavor; dried figs-which is the way most of us eat these little gems-contain an impressive five grams of fiber per three-fig serving, enough to help prevent constipation, lower cholesterol and perhaps even reduce our chances of developing colon cancer. Read more

Cruciferous Vegetables: The Ideal Anti-Cancer Family

Cruciferous vegetables are the mushy things that smelled up the kitchens of our childhood. Fortunately, few of us have held to that childhood vow. Instead, most of us have gone on to discover that when lightly steamed and appropriately sauced, these members of the cabbage family are actually tender, occasionally crunchy, sources of fiber that contain chemicals that may boost your body’s defenses against cancer. Read more

Vitamin B6: A Jack of All Trades

If they gave out awards for the nutrient with the largest number of reported benefits, vitamin B6 would win hands down. This vitamin has been suggested or used as treatment for conditions ranging from A (autism) to Z (zinc deficiency), with carpal tunnel syndrome, herpes, kidney stones, worms and more in between.

“This vitamin has been linked with an amazing list of conditions, diseases and disorders, some of them really bizarre, but very few of these claims have scientific support”, says James E.Leklem, Ph.D., professor of human nutrition. Read more

Cherries: Pucker Power

Sweet cherries, the kind of cherries most of us enjoy fresh from a roadside stand on hot summer days, are low in fat, high in fiber and-if you believe a common folk remedy-able to help cure gout.

Yet, it’s actually the sweet cherry’s sour cousin-the sour cherry we usually bake into an all-American pie on the Fourth of July-that packs the most nutritional power.

Sour packed with three of the nutrients-beta-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E-usually referred to as antioxidants. Read more

Guide Towards Good Nutrition

The human health is paramount to the well being of each and every human being. It is prone to neglect as well as surrounded by myths. Most people differ on the best approach towards a holistic health and nutrition scheme. It is rather obvious that a proper diet, eating habits and exercises are key to a healthy body. Nutrition covers such aspects as the correct type of food to eat, what to take sparingly and what to avoid altogether. Nutritional deficiencies arise as a result of lack of one or more vital vitamins. Read more

Do You Really Care About Your Health?

There is a very close but unseen connection between proper nutrition and good health. Balanced nutrition and perfect health are intertwined into each other it is complicated trying to separate the two. Every individual who enjoys proper nutrition also enjoys perfect health; it can be said that balanced diet is paramount to a healthy lifestyle. View it this way, observe the eating habits of the people you admire health wise and compare their habits to the people your consider eating “disasters”. People who are drawn more to junk food, fizzy drinks and chocolates will look plump and their activities are sluggish. Read more

Health And Nutrition Secrets

Have you been living on the unhealthy side of life for a long time now? Well, at times it is hard to know when you are not living healthy. However, it is easy to tell that your lifestyle is not healthy just from your nutrition. For instance, how many times have you gone without a meal? How high is your intake for high fat/sugar foods? How often do you neglect the importance of sticking to natural foods as opposed to processed food?

For healthy living and general wellness, you need to practice consistency in the intake of a balanced nutrition, a thing you might have failed a million times. Read more

Balanced Diet or Going All Way Micro

To achieve a healthy lifestyle, you need to pay attention to what you eat. Balanced diet is very crucial in promoting good health. A balanced nutrition puts together macronutrients and micronutrients in the right proportions required by the body. Macronutrients are nutrients or chemical substances that are required in the body in large quantities while micronutrients are the exact opposite. This article is going to discuss the importance of one member of the micronutrients; the vitamins and supplements. Vitamins are organic compounds or substances found in plants, living things and animals. Read more

Get Personal With Your Health And Nutrition

When it comes to health and nutrition, the current trend is one that is full of fads and gimmicks it becomes so hard to work the best plan. If it proves difficult understanding the health and nutrition jargon, its time you took a different course of action. Maybe it is not about coining the master of plans; it is time you thought of yourself as the plan. Health and nutrition can be coded as a personal matter. In fact, doctors and nutritionists recommend that you get poetic with your nutrition for the perfect health you so much desire. The best approach to attaining your health goals is going at it in a manner that suits you to the very personal of interests. Read more

Is Everything Else Challenging? Not Health And Nutrition

It is easy to mouth the words health and nutrition but it becomes a little bit harder to grasp the intricate details that go into the two disciplines. Whenever a speaker mentions health or nutrition, the only thing you understand is the two words are meant to represent something good. Hitherto, you had no help and you preferred to leave the words as they are in the dictionary. If the topic of health and nutrition has been playing the elusive game with you, this article is the necessary helper you needed. You will need to read it word to word for greater insight. Read more

Next Page »