Barley: Power Healthy Food

Breakfast of Gladiators

No wonder this grain has a reputation as the original power food. Several thousand years age, Greek gladiators were eating barley for strength and stamina. In fact, the locals dubbed these warriors barley eaters.

Modern-day barley eaters are most likely to envoy these chewy pearls in soups or stews. Read more

Low-Fat Heart-Healthy Diet

Oysters, clams, lobster, crab-shellfish evoke the feel of warm sand, sharp breezes and saltwater. Maybe that’s why we love them. And maybe that’s why we’ve increased our consumption of shellfish. Or maybe we’ve simply come to understand how they can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

Shellfish have negligible amounts of fat and they can be used to replace fatty red meat and other foods that can set the stage for heart disease. Read more

Back to Basics: Ancestors’ Diet

Many studies say that people should tend toward a vegetarian diet. It was found that vegetables, fruits and more nuts are protective, while there’s some preliminary evidence that people who eat three or more flesh foods a week are at increased risk of bladder and colon cancer. People, who eat the most meat have an increases risk of fatal heart disease.

Eating lots of meat, it seems, has a powerful correlation with disease. Read more

Foods for a Healthy Heart

You already know that a healthy heart demands a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. But other than holding off on double helpings of bacon, what else can you do to keep your heart on the job?

The Heart Association indicate that a well-balanced diet, low in saturated fat, can protect your heart. Some foods may reduce cholesterol levels; others may reduce the amount of damage cholesterol can do. Other foods may reduce your body’s ability to produce the blood clots that can jam arterial high-ways and trigger heart attacks. Read more