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Healthy Eating Ideas

Cereal Alone Cannot Reduce High Cholesterol

April 13, 2010

You shouldn’t believe everything you see on television commercials. While these commercials are spouting the wonder of their cereal’s ability to lower cholesterol and lose weight, they are only telling you half of the truth. Experts now say that in order to see a definitive difference in cholesterol levels, an overall good diet is the [...]

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How to Lower Bad Cholesterol Levels and Triglycerides in Adults

April 2, 2010

High cholesterol is one of the primary risk factors of heart disease and stroke. There are two types of cholesterol: HDL cholesterol, which does not clog arteries, and LDL, which does. Elevated LDL cholesterol levels contribute to atherosclerosis, which results in narrowing and hardening of arteries.
High LDL cholesterol levels are usually the result of a [...]

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The Best Weight Loss Plan – An Healthy Diet to Lose Weight Naturally

March 10, 2010

Without doubt, America has a weight problem. An estimated 17% of all children and adolescents are overweight, and their parents are doing even worse: nearly one third of American adults aren’t just overweight, but obese (Source: American Heart Association).
Disturbing statistics show a steady climb in obesity from the early 1960s, when the obesity rate stood [...]

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How much would it cost to eat like a Mediterranean?

February 27, 2010

There are nearly twenty countries that border the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy, Spain, and France to Turkey, Syria, Libya, and Egypt. In comparison to American diets, almost all traditional Mediterranean diets include a healthy amount of fish, olive oil, whole grains, nuts, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Furthermore, before the globalization of readily-available manufactured foods, most [...]

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Lose Weight and Benefit of an Healthy Fish Diet Plan to Eat Fish Everyday

February 14, 2010

Known for its multitude of health benefits, fish has deservingly earned “miracle food” status. Whether you’re looking to lose weight, lower cholesterol, or even reduce arthritis pain, adding fish to your diet is key.
Not surprisingly, more and more doctors recommend the Mediterranean Diet for their patients. With a focus on fruits, vegetables, nuts, red wine, [...]

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A Healthy Heart is the Best Valentine’s Day Food Gift You Can Give

January 16, 2010

Valentine’s Day is all about love and is filled with images of hearts, including hearts on greeting cards, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, tiny heart candies with affectionate sayings and heart-shaped boxes holding precious, little gifts.
Although all of this emphasis is placed on hearts and love, we sometimes show our affection for our loved ones with [...]

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How to Cut the Cancer Risk by 12%

December 1, 2009

The Mediterranean diet (MD) has its roots with our Greek and Roman ancestors, inhabitants of the Mediterranean region that was the birthplace of modern civilization. The well-known staple of the Mediterranean diet, olive oil, was used by the Ancient Greeks as a substitute for animal fat, a food they deemed unhealthy.
During the last few [...]

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Cancer prevention and health benefits of eating an apple a day

September 1, 2009

An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Now we know that it’s true. A recent study confirms the health benefit of Apples.
A diet rich in fruits and veg has a preventive role in avoiding the risks of cancer and diseases.
[Translated] The study conduced by the Italian Cancer League [Translated] says that eating 1 [...]

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[Video] Diet and foods that naturally lower blood pressure

August 28, 2009

In this video dr. Robert Kowalski shares his tips on how to lower blood pressure with food.
He explains how to lower blood pressure with the Mediterranean diet.
The Mediterranean diet is so famous thanks to the studies conduced by Dr. Ancel keys (The father of the Med diet concept) about the lower heart disease rates of [...]

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Guidelines & tips to plan your healthy eating lifestyle

July 21, 2009

Thanks to 8976388@N04
Weight loss is the consequence of healthy eating
Last week I was surprised to read in a lot of forums and message boards questions like this:
What is the fastest way to lose weight?
What that really surprises me was the fact that people don’t want to stay healthy…they want only lose weight to appear nice [...]

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