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Powerful Antioxidants – Which Work Best?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

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Antioxidant Power – Best Sources Of

Antioxidants, so many to choose from. Do they work, which ones and why? Free radical damage in the body has been linked to almost all sickness and major disease. Want validation? Go to a search engine like Google and type in a health malady, like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and scores of others, and see how much information is related, the links to free radical damage and the particular disease.
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Weight Loss Supplements – Safe or Dangerous

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Weight Loss Supplements – Which are Safe?

Weight loss supplements are big business, especially here in the U.S. Obesity is on the rise. According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, data from 2 NHANES surveys show that  adults ages 20-74, obesity more than doubled from 1980 to 2004. In children ages 2-5,  obesity almost tripled in the same period. In children ages 6-11, the same, and for ages 12-19, obesity more than tripled. So do weight loss supplements help?

It wouldn’t appear so that anything is working. Seems like a lot of people these days want the easy way out, weight loss is no exception. Take a pill, weight comes off. Most weight loss pills available over the counter have not been proven effective and some are down right dangerous. A number of the supplements claim to decrease appetite, which is part of the problem, people eat too much, but again, do they even work?

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Macular Degeneration – Prevalent Among The Aging

Macular degeneration is now known to be the leading cause vision loss in the aging, primarily in the over 65 group, but can start at around age 50. As we live longer nowadays, the 65 and over group is increasing and with it the problem. AMD as it is also known, is degeneration or deterioration of the macula, part of the retina. This is associated with central vision. As AMD advances, severe vision loss is the result. There are two forms of macular degeneration, wet and dry. The dry form is more prevalent and found in 85 or 90 per cent of those afflicted, while the wet form is much more serious, leading to severe vision loss, it is not believed to cause total blindness.

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Energy Nutrition – Avoid the Energy Crash

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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Energy Nutrition – Avoid the Energy Crash Through Natural Means

Energy nutrition or increasing energy through better nutrition is the better approach and much safer. Having more energy or enough energy these days is big business. Look at the energy drink market, a big one for sure and it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere but through the roof. I think there’s a few reasons for this. Life is full of over-achievers and over-achiever wannabes. Seems like it started with the yuppies. It burned a lot of people out.

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Sports Supplements and Mangosteen and Acai Power

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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Sports Supplements and the Power of Mangosteen and Acai

Sports supplements and mangosteen as an addition to the regimen makes sense for a number of reasons. An athlete that takes supplements does  in order to enhance performance. I can appreciate this and as a former athlete, and truly understand the benefit from first hand experience. I’ve used a number of protein products and creatine as well. I look at these types of things as “add ons” What I would like to suggest here is beginning with a solid foundation of wellness and using that as platform to build on. Read More→

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Inflammation – The Problem – The Safe Solution

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

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Inflammation – Dealing With It Safely

Inflammation is the body’s reaction or defense to an injury, infection, or irritation and has now been accepted as a non-specific immune response. The word inflammation is derived from the latin “inflammare” – meaning to set on fire.  Inflammation has 2 classifications, chronic and acute.

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