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Smart Living: Frozen Diet Food

17th February 2010 by admin No Comments

In our quest to lose weight, we often lean on convenience to help push us along. Smart Living takes a look at those diet frozen dinners and how a simple fix can actually improve your chances for losing weight.
One of the best ways to lose weight is portion control, and that’s just what those frozen [...]

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Diet, Nutrients Key to Warding Off Heart Disease

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Salmon is a great source of Omega-3s, leafy greens are one of the best ways to get magnesium in your diet, and berries are a great source of soluble fiber.
KEY NUTRIENTS | Eating right can help cut risks of cardiovascular disease
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January 26, 2010

BY MONIFA THOMAS mjthomas@suntimes.com

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Is Acai Berry A Scam

13th January 2010 by admin 3 Comments

The wonder fruit acai berry is known as such because of its rich number of nutrients.It’s found in the Amazon forest.Harvested by the native people of Brazil, it is considered an important food.Acai berries are well known for their vast health benefits.With its high quality antioxidants, acai berry can help you stay fit and solve [...]

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GET FIT 2009: Diet, Exercise Can Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer

16th October 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Pink ribbons serve as a reminder that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And with so many people affected by the disease, you can be proactive to reduce your risk of getting it.”Several studies show that people who do regular exercise remain much more healthy as well as cancer free as compared to those who [...]

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DASH Diet Helps Cut Blood Pressure

16th October 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Dear Dr. Donohue: I need to obtain a copy of the DASH diet you spoke of. Where can I get it?
L.K.
Dear L.K.: I can give it to you here. You don’t need a book. DASH is “dietary approaches to stop hypertension.” It’s a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products. [...]

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Mediterranean Diet Tops Low-fat Diet for Diabetics

3rd September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a typical low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for diabetes management, according to a study released Monday.
Not only did the Mediterranean diet lead to greater weight loss, it also resulted in better blood sugar control, delayed the need for blood sugar-lowering medication, and improved some heart disease risk factors, the [...]

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Caffeine Without Healthy Diet Linked to Heart Risk

3rd September 2009 by admin No Comments

People who drink lots of coffee but who don’t follow a Mediterranean-style diet are more likely to have atrial fibrillation, a new study shows.
Italian researchers asked patients who’d been recently diagnosed with the common heart arrhythmia to supply information about their dietary habits, including caffeine consumption. Their diets were compared with those of people without [...]

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Regimens: Habits Help in Avoiding Breast Cancer, Study Finds

3rd September 2009 by admin No Comments

Women can cut their risk of breast cancer by almost half if they watch their weight, exercise daily, breast-feed their babies and limit alcoholic beverages, according to a new report by the American Institute for Cancer Research.
The report is an update of a 2007 review of more than 800 studies, adding information from 81 new [...]

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How to Detox Your Body

29th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Every day we put potential toxins into our mouths, breathe them into our lungs, and track them into our homes without ever really knowing where they’ll end up—or how much damage they’ll do when they get there. In fact, if you could peek inside your body you’d find fire-retardant chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, plastic particles, [...]

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How One Woman Lost 60 Stubborn Pregnancy Pounds

29th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Holly Hunt was always the kind of person who could eat anything and never gain a pound. But during her pregnancy with her second son, Conner, in 2004, she put on 60 pounds that just stayed put. “It was scary,” Holly says. “I felt like I was stuck inside a fat suit.” Even scarier, her [...]

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