Nutrition and Health Posts

A few weeks ago my friend Helen was not feeling healthy. Instead of a medical doctor, Helen choose to see a doctor of nutrition (nutritionist) who focuses on natural health and wellness. The nutritionist said Helen had a bad case of candida throughout her body and recommended a special cleansing diet for two weeks in addition to supplements.Helen carefully avoided the foods that have any hint of y...

My allergic reaction to the air this spring was so bad that drainage stuffed my bronchials and had me coughing for three weeks before I went to the doctor. I knew I had an infection. Unfortunately, I developed a fever the day after I saw the doc, so I coughed for another two or three weeks while grudgingly taking some of the prescription medication.After all those weeks of coughing I noticed that ...

It seems as though everyone talks about improving nutrition. Some are seeing nutritionists. Restaurants are adding healthy choices to their menus. Food companies are advertising what nutrients their products contain. Even the synthetic vitamin tablet manufacturers are including more nutrients.When did science begin to become aware of how nutrition impacts health?What are the fundamentals of the He...

Have you noticed how home grown produce tastes better than what you buy in the store? Since foods begin losing nutrition as soon as they are harvested, eating them soon after harvest is  healthier. And we still have the child within who likes to eat "what I grew myself." If it does become illegal to grow produce in a backyard garden, indoor gardening may be the next best alternative. What kin...

I've posted several articles on healthy nutrition. Today I refer you to another person's perspective. "Healthy Eating Tips" contains suggestions for how to get started, how to visually recognize a portion of meat and what disorders are linked to being overweight. The healthy snacks sound very good. It seems as though creating a written plan for diet and exercise could help set up accountability.A ...

"I don't want to get older!" Sounds like Peter Pan, doesn't it? Reality is we all get older every day, every second. And change is part of life.We all know people who do not adapt well to change. It appears that people tend to stick with what is familiar after the age of 30. Thus it is important to begin preparing for older years in our 20s. We can prepare mentally and physically, if not emotional...

I just read about Focus Formula. Now I am asking questions, probably ones without answers. . . .Why do we need nutritional supplements? Why is the FDA so opposed to many natural products? That's right; they cannot regulate and make money from things that grow naturally. They can only make money from chemicals in labs.Is it possible that our brains need nutrition we are not giving them? For years I...

The term "nutrient deprivation" appears to be primarily a scientific term at this time. In the first 18 or 20 pages of a Google search only one website was NOT a scientific research report.Nutrient deprivation means not taking in sufficient nutrients to sustain healthy life. The research covered both plant and animal life forms.A study done in the 1920s would not be permitted today, because they i...

According to ABC News' interview with Francis Largeman Roth, editor of Health magazine, people are looking for ways to get more food and nutrition for their dollar. She said people are cutting coupons and going online to look for deals.When I Googled "free coupons," there were nearly 32 million sites. For some reason I thought of Coupon Suzy. That search produced 198,000 sites.One thing I noticed ...