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Getting More Fiber into Your Diet

Getting More Fiber into Your Diet

If you’ve walked through the cereal aisle at your local supermarket recently, you might have noticed that many cereals take pains to advertise their high fiber content. The reason for this strategy is obvious – cereal producers are simply trying ...

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You Are What You Eat: Food and Your Immune System

You Are What You Eat: Food and Your Immune System

In most cases, the results of our dietary choices are blatantly obvious to others. Health-conscious people usually exhibit a trim, cut physique with little in the way of flab or noticeable body fat. In contrast, those who habitually feast on ...

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The Possible Benefits of Probiotics

Admittedly, the term probiotics doesn’t seem all that appealing; it sounds dangerously close to “antibiotics,” a type of medication that brings to mind particularly nasty illnesses, such as pneumonia and sinus infections. Not to mention that antibiotics carry along a ...

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Eating Green While Saving Green

Eating Green While Saving Green

It’s no secret that eating organic food has become a nationwide trend in recent years. While the health benefits of organic food are well documented, many consumers are still reluctant to buy organic products due to their relatively high prices. ...

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Is There Arsenic in Our Apple Juice?

Is There Arsenic in Our Apple Juice?

One of America’s most well-known doctors, Dr. Mehmet Oz, recently announced to viewers on The Dr. Oz Show the findings of an independent study on arsenic levels in apple juice. The study involved three dozen samples from five different brands ...

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Is Our Food Really Getting Weaker?

Is Our Food Really Getting Weaker?

We hear it all the time, the soil is depleted due to over farming, we learned how to genetically modify food, but it’s not as nutritious. Is this really true? From our live stock to our poultry to our vegetables, ...

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Cholesterol and Eggs: What Is Best for Your Diet?

Cholesterol and Eggs: What Is Best for Your Diet?

If you are like many Americans, you have probably heard a lot about cholesterol and eggs during your lifetime. Often times, the messages regarding the health effects of eggs might seem confusing and contradictory, leading to much frustration on the ...

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Constipation: It’s No Laughing Matter

Constipation: It’s No Laughing Matter

There is staggering number of people who suffer from constipation.  Each year, Americans alone spend more than $1 billion dollars on over the counter laxatives.  What causes constipation? Let’s start with a ‘food flowchart’. Once we eat food, it combines ...

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