Gluten-free foods
These foods do not contain wheat, rye, triticale, or barley flours. The main protein complex in wheat is gluten and small fractions of this complex – gliadins – cause and adverse reaction in sensitive...
Your Health. Your Lifestyle. Vitamins and Minerals
Cereals
Administration allows claims to be made for the health benefits of consuming wholegrains in relation to both cancer prevention and heart disease. For example: Low-fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables...
Prebiotics
These have been defined as “non-digestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon that can improve...
How to improve your brain health – Clean Nutrition
The man looked back at his newly-introduced acquaintance in embarrassment: “Can you tell me your name again?” This happens every day to most of us. Is this the beginnings of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease？...
Cereals – Oats
Oats are a cool-season crop growing mainly in northern Europe (Russia is the main producer), probably since 1000 bc. Grown mainly as an animal feed, the grain has seen an upsurge in use as...
Smoking Therapy Helps, but With Side Effects
Smokers trying to kick the habit may have a new option for help. For smokers in whom standard therapy has failed, a combination therapy in a new study resulted in an increased cessation rate...
Relief for Dry Mouth
Patients undergoing cancer treatment often suffer from dry mouth, a condition known as xerostomia. Now researchers from the Naval Medical Center in San Diego think they have found an effective way to relieve this...
Prescription Toothpaste
Fluoride is a well-known cavity fighter. Now, some powerful prescription toothpastes take the bite out of toothaches — giving patients something to smile about. Her teeth may look nice, but showing them off was...
Sleep Disorders: How and Why to Find Help
“Mom, I’m tired. I think I have African Sleeping Sickness.” Last summer this became my 15-year-old’s mantra. We all laughed. She stayed up late, slept late, napped during the day — what did she...
Treating and preventing acne with nutrition
We can no longer blame it on adolescent hormones. In the United States, not only do up to 95 percent of teens experience some degree of facial acne, but more and more adults are...
Plant Protein Power
Protein is the most essential nutritional element for the body (after, of course, water) – its very name provides the essential clue. The root base of the word protein comes from the meaning. “of...
Melting Away Chocolate Myths
Chocolate! It’s loved so much that the average American eats about 13 pounds of the heavenly stuff a year. However, instead of pleasing your palate, you’re likely to end up a glutton for guilt!...
Addicted to Exercise
Working out is one of the best ways to avoid the health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle, but is there such a thing as too much exercise? If you exercise seven days a...
Alcohol Crave
While craving is a normal part of life, it can cause trouble when we satisfy our cravings by binging. This is also true for alcoholics. Researchers have identified in alcoholics, a part of the...
Recovery High
The teenage years are some of the toughest we face. Sometimes the pressure can be too much to take. In a recent survey, 73 percent of teens said school stress is the number one...
The Plan
Combining the understanding of resistance training with a knowledge of how food impacts insulin allows adjustment of exercise and food timing. Manipulating these can allow tailored results for muscle gain and/or fat loss. Insulin...
Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own proteins as foreign antigens. Specifically, the immune system targets and interferes with acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that transmits messages...
Migraine Headaches
A migraine headache is a moderate to severe headache, usually occurring on one side of the head only. It can last from several hours to three days, and is often accompanied by gastrointestinal problems...
Sleep Goes Hand in Hand With Diet and Exercise
You’ve probably heard of a vicious circle… you can think of sleep, diet, and exercise as a healthy circle. Each affects the other and, when you give them the importance they deserve, you’ll feel...
Menopause-Related Problems
Menopause occurs when a woman has permanently stopped menstruating. Prior to menopause, most women experience perimenopause, during which periods become progressively less frequent and regular. When the cycle has stopped for at least one...
First Aid Quiz
Millions of people learn first aid, but not many keep up with changing recommendations. Experts say if you do not keep your first aid skills up to par, you could do more harm than...
Happy and Healthy
What makes you happy? Money? Love? Family? Friends? No matter how they define it, 30 percent of people said they were very happy in a recent survey, 60 percent said they were pretty happy...
Eat Right… Every Day
Healthy eating often becomes a focus when you’re trying to lose weight, train for an athletic event, or meet some other specific health goal. But good nutrition isn’t just for now and then; eating...
Smoking Woman
Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer for women. Every year, 140,000 women die from tobacco-related diseases. One woman has a powerful message against smoking. When cancer survivor and ex-cigarette model Janet Sackman...
Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is the progressive destruction of the macula, an oval spot in the eye that is responsible for central vision and is specialized for fine detail. Because this condition usually affects the elderly,...
Lupus
The immune systems of people who have lupus, also known as systemic lupus erythematosus, are unable to distinguish between foreign antigens and the person’s own body. As a result, the immune system creates antibodies...
Leg Cramps
A leg cramp is a painful, involuntary contraction of a single muscle or group of muscles in the leg. Most commonly, leg cramps occur in the calf muscles, but the thing muscles can also...
Leaky Gut Syndrome
A common but poorly recognized problem, leaky gut syndrome occurs when paces develop between the cells of the gut (the intestines), allowing bacteria, toxins, medications, and partially digested particles of food to leak into...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a “functional” disorder of the lower intestinal tract. This means that although no structural abnormalities can be found, the body’s function in terms of the movement of the...
Forward March
As winter prepares to hand over the baton to spring, you might be wondering if it’s too late for that New Year’s resolution to exercise more. The answer is no. In fact, with the...