Nutrition Articles

Health » Nutrition | By Jeff Martin @ Tuesday, 15th July 2008 @ 1:28 PM

What acid reflux foodstuffs should I not eat? The majority of sufferers of acid reflux are baffled by this question. Preferring healthy foods based on selective eating between what to increase or decrease can bring long-term health advantages to acid reflux sufferers. Changes in lifestyle and diet are considered to be parts of a long-term holistic acid treatment and are integral and inseparable. Reducing consumption of unsuitable foods and adopting new dietary habits particularly to help ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jeff Martin @ Tuesday, 15th July 2008 @ 1:17 PM

Will a diet bring permanent relief for your heartburn? Classical medicine has been a disappointment for millions of heartburn sufferers on this score, because of its ineffectiveness over the long-term and the undesirable side effects that it produces. Will the right mix of a special heartburn diet and healthier lifestyle changes make for a safer option? Studies done recently show that new diet habits can really relieve heartburn and at the same time make big improvements in your overall quality ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Daniel Ashendorf @ Tuesday, 15th July 2008 @ 1:13 PM

As summer approaches most of us think about losing weight. We fantasize about a washboard stomach, firm thighs, toned backside. We imagine the looks we receive on the beach. We seek the energy that come from having a fit and toned body. Losing weight makes us feel great. And sure, whilst we are at our ideal weight we are motivated enough not to gorge on comfort foods. Who needs food comfort when you look like Brad Pit? We are more refreshed when we wake up. We fit into the tight je... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jeff Martin @ Tuesday, 15th July 2008 @ 12:10 PM

Lifestyle changes are often the first step in improving your health. Introducing a special acid reflux diet can be the first step for treating acid reflux. Many researchers rightly claim that particular dietary changes can be beneficial in the prevention of various health conditions and chronic diseases, acid reflux being one of them. Adhering to a complete acid reflux diet can stop symptoms immediately and work to reverse damage. Many studies of the complex nature of the body's internal ba... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jim Brown @ Monday, 14th July 2008 @ 6:34 PM

People turn to healthy nutrition sources such as schools of public health to find out information about foods. Many adults will just be interested in learning which food types will supply enough nutrients to sustain an adult lifestyle for many years. Adults at various stages in life might need nutritional elements that will bolster energy levels due to a very active lifestyle. Years will pass, and the nutritional needs for an adult will stay the same but the desire for eating food will wane. ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Shannon Pollock @ Monday, 14th July 2008 @ 11:55 AM

Acai is known by some as nature's energy fruit, a little berry that is packed with so much nutrition that some call it one of the most powerful foods on the planet. The fruit is 100% natural and found exclusively in the Amazon rain forest. Acai is a berry that is retrieved from the Amazon palm tree. The berry tastes like a combination of chocolate and berries but it is filled with antioxidants, amino acids and essential fatty acids. It is usually available in juice form as well. Recently it... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Gregory Smyth @ Monday, 14th July 2008 @ 11:08 AM

Alzheimer's disease is currently the world's leading cause of dementia, decreasing the quality of life for millions of older people, worldwide. It was estimated that in 2006, up to 26.6 million people over the globe were affected by Alzheimers disease. Alzheimer's causes memory and cognitive loss, confusion, anger and mood swings, and eventually leads to the loss of minor and major bodily functions. It is unclear whether current conventional treatments for Alzheimer's disease... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jeff Martin @ Monday, 14th July 2008 @ 1:50 AM

Is there really a GERD diet that can help acid reflux victims to get rid of those annoying symptoms? Recent studies reinforce the hypothesis that acid reflux patients, especially those with less pronounced symptoms, can make major improvements to their medical condition by relatively simple diet changes. Modifying food plans to cure acid reflux is given strong support by classical and alternative medical thinking. The connection between eating and GERD treatment can be shown from the gast... more...

Health » Nutrition | By George Louris @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 8:44 PM

Love eating Chinese food? Most of us do, but don't get fooled into thinking that anything and everything on the Chinese food menu is good for you. In fact, most people look to Chinese cuisine as a healthy alternative to fast food, but the truth is that there are a bunch of pitfalls on the menu, including high sodium and fat contents across several different foods across the typical Chinese menu. Here are some of the key culprits and what to look out for: -Rice: Almost everyone loves... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Mike Singh @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 7:39 AM

By definition, mineral waters contain not less than 250 parts per million total dissolved solids, all of which occur naturally and none of which are added later on after the water is collected. Iron, chloride, sulfate, potassium, magnesium, manganese, silica, chromium, lithium, and copper are among the most frequently occurring minerals to be found in mineral water, and all of these minerals have known health benefits (as long as they are not over-consumed). Mineral water is considered a... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Mike Singh @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 7:33 AM

Drinking water filters are water purification systems of varying degrees of sophistication that are designed to make tap water safe for drinking and cooking. There is a wide array of these filters, including charcoal and ceramic filters, de-ionization filtration systems, reverse osmosis filters, and UV radiation filtration systems. Water filters and filtration systems are for the most part superior to using bottled water in place of tap water. Perhaps most importantly, you know what you&... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Shannon Pollock @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 4:11 AM

There is so much confusion about exactly what a healthy diet really is these days. Eat carbs or avoid them? What about meat? There are so many fad diets available that it could even confuse a nutritionist. Today let's look at a healthy diet in general without considering the thought of weight loss. A healthy diet will lead to weight loss and optimum health. In the earliest years of school we all learned about the food pyramids - the most basic steps of healthy eating. Somewhere alon... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Charles Harper @ Friday, 11th July 2008 @ 11:40 PM

Advertised as the safest water filtration systems, the home reverse osmosis systems come with pluses and minuses just like all the other water filtration systems available on the market. The first question people ask is how safe and purified water is through a filtering system. Well studies show that home reverse osmosis system, which are usually more complex, can purify water up to 99.9% which means that one can actually improve or maintain his or her health through reverse osmosis systems. more...

Health » Nutrition | By Charles Harper @ Friday, 11th July 2008 @ 11:15 PM

The purity of the water we drink every day is not something we want to neglect, since serious consequences with respect to our health can result from our inattention. Depending on the type of contaminant identified within our water, we may use one drinking water treatment or another. Drinking water contamination can be caused by a multiplicity of agents. Let's take inorganic chemicals first. Beginning with antimony and arsenic, continuing with asbestos or copper or fluoride, up to th... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Charles Harper @ Friday, 11th July 2008 @ 10:42 PM

The reverse osmosis process of purifying the water, like all the other processes available on the market today has advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantages of reverse osmosis are the high amount of water consumed in the process of purifying water and the fact that filter need to be disinfected on a regular basis. Even with all the known disadvantages the filters that purify the water through the reverse osmosis process are very well rated by customers. One of the questions us... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jeff Martin @ Thursday, 10th July 2008 @ 8:25 PM

Many acid reflux victims, perhaps yourself, have questions about specific food plans that cut out foods causing a degeneration of an acid reflux condition and let you win out over your medical condition. Is there a food plan that will alleviate symptoms of acid reflux? Before talking about nutritional programs that can alleviate symptoms of acid reflux, let's quickly review the basic physiological reasons behind acid reflux. When food moves from the esophagus into the stomach,... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jerry Leung @ Thursday, 10th July 2008 @ 6:29 PM

Nowadays there are a lot of food products which are claimed to be cholesterol free. It seems that such food will be better for our health. As a result, we will tend to buy this kind of products. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of -free products in the market. This may probably be because we are more aware of our health nowadays. Let us get back to the notion of cholesterol. As mentioned, there are a lot of food products nowadays which are claimed to be free cholesterol. However, do y... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Mike Singh @ Thursday, 10th July 2008 @ 4:20 AM

According to Dr. John Sorenson, a leading authority on mineral metabolism, "Minerals in drinking water are more easily and better absorbed than minerals from food." Therefore, mineral water is a highly beneficial, healthy kind of water that can get needed minerals delivered faster and more efficiently into your bloodstream and body than eating foods or taking mineral supplements can. One of the most commonly found minerals in mineral water is magnesium. Magnesium helps with copin... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Charles Harper @ Thursday, 10th July 2008 @ 2:13 AM

Since you are now convinced of the importance of having a water purification system, the most logical question that you might ask is: what water purification technology is used by these sorts of systems? It is very important to know the methods of water purification, since you will have to choose from a large variety of water purification systems. Therefore, we may start by saying that there are three types of technologies presently used in order to purify water: the physical water purifi... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Charles Harper @ Thursday, 10th July 2008 @ 2:05 AM

Our bodies are composed mainly from water, 70% that is. The rest of it is composed mainly by minerals. Therefore, it is sure to say that water is essential to life. However, we have to say that not just water, but natural mineral water H2O. Now, the question that comes into one's mind is: why is mineral water healthy, and not just the simple tap water? The answer is simple--besides refreshing that huge amount of water that composes your body, you supplement it with the necessary mine... more...