Archive for the 'Nutrition' Category

The Dangers of Soy

There has been a lot of debate in the past few years over the benefits of soy protein. Soy protein does have many benefits. It is the only protein from a plant source that contains all of the essential amino acids. Research has also shown soy to be beneficial for cholesterol levels, and it may even have cancer fighting effects!
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Eat More to Lose Weight?!!

Wait a minute!! I feel like I’m starving myself, but I’m not losing any weight!! Has this ever happened to you while dieting? You are barely eating anything throughout the day, but you are still unable to lose that stubborn fat. How does this make any sense? If it were to come down to basic Nutrition 101, if you consumed
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This Topic Was Just “Egging” Me On

Oh boy, where to begin with this one? CNN just recently released an article called “Is eating egg yolks as bad as smoking?” In this article, it discussed how the dangers of smoking are comparable to the dangers of eating egg yolks as far as cardiovascular disease. The cholesterol in the egg yolk is what supposedly makes them so dangerous,
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Turning Good Foods Bad

Everyone knows fruits and vegetables are healthy for us, there is no question about it. They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and are even low in calories. Then why is it that so many people who eat their fruits and vegetables are still overweight? There are a few different answers to this question and today I’ll be focusing on
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Spraying Down Your Food

So, you are in your local grocery store and you pick up some celery, rotate it to see if there’s any imperfection, you are satisfied with what you see, so you place it inside your cart. You stroll down the next isle and you see another stalk of celery that’s deformed and ugly but yet has an organic sticker. You
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Midnight Delight!

We have all done it, many times in fact, participating in that sweet late night temptation. First off, get your mind out of the gutter you sicko’s, I am talking about FOOD here! Having that midnight snack before bedtime. It has gotten a bad rap over the years, people saying its not good because “It will sit in your stomach,”
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Oh so sweet, or is it?

This has been a major topic over the past year and has been brought up quite often in the news and in the health industry. I was watching this special about how there is new research pointing that sugar does great harm to the human body and should be eliminated from our food. There was some guy by the name
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