Evolving Wellness

In recent years there has been a tremendous increase in the awareness and use of vitamins and minerals.

Although there have been many new discoveries on how our body metabolizes and deals with these micronutrients, we are far from knowing it all where these substances are concerned.

It is thus very important for all of us to stay as current as possible on what new discoveries are being made, where our health is concerned, as what may have been unnecessary in the past today is necessary or vice-versa.

In today’s tutorial let us cover one of the most talked about vitamins today - vitamin D.

Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin.  It can be found in various forms in the body such as cholecalciferol, calcidiol and calcitriol. 

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Back in April, Evolving Wellness featured a 5 Part Series on How to Live a Long and Healthy Life, based on the documentary “How to Live to 101″ by Horizon BBC.

The documentary introduced us to 3 populations of people in the world that seem to all be beating the odds and having the largest amounts of the longest living citizens. The 3 populations were from: Okinawa (Japan), Loma Linda (California) and Ovodda (Sardinia).

Based on the research done for this documentary, as well as taking the common thread from other world studies, I have compiled a list of 10 Guidelines for a Long and Healthy Life.

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At the end of May, Evolving Wellness featured a 5 part Sun Smart Series to maximize the benefits of the sun, while minimizing the risks.

One of the consumer’s biggest challenges I noted, was to actually find a sunscreen that would protect against the harmful radiation of the sun, while at the same time not increasing the risks of skin and other cancers due to the harmful chemicals in the sunscreen.

Finding safe alternatives was not that easy, that is until now!

The Environmental Working Group’s division Skin Deep has just updated and released their list of the safest and most effective sunscreens. They investigated over 1000 brand name sunscreens and the results are in. Their findings indicate that 4 out of 5 sunscreens contain chemicals that pose risks to our health. This is obviously not good news for a product that we are trusting to protect us.

And so I am delighted to share this list with you here!

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Yesterday, I wrote Part 1 of the Semi-Annual Health Update with an emphasis on 5 Foods that may seem healthy but aren’t.

From a personal perspective I have thus decided to remove these foods from my routine, daily diet, as they are not conducive to ones health.

It seems today though, that wherever you turn you hear “don’t eat this”, “avoid that” and so on and so forth. So to avoid sounding negative, today we are going to look at the positive side of things with 5 great foods that are beneficial to incorporate into one’s routine, daily diet.

Most of these foods are not common knowledge to the average person, nor are their health benefits. Some of these foods may be known to some of us as healthy, but for some reason we have a hard time making them part of our daily diet.

So here it is, my semi-annual update on 5 foods that I have made part of my daily diet for optimal health.

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Well it may be hard to believe for some, but half of 2008 has already passed by!

So how is your health doing?

Have you been keeping up with good eating habits?

Have you made physical activity a regular part of your daily or weekly routine?

Have you been sticking to your weight goals?

No matter what level our health is at, we all have to remember that achieving and maintaining optimal health is not a one time process or deal. On the contrary, it is a constantly evolving discipline that is facilitated by constant research and education. And the best part it is possible and accessible to all at any stage of their lives.

Thanks to ongoing reading and research, the past 6 months have brought about a few dietary changes in my own diet.

And so in this part 1, I would like to share with you 5 foods that I have cut out of my routine diet because even though they may have seemed healthy, really weren’t. Tomorrow, in part 2 we will continue the update with 5 foods that I have incorporated into my routine diet, due to their amazing health benefits.

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