Published on Aug 21, 2008
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If you have been looking for a healthy alternative to chocolate or granola bars - look no further! I have just tried a few flavors of a new health bar called Weil, after Dr. Andrew Weil, who formulated them with Nature’s Path Company.
Dr. Andrew Weil is a key innovative person in the United States for integrative medicine which includes a balanced approach to health, using the mind, body and spirit. He has teamed up with Nature’s Path, an already popular organic company to bring forth a revolutionary new bar to the health food scene just this past year. Also, all proceeds from the sale of these bars are donated to the Weil Foundation.
Not only are these bars certified organic, they are also vegan-friendly, gluten-free, do not contain any genetically modified ingredients and contain nothing artificial and no added sugar.
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Published on Aug 12, 2008
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The word “autism” today has become all too common in our society. Most parents-to-be cringe at the thought of this term, while parents with non-autistic children breathe sighs of relief.
But what can be said about the high percentage of parents with autistic children?
Although I believe that everything is a blessing in disguise and nothing “bad” exists, from which does not come a greater good, I cannot ignore the struggles that many parents and family members have to face at one point or another with autistic children.
It is estimated today that 1 in 150 children are diagnosed with autism. Those are staggering statistics as they beat childhood cancers, diabetes and AIDS combined!
Currently it is not known what exactly causes Autism and there is no exact cure for it, but scientists are steadily working on these two areas and the latest research points to managing and perhaps even eradicating Autism through the child’s diet.
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Published on Aug 11, 2008
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In the latest research conducted and published in the Nature Neuroscience Online Journal, scientists conducted studies on the brain’s complex neurocircuitry and its role in maintaining energy balance that leads to weight gain and weight loss.
News like this is very beneficial for many to understand, as today 2/3 rds of Americans are overweight or obese!
Millions of dollars are wasted by many each year as they struggle with various diets. But to truly find an effective, long term solution you must really understand some basic biochemistry about your body. If you are unsatisfied with your weight, you must also realize that over 75% of the food out there is not suitable for maintaining a healthy weight and body. Hence, some major changes are needed in re-wiring our life style and eating habits if we are to be at an appropriate and healthy weight.
But for today, let us find out what the latest research has found.
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Published on Aug 8, 2008
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Fresh, local, wholesome, organic, nutritious food - those are words that I crave to have describe the food that I and all of us should eat.
However, in today’s times, they are just about as rare as cassette tapes, unless perhaps you have your own farm. And even then, most farms apply various chemicals to their crops and animals, none of which you want in your system and to add, treat their animals inhumanely.
So my search for such food is an ongoing journey. The first alternative to a grocery store was a local farmer’s market. We tried one, but found it very limited and organic produce was almost non-existent!
That is why I was thrilled, when a couple of days ago we had the great pleasure of finally going for a visit to a local, organic farm.
And what did we find there? Well, it wasn’t the ultimate solution, but it had one thing that was exactly what we were looking for…
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Published on Jul 20, 2008
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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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