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Health Food Is NOT Necessarily Healthy Food

Published
by Evita
 on Nov 8, 2008
 in Food, Genetically Modified Food, Health, Health and Nutrition Myths, Organic Food, Processed Food, Product Labeling, Vitamins & Minerals
. 7 Comments

We are in November - National Health Food Month and perhaps this month some of you may start or decide to take your health more seriously.

So, you decide to head out to your local health food store and support them and your health by purchasing some of their products. You pick up a few items that you would normally get in your regular grocery store, you naturally paid more for them, but you are happy because you got healthy food, right? WRONG!

This is perhaps one of the biggest myths out there today that many people fall into, and that is, that “health food” is automatically “healthy food”.

Well if you are amongst those who think or believe that, have I got a bubble to burst for you.

Hence, in today’s article we will examine what does it actually mean to qualify as a true health food and why health food does not automatically mean healthy food.

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Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2007 Conference DVD Set

Published
by Evita
 on Oct 22, 2008
 in Food, Health, Health and Nutrition Myths, Longevity, Nutrition, Nutritional Information, Organic Food, Prevention, Product Labeling, Resources, Reviews, Vegetarian Topics, Videos
. 8 Comments

To continue to celebrate Vegetarian Awareness Month, I wanted to share with you, one of the most amazing health resources out there that has had an incredible impact on my own life and health, as well as friends and coworkers that I have shared it with.

One of the most known vegetarian sites out there, VegSource held a Healthy Lifestyle Expo last year in 2007, as they have done so for the past few years.

During these expos, various famous and accredited doctors and other key note speakers present health information. After this event took place live, VegSource compiled the workshops and made a Special Edition 3-disc DVD set called “Get Healthy Now! - You really ARE what you eat!”

In fact, if you are not a vegetarian, please do not stop reading because this video is an amazing health resource period. It will open up your eyes to things about your health that you never even imagined.

It presents up to date, practical and mind blowing medical data where our health is concerned! It explains a lot in regards to why our population and Western society is the way it is, in terms the types of diseases we get and other negative body conditions.

Thus in this post I will tell you a little bit about this resource and what I learned from it and what you can expect to learn from it.

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Conflicting Health Advice About Soy

Published
by Evita
 on Oct 9, 2008
 in Food, Health, Health and Nutrition Myths, Nutrition, Vegetarian Topics
. 9 Comments

Okay, so it is no surprise that there is so much health information out there today. The Internet is packed full of health tips, diets, advice, studies, etc.

Well that would all be great if the information was credible, consistent and factual. Unfortunately sometimes it isn’t.

Who is to blame? Well no one person or group really. The thing is there is a small percentage of people out there who actually go straight to the science and to add to that, make that credible, unbiased science. Secondly, there is a small percentage of people who truly understand the body, the science and bring all of the information together. Thirdly, we have the media that often highly distorts the facts of science for us and makes us learn things that are incorrect, which we then go and pass around to others and you can quickly see how the vicious cycle continues. And of course to add to all this, everybody is entitled to their own opinion.

So what is the problem? Well yesterday in my inbox, I had a health newsletter from Dr. Mercola of Mercola.com and one from HealthCastle.com.

The one from Dr. Mercola had an article with the following heading: “The Evidence Against Soy” and the one from HealthCastle had one that read “10 Ways to Add More Soy To Your Diet.”

Interesting, as you can see - I had a bit of a chuckle too. Perhaps I would not have been so keen on catching it if these two came on different days, but when the two articles came together I just could not let this one go. So in light of veggie awareness month, this could not have come at a better time. Hence I thought let’s take a closer look at what is really going on when it comes to soy.

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