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How To Have A Healthy Halloween

Published
by Evita
 on Oct 27, 2008
 in Chemicals in Our Food, Child Health, Food, Health, Nutrition, Prevention, Processed Food, Weight Control
. 2 Comments

In a few days, on October 31st, the Western World and a few other countries in the world, will be celebrating the holiday known as Halloween. With this holiday, most typically and traditionally, come the so called “treats”, such as chocolates, lollipops, gum and all sorts of other candies.

Kids and many adults who enjoy this holiday get dressed up and while the kids usually go out trick-or-treating, adults venture off to various ghoulish Halloween parties.

There is fun and excitement in the air! Some spooky sights and eerie music is played and generally speaking everyone is having a great time. Everyone that is, except your pancreas - and a few other organs as well.

So as fun and exciting as this holiday can be, living in the enlightened times that we do, we have to be aware and accept the fact that during Halloween, our bodies and health have the potential to seriously suffer.

We cannot deny the fact that the way Halloween is set up today, it is not making things any better where our obesity, diabetes and ADHD levels, especially in children, are concerned.  We also cannot hide behind the excuse of “Oh it’s just one day”, because the treats collected in that one day usually last and have ongoing effects for at least the next few months.

Hence this article will share with you some ideas of how to have a fun and healthy Halloween, whether you are giving out treats to the children OR you are the parent of a child going out to collect treats. Ultimately, where optimal health is concerned, we have to understand that we can still enjoy and participate in the fun of Halloween, without stressing our bodies and diminishing our health in the process.

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Quick Answers to Popular Salba Questions

Published
by Evita
 on Sep 28, 2008
 in Food, Health, Nutrition, Organic Food, Vitamins & Minerals, Weight Control
. 1 Comment

 As September comes to an end, we are wrapping up the first annual “September is Salba Month” here on Evolving Wellness.

For our wrap up, I thought what better thing to write about then to share with you some facts and answers to popular Salba questions.

You may have heard about Salba yourself and be wondering if it is the same as Chia. You may have a certain disease or condition and be wondering if Salba is right for you. Or you may even be a new mom and wonder if Salba is safe to take during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

Well if you have any of these or other questions about Salba I will try to answer them for you in this article.

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How is Your Diet Affecting Climate Change?

Published
by Evita
 on Sep 11, 2008
 in Environment, Food, Health, Nutrition, Prevention, Vegetarian Topics, Weight Control
. 1 Comment

Currently the number of people choosing a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle is steadily increasing on the planet. 

The top two reasons people give for making this lifestyle/diet shift and why it is gaining popularity so quickly today are as follows:

1) Health benefits - we know too much today about the definite links between animal-products and diseases.

And

2) Being against animal cruelty - we know too much today about how inhumanely the animals are treated that later end up on our plates.

But did you know that an animal-product free or reduced diet can also have a huge benefit on the environment and help decrease climate change?

Well it’s true - and in fact it can have such a big impact that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently urged people to eat meat-free at least one day a week if they want to make a personal change to help tackle global climate change.

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