Fast Food Hurts Pregnancy Chances While fast food is convenient, we increasingly understand it is not always that nutritious. In fact, a new study has found fast food hurts pregnancy chances. It is incredibly difficult to maintain a healthy, holistic lifestyle in these modern times. That is is more challenging when we do not have […]
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Dark Chocolate Improves Life In the Perry household there is a 3 to 1 majority for dark chocolate… Mom is the holdout for milk chocolate. There are times when Science becomes our best friend. Recent research into how dark chocolate improves life is one of those times. For perhaps one of few times, Mom’s taste buds
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Artificial Sweeteners Are Bad A recent study has linked artificial sweeteners to diabetes and obesity… they conditions these sweeteners are supposed to eliminate. The Perry household has had its own experience with artificial sweeteners… none of it good. Not even the taste. We have found that a smidge of honey, a pinch of brown sugar,
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Healthy Living Beats Colon Cancer Yet another research report shows that healthy living beats colon cancer. We know that a plant-based diet (not necessarily vegan or vegetarian… just mostly plants) goes a long way in preventing many chronic illnesses. An especially interesting aspect of this study is that it applied to those who had already
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Healthy Foods The secret to lower healthcare costs is really quite simple… eat healthily. We can avoid many chronic diseases through better Lifestyle decisions. In fact, studies show that nutrition plays a critical role in health. Good nutrition from healthy foods leads to good health. Poor nutrition from fast food and processed foods leads to
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Lentils Combat High Blood Pressure Eating healthily may have just gotten more support. Many people appreciate that eating wholesome food can help avoid illnesses like heart disease. Researchers are now finding that food can even fight those illnesses, such as when lentils combat high blood pressure. This offers not only a lower cost but can
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Diet Impacts Depression Nutrition is vital for a healthy body… and perhaps for mental health as well. New research suggests that diet impacts depression. In particular, the DASH diet that is often prescribed for heart health might also benefit mental health. New research suggests there’s even more reason to eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
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Constantly Hungry It happens all the time. The family just had a meal. Two hours later someone is rifling through the kitchen… “I’m hungry.” How? Everyone ate well at meal time but someone is constantly hungry. The US battle with obesity may well be more than just counting calories. “Why am I constantly hungry?” is
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Lifestyle Program Reverses Heart Disease This is one of those times that the news seems too good to be true. For many people that alone is enough to dismiss it. Luckily, the folks at Geisinger continue to look at non-clinical factors to improve health. They are offering Ornish Lifestyle Medicine. This lifestyle program reverses heart
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Parkinson’s Caffeine Correlation Offers Possible New Test While there is still much to learn about Parkinson’s caffeine correlation (or about Parkinson’s in general), there is a new development. A new study to be released in Neurology identifies caffeine levels in the blood as a potential biomarker for Parkinson’s disease, Researchers discovered people with Parkinson’s had
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