Cancer Fighting Vegetables

November 3, 2009
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Your mother always told you to eat your vegetables, but did you really ever listen?  With all of the scientific reports and studies, it seems that everyone is suddenly proving your mother right. Eating vegetables is one of the best things that you can do for your diet and for your body.

Eating vegetables is an easy way to help a poor diet become healthier again. First of all, it is proven that vegetables contain a number of antioxidants that may help to stop certain cancers from forming in the body. The fact is, many types of vegetables can prevent cancer and provide the protection against cancer. Research has identified many…

Understanding Common Colds

November 3, 2009
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The common cold, also known as a viral upper respiratory tract infection, is a self-limited contagious illness that can be caused by a number of different types of viruses. More than 200 different types of viruses are known to cause the common cold. Because so many different viruses can cause a cold and because new cold viruses constantly develop, the body never builds up resistance against all of them. For this reason, colds are a frequent and recurring problem.

In fact, children in preschool and elementary school can have three to 12 colds per year while adolescents and adults typically have two to four colds per year. The common cold is…

Fiber to a Fab and Fit You

November 3, 2009
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Dietary fiber (fibre), sometimes called roughage or plain fiber, is the indigestible portion of plant foods that pushes food through the digestive system, absorbing water and easing defecation.

This is found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, fiber is the part of plant foods that humans can’t digest.

There are two types of fiber:

1. Insoluble fiber

This is the crude, chewy part of a plant that does not dissolve in water. Insoluble fiber passes through the body largely intact, soaking up water like a sponge and adding bulk and softness to the stool. This not only prevents constipation but also speeds the rate at which food goes through your system.

Whole-wheat breads, wheat…

Instil Healthy Eating In Kids

November 3, 2009
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We often get questions about how to teach children about healthy eating. It is hard enough to teach toddlers and kids to eat. It is even harder to teach them to eat good food for kids.

We can’t promise these tips will convert your picky eater into a fruit and vegetable fan, but they should make good food choices more attractive for everyone. How can parents make sure that their kids eventually end up liking good food?

1. Start Early

As soon as your kid starts eating solid food, make sure that you only serve good food for kids. Start introducing vegetables and fruits first to your child’s taste buds before any other…

Nutritious Birthday Foods for the Kids

November 3, 2009
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Kids of all ages look forward to attending birthday parties, especially because of the free treats and foods one can get from the party. There is just one concern most parents think about when preparing the foods to serve in this blissful event – nutrition.

Parents would want to serve healthy dishes to their children and to the friends of their children. The following are great tips to keep some of your kid’s birthday food items nutritious.

1. Be creative with fruits and veggies.

Try to be more creative with nutritious kid’s birthday food. Cut your fruits and vegetables into interesting shapes or into theme character shapes like famous cartoon characters. Have some…

8 Tips To Convince Your Kids to Eat Healthy

November 3, 2009
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Creating a nutritional home is one of the most important steps you can take to ensure the health of your child. To start, make smart food choices, and help your child develop a positive relationship with healthy food. Your children will learn their food smarts from your example. Here are the top 8 tips for getting children to eat healthy food:

1.  Offer a Variety of Foods Every Day.

Kids at a young age may easily get bored and may appreciate a new taste to explore. Offer a wide selection for your child to pick from. Let him choose for example if he wants corn over peas or apple chunks over orange…

Guide To Healthy Eating For Teens

November 3, 2009
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Good nutrition is essential for everyone, but it’s especially important for growing teenagers. Your body needs certain nutrients to feel well as you go through each day.

If you’re a typical teenager with parents who always nag you about what you eat, how you eat, when you eat or don’t eat, and the amount of junk food you consume, these comments will sound familiar to you. Give your parents a break; they are just doing their job. They want you to eat properly so you’ll develop, be healthy, and keep your moods balanced.

Remember these guidelines and apply them to our way of living.

1. Junk food is poor fuel for your body

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10 Healthy Living Tips for Kids

November 3, 2009
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There are a lot of ways to keep your kids in shape, and in the right track to staying healthy, but do you know the best, yet no sweat ways to do it?

Below are 10 healthy living tips for your kids, and it may apply to you as well:

1. Start your day with breakfast

It fills your “tank” to get you going after a long night without food. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt with fruit, whole-grain waffles.

2. Get Moving!

Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these…

Nastiest and Finest Kid Foods

November 3, 2009
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Did it ever cross your mind that milk will be bad for your kid? Or that potato chips and ice cream can be beneficial?

It’s easy for food to become a source of conflict. Well-intentioned parents might find themselves bargaining or bribing kids so they eat the healthy food instead of junk ones. Parents cannot control what their kids will eat outside their home, but parents can choose what they will serve at home.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest conducted a research / survey on the worst and best foods for children, and below are the top ten of each category:

The Nastiest:

1. Soda
2. Hamburgers
3. Hot dogs
4. Ice cream
5. Bologna
6.…

Manage Constipation

November 3, 2009
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Constipation, costiveness, or irregularity is a condition of the digestive system in which a person experiences hard feces that are difficult to expel. This usually happens because the colon absorbs too much water from the food. If the food moves through the gastro-intestinal tract too slowly, the colon may absorb too much water, resulting in feces that are dry and hard. Defecation may be extremely painful, and in severe cases lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction.

Constipation may be caused by many factors. Causes of constipation may be dietary (eating mostly soft or liquid foods which are low in fiber), hormonal, anatomical, a side effect of medications (e.g. some opiates, pain…