Food Choices Made by 100 Year Olds

September 23, 2009
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Having a long life has a lot of perks that comes with it – the sweetest bonus is that you get to enjoy life longer compared to others.

According to Florence Baldwin, Britain’s oldest woman who has just turned 113, she gives the credit to a daily fried egg sandwich intake.

Although research can tell you what shortens your life span, like smoking and being overweight, they have struggled to identify those things that contribute to living longer. Genetics certainly play a role in longevity. But no one knows for sure the exact cause of having a longer life. It may be due to a lack of stress in early life or…

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Monosodium Glutamate Scares

September 23, 2009
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Food tastes better with a dash of MSG, and this is true. It is a flavour enhancer that most households use to better the taste of their dishes, but do we really need to put this in our food? Know more about Monosodium Glutamate or MSG and decide for yourself.

In 1908, Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese Scientist, discovered Glutamic Acid and its ability to make foods taste a certain way. It was sold as a flavor enhancer under the name of Ajinomoto.

Look at some of these basic facts regarding Monosodium Glutamate:

1. MSG is commonly known as Monosodium Glutamate and is a salt of glutamic acid.

2. Most protein rich foods and plants…

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Benzoyle Peroxide as Acne Treatment

September 23, 2009
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Acne is a common skin condition, caused by changes in pilosebaceous units, skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland, via androgen stimulation. It is characterized by noninflammatory follicular papules or comedones and by inflammatory papules, pustules, and nodules in its more severe forms. Acne affects the areas of skin with the densest population of sebaceous follicles; these areas include the face, the upper part of the chest, and the back.

New products seem to appear on store shelves by the hundreds, literally overnight. Demand for the latest products is always huge and largely flamed by the effective and often misleading advertising campaigns of skin care companies.…

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Exercise for Fat Loss

September 23, 2009
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Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is performed for many different reasons. These include strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance and for enjoyment.

Truth be told, if you are currently active, exercise is already doing its wonders for you. You are improving your health in a way that no other intervention can match.

Burning and losing all the fat in your body is a difficult task to do, however, there are certain rules and steps on how you can burn them while doing your daily exercise. Before we begin, here are a few disclaimers:

1. Programming…

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Healthy Mind the Mediterranean Way

September 23, 2009
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You hear a lot about the Mediterranean Diet, and how it keeps those Greeks and Italians looking olive-toned and healthy. Also, eating a Mediterranean diet may keep your mind healthy, specifically preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia.

The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin.

Based on “food patterns typical of Crete, much of the rest of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s”, this diet, in addition to “regular physical activity,” emphasizes “abundant plant foods, fresh fruit as the typical daily dessert, olive oil as the principal source of fat, dairy products (principally cheese and yogurt), and…

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Becoming a Vegetarian

September 23, 2009
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Your body must receive all the necessary nutrients from fruits, vegetables and grains. As a result, following a vegetarian diet may be the best thing you can do for a strong health.

Vegetarian cooking is acceptable globally, particularly because of the excellent taste of vegetarian meals. Not only that vegetarian recipes are easy to prepare and incredibly appetizing, but they are also extremely wholesome. Vegetarian cooking can be a brilliant experience for your body and mind, if you know a number of basic rules.

More folks give up the eating of meat for numerous reasons. Ingredients used in vegetarian cooking consist in a wide range of vegetables, fruits and cereals. This ensures…

Diet for Detoxification

September 23, 2009
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Detoxification, or detox for short is the removal of toxic substances from the body.

Certain approaches in alternative medicine claim to remove toxins from the body through herbal, electrical or electromagnetic treatments. It may be confusing to know which products are good and which ones are false. Therapies include contrast showers, detoxification foot pads, detox foot bath, ionic foot bath, oil pulling, Gerson therapy, snake-stones, body cleansing, Scientology’s Purification Rundown, water fasting, and metabolic therapy.

Among these novel techniques to become healthier, detox recipes are becoming increasingly renowned. They are abnormally sought after by persons who don’t have time to do exercise, but who would like to get rid of the toxins…

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Workout for Pregnant Women

September 23, 2009
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The body must change its physiological and homeostatic mechanisms in pregnancy to ensure the fetus is provided for. Increases in blood sugar, breathing and cardiac output are all required.

One of the most noticeable alterations in pregnancy is the gain in weight. However, this should not be an excuse to just sit and eat. Below are some physical fitness ideas which a pregnant woman can do with ease.

1. Start with some stretching exercise.

* Try some rotations of the neck, arms, and shoulders.
* Lie on your back and try some light leg lifts.

2. Yoga uses breathing and relaxing techniques, something any pregnant woman should become familiar with anyway. Yoga also will help…

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10 Ways to Increase Your Fruits and Veggie Consumption

September 23, 2009
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An adequate fruit and vegetable intake provides essential nutrients and nutritive compounds and is considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle. But keeping track of intake adequacy may be hard especially if you have a busy lifestyle.

Here are some ways on how you can increase your daily intake even if you’re too occupied with your day’s to-do list:

1. Add fresh produce to foods you already eat – like berries or bananas to yogurt & cereal; your favorite veggies to pasta, pizza, soups & casseroles; and spinach leaves, tomato, cucumber & onion to sandwiches; fresh strawberries or raspberries with peanut butter on toast.

2. Keep fruits/veggies easily accessible by pre-cutting and…

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The Little White Lies They Tell You About Teeth Whitening

September 23, 2009
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Most people love to have those pearly white teeth and to achieve them; one would need to spend a lot in investing with whitening products or laser treatments. Below are some lies that we might believe if we are not aware.

Little White Lie #1: Whitening toothpastes are highly effective at whitening your teeth.

Naturally, brushing your teeth is always a good idea, since it’s essential to keeping them clean and generally an important part of good dental hygiene.

You certainly can use whitening toothpastes, but you shouldn’t start using these products in the expectation that these will be able to produce any significant degree of whitening. The whitening agents in these…

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