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Cancer Diet - Include Natural Foods
In any cancer diet, there are many factors to be considered. One
is that it is ideal that we get our nutrients from our foods,
and that those foods are in as near their natural state as
possible. By that I mean foods that have minimum...
How to Handle Stress by Managing your Levels?
Stress is a natural and unavoidable feature of modern life. When the pressures of life become too much and we can't cope, stress operates like a screw gradually turning tighter and tighter. Often we don't realise that we are under stress - until...
Low Carb and Lowfat Diets...A Scam?!
Low Carb and Low Fat Diets - A Scam?! If anyone knows anything about fitness, it’s that a low fat diet is the healthiest way to avoid serious diseases, right? Maybe wrong. In many instances quality research has shown just the opposite…that a low...
The Miraculous Claims of the Zone Diet
One way of recognizing a fad diet is said to be the promise of multiple miraculous effects upon health. And Zone diet promises a lot. "Why is the Zone diet so controversial?" "Beats me!" Extract from an interview with Dr. Barry Sears,...
You Are What You Eat
You really are what you eat. You are also very much affected by the lifestyle you live. Every item that enters your mouth will be digested and reconstructed into your living cells for use. Although it is true that everything is broken down into...
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Calorie and Carbohydrate Counters
I recently received an email offer for a hand held computer
that contains food fact tables, non volatile memory to hold
the user's input data (food types and amounts, height, frame
type) and calculates the total calories or carbohydrates
that the dieter might want to track or limit.
Rather clever, and it will probably sell well.
However, if the dieter chooses safe food types, he/she can
eat huge amounts without ever counting either calories or
carbohydrates, and still lose weight. Of course, limiting
consumption to moderate amounts will speed weight loss, and
allow stabilizing at one's ideal weight.
Rather than reduce or bypass parts of the digestive system,
the most effective weight loss surgery is to staple ...
the mouth.
Here's a useful secret. A small amount of fat can satisfy
hunger better and longer than a large amount of low fat
protein concentrate. Restrict that fat to low- or un-
saturated types, such as available in nuts, eggs, legumes,
perhaps an avocado (if you are near the low cost sources),
and you won't put your cardiovascular
system at risk. Some
use of truly lean meats can be healthful, but don't overlook
soy bean tempeh and similar high protein plant foods which
have no saturated fat. Eat as much as you can hold of
vegetables, fruits, and grain foods, prepared without added
sauces, sugars, dressings, oils, butter, margarine, cheeses,
and so forth.
Restrict your consumption on any high energy foods, such as
alcohols, refined sugars, fats and oils -- especially the
saturated fats. Eat the calories you need for the amount of
your physical activity, but not more.
Such diets need not be boring. Fantastic recipes from around
the world are now available on the internet. Just learn how
to be selective, and/or to modify the ingredients to safe
choices.
** Diet with FACTS, not MYTHS. **
About the Author
Dr. Donald A. Miller is author of "Easy Health Diet" http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm, "Easy Exercise All Ages" http://easyhealthdiet.com/eeaa.htm, and numerous free articles on health http://easyhealthdiet.com/articles/.
Seven of ten deaths are caused by preventable diseases.
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