Tag: Fitness & Nutrition

Salt and Vinegar Zucchini Chips (Recipe)

Everyone seems to love a good chip. However, chips commonly found in stores contain non-organic potatoes, iodized salt, and less than desirable fats. This is very easy to clean up without a serious sacrifice in taste, and with that, zucchini chips were born. Purpose The purpose of this recipe is to provide a healthier alternative…


What You Can Do Now to Prevent Osteoporosis

About 60 percent of women and 40 percent of men over 50 have low bone mass, and those numbers increase with age. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 50% of women and 25% of men over  50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture during their lifetime. Bone is constantly being broken down (by cells called osteoclasts)…


Choline During Pregnancy Tied to Better Attention in Kids

Children of mothers who got more than the recommended amount choline while pregnant had better long-term cognitive outcomes, a new study finds. The study comes as nutrition experts continue to push for more research into the nutrient—and warn that getting too much could boost our risk for cardiovascular issues. The study was published in Journal…


Why Local, Organic, In-Season Food Is the Right Choice

There’s more to organic gardening than just swapping one kind of input for another. It in fact requires you to change the way you think about the soil, air and water, how your choices impact your local ecosystem, and how this way of growing affects the person who eats the plant. Which is usually you and your…


Pomegranate: A Natural Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis

youtu.be/2Uv-MsA38mI Pomegranates are put to the test for weight loss, diabetes, COPD, prostate cancer, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.


Vegan Recipe: Best Banana Bread Ever

Looking for a super-tasty, quick and easy treat? A healthy snack that even your mother would love? Stop right now and make this banana bread recipe! Best Banana Bread Recipe Ever 3 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork 1/4 cup oil 1/2 cup agave nectar or maple syrup or honey 1 & 1/2 cup whole wheat flour…


When Does Your Metabolism Slow Down?

Many people believe that they gradually gain weight from their 20s onward because their metabolism gets slower over the years, but now it appears that this is not true (Science, Aug 3, 2021:373(6556):808-812). Close to 6,500 people from 29 countries, ranging in age from infancy to 95 years, were followed for more than 40 years….


Lysine Therapy Interrupts Replication of Virus

Evidence suggests that lysine, an essential amino acid your body uses in the production of protein, may help prevent or treat viral infections. Virologists have also suggested lysine could help prevent or treat COVID-19. In the past months it’s become obvious that COVID-19 can no longer be called a major public health threat. The virus is now…


Comparing High Intensity Interval Training With Moderate Exercising

Exercise is crucial for health and longevity. A huge study published in JAMA Internal Medicine in May 2016, on 1.44 million Americans and Europeans, has linked a high level of physical activity to a reduction in the risk of 13 different cancers, including breast, colon, lung, and liver. A low level of fitness is known to be a…


Boosting Natural Killer Cell Activity

youtu.be/FGtS_h_xTuc Blueberry consumption may double the population of our cancer-fighting immune cells, and the spices cardamom and black pepper may boost their activity.