December 2008 – Nutrition Lessons

Acai Berry Diet Has It All, Great Nutrients and Great Taste

What Oprah says goes, and when it comes to the Acai Berry Diet that she recently toted on her daily program, the berry is now gone. Not to be alarmed, I mean gone in a positive way. It has gone out to almost every individual in America who saw the show or heard about the show. You do a simple search on line and the only thing you see is what Oprah had to say.Lets want to make sure that the facts she laid out there are clear.

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Best Acai Berry Promotion

There are very few foods in the world that can claim to be superfoods. Superfoods must have many more benefits besides just providing enough calories and some nutrition. However, there are some foods that are able to be elevated to superfood status because of the incredible benefits they can deliver.

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The Benefits of Vegetarianism

Benefits Of Vegetarianism

As time moves on there is an increasing belief amongst people that becoming a vegetarian may make a difference. It is surprising how many people are willing to do this but cannot grasp just how important even one person who changes is in the overall picture. While it might be true that one extra person won’t make a huge statistical difference in a world of meat-eaters, you can do a lot as an individual that will be good for you and good for hundreds of animals. One argument for making this change are the benefits it has on your health and the problems that an excess of meat causes, like heart disease; this is the most common reason for death in America and other big meat eating nations.

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Colon Cleansing is Critical for Your Health!

The necessity in today’s world for going on a Colon Cleanse diet cannot be overemphasized! Most of us are so toxic we do not realize it, and we are amazed when we go to have colonic therapy, and in shock when we see what is deposited out of our bodies. A few years ago I went with a friend to the Ann Wigmore foundation, in order for her to try to beat her cancer. One of the requirements of the program was that she attended colonic therapy at least once a week. When we would get her on the table, massive amounts of waste would come out of her bowels. The colon cleansing therapist turned and said to me, “No wonder she got sick”, as my friend’s bowels were so impacted with old fecal matter!

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Blueberries

Blueberries are a group of flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect. Cyanococcus. The species are native to North America and eastern Asia. They are shrubs varying in size from 10 cm tall to 4 m tall; the smaller species are known as “lowbush blueberries”, and the larger species as “highbush blueberries”. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen, ovate to lanceolate, and from 1-8 cm long and 0.5-3.5 cm broad. The flowers are bell-shaped, white, pale pink or red, sometimes tinged greenish. The fruit is botanically a true berry 5-16 mm diameter with a flared “crown” at the end; they are pale greenish at first, then reddish-purple, and finally turn blue or dark purple on ripening. They have a sweet taste when mature, with variable acidity. (from Wikipedia)

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A Diet to Treat Yeast Infection

It might surprise you to know that there are many ways that you might be able to get a yeast infection. Among the possibilities include using oral contraceptive pills, using oral steroids, about to get your period, having diabetes, using certain hygiene products, and wearing tight, damp, and/or warm clothing. There are a number of solutions to treat the infection. Along with these treatments, you also need to learn about the importance of diet. If you have a yeast infection you really want to deal with it.

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Why Should You Eat Alfalfa?

Alfalfa is a very popular herb but not a lot of people know anything about what healthy benefits you can can get from it and research has proven that those who take Alfalfa may be able to lower any glucose or cholesterol in the blood. You need to be aware that although Alfalfa is normally a very safe herb to eat you might be one of the unlucky percentage that end up with lupus like symptoms. In the seeds and sprouts of Alfalfa, amino acid L-canavanine is present and that is what is thought to cause this response. Luckily the leaves don’t contain this substance. Overall Alfalfa is good for your health.

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