Month: December 2008

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.

First of all, the Acai Berry which had relatively little publicity here in the states, has actually been used for a long time. It is grown in the Amazon river bottom so it is only realistic that we were not the first to have found this marvelous berry. Indigenous people to the area have relied on its nutrients to keep them healthy and in shape, although I am not sure they knew that is what it was doing for them. Did these people care about the older look or the extra weight around the middle? Probably because they did not have this problem thanks to the Acai Berry.

Oprah had some great points about the Acai Berry Diet. It is what is understood to be a superfood. Not only is it filled with an assortment of antioxidants that the body definitely needs and hardly gets enough of but when you have this type of positive for the inside of the body, of course it is going to do wonders to the outside. The skin soaks up the vitamins as well. This probably goes without saying, but perhaps with this superfood, the effects of good eating are reflected on the outside quickly.

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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.

Acaiberry is one of these foods. With its ability to do everything from increase weight loss to fighting off disease, acai berries can provide you with better health without any effort.

What makes Acai Berry Pro such an incredible food is the fact that its nutritional content is as close to perfect as possible. First of all, it is absolutely filled with antioxidants. Click here to find more information about Best Acai Berry Deals.

As you probably know, antioxidants are wonderful for slowing down the effects of aging and for fighting disease. The berry also has monounsaturated fats, which are the healthy type also found in olive oil.

Fiber and phytosterols are also part of the package, as is a well balanced amino acid complex. In all, this food is a very complete way of getting energy, nutrition, and antioxidants all in one package.

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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.

Many of today’s heart conditions would not be so commonplace if people did not eat so much food with high levels of cholesterol, such as dairy products and eggs. The organization Earth Save has calculated that a vegetarian has only a quarter of the chance of a heart attack as someone who has meat in their diet. Pure vegans have an even lower likelihood of a heart attack with only a 10 percent chance against a meat eater. The improvements in health do not end there if you are a vegetarian.

Preservatives which are used a great deal in meat are reduced and so are the incidences of cancer. Of course vegetarians will not be exposed to the number of additional hormones that are fed to cattle as part of their feed and will not experience some of the hormone problems people have because of this. Another substance, lactose, is also missing from their diet which has causal links with digestive conditions. In addition to health benefits you will receive as an individual by becoming a vegetarian, you will also reduce your share of the suffering human beings inflict on animals.

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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!

Unfortunately, my friend lost her battle with cancer, leaving behind two small children. John Wayne, the great Western American Cowboy, died of cancer directly related to a dirty colon. During the autopsy, the doctors removed over 40 lbs of fecal matter from his colon, incredible. Even Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, also had a bowel that contained over 40 pounds worth of old fecal matter trapped there.  Do you think he could have used a good colon cleansing?

The fact of the matter is, that more diseases and unhealthy conditions can be attributed to a compacted colon, than almost any other malady we suffer in the modern world! It is imperative therefore that we purge out our bowels. Recent studies have indicated very strongly that the Acai Berry is one of the most effective and powerful foods that we can have within our bodies to cleanse our bowels and keep our colons clean and healthy. Apparently the Acai Berry is so high in anti oxidants as well as fiber, that it has the magic combination for keeping our own plumbing clean. Plus, the Acai Berry is also loaded with minerals, B vitamins, omega 3 fatty acids, and protein.

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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)

The blueberry is high in Vitamin C and dietary fiber, but also has a high amount of suger.

Go Wild With Blueberries

If berries were people, the strawberry would be a flashy, attention-seeking celebrity; the raspberry would be an exotic, snooty, slightly unattainable intellectual; and the blueberry would be, well, your best friend next door.

Small, unpretentious, reliable and good-natured, the blueberry is very much a North American native. Cultivated blueberries are larger and plumper than their wild cousins – but the wild ones, which are widely available frozen, have a more concentrated flavour. Either can be used in the collection of cheerful blueberry recipes available at www.homebasics.ca, including this no-bake cheesecake.

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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.

Detoxing, that would be the more appropriate term when it comes to a yeast infection diet. The reason a yeast infection occurs is because of a microorganism, that has grown too much in your body, or Candida albicans as it is known in the scientific community.  There are many ways you can do a body detox.

A basic part of the diet is of course to consume plenty of water. When detoxing your body it’s very difficult to do this without the help of water. It helps flush out the toxins inside the body. In addition to water, drinking fresh fruit juices and even tea be added to the liquid intake. Generally speaking it’s advised that you have an intake of eight glasses of water daily. 

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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.

If you suffer from swelling and fluid retention you might want to take Alfalfa as this is what the Chinese have been doing since the 6th century. The Arabs were the first to find Alfalfa and they named it “the father of all foods.” There are many nutrients to be had in the leaves, including carotene, calcium, potassium and magnesium.

Not only does it work as a diuretic it’s also good as a laxative. It also works well for urinary tract infections, and kidney, bladder and prostrate disorders. A number of studies have been carried out and one of the latest findings is that it can help with cholesterol because there are certain agents in Alfalfa that stick to cholesterol which keeps it from remaining in the blood stream.

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