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Category Archives: Food & Drink

Cookies benefit breast milk

Who would've thought that "The Health People" might advocate the consumption of cookies, huh?Ok there's a slight catch, these aren't ordinary cookies, they are enriched with CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). As a result of eating these enriched cookies, researchers found these healthy fatty ...

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Fructose and Fat gain Study

According to a new study in the Journal of Nutrition, fat-build up from fructose consumption may be greater than consumption of other types of sugars such as glucose ...

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Green Tea and Resistance Training

  source: flikr   Study Info. You've guessed it, yet another study expounding the great benefits of green tea. So what was the study about and what did it show? The study investigated the effects of the consumption of green ...

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Acid and Alkaline Food Diet, Part 2

source: flikr   So what did I mean when I said I shall provide two lists for the Acid and Alkaline Food diet in Part 1? Confused? Well, whenever I have scowered the internet for ...

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Acid and Alkaline Food Diet, Part 1

source: flikr Many of us have heard things about our diets being too acidic or that we have to eat more raw foods to counter-balance the acidity of modern day diets. So how true is this you ...

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Finally I found Something HEALTHY to EAT!

Yesterday I went to drop my sister off Heathrow airport - she is off to my cousin's wedding! So anyway, as usual, with all the delays and stuff - "...one acquired an appetite!" (last bit requires an archaic English accent!). I went on the mission of trying to find something ...

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5 Reasons Why Your Diet Isn’t Working

This is a guest post by Susan Jacobs. If you're being repeatedly disappointed every time you step on the scales or slip into your jeans, then you know your diet isn't working. How could this be, you ask yourself. You could have sworn you ...

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Nutrigenomics: The new way forward for your nutritional needs?

It sometimes confusing when one is bombarded with disparate views on various health topics. For example, one minute we are told that coffee is good for us, the next we are told that it is bad. What the...!? Okay, confusing is not the right word...maybe ...

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Berries: improve cholesterol, blood pressure and heart health

A new study from Finland suggests that a diet rich in berries may boost levels of good cholesterol and improve blood pressure and therefore indicating benefit for heart health too. Consumption of bilberries, lingonberries, black currants and strawberries led to a reduction in blood pressure as well as ...

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Deodorants, Coffee And Artificial Sweeteners Not Linked To Cancer?

A new risk assessment tool suggests that deodorants, coffee and artificial sweeteners may not be linked to cancer. The tool has been developed through the Cancer Control Program at South Eastern Sydney & Illawarra Health (SESIH) by UNSW researcher, Professor Bernard Stewart. “Our tool will help establish if ...

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