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In the first two installments of this series, I talked about carbs and protein. I discussed the fact that most of us get our carbs and proteins from the wrong sources – refined foods, fatty meats. In the case of fats, we not only consume too much, we consume the wrong kinds of fats.
In general, fats should make up only 10-30 percent of your ...
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As I noted in a previous blog, the low-carb diet craze of a couple of years ago caused many people to try to avoid carbohydrates while pushing up their protein intake. But just as not all carbs are bad, too much protein may not be good.
The protein problem, just like the carb problem, has a lot to do with the source: we get too much of our ...
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Over the last few years, many Americans embraced a low-carb, high-protein diet, and for a while it seemed that carb had become one of our most reviled four-letter words. But in fact, much of the anti-carb craze was misguided. So what’s the truth?
As you might expect, the answer is to get back to basics and to use some moderation when choosing ...
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We talk a lot about cutting calories and eating reduced-calorie foods. But when you get right down to it, do you really know how many calories you should consume – and how many you actually consume?
The average adult requires about 2,000 calories per day to maintain good health and control weight. For women, the numbers may be slightly less; for ...
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If you want to eat right, the first thing you have to know is how much you’re eating. And in these days of super-sizing, most of us have no idea.
For example, when you drink a can of soda that has 150 calories per serving, how many calories have you consumed? The answer is 225, because a serving of fluids is eight ounces, but the can of soda is ...
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More than two-thirds of Americans get little or no physical activity in a typical week. If we value our health, it’s time to make a serious dent in that number.
Does everyone need to start working out at a gym, or running marathons? Of course not. You can start improving your health right now with a simple strategy: choosing the path of ...
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If you’re a parent, you know what a chore it can be to get children to eat what’s good for them . . . especially fruits and vegetables. Now it turns out many teenagers are turning up their noses at fruits and veggies, too – at a critical time in their growth.
A study of teens in Minnesota, published in the February, 2007 issue of the American ...
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If you’re thinking of giving up tobacco, you’re not alone. More than two-thirds of smokers want to quit, and more than half have tried. And former smokers who’ve succeeded say they tried an average of five times before succeeding.
Obviously, it’s not easy to quit. But thousands of people have done it, and you can, too. And there’s lots of ...
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We’re learning to be skeptical about many health claims, especially when it comes to the things we eat and drink. But there are some sure things in health care – and one of them is that you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain if you quit smoking. Yet despite the fact that it’s the number one cause of preventable disease and death, more ...
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The weather reminds me to remind YOU that if you have seasonal allergies (seasonal allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, worse asthma etc) you may want to prepare NOW for the next several months.
Specifically, the use of steroid nasal sprays used daily in advance of the ''high pollen'' season can significantly decrease or prevent your ...
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