Tag: healthy

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Breakfast Sandwiches

Ingredients 4 ½-inch-thick slices sweet potato from half of a fat, uniformly round sweet potato 2 tablespoons ghee or coconut oil or butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 Whole30 breakfast sausage patties recipe in notes – patties made from ¼ cup sausage 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt ¼ avocado per sandwich, peeled and sliced, optional For […]

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Coca-Cola looking to infuse popular beverages with CBD from cannabis

Coca-Cola is looking to enter the budding cannabis industry with a line of specialty beverages. With annual soda sales dropping year after year, the promise of the booming marijuana market is no doubt appealing. Coca-Cola recently revealed that they are in “talks” with a Canadian cannabis company known as Aurora Cannabis Inc. The renowned soda […]

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5 Powerful Health Benefits From One Little Algae – Chlorella

Who doesn’t like a good deal when it comes to health? That’s why I love chlorella. For over 3 decades I’ve been practicing medicine. And without fail, I recommend taking chlorella to all my patients. Because chlorella doesn’t just support your health in just one way – it supports it in over a dozen different […]

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Why You Still Got Sick Despite Thinking You Ate Healthy

It’s been years since you started eating healthy, so when you got sick, you then stopped believing eating healthy can actually prevent disease… For millions of people here, this is their eventual thought, even if they don’t admit it. No one wants to admit what they thought was healthy and preventing disease, actually never did, […]

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You can prevent heart disease — eating a healthy diet, such as a plant-based diet, and making healthy lifestyle changes are just some of the steps you can make. Cholesterol is the greatest risk factor for coronary heart disease. It increases in levels because of poor diets. Most people who were raised on a conventional Western diet, a plaque rich in cholesterol builds up inside the blood vessels that provide the heart with oxygen-rich blood. This, in turn, can result in chest pain and pressure known as angina. In addition, a blood clot can form within the artery and cause a heart attack if the plaque breaks. Cholesterol levels are increased by adhering to a diet rich with particular types of fats such as trans fat, saturated fat, and dietary cholesterol. Trans fat can be found in processed foods and meat and dairy products, while saturated fat can be found mainly in animal products and junk foods. Lastly, dietary cholesterol can only be obtained from animal-derived foods such as eggs. However, unhealthy, fatty meals cause internal damage years into the future as well as triggering problems after hours of eating. Fortunately, the damaging process brought by fatty meals can be reversed. Past studies of patients with advanced heart disease tried plant-based diets as a way to stop the progression of the disease. After following a vegan diet, the heart disease of the patients began to reverse as they were getting better. (Related: Plant-based diet prevents and fights chronic diseases such as cancer, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease) “It seems that as soon as they stopped eating artery-clogging diets, their bodies were able to start dissolving some of the plaque that had built up,” Dr. Michael Greger wrote in Daily Mail Online. Greger explained that the body could heal itself through a plant-based diet and other healthy lifestyle changes, which explains why heart disease patients almost immediately experience relief after starting a diet composed of plant foods. He also cited a study that found a 91 percent decrease in angina attacks in just a few weeks after patients began adhering to plant-based diets. On the other hand, those patients who did not change their diets had an increase of 186 percent in angina attacks. Another problem is that most doctors prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins for those who are at risk of heart attacks. However, these drugs may lead to adverse side effects, such as liver and muscle damage. Thus, this makes plant-based diet a better and safer option for lowering cholesterol levels. A lot of studies also show that many Western epidemics of chronic disease, like coronary heart disease, did not occur in populations, such as the Chinese and rural African populations, because their diets were focused on plant-derived grains and vegetables. “This means heart disease could be a choice, not a genetic inevitability,” he wrote. Lifestyle changes you can make to prevent heart disease Aside from eating a healthy diet, here are some healthy lifestyle changes that you can do to prevent heart disease. Be physically active – The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends doing physical activity for a minimum 30 minutes every day. A Harvard study discovered that watching TV for two hours a day increased the chance of developing heart disease by 15 percent, and as TV time increases, the risk also increases. Stop smoking – Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of heart disease by two to four times, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It also causes plaque buildup and hardened arteries. Relieve stress – Stress causes strain on the heart, which increases the risk of heart disease. Manage stress through exercise and meditation. Maintain a healthy weight – Maintaining a healthy weight is essential to protect the heart from damage or fatigue. A healthy weight means the blood can circulate more efficiently and manage necessary fluid levels.

You can prevent heart disease — eating a healthy diet, such as a plant-based diet, and making healthy lifestyle changes are just some of the steps you can make. Cholesterol is the greatest risk factor for coronary heart disease. It increases in levels because of poor diets. Most people who were raised on a conventional Western diet, […]

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Why you absolutely need this precious substance and how to work it into your daily routine

No one wants to look or feel old. Unfortunately, this process has been accelerated due to a number of factors, but a big one is oxidative damage caused by the formation of free radicals. These free radicals often explode in the body due to poor nutrition and environmental factors, which in turn speeds up aging, damages cells, […]

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Sparkling or flat? Doctor explains how fizzy water contributes to overeating, weight gain

Sparkling or carbonated water is a delight to drink, no doubt, but did you know that it can add inches to your waistline? This is a fact that Palestinian researchers first put out in a study, wherein rats who were given sugary water with added bubbles became fatter and hungrier than rats who had flat, […]

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The Seedy Truth About “Healthy” Vegetable Oils

Our intake of polyunsaturated vegetable oils has tripled in the last 50 years, about the same time Americans started getting fatter and sicker. It turns out that vegetable oils like canola, safflower, soy, and sunflower are not the health foods we’ve been led to believe. What’s Wrong with “Vegetable” Oils These vegetable oils (which are really […]

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15 Reasons You Should Be Drinking Lemon Water Every Morning

If you are looking for an easy trick to improve your life and overall health, than look no further. Drinking lemon water first thing in the morning is a pretty simple routine to get into and will have tremendous effects on your overall health. Since I started this simple and surprisingly healthy habit a few […]

Groundbreaking solar device pulls water from DRY air

What if no matter where you lived, and under any circumstances, you would never be without life-sustaining water? That day has arrived, thanks to breakthrough technology. As reported by Science Daily, researchers envision a future where every home, no matter where it is located, has the ability to simply pull water in from the air, […]