Entries Tagged as 'fruits and vegetables'

Diabetics and the Essential Need for Weight loss

Weight loss is a perpetual problem for many people. But it’s important to understand why and how you gain weight and how to address the problem that will ultimately help you shed those unwanted pounds.

Over one third of Americans are overweight and obese. Thisa fact has a profound impact in the rise of cancer, diabetes and heart disease we see today.

Simply by losing a few extra pounds can go a long way toward proper blood sugar control.

Foods That Lower Blood Pressure

Find information about natural remedies for high blood pressure (hypertension).

The various causes that may lead to blood pressure also include the type of food you intake. It is therefore very important to include foods that lower blood pressure in your diet. All that you need to do is to eat simple. You do not need to go for some special natural foods to lower high blood pressure. Just a few dietary regulations could very well help you keep your blood pressure under control.

Apologize, Geico!

Contrasts the diets of the preagricultural and modern eras and highlights what we can learn from the Stone Age diet.

“So easy a caveman can do it!”, says the Geico commercial. Well, I have news for Geico. An article about the Paleolithic diet (see ‘Consumption of Trace Elements and Minerals by Preagricultural Humans’ by Eaton and Eaton in ‘Clinical Nutrition of the Essential Trace Elements And Minerals’) tells us that cavemen were far from stupid: they had a smart dietary regimen. In fact, their diet can tell us what is wrong with the modern one.