Be Nutrition Savvy: Seven Simple Ways To Eat Healthy (includ The key to better health is learning the difference between healthy and unhealthy nutrients The choices we make greatly affect our health Making a few simple healthy and nutritious changes in our dietary choices can have a profound and positive impact on our health, well-being, energy levels and life span For instance • Healthy proteins provide the amino acids our bodies require to build and repair lean body mass (like ...

Avoiding High Cholesterol Foods Cholesterol finds its way into our bodies in two main ways The first isthrough our liver, which produces differing amounts of cholesterol indifferent people, and the second is through our dietA certain amount of cholesterol is needed by our bodies, but the livermakes all that is required for us Any cholesterol that we intake throughour food, is all extra cholesterol, and should be avoided as far as possibleThus, what to eat and what not to eat ...

Atherosclerosis -- The Silent Killer Just what is atherosclerosis anyway?A very common question – what is atherosclerosis? Just the fact that so many people ask this question is alarming in itself; however, the consequences of this disease cause millions of deaths across the world each yearThe actual name atherosclerosis derives from the Greek words athero, which means gruel or paste, and sclerosis meaning hardening or hardnessAtherosclerosis is the result of deposits of fatty wax like materials, cholesterol, our body’s waste ...

Atkins diet new controversy - low carb recipes and low fat r Dr Atkins diet has been at the heart of heated controversyin recent timesOn May 26, 2004 A Florida businessman filed suit againstthe makers of Atkins diet, based on low carb recipes, asopposed to rival diets which favor low fat recipesThe businessman claimed as a consequence of followingDr Atkins diet, he suffers from severe heart disease,necessitating angioplasty and a stent He is seeking a courtinjunction banning Atkins Nutritionals from ...