Cooked vs Raw Vegetables
Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
By now you are probably aware of the importance of including a variety of heart healthy vegetables in your diet, but did you know that how you prepare them may impact their nutritional quality? It seems logical that eating vegetables in their raw form, as nature intended, would be the best way to preserve the [...]
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Berry Goodness
Posted on 12. Oct, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Berries are a rich source of polyphenols (antioxidants) as well as fiber, nutrients such as folate, vitamin C and A, and potassium, just to name a few. Thanks to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, many studies have linked berry consumption with numerous health benefits, most notably lower cholesterol, cancer prevention and improved cardiovascular health. A [...]
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Bad Egg?
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Based on industry estimates, Americans eat 220 million eggs a day, but the recent salmonella scare has people across the country acting cautiously when it comes to buying eggs. Seemingly, no one is safe from food-born illness when even your trusted, local grocery store could sell you a bad egg! Where eggs are concerned, knowledge [...]
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Sources of omega-3
Posted on 08. Aug, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Omega-3 is quite literally a health miracle. It offers abundant health benefits including a reduction in the symptoms of hypertension, joint pain and certain skin ailments, as well as a reduced risk of heart attack and stroke. “Omega 3 fatty acids benefit the heart of healthy people, and those at high risk of — or [...]
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The “Dirty Dozen”
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Chances are you take a supplement or at least know someone that does. More than half of all adults in the US take one or more supplements, and according to the Nutrition Business Journal, we spent a whopping $26.7 billion dollars on supplements just last year. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of [...]
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When To Buy Organic
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
A more than 26 billion dollar industry, organic food is big business. In an effort to avoid ingesting high levels of pesticides over the course of a lifetime, many of us are buying into the idea that organic is healthier, and for the most part, it would appear that it is. New research links pesticides [...]
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Nutrient Overload
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Can vitamin supplements really undo a poor diet? Many of us like to think so. Even the most intelligent, health conscious people believe that their one-a-day “miracle” vitamin will make up for a lack of fruits and vegetables. But is it problematic to exceed the recommended upper intake level (UL) for any one nutrient? In [...]
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To Soy or Not To Soy!
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Core Health Expert.
Soy products are big business in the health food industry. Promoted for its appeal as a natural, low fat, no cholesterol food, it’s easy to see why so many of us would buy into the claim that soy is a health food. Besides, if much of Asia enjoys dietary forms of soy on a daily [...]
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