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Foods That Rot in Your Colon
The truth is meat gets completely digested and absorbed before it ever gets to the colon! Meat generally leaves the stomach in 2-3 hours and can be fully digested in 4-6 hours. This is because our stomachs are incredibly well designed to digest meat and utilize the wide range of nutrients it contains.
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The Bitter Truth About Lemon Water
We have probably all been told at some point or another, by someone in our lives, a doctor, nutritionist, maybe even your grandmother, to drink lemon water for the health benefits. We have been told by nutritionists that it can help with digestion, detox the body, and even promote weight loss. But does lemon water…
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Why Big Pharma Keeps You Sick: The Not So Secret Conspiracy
Goldman Sachs said the potential to deliver a one-shot cure is one of the most attractive aspects of gene therapy genetically engineered cell therapy and gene editing. However, such treatments offer a very different outlook in regards to recurring revenue versus chronic therapies. While this proposition carries tremendous values for patient and society it could…
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Fibre: What is it Good for? Absolutely Nothing.
Do we need fiber? Before I answer that question, lets discuss what fibre is. Dietary fibre can mainly be found in wholegrain cereals, fruits, and vegetables. It is made up of the indigestible compounds of plants that pass mostly unchanged through our stomach and intestines. Fibre is mainly a carbohydrate. Although we have heard time and…
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The Best Sources of Zinc for Your Diet
Every body needs zinc, it’s an essential mineral and nutrient that helps your immune system and metabolism function. It is a crucial element in wound healing and also helps your sense of taste and smell! As humans, it is important we incorporate zinc into our diets. We need it for proper immune function, also for…
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The Best Vegetables for the Keto Diet
A lot of people think that the ketogenic diet is just about eating bacon, butter, and ribeye steaks, but it is about much more than that. On a keto diet, the goal is to get more calories from protein and fat and less from carbohydrates. You want to keep your carb intake under 50 grams…
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The Surprising Truth about High Blood Pressure
If your blood pressure is checked while you are sitting with your legs crossed rather than with your feet flat on the ground, it will give you a false reading. Having coffee in the morning or exercising thirty minutes before the test will increase your blood pressure. And the list goes on. If the waiting…
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Addressing 5 Common Causes of Leg and Muscle Cramps
Leg Cramps, we’ve all experienced them. It could be a minor discomfort or pain so bad that it takes your right off your feet. They can happen late at night while you are sleeping, or after you have had a long run or walk, after not doing any activity at all. You can get these…
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10 Tips to Help You Get Rid of Stubborn Belly Fat
Belly bloat, we’ve all dealt with it at some point. Perhaps you get a bulging belly after meals or maybe you suffer from a stubborn “beer belly” that just won’t go away no matter what you try. Are you tired of your bulging tummy and feeling blotted after every meal? Then here are ten tips…
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Breakfast for Diabetics: Good and Bad Options for the ‘Most Important Meal of the Day’
A lot of type 2 and type 1 diabetics get very bad nutrition advice from mainstream media and from either the American or the Canadian diabetes association. A lot of this nutritional advice has led to individuals with diabetes getting worse.
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Is The Carnivore Diet Right For You?
If you are considering this diet yourself, the first thing you should think about is your ‘why’, why do you want to do this diet? Is it because you have chronic inflammation in your joints, your stomach or in your skin? Is your mental health suffering and your medications are not working? Perhaps you have…
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Maintaining Good Kidney Health: Fact vs Fiction
As they play a crucial part in filtering waste products in your body, not having good kidney function, can drastically affect your life in a negative way. Let’s go through some of the things that will destroy your kidneys, then we can discuss five lies your doctor will tell you that will harm your kidneys.
