Tag: health
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Seed Oils: From Toxic Waste to Staple Ingredient
Through clever marketing hacks, seed oils like Crisco became a staple in the North American diet and a product that was seen as a waste product in the 1860s, became a common table food by the early 1900s.
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Nutrition: The Ultimate Facelift
Do these creams and serums really work, and is giving your hard-earned money to these multi million-dollar beauty companies the best way to maintain healthy and youthful skin? The short answer is no. Your skin is an organ, and like any other organ in your body, it’s health and appearance mainly depend on what you…
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What makes a Superfood “Super”: Imposters vs. the MVPs
The term super food has been utilized by food producers for marketing purposes to sell their food as healthy when, in reality, it may not be that “super”, but where did this start?
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The Truth About Creatine: Good or Bad?
Creatine, this supplement has become the most researched supplement in the history of sports supplements and deemed as one of the safest to use. I am always getting asked if creatine works, or if it is good for you; doesn’t it just retain water in your body?
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Diabetes: A Look Into The Growing Health Epidemic, Part 2
This diet along with my medication did not reverse my diabetes, it only ever managed it, and not very well. My A1C would go from 7.5 to 8 at times. Knowing that type 2 diabetes is high blood sugar, this nutrition would keep me a diabetic for ever.
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Diabetes: A Look into the Growing Health Epidemic
From 1990 to 2013, there has been an increase of 70% of diabetes cases in the USA. Every 17 seconds someone is diagnosed with diabetes and every 6 seconds, someone dies from the disease. How much longer must this go on before we reverse this epidemic?
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The Truth About Cholesterol
Cholesterol, if you have done any research into dieting, healthy eating or just generally care about your health, you have most definitely heard a lot about this topic. But what exactly Is cholesterol? What is the purpose of it and why, for years, have we heard from doctors and dieticians for that high cholesterol is…
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Is Red Meat Bad For You? The Facts vs. The Fiction and Everything You Need to Know
For the last 50 years, we been led to believe that red meat is bad for us. We have been told again and again that eating red meat has led to surging rates of heart disease and that the reduction of red meat is more conducive to a healthy diet. But are these beliefs, that…
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Chicken Soup for Your Mind, Body and Soul
With its’ rich aromatic smell and classic flavour profile, chicken soup is an excellent choice for people recovering from illness or lacking appetite. Chicken soup not only contains valuable nutrients and minerals to help your body fight disease, colds, and the flu, but also helps mucus move, clear airways and ease nasal congestion.
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Death By Modern Nutrition: The Dark Side of the 21st Century Diet
Why is it that conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity have seemingly increased out of control in the past century? Is it our sedentary lifestyles? portion sizes? Maybe it is a self-control and self-discipline issue, or perhaps, just maybe, it is something more sinister.
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Honest Health and Fitness Advice in the Age of “Get-Fit-Quick” Schemes
All these fitness trends have one thing in common; they offer an easy and struggle free path to fitness but in the end, leave those who try them without results and questioning if they will ever achieve their fitness goals.
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The Day I Almost Died: My Journey to Better Health
My name is Randy Smith. I’d like to introduce myself, tell you my story and how it inspired me to start this blog. I am a certified personal trainer, with over 30+ years of experience in the field. In 1996 I founded BodySmith sports Performance Training which I still own and work as the head…