Tag: protein
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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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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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Let’s Talk About Gout: Dispelling Misleading Advice and Offering Real Solutions
Gout! This unfortunate condition has been around for centuries. At one point, it was considered to be a disease of the rich, because back in those days it was only the rich who could afford to purchase sugary, decadent foods and alcohol. It was first thought that if you don’t want gout or gout flare…
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Ozempic: The Truth About The Latest “Diet Drug”
Like anything in our society, people want a quick and easy solution and Ozempic is that solution for weight loss; or at least it appears to be. One of the problems our society faces is that the majority of people have been convinced that there is an easy solution to every problem, we don’t have…
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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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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.