Tag: superfoods
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Eggs: Nature’s Most Underrated Superfood
So how can you decide which type of egg is the best in terms of nutritional value if the colour of the yolk no longer provides clear insight? Well, the nutrition in an egg is determined by how they are raised and what they are fed. Unfortunately, choosing the right type of egg can be…