Recently the importance of the often forgotten vitamin D have come into the spotlight. Study after study reveals that low levels of vitamin D enable disease progression in the body while adequate levels of this sunshine vitamin not only decrease your risk of disease but also helps to fight off diseases already in place.
(There are five known types of vitamin D. D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5. For our purposes here we are speaking of vitamins D2 and D3.)
5 Reasons You May be...
The Ketogenic Diet: Benefits and Successes
The Ketogenic diet was originally designed for patients with epilepsy by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. It was found that fasting helped improve the amount of seizures patients had. Unfortunately, long-term fasting is not a feasible for more than a few days, therefore a diet was developed that would trick the body into thinking it was fasting.
Elimination of Glucose
Our bodies normally run on glucose or...
You may have heard about the latest uproar: the dairy industry wants the FDA to change its definition of milk. Why? They claim that it will benefit children's health, that kids will drink more milk if they don't realize it's sweetened with aspartame. They're referring to chocolate milk and other flavored milks for the most part, but low-fat milks also contain added sweeteners.
Some school systems have banned sugary beverages in order to combat childhood obesity,...
New research is revealing that the secret to weight loss may be more complex than “eat less, move more”. The key may be an enzyme called AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) that is found in Blueberries, Grapefruit, Green Tea and Cayenne Peppers. AMPK’s helps your body utilize sugar which results in boosting your metabolism resulting in weight loss.
AMPK is generally activated during exercise to help muscles use stored sugar and fat for energy. But, AMPK can...
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Recently the importance of the often forgotten vitamin D have come into the spotlight. Study after study reveals that low levels of vitamin D enable disease progression in the body while adequate levels of this sunshine vitamin not only decrease your risk of disease but also helps to fight off diseases already in place. (There are five known types of vitamin D. D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5. For our purposes here we are speaking of vitamins D2 and D3.) 5 Reasons You May be...
The Ketogenic Diet: Benefits and Successes The Ketogenic diet was originally designed for patients with epilepsy by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Center. It was found that fasting helped improve the amount of seizures patients had. Unfortunately, long-term fasting is not a feasible for more than a few days, therefore a diet was developed that would trick the body into thinking it was fasting. Elimination of Glucose Our bodies normally run on glucose or...
You may have heard about the latest uproar: the dairy industry wants the FDA to change its definition of milk. Why? They claim that it will benefit children's health, that kids will drink more milk if they don't realize it's sweetened with aspartame. They're referring to chocolate milk and other flavored milks for the most part, but low-fat milks also contain added sweeteners. Some school systems have banned sugary beverages in order to combat childhood obesity,...
New research is revealing that the secret to weight loss may be more complex than “eat less, move more”. The key may be an enzyme called AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) that is found in Blueberries, Grapefruit, Green Tea and Cayenne Peppers. AMPK’s helps your body utilize sugar which results in boosting your metabolism resulting in weight loss. AMPK is generally activated during exercise to help muscles use stored sugar and fat for energy. But, AMPK can...
