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Feed Your Body, Feed Your Brain

Take advantage of the fresh summer produce Susan J. Noonan MD Source: og-vision at Bigstock.com Feed your body, feed your brain. It sounds trite, a bit of a cliché, but it’s a very important concept. Our brains depend on the nutrients from a balanced diet in order to function optimally. This function includes managing our

IS MAYO BAD FOR YOU? HOW TO FIND (AND MAKE) HEALTHY MAYONNAISE

Traditionally-speaking, the biggest argument against mayonnaise is that it contains a huge amount of fat and calories. Just 1 tbsp of regular mayo packs roughly 90 calories and 10g of fat (15% of the recommended daily value for fat). With these numbers, it’s easy to take in tons of extra calories when eating mayonnaise.  But, is

The Dangers of Soy

Soy has been heavily promoted by the soybean industry as being “the perfect food.” The truth is, it is more like “the perfect storm” for anyone with diabetes. Soy Damages the Thyroid and Raises Blood Sugar Soy is thyrotoxic. Isoflavones in soy foods block receptors for thyroid hormones and causes people to become hypothyroid. Since

5 Olives A Day Keeps The Doctor Away?

By Marilyn Harding, ContributorWriter and Entrepreneur07/08/2016 07:49am EDT | Updated February 23, 2017This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email. You’ve got to be kidding – right? When it comes to illness, pharmaceuticals may have their

Tricalcium Phosphate is in everything. What are the side effects?

Tricalcium Phosphate (E341) In Food – Dangers (Cancer) Tricalcium phosphate (TCP), also known as bone phosphate of lime (BPL), E341, or tribasic calcium phosphate, is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid. It has the chemical formula Ca3(PO4)2. It is generally recognized as safe by the US Food and Drug Administration. Uses of E341 This substance is used in

Why Bee Extinction Would Mean the End of Humanity

By Ishan Daftardar Bees are disappearing at an alarming rate due to the excessive use of pesticides in crops and certain blood-sucking parasites that only reproduce in bee colonies. It’s true that the extinction of bees would mean the end of humanity. If bees didn’t exist, humans wouldn’t either. For many of us, bees are annoying. We think

Eating leftover rice can make you very sick. Here’s how to properly store it

You might want to think twice before eating fried or leftover rice, health experts say. Lilly Price USA TODAY That’s because some types of dry food, including rice and pasta, contain a bacterium called Bacillus cereus that produces a toxin when heated and left out too long, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  That toxin

Avoid the Hidden Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup

HEALTH & WELLNESS TIPS Why and how to keep this sweetener out of your diet High fructose corn syrup has crept into more of our foods over the last few decades. Compared with regular sugar, it’s cheaper and sweeter, and is more quickly absorbed into your body. But eating too much high fructose corn syrup can lead

Why Vegetable Oils Are Carcinogenic

  Mercola.com by Dr. Joseph Mercola Dietary fats are a crucial component of a healthy diet, but the devil’s in the details, and the type of fats you choose can make a world of difference. Replacing dangerous oils with healthy fats is one simple way to boost your health and reduce your risk of chronic disease.  Sadly,