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Archive for Whole Health Foods
Nov
29
Whole Health Foods and You – What you need to know!
Posted by: | CommentsLooking to improve your quality of life? Switching to whole health foods will cause your body to do back flips, eliminate that tired sluggish feeling and improve your quality of life.
There are plenty of benefits to eating whole foods and the sooner you start the better you’ll feel. Eating whole foods leaves plenty of immediate health benefits as well as the obvious ideological ones.
One of the most important reasons to eat whole health foods is simply to see the difference that this diet will impart.
In today’s world, if you’re anything like me, you run around from morning until night, and the food that is readily available to you is no where near as good for you as you would like.
The overly processed food that saturates our supermarkets results in us eating more and still not getting the same nutritional benefits or satisfaction that we would get from a smaller amount of whole health food.
Do you remember food tasting better when you were younger? Over the last few decades, food processing has increased a great deal, leaving us with food that is poorer in tastes and nutritional benefit.
Do you know that it would take 38 cans of todays spinach to equal the nutritional value of just one 1954 can of spinach. That is a big difference!
Your whole family will reap the benefits of your shopping for whole health foods. If you have young children, an increase in whole foods will improve their memory and their attention span, something that is essential during their early developmental year.
With older family members, a diet of whole health foods provides a boost in energy. With more energy to spare, I’ve found that people have a good deal more patience for each other, something that any family can use!
Buying whole health foods is also a great way to introduce environmental responsibility to your family.
Did you know that the normal processing that goes into regular foodstuffs contributes heavily to air pollutants? With this in mind, even a small thing like switching your household over to whole foods can make an important difference.
Eating whole foods is a way to be eco friendly while integrating this theme into your family’s regular life.
When we talk about leaving a legacy to our descendants, we’re usually talking about property or money or trust funds, but what about things like their planet and their bodies?
Through eating whole foods, your family is making an investment in the future and ensuring that the planet your grandchildren receive is as clean and as unspoiled as possible.
Likewise, kids who grow up on a healthy diet pass this on to their children, so you are helping untold generations to lead healthy, fulfilled lifestyles! Insure that you leave an inheritance of environmental concern to you family beside the heirlooms.
Take a look at your diet and then take a look at the world around you. If you’re looking for a way to make a difference in both your own health and that of a planet take a look at whole health foods!
Nov
29
What drugstores or health foods store can I get Acai berry vitamins at?
Posted by: | CommentsI know that it has to be processed correctly or else it will loose the nutritional value but can I find it at The Whole Foods Market? or Trader Joe’s? or Harry’s Farmers market?
Nov
29
Q&A: What are the health benefits of whole grains and whole grain foods?
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29
A Diet Primer for Health Food and Vitamins
Posted by: | CommentsQuite often, we want to eat healthier but don’t know exactly how to start. Sometimes food you think might be good may in fact not be right for you, and vice-versa. This article looks at some simple diet changes you can start to make right away that will improve your overall health.
Whole Wheat Products
One of the simplest changes you can make is to start eating more whole grain foods instead of those made with white processed flour. Why is this? The whole grain variety has retained more of the nutrients and it breaks down much more slowly in your body. This avoids sudden spikes in your blood sugar level, which can lead to diabetes in the long run.
Heart Healthy Foods
Heart disease is one of the biggest health problems we face. Frequently caused by blood clots in you arteries, this can be alleviated by eating some of the right foods. Try eating things like oatmeal, blueberries, and soy products like tofu. Even a daily glass of red wine or some dark chocolate has been found to be good for your heart.
Drink More Water
We’ve often been told we should drink 8 glasses of water each day, but how many of us actually do? Drinking water is a great way to help you lose weight. Water helps the body metabolize stored fat. Water is also great for your skin – it helps to keep it clear and healthy-looking. Start drinking more water today!
Eat More Vegetables
Common vegetables like carrots, broccoli and spinach contain carotenoids, which are thought to protect against cancer. Vegetables generally provide excellent health food and vitamins essential to your well-being. A simple way to increase your intake is to serve more than one vegetable with your meals.
Fruits Are Fine!
Like vegetables, fruit is an excellent source of vitamins and other nutrients. Eating fruit can help you lose weight and also prevent illness. Apples, bananas and melons are particularly good for you. Try introducing some of these fruits at meal times. Bananas go well with your cereal in the morning, and fruit in general can make a great dessert at the end of your meals.
Fish Is Good For You
Cold water fish like salmon, mackerel and sardines contain omega-3 fats. These fats are essential but they cannot be produced by the body, and must be obtained from foods. Fish is also a good source of protein low in calories and saturated fat. Try a tuna sandwich next time you have lunch!
Spare the Meat
Red meat like beef is very popular in many of our diets, and it is high in protein and essential amino acids. However it can contain a lot of saturated fat. This doesn’t mean we have to give up this summertime BBQ favorite. Simply look for the lean cuts and stay away from the fatty ones like rib-eye.
There is much more we could say on the topic of health food and vitamins. But just by following these simple suggestions you will be well on you way to a healthier diet. The many benefits you will see from increasing your intake of health food and vitamins include weight control, more energy and a reduced risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Deborah Prosser is a partner in Ipcor Publishing and Personal Logs.com ( http://www.personallogs.com ). She is publisher of the website Get In Shape ( http://www.getinshape.ipcor.com ). You can download a free copy of the e-book ‘101 Everyday Tips To Lose 10 Lbs’ from her webpage http://www.getinshape.ipcor.com/easy-ways-to-lose-weight-sqp.htm
Nov
28
Nutrition: The Super Foods that keep you Healthy
Posted by: | CommentsGet ready to experience a volume of information of the healthiest foods in the world. Here is a list of the top ten super foods that most health experts agree on. You should tell everyone you know about these foods and enjoy them at your next meal. From fruits and vegetables, to whole grains, nuts, beans and legumes, this power-packed nutritional inventory will take you into the best years of your life and beyond.
Fruits
Cantaloupe
Only a quarter of cantaloupe provides almost all the vitamin A needed in one day. Since the beta-carotene in a cantaloupe converts to vitamin A, you get both nutrients at once. These vision-strengthening nutrients may help reduce the risk of developing cataracts. Like an orange, cantaloupe is also an excellent source of vitamin C, which helps our immune system. It is also is a good source of vitamin B6, dietary fiber, folate, niacin, and potassium, which helps maintain good blood sugar levels and metabolism. This pale orange power fruit may help reduce our risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
Blueberries
These mildly sweet (and sometimes tangy) berries offer a high capacity to destroy free radicals that can cause cancer. Low in calories, they offer antioxidant phytonutrients called anthocyanidins, which enhance the effects of vitamin C. These antioxidants may help prevent cataracts, glaucoma, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, peptic ulcers, heart disease and cancer.
Vegetables
3: Tomatoes
Tomatoes help us fight against heart disease and cancers such as colorectal, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and cancer of the pancreas. Tomatoes are also good sources of vitamin C, A, and K. In a 2004 study, it was found that tomato juice alone can help reduce blood clotting.
Fresh, organic tomatoes deliver three times as much of the cancer-fighting carotenoid lycopene. Even organic ketchup is better for you than regular ketchup! Look for tomato pastes and sauces that contain the whole tomato (including peels) because you will absorb 75% more lycopene and almost two times the amount of beta-carotene.
4: Sweet Potatoes
As an excellent source of vitamin A, C, and manganese, sweet potatoes are also a good source of copper, dietary fiber, vitamin B6, potassium and iron. Those who are smokers or prone to second-hand smoke may benefit greatly from this root vegetable that helps protect us against emphysema.
For a unique dessert, cube a cooked sweet potato and slice a banana. Then lightly pour maple syrup over the top and add a dash or two of cinnamon. Add chopped walnuts for an even healthier kick.
5: Spinach and Kale
A cancer-fighter and cardio-helper, spinach and kale top the list as far as green leafy vegetables are concerned. Much like broccoli, they provide an excellent source of vitamin A and C. Kale is a surprisingly good source of calcium at 25% per cup, boiled. Vitamin K is abundantly found in spinach as well, with almost 200% of the Daily Value available, to help reduce bone loss.
Whole Grains
6: Whole Grain Bread, Pasta and Brown Rice
Whether it’s bread or pasta, the first thing to check for when purchasing whole grain bread and pasta is to make sure it is 100% whole grain. Remember to check the list of ingredients on the package. For example, look for the exact phrase “whole wheat flour” as one of the first ingredients listed in whole wheat bread. If it’s not listed as such, then it’s not whole grain. Wheat bran is a cancer-fighting grain that also helps us regulate our bowel movements.
Brown rice is also a better choice than refined grain (white rice) for the same reason as choosing whole wheat bread. Whole wheat flour or brown rice that turns into white flour or white rice actually destroys between 50-90% of vitamin B3, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, manganese, phosphorus, iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids we need. Even when processed white flour or white rice is “enriched,” it is not in the same form as the original unprocessed kind. In fact, 11 nutrients are actually lost and are not replaced during the “enrichment” process!
Nuts
7: Walnuts
These nuts are packed with omega-3 fats, which is one of the “good” fats. A quarter cup of walnuts would take care of about 90% of the omega-3s needed in one day. Walnuts provide many health benefits including cardiovascular protection, better cognitive function, anti-inflammatory advantages relating to asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis. They can even help against cancer and also support the immune system.
Beans and Legumes
8: Black Beans and Lentils
While black beans are a good source of fiber that can lower cholesterol, so are lentils. The high fiber content in both black beans and lentils helps to maintain blood sugar levels. Also a fat-free, high quality protein with additional minerals and B-vitamins, black beans and lentils fill you up and don’t expand your waistline.
A complete, one-stop source of using a variety of beans and lentils comes easy when you can find a bag of 15-bean mix (includes black beans, lentils, navy, pinto, red, kidney, etc.) at the grocery store. Consider making a delicious soup with the addition of tomatoes, onions, garlic and your favorite spices with this bean mixture.
Dairy
9: Skim Milk and Yogurt
Skim milk (or low-fat) helps to promote strong bones, offering an excellent source of calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K. These nutrients help protect colon cells from cancer-causing chemicals, bone loss, migraine headaches, premenstrual symptoms, and childhood obesity. Recent studies also show that overweight adults lose weight, especially around the midsection, when consuming low-fat dairy such as skim milk and yogurt.
Yogurt also includes the essential nutrients such as phosphorous and vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin B5, zinc, potassium, and protein. Yogurt’s live bacterial cultures also provide a wealth of health benefits that may help us live longer and strengthen our immune system.
Seafood
10: Salmon
Salmon is high in protein, low in saturated fat and high in omega-3 fats (the essential fatty acids that are also found in those walnuts mentioned earlier). Salmon is a heart-healthy food and is recommended to eat at least twice a week. When choosing salmon, it’s best to stay away from farm raised and select wild instead. Research studies show that farmed salmon may cause cancer because it may carry high levels of carcinogenic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Other
Green Tea and “Power” Water
Although not food per say, the health benefits of these beverages are worthy of mentioning.
Green tea has beneficial phytonutrients and lower levels of caffeine than all other teas. The more research studying green tea, the more health benefits are found. A cancer fighter as well, green tea has antioxidant effects that lower risks of bacterial or viral infections to cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, periodontal disease, and osteoporosis.
Water packed with vitamins and/or naturally sweetened fruit are also the newest trend. Some offer a full day’s supply of vitamin C while others promise no artificial sweeteners with a full, fruity taste.
As you can see, the top ten super foods are worth every bite (or sip). Now that you know which foods can help save your life, what’s more important than investing in your health?
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Nov
27
Are Whole Foods Your Medicine?
Posted by: | Comments2,000 years ago Hippocrates said “Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food”. Science has always known the role whole food plays in our health, even 2,000 years ago!
Unfortunately, this simplistic, smart way of thinking has mostly been discarded in American culture.
Hippocrates’ idea fell by the wayside during the first 50 years of the 20th century, as the discovery that many deficiency diseases began to occurred due to food processing.
This lead to “enrichment” of processed foods to help people regain health lost when they abandoned real whole foods.
Did you know it’s possible to eat all day long and still starve yourself?
If what you eat are foods with little to no nutrition, such as over-cooked foods, processed and many purchased foods, you won’t get the nutrients your body needs to function properly, let alone heal itself of any disease.
All the body has to work with are the foods we put into it, and it needs the best foods we can give it, to combat the stress and environmental toxins we can’t avoid in today’s world.
Whole foods act as “medicine”, in that they protect and heal the body. In other words, if we fortify the body with healthy nutrients from live fresh foods, we likely won’t have a need for medicine.
Individual foods each have their own unique set of nutrients which meet the varying requirements of the body. This is why it’s so important to eat a wide variety of foods; to ensure that your body gets all of the diverse nutrients that it needs.
Consider fresh vegetables, which are among the most powerful of foods.
Vegetables contain natural antioxidants including vitamins A, C, E, carotenes, zinc, selenium, bioflavonoids, tocopherols, lutein and quercetin and many beneficial phytochemicals. These help to fight age-related and chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease, boost the immune system, fight osteoporosis, lower your risk of diabetes, and slow brain aging.
In addition, they help alkalinize the body, as most of us are too acidic.
Eating healthy vegetables each day, gives us more complete nutrition than any multi-vitamin supplement. The combination of substances in a whole food is more effective than any specific dietary nutrient that has been isolated and artificially combined with other nutrients.
However, supplement companies ( many of which are drug manufactures ) have provided cheap chemical imitations which do not work.
You are the one who controls what goes into your body. So choose foods that have the greatest nutritional value and try to eat them in a way that maximizes the nutrient value to your body. In most cases, this means LIVE (raw).
At least one-third of all the food you eat should be raw, because cooking and processing destroys essential micronutrients.
Did you know the new standard is 10 -13 servings of fresh fruits and veggies per day for adults, for optimal good health?
By using Nuriche LiVE, getting your 10 servings of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables each day is extremely easy to do.
Never forget … “Health truly is Wealth.”
Without our health, financial wealth doesn’t matter. Our health must be our #1 priority if we are going to live happy lives.
So why not make fresh, live whole foods your new medicine?
Nov
23
Enzymes and Weight Loss with Live Whole Foods
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the bottom line for weight loss …
With a healthy digestive system, it’s virtually impossible to gain weight on whole, raw, live foods!
Imagine that! You can eat anything you want, as much as you want (as long as it is raw, whole, live food) and not gain an ounce in most cases. Exceptions include people with digestive or glandular disorders – though they will probably do better on raw, live foods.
(When you first start eating more raw foods, you may need awhile to cleanse, detoxify and rebuild your digestive system before noticing substantial weight loss.)
A weight problem is not an isolated issue, but is part of your “whole being.” An imbalance in one part of the body effects your entire system. Weight is a symptom of what is going on with your elimination system, glandular system, emotions, sleep patterns, stress levels, liver, colon, skin, lungs, blood, spirit and chi or energy levels.
The enzymes found naturally in whole, live, raw foods help with obesity at the “whole being” level. You see, enzymes do much more in your body than hel;p digest food. Enzymes are responsible for every single chemical reaction in every single cell of your body. All your minerals, herbs, vitamins and hormones cannot do their jobs without enzymes.
You can’t lift an arm or reckon one thought without the help of enzymes. In fact, you could say enzymes are, biologically speaking, the source of life. A diet without a source of live enzymes is removed from the source of life.
Things removed from their source of life slowly start to die.
For us, that leads to dis-ease, excessive weight gain, depression – many of the maladies that plague us today.
One of the magic bullets for simple weight loss is simply the action of enzymes.
For example, lipase, a stout splitting enzyme, is found abundantly in raw, live foods. But, few of us eat enough raw foods to get enough lipase to burn even a normal amount of stout, not to mention any excess. Lipase helps your body in digestion, stout distribution and stout burning for energy.
Lipase breaks down and dissolves stout throughout the body. Without lipase, stout stagnates and accumulates. You can see it on your hips, thighs, buttocks and the stomach.
Protease is another enzyme for maintaining a healthy body. Protease helps break down proteins and eliminate toxins. Eliminating toxins is essential when you are burning stout. Your body stores excess toxins in body stout.
As your body starts to burn this stout the toxins are released into your system. This can sometimes cause water retention and bloating. Since Protease attacks and eliminates toxins, it is crucial to have plenty of protease during stout loss.
Also, common sense tells us that if you cannot get enough nutrition from the food you take in, which is what happens when you cook food, your body receives a signal that it needs to store stout to prevent starvation and will hold on to even more stout. It will also send a signal that you are hungry. This results in a vicious cycle of eating more and more and still feeling hungry.
Combine the physical effects with the mental effects of poor digestion and insufficient enzymes with your natural reaction to all of this emotionally and it can lead to eating disorders, depression and anxiety as well.
If you eat close to 100% fresh raw, whole health foods, then you get adequate nutrition and enough enzymes to digest your foods properly. if you eat cooked foods, you’ll be eating dead foods that have NO enzymes. That means your body must scavenge enzymes for digestion from other metabolic processes in your body, wasting energy and resources.
But, living food enzymes will over time restore energy and stamina and rebuild your healthy metabolism of all nutrients, including fats. When you feel better physically, you’ll feel better emotionally, too.
Today’s modern lifestyle KILLS enzymes in more ways than just cooking food. Stress can hurt enzymes. Food additives can kill them. Frequent air travel, work outs, coffee breaks, air pollution, food irradiation and poor sleep – all kill enzymes. So no wonder we’re enzyme deficient!
So eating raw, live, enzyme-rich foods is more than just a weight loss or digestion issue – it affects your whole life, your whole being. In fact, you’ll even be more pleased – and have more fun!
THE SIMPLEST, FASTEST & MOST NATURAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM AVAILABLE – RAW, WHOLE HEALTH FOOD
In today’s world, raw food competes not only with cooked foods, but with CONVENIENCE foods. How many diet plans have been abandoned by millions because they were not convenient, let alone fun!
Nuriche offers products which give you the best of both worlds – whole health food products that taste fantastic AND are convenient to use. These are mostly organic and live, raw foods in convenient form – shipped right to your door.
Nov
16
LiVE and ReViVE Build Your Immune System
Posted by: | CommentsBoost Your Immune System This Flu Season
Did you know LiVE & ReVIVE build your immune system? They are rich in whole food ingredients, probiotics, and antioxidants.
A study done at the Garvan Institute of Medial Research found that when people eat more fiber, fruits, nuts and grains and avoid processed foods, the body produces an anti-inflammatory molecule which helps fight disease and boosts immunity.
Another study at the University of Alabama found antioxidants prevents respiratory damage during the H1N1 flu or other illnesses.
Each 10 gram of serving of LiVE rich in a variety of natural plant source antioxidants.
Read the articles below to see how beneficial live whole health food ingredients, probiotics, and antioxidants, found in LiVE and ReVIVE, can be for your immune system.
Focus on right food to boost intestinal bacteria and immunity
Antioxidants fight H1N1 respiratory damage in studies
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Oct
28
Nuriche Whole Health Foods LiVE & ReViVE
Posted by: | CommentsNuriche Whole Health Foods LiVE and ReViVE were introduced this year as a result of the new Nuriche branding from a nutritional formulator who’s been manufacturing the whole food elements for 30 different companies over the past 20+ years.
Did you know heat kills enzymes? If you cook vegetables at 117 degrees for over three minutes, the enzymes, phytonutrients, minerals and naturally occurring vitamins will degradate and any live nutrients will die.
ALL commercially available liquid-juices are heat pasteurized over the 117° kill temperature. Even most powdered nutritional supplements have been dried using excessive heat, including freeze drying.
Nuriche LiVE and ReVIVE are created using a process which converts live whole food juices to whole food solids in 30 seconds at an average temperature of 80 degrees, well below the 117° enzyme kill point.
The Nuriche InstaFresh ™ Difference
As a result of two decades of ongoing R&D, the Nuriche exclusive Instafresh™ Process has emerged as the most nutritionally protective way of creating Whole Food Powders. In less then 30 seconds and at temperatures below 100° F, fruits, veggies and sprouts become blendable powders waiting to be brought to life by the water you add.
Fruits and Veggies processed over 117 degrees start to degradate. So you suffer Enzyme Loss. Our Instafresh process prevents this.
The Nuriche 3 Part Niche:
1) The Proprietary Instafresh Process
2) The Proprietary Formulation
3) The Amount of Active Ingredients Delivered Per Serving
WHY I chose NURICHE?
1. Concentrated Nutrition – You get a great start on your daily allotment of fruits and vegetables in a single, small serving. Each serving is the equivalent to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables.
2. Year-round “Freshness” – You enjoy the benefits of direct farm-fresh whole foods every day of the year.
3. Absorbable Goodness – Your body gets more of the live nutrients it really needs.
4. Affordable Convenience – You can easily make live whole health foods part of your daily diet without hurting your monthly budget.
5. Long-lasting Sustenance – You’re able to protect your family with a compact supply of fruits and vegetables that lasts longer than canned goods (and takes up much less space). Great for food storage plans.
Nuriche LiVE is literally the most wholesome whole-health foods product I’ve ever found that’s easy to do every day because it’s super convenient, and a pleasure to drink because it’s delicious.
Try and free 3-day sample of Nuriche’s LiVE and ReViVE, and you too will see what I mean.
