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Tea can do a lot more than taste good. Green, black, and oolong teas contain antioxidants called polyphenols which research has shown to help in preventing several forms of cancer, possible reduction in heart attack and stroke, and aides in overall health and well-being. Herbal teas do not usually carry the same polyphenols, but do contain other beneficial nutrients and antioxidants that can help in a variety of ways. Seems for every ailment there’s an herb, and it all boils down to a good cup of tea.

Here is a few other ways to use specific herbal teas to our benefit. Enjoy!

• Ginger tea- promotes enzymes that promotes digestion and helps with nausea and upset stomachs
• Thyme- is a natural antihistamine and helps fight infections. Breathe over a warm cup to help clear your sinuses or use in hot bath.
• Rosehips- is rich in vitamin K, bioflavanoids, and citrics. Age defiance at it’s best!
• Shiny horsetail grass- richest in silica, an element in tissue repair. Sipping on this tea is great for your hair, nails, and skin.
• Rosemary tea- a great hair rinse that promotes hair growth a gentle removing of hair build up
• Oatstraw tea- great for weight loss due to it’s high fiber content and richness in vitamins A,D, B1, and B2
• Chicory and dandelion tea- natural appetite suppressants
• Chamomile - helps you sleep and relax
• Apple peels- brew some in with your regular tea. much of the apples nutrition value lies in the peel
• Red clover- in large amounts emulates female hormone which may help ease menopause symptoms
• Lemongrass- mild diuretic
• Sassafras - helps prevent bronchitis
• Birch tea- helps with rheumatism and headaches

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Will common sense ever prevail? We’ve all seen stories on the news about a new miracle food. “Eat more carrots and your eyesight will improve,” or “Eating raspberries reduces heart disease, cancer, etc…” and what about the reports on wine and alcohol consumption? Is a glass of wine good for your health or bad? It is easy for physicians and the news media to describe foods as good or bad, but most nutritionists realize there are no such things - only good diets and bad diets. Regardless of whether the news reports are based on fact or fiction, what’s important to realize is that no single food will bring you good health or destroy your health.

Unfortunately people persist in classifying foods as healthy or unhealthy. Relying on various media and advertising adds to the confusion as terminology used implies that a food is either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on which term is used to describe the food. For example, ’starch is bad because it makes you fat’, but ‘complex carbohydrates are good because they contain fiber and take longer to digest’. Look up starch in a nutrition textbook and you’ll find out that it is defined as a complex carbohydrate. Here’s another one, ‘calories are bad because they make you fat’; ‘energy is good because it gives you stamina to finish your activities’. The reality is that a calorie is a unit used to measure energy; the same way inches or miles measure distance.

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Classifying a food or nutrient as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and reducing concepts in nutrition to the most simple terms is usually not going to give you a correct answer. These oversimplifications are not only incorrect, but in the long run detract from achieving balanced nutrition.

Although nutrition and diet shouldn’t be oversimplified, it also doesn’t need to be rocket science either. A good diet is about sensible choices and choosing foods that are nutrient dense. The more nutrients you can include in your diet the more balanced your nutrition will be. You can achieve balanced nutrition most easily by including a wide variety of foods in your diet and choosing appropriate, high-quality nutritional supplements.

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When it comes to preventing osteoporosis, in addition to a healthy diet and supplementing with calcium, vitamins and other minerals - you also need to limit the risk factors by ensuring that you don’t lose excess calcium.

Preventing Osteoporosis - High Risk Factors:

• Carbonated soft drinks - these contain a large amount of phosphorous and research has shown a link between too much phosphorous and calcium loss. Teenagers in particular are at extreme risk. Carbonation also neutralizes stomach acid making it harder for you to absorb calcium.
• Excessive phosphorous in your diet will create poor bone structure. Phosphorous can be found in processed food, soft drinks and processed meat.
• Excess intake of caffeine, alcohol and sugar will cause calcium to be lost from the body.
• Cigarette smoking is also a significant risk factor for preventing osteoporosis - the bone mineral contents of smokers significantly lower than in men and women who don’t smoke. Also twice as many women with osteoporosis smoke compared to those women who don’t have osteoporosis.
• Antacids and pharmaceuticals such as anti-seizure drugs and diuretics can result in decreased absorption of calcium. Diuretics are commonly used to treat high blood pressure, swelling of the lower legs and congestive heart disease. Discuss this osteoporosis prevention measure with your health care professional.
• Fluoride - evidence suggests that drinking water with fluoride will increase your risk of hip fractures. We have high amounts of fluoride in our drinking water and toothpaste and when eating a normal diet the average person can exceed the recommended dose. If you’re at risk of osteoporosis or want to prevent it, we’d recommend you spend some money on a water filter that removes fluoride.
• Lack of exercise is definitely a significant factor in the cause of osteoporosis. Exercise keeps your bones strong and healthy and weight-bearing exercise can actually increase your bone density and assist in preventing osteoporosis. Weight-bearing exercises mean exercise where your body impacts eg walking and jogging as opposed to swimming.

Osteoporosis Prevention is Much Easier Than Cure

A very easy way you can prevent osteoporosis is to start improving your nutrient intake - particularly as we get older and for women post-menopause.

One way to do this is to make healthy food and lifestyle choices - and another very easy way to prevent osteoporosis is to supplement with nutrients that actually produce a result.
Osteoporosis prevention is all about making sure that your bones are gaining more calcium and other minerals than they are losing.

To achieve this, we recommend you start a supplement program consisting of all 90 essential nutrients for preventing osteoporosis as well as a good calcium/magnesium supplement with additional minerals (including manganese and boron) and vitamins (especially Vitamin D).

Planning like this will make preventing osteoporosis and improved health apart of life and help you to stay active.

Summary

1. Diet - Reducing and eliminating coffee, alcohol, sugar, processed foods and carbonated drinks are involved in preventing osteoporosis.
2. Don’t smoke!
3. Avoid antacids and prescription drugs that cause calcium loss.
4. Drink pure, filtered water as much as you can.
5. Weight-bearing exercises are important.
6. No carbonated drinks - it’s so important it’s worth saying again.

Paul Newland is a health writer, sports training consultant and martial arts instructor and runs the Global-Longevity.com website.
He is the author of numerous health information books and guides, including the Wellness Report, The Ultimate Arthritis Report, The Ultimate Nutrient Guide and The Healthy Exercise Guide - available Free through Global-Longevity.com.

Can You Lose Weight Through Eating?

You get fat when you consume more calories than you burn during exercise and rest. So, it doesn’t seem reasonable to assume that eating and thus taking in calories will help you lose weight. However, recent studies show that foods such as olive oil, nuts, green tea and dairy products can help control weight. These foods contain a lot of medium chain triglycerides (MCTs)

There is much support for the notion that MCTs in these foods stop hunger. After a relatively low portion, because you feel saturated, you lessen your craving for food.

Yes, I know it sounds strange. Nuts have been on the weight loss blacklist for years, but peanuts suppress the hunger feeling and are also an excellent source of protein. So, yes, in a way, eating can help you lose weight, but of course, it’s not a replacement for a healthy diet.

In fact, these foods can only help you get your energy balance back to normal. By energy balance, I mean the balance between taking in calories and burning them. It should come as no surprise that when you intake more calories than you can burn you become fat.

Eating too much and exercising too little are the main reasons for upsetting the energy balance. Food that is rich in MCTs helps you to stop eating too much. Still, exercising is something that you have to do yourself.
In my opinion, you can enjoy great food without growing fat. Eating well means being conscious about what you eat. Enjoy food consciously instead of unconsciously devouring, for instance, a bag of potato chips on the couch while watching TV.

On our website, we feature a lot of low-carb and low-fat recipes that might help. We also have a section about seafood. Fish and shellfish are high in protein and low in fat!

For example, shrimp really is a giant of a food. Shrimp has a high Omega 3 fatty acids content, is very rich in protein, vitamins D, B12 and B6. Omega 3 fatty acids combat coronary disease and are even linked to positive mood change.

So, have a shrimp cocktail to fight the “winter blues”!. Studies also suggest that a protein rich diet increases your metabolic rate. So, you burn off calories faster.

Time for a closer look at seafood and shrimp recipes?

Hans is author of
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Fat Section at http://www.steaks-guide.com

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