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“Banking Calories”: Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later???“Banking Calories”: Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later??? by: Tom Venuto Suppose you’re on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You’re expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of “party snacks.” You’re not sure if there will be any healthy food there, but you are sure that you’re going to be in a festive, partying mood! What should you do? Should you cut back on your food... Read more »
Diabetes
Diabetic Complications - Can Benfotiamine Help Prevent Them?Diabetic complications contribute too many life threatening diseases globally. The root cause of diabetic complications is elevated glucose levels which contribute to blood vessel damage. Diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, or neuropathy are caused by damage to small blood vessel in the eyes, nerves and kidneys, etc. The bottom line of this damage is the lowering of the life expectancy of millions of diabetics worldwide. What Can Be Done About It? Few...
Health
“Banking Calories”: Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later???“Banking Calories”: Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later??? by: Tom Venuto Suppose you’re on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You’re expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of “party snacks.” You’re not sure if there will be any healthy food there, but you are sure that you’re going to be in a festive, partying mood! What should you do?...
Nutrition
Dietary Sources of Vitamins and MineralsWhenever possible, we should try to get our antioxidants and other essential vitamins and minerals through our diet. A proper diet is necessary to offset the signs of aging and the foods listed here tend to be healthier than a burger and fries. However, it is not always possible to eat enough of the foods in the proper form, e.g. raw, and we never know if the food in question has enough of the essentials we need (maybe due to soil depletion) so taking...
Pregnancy
So You Think You?re Pregnant? A Brief Discussion Of Common Pregnancy SymptomsA baby begins life even before he is born ? from conception until the uterus finally pushes him out of his mother’s body. This is the phenomenon we call pregnancy. It starts when the male sperm unites with the female egg and develops into an embryo. While several women say they can already detect pregnancy from the moment of conception, some see the pregnancy symptoms much later. As the woman’s body prepares itself for child-bearing, she...
