Tag: nutrition
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10 Easy Steps to Eating Well
There’s no doubt about it – what and how you eat is important. Volumes have been written on the subject and there’s more fad diets than we know what to do with. Here’s a short, practical guide to eating well. Below I’ve described 10 easy steps that will support energy levels, boost your immune system,…
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Cinnamon
Cinnamon comes in four main varities; most common: Ceylon “true” cinnamon and Cassia cinnamon. Ceylon is more expensive, lower coumarin levels, usually sold only in specialty stores. Cassia is cheaper, higher coumarin levels, sold in supermarkets in North America. Coumarin can cause damage to liver; tolerable daily intake (TDI) is 0.1 mg coumarin per kg…
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T-Nation: Bad Fruits, Evil Veggies
Credit: T-Nation Every year, about 1.3 million pounds of pesticides are used on U.S. crops. That equates to about 6 pounds of pesticide on every acre of farmland. Of the 35,000 registered pesticides used in this country, fewer than 21% have been tested for carcinogenicity. Fewer than 10% have been tested for their potential to…
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Feeling is Important: Experience Food
I considered eating chocolate, then was distracted by putting chia seeds into an empty glass multivitamin container. Upon returning to considering the chocolate, I thought that I had already eaten it because I’d just experienced it so vividly. Don’t forget to experience your food, especially while eating it. For beginnings, just pay attention to what…
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How To Eat Food
Thought eating was as simple as putting food in your mouth? Well, maybe it is. Chew on this! These simple rules will help you adopt a bio-consumption-healthy lifestyle. Don’t try to make lifestyle changes in leaps and bounds. Can you say relapse? Start at the top and work your way down. Bon apetite!
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In Defense Of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Notes and Quotes: The entire book is an elaboration on: “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Interesting Quotes: “A few years ago, Rozin presented a group of Americans with the following scenario: ‘Assume you are alone on a desert island for one year and you can have water and one other food. Pick the…