Is Grass Fed Beef For You?
If you still enjoy a great steak dinner you are not alone. Humans have been eating and enjoying different kinds of meat since before we can remember and our bodies are well equipped to absorb and digest the nutrients from meat.
Tribes that are hunger-gatherers experienced excellent health and most of their calories came from eating meat.
Meat is a source of high quality protein as well as nutrients like Creatine and Carnosine…all three important for our brains and our muscles.
All red meat is incredibly nutritious even if grain-fed.
However, grass fed beef raises the bar even higher on nutrition because the diet that cows are fed has a significant impact on the composition of the beef that it produces. In other words, the nutrients in the beef we enjoy are directly related to what the cow is eating. Continue reading
5 Reasons Physical Activity Prevents and Fights Disease
There isn’t a day that goes by that we are not made aware of how much our bodies need and require exercise to stay healthy and help prevent disease. Unfortunately not everyone is listening.
Without a doubt, our bodies are designed to be highly active and vigorous…not dormant. Believe it or not, the cancer risk reduction is staggering when exercise is used correctly-an estimated whopping 50 percent cancer risk reduction with little outlay in time, effort and money. It is so worth it.
Researchers are continually working to understand the reasons how physical activity not only prevents but actually fights cancer as well. Continue reading
Foods that help Prevent Cancer
The development of cancer and the role that diet plays are continually being studied.
Are there really “super” foods that can help you to avoid chronic diseases such as cancer or is it all a bunch of steam?
Truth is, there are foods that show cancer-fighting properties though no one is yet able to identify any one food over another that will stop cancer dead in its tracks.
Studies show that a diet consisting of colorful fruits and vegetables (yellow, green, orange, red, white, purple and blue should all be included) is key to avoiding debilitating diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Continue reading
Most Cancer is Preventable through Lifestyle Changes
Hormones are chemical messengers that are produced in specific parts of our bodies. One of the major functions of hormones is to help control when or how often our cells multiply and any changes can interrupt or interfere with this delicate process that in turn can lead to diseases such as cancer.
Our cells take direction from our hormones which communicate to the cells what action to take. When these hormones reach unnaturally high levels, they increase the risk of some cancers by encouraging the cells to multiply more than they normally would.
It’s no secret anymore that hormones are linked to the development of cancers that include prostate, testicular, breast and womb. Continue reading
Strong Muscles Means Strong Immunity
Most people are aware that their immune system is responsible for detecting and fighting off infections.
But, did you know that it also detects and destroys cancer cells?
Amazing but true…part of the immune system’s function is to locate and destroy tumor cells before they get out of control.
Strength training can increase both the number and the amount of activity of several different types of immune cells-especially the ones whose primary jobs are to detect and destroy cancerous and virus-infected cells. Continue reading
Resolutions for the Prevention of Cancer
Avoiding contracting one of the deadly diseases such as cancer is an issue that needs to be addressed before the onset of the disease not after.
Even though there are multiple reasons that can attribute to declining health, it has been proven that lifestyle…which is something we are actually in control of…is one of the prime players.
Here’s a shortlist of resolutions that you can make in your own life and choices that will help you to steer clear of cancer and other insidious diseases that not only rob people and shorten their lives, they strip people of any quality of life they do have. Continue reading
Your Wealth in Health
Health is not a static state or a sporadic burst here and there but an on-going journey of discovering about ourselves. The goal is to achieve a high level of personal vitality and energy and to keep improving our health while at the same time learning how to deal with the inevitable consequences of aging.
However, if you don’t change anything about your diet and lifestyle as you age, you get worse. Just think about it, for the most part, people in their forties and fifties feel worse than people in their twenties or thirties. That doesn’t say much for when we reach our sixties, seventies and beyond. Continue reading
You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!
Dessert and snack lovers everywhere need to know that you can “have your cake and eat it too” with easy-to-make, simple, guilt free raw food healthy treats and delicious desserts that you and your family will savor and return to again and again whenever the occasion calls for a satisfying sweet treat.
Have you ever made a cake without have to bake it or whipped up desserts like chocolate mousse, cookies and ice cream without using sugar, flour, dairy, soy or eggs as ingredients? Does that seem to be out of the realm of possibility?
It is not only possible but in regards to your health it is the preferred way to prepare snacks and desserts. But before you can… Continue reading
Your Heart Needs A Regular Beating To Stay Healthy
They carried him out on a stretcher. The doctor said it was a heart attack; nothing anyone could do. Aged 61 recently retired…. it is an unfortunate script that is played out every day in family homes around the world. At least he didn’t suffer the doctor said, since it happened while he slept.
Despite dramatic medical advances over the past 50 years, heart disease remains the leading cause of death amongst humans accounting for 42 percent of all deaths worldwide.
In the US alone one person dies every 33 seconds from heart disease which is over 2,600 people every single day! Continue reading
Time to Examine Your Health Bank Account
Even though we pay little conscious attention, its true that every action, every morsel, every breath you take is either a deposit into your health or a withdrawal from your health bank account.
All these can take serious chunks out of your Health account:
- Feeling rushed and stress
- Missing meals regularly
- Eating whatever whenever
- Sedentary lifestyle/do not get enough physical activity
- Lack of sleep Continue reading