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Category: Nutrition
Prasouda Diet
From Prasouda, Greece comes the healthful Mediterranean Prasouda diet filled with high-fiber fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, fish and healthy oils. More than a way of eating, Prasouda can be characterized as a way of life that embraces fresh … Continue reading
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Fruit and Vegetable Supplements
The healthful, disease fighting properties of fruits and vegetables are well documented. Rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, fruits and vegetables form the basis of diets such as the Mediterranean diet and the Paleo diet, styles of eating that have … Continue reading
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What is Spirulina
Spirulina is vitamin-rich blue – green algae that is used as a nutritional supplement. Spirulina, Latin for little spiral, grows in warm, alkaline waters and is believed to have been one of the earliest forms of life on Earth, growing … Continue reading
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History of Nutrition
Nutrition is essential to every life form. Specifically, nutrition is defined as “the sum of all processes by which an animal or plant takes in and utilizes food substances”. The intake and use of food has been studied since the … Continue reading
Registered Dietician, A Healthcare Career
The National Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the demand for registered dietitians will increase by 20 percent over the next decade. In particular, the demand for dietitians specializing in geriatric nutrition is expected to rise as the population ages, … Continue reading
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Ultimate Superfoods
Superfoods are nutrient- packed fruits, vegetables, nuts and fish that deliver a powerful dose of disease- fighting substances, cleansing the body of toxins and neutralizing cell-damaging free radicals. A diet rich in plant-based chemicals, phytochemicals, can slow the aging process, … Continue reading
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Healthy Easter Basket Ideas
During the Easter season it’s practically impossible to find gifts that aren’t full of sugar and fat. From malted milk eggs to chocolate bunnies, it seems as if it has become the holiday of candy. However with a little creativity, … Continue reading
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Strange Foods
When you were a kid you always found vegetables disgusting and hated them, most kids do anyways. As you got older some grew on you and some didn’t, but vegetables should be a part of everyone’s diet. No matter how … Continue reading
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Dietary Methionine Restriction with Pharmacologic Cancer Therapy
Can Dietary Methionine Restriction Increase the Effectiveness of Chemotherapy in Treatment of Advanced Cancer? Daniel E. Epner, MD Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas [depner@bcm.tmc.edu] Most metastatic tumors, such as those originating in the prostate, lung, and gastrointestinal tract, respond … Continue reading
Fatty Acids and Bone Biology
Nutraceutical Fatty Acids as Biochemical and Molecular Modulators of Skeletal Biology Bruce A. Watkins, PhD, FACN, Yong Li, PhD, and Mark F. Seifert, PhD Department of Food Science, Lipid Chemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Department … Continue reading