Archive for November, 2011

Cognitive Brain Health Through Nutrition

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A growing body of evidence points to the role of nutrition in cognitive health, function, and longevity.   Whole food factors such as polyphenols (flavonols) and omega-3s have been associated with cognitive development and function.   Many studies have demonstrated the benefits omega-3s confer, from the developing fetus to the oldest of our aging population, and everyone in between.    This is what the newest studies have found…..

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How To Improve Your Triglyceride Numbers

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Triglycerides are a type of lipid found in your blood.   They are natural and important to health and energy, but when the amount of triglycerides gets too high they are an important biomarker of elevated risk for heart disease.   The higher they get the greater the risk.

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How To Improve Fasting Blood Glucose

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Having persistently high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) can be the result of several different factors, working alone or together.   A list of these factors include…..

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How To Improve Your Blood Pressure

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According to the US National Institutes of Health, what foods you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
[http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf]

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How To Increase Your HDL

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It is known that when it comes to healthy cholesterol levels just lowering LDL is not enough.   You need to increase HDL too.   Research shows the higher your HDL the lower your LDL.    This is how it is done….

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Why diabetes? Why you?

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Why you and not your brother, sister, mother or dad?   Why your neighbor?   Why do some folks get it and others don’t?   There are a lot of theories, some good and some not so good, but researchers, scientist and public health officials don’t know for sure.   Let me show you what I mean:

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My Lung Cancer Story Summary Update

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I hope the following story helps other people facing cancer and also I hope it helps those who are close to anyone with cancer.    I want to shout this from the rooftops because there are so many people who are so weak and sick during their chemo treatments and have no idea what to do about their nutrition to help fight the disease.

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TAOS, NM, September 29, 2011 (Water Tech) — Suspected high levels of contaminants raise permit renewal issues.   Conversations about the renewal of a required discharge permit has become interesting due to suspected high levels of chlorine and E. coli bacteria and notice of a Clean Water Act violation in the Taos, N.M. waste water treatment facility, according to The Taos News.

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