Being Vegetarian: Is It Good or Bad for You?
Vegetarianism is the practice of observing a diet that consists of vegetables, grains, fruits, and nuts, and excludes meat and fowl. Vegetarians hold differing views about fish and those foods derived from animal products, such as milk, eggs, butter, and cheese.
The word vegetarian was first used in the 1840’s, although the practice of vegetarianism goes back thousands of years. People are influenced to follow this diet for a number of reasons – religious and moral, hygienic and physiological. Certain Hindu and Buddhist groups, Seventh-Day Adventist, and some Roman Catholic orders are among the religious group abstaining from meat. Some people feel that life is sacred to all living creatures and that it is ethically wrong to shorten the life-span of any animal to obtain food. Some vegetarians believe that the flesh of dead animals may harbor disease-causing bacteria and other impurities, and that no animals flesh can be as pure as plants grown by nature.
Categories: Healthy Lifestyle, NUTRITION Tags: milk, tempe, tempeh, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, vitamin B12, vitamin B12 deficiency, yoghurt
We Won’t Get Fooled Again
Something Wrong with “Politically Correct” Healthy Nutrition?
“Avoid saturated fats.”
Saturated fats play many important roles in the body. They provide integrity to the cell wall, promote the body’s use of essential fatty acids, enhance the immune system, protect the liver and contribute to strong bones. The lungs and the kidneys cannot work without saturated fat. Saturated fats do not cause heart disease. In fact, saturated fats are the preferred food for the heart. Because your body needs saturated fats, it makes them out of carbohydrates and excess protein when there are not enough in the diet.
“Limit cholesterol.”
Dietary cholesterol contributes to the strength of the intestinal wall and helps babies and children develop a healthy brain and nervous system. Foods that contain cholesterol also provide many other important nutrients. Only oxidized cholesterol, found in most powdered milk and powdered eggs, contributes to heart disease. Powdered milk is added to 1% and 2% milk.
Categories: Healthy Lifestyle Tags: cholesterol, coenzyme-Q10, eggs, lean meat, lowfat milk, polyunsaturated oils, red meat, salt, saturated fats, soy foods
Teeth and Gum Tell Your Overall Health
My dentist explained that opening one’s mouth is somewhat like cracking open the hood of your car. An expert taking a quick look can get a good sense of what’s working, what’s not, and what should be tuned up regularly to keep your body’s systems up and running at their best.
I got interesting information from sport news recently that a professional footballer whose severe feet injury for a long time eventually had the right treatment and healed completely after his doctor found out certain problem with the athlete’s teeth and fixed it.
Your teeth and gum, it seems, may speak volumes about your well-being. For starters, there are conditions that affect oral health. Researchers continue to look at the associations between cavities, gum disease, and heart disease, but a cause-and-effect relationship has not yet been established.
Categories: Oral Health, Public Health Tags: bacteria, diabetes, gum, gum disease, heart disease, Oral Health, osteoporosis, periodontal disease, plaque, smoking, teeth, women health
10 Interesting Rare Health Facts
Post Author: Adhi Hartono
I’ve got the latest great information in relation with Blood Type Diet in which I love to share it with you. Please enjoy below the very rare 10 great facts you might not know that can positively effect your health and wellbeing.
Categories: Blood Type Diet, Healthy Lifestyle Tags: acute stress, alginates, Blood Type Diet, ear infection, green tea, Horseradish, hybrid protein, immune system, lectins, morning sunshine, seaweeds, secretor, teeth cavities
Eat Right at Your Table
Author: Adhi Hartono
There’s more to eating than the food you put into your body. The digestive process is truly holistic. You might be surprised about the elements that have a practical impact on the way your body utilizes foods. To make the most of your meal, heed the following:
1. Don’t Drink With Your Meal
It has been discovered many years ago that consuming liquids with food dilutes the digestive juice. You may include beverages with the blood type menus. However, try to drink them separately from the meal itself. For example, have a glass of wine a half hour before dinner and drink your tea or coffee a half hour after dinner.
Categories: Blood Type Diet, Healthy Lifestyle Tags: Blood Type Diet, cold foods, digestive enzymes, food in natural state
Healthy Choice at The Market
What Do You Find at The Market?
You don’t have to be a food scientist or carry a gram counter or calculator when you go to the market. Simply focus on selecting the freshest foods in their most natural state. And use your knowledge of basic nutritional principles. Here are a few tips.
Avoid heavily fatted meats. Free- range poultry and meats have been raised without the excessive use of antibiotics and other chemicals, and they’re recommended for the Blood Type Diet. Free-range means just that – that animals haven’t been penned in. Once you try free-range meat or poultry, you’ll see the difference. The flesh is leaner, the color and texture are richer, and there is very little fat. It’s possible to raise red meats that have fat and cholesterol level that are closer to those of the leaner poultry, but the meat may be less tender and flavorful by modern standards. The giant agribusinesses are still locked into the traditional notion that consumers want rich, high-fat meats. Our ancestors consumed rather lean game or domestic animals that graze on alfalfa and other grasses. Today’s meats are corn-fed, kept healthy with antibiotics, and prized for the tenderness of their meat and the marbling of their fat. Fortunately, some business are beginning to respond to the growing demand for lean, organic meat. If your market hasn’t caught on to the trend, be sure to let the manager know.
Categories: Healthy Lifestyle Tags: Blood Type Diet, Canned foods, contaminated foods, diarrhoeal illness, Free- range poultry and meat, fresh food, natural enzymes, Nitrate, organic food, pesticides
Listening to Music Benefits Your Health
Result of New Study
A new study found that people who listened to music that made them feel good had a 26 % increase in blood flow in their brachial artery, located in the upper arm, for about an hour afterward. This increase in blood flow indicates that the blood vessel expanded, which reflects a healthy output of nitric acid, a good-for-your-heart chemical that makes blood vessels function better and helps regulate blood flow, explains study leader Michael Miller, M.D., director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Anxiety-provoking music, on the other hand, had the opposite effect. When study participants listened to music that made them feel anxious, their blood flow decreased by 6 percent.
Categories: Healthy Lifestyle Tags: coronary heart disease, endorphins, heart disease patient, high blood pressure, listening to music for health, Mozart, music reduces stress and anxiety, nitric acid, nitrid oxide, positive effects on health and immunity
Health Benefits of Exercise
Every year, the evidence becomes more convincing: regular exercise is one of the most important things you can do to extend and improve the quality of your life.
The health benefits of exercise impact your body from head to toe. By exercising at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week, you can dramatically lower your risk of disease and injury. Exercise also helps improve your emotional health.
Five Health Benefits of Exercise
It is impossible to fully calculate the health payoff of a few weekly hours at the gym, in the pool or on the field. However, if you need a little extra motivation to get active, consider the following five health benefits of regular exercise:
Categories: Healthy Lifestyle Tags: benefis of exercise, coronary artery disease, depression, emotional health, Exercise, weight loss
Sleep: Important for Health & Longevity
Sleep is a period of rest – averaging 8 hours – with partial suspension of consciousness and physical and mental activity. Physiological activity is reduced and the body is enabled to repair itself by eliminating wastes and replenishing depleted tissues with needed constituents. The pulse rate slows down, blood pressure falls, breathing is slower and deeper, the temperature drops to its lowest level for the day, the basal metabolism is reduced, and the cerebrum (higher brain) is inactive except for dreams.
The amount of sleep needed varies mostly according to age, but everyone should have enough awaken rested and refreshed. The normal adult requires seven or eight hours of sllep; the aged, six hours; children 2-3 yers old, 12-13 oours; and infants, almost all of the time. For person who tire easily, an afternoon nap of about an hour is helpful. Coffee or tea drunk late at night often causes sleeplessness. The habit of taking sleeping pills is bad, as they depress vital functions and produce dependence upon them.
