Find The Right Seafood for Your Health
After meat and poultry, fish stand out as the second most potent source of animal protein available. Furthermore, fish also contains the valuable omega-3 fatty acids.
Entire cultures have survived on diets of fish. Civilizations grew along the shores of the sea and the banks of rivers. The oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and streams often provided and incredible bounty. No wonder people thought there were gods in the water. What other explanation could there have been?
I have my own experience with certain kind of seafood. In my childhood until age of 40, I found my self having allergies after eating seafood such as shrimp, barracuda, crab, or oysters. And my allergy-specialist doctor concluded that I had to totally avoid seafood. For fish, he advised me to consume only fresh water fish.
In 2007, I started learning the blood type diet (in my effort to overcome my kidney stones diorder) and eventually I’ve got the comprehensive knowledge, sufficient for me to get the answer for the biggest question in my life that far:
- Why the doctor advised me to totally avoid all of seafood (to prevent me from allergies)?
Now, it is obvious that the doctor was not correct at all.
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Categories: Blood Type Diet, NUTRITION Tags: Allergy, Blood Type Diet, breast cancer, Chron's disease, colitis, fish, fish oils, Helix pomatia snail, lectin, omega-3 fatty acids, seafood, source of iodine
The Tale of Fats, Cancer, and Heart Disease
The Fats and Oils Story
A hundred years ago, shoppers had few fats to choose from. Usually, only butter and lard were available to consumers.
Today, there are enough fats and oils on the market to confuse anyone. But all of them fall into one of three categories:
- Table fats (butter and margarines)
- Cooking and salad oils
- Shortenings
To make things simpler, remember just one thing. All of these items are high in fat. In fact, the fat content of shortenings and oils is virtually identical. Butter and margarine have slightly less fat because these spreads contain a small amount of water that shortenings and oils lack.
The Different Types of Fat
The only important difference between the many fats has to do with what nutritionists call “type of fat.” Some of the fat in food is saturated, while other fats are monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. The saturated type of fat promotes heart disease, but others do not seem to do so. Somehow, still there are controversies among experts and scientists regarding correlation between saturated fats and heart diseases or/and cancers.
Categories: Cancer, NUTRITION Tags: blood cholesterol, breast cancer, Cancer, colon cancer, fats, heart disease, High blood cholesterol, margarine, monounsaturated fats, oils, polyunsaturated fats, prostate gland cancer, saturated fats, shortenings
Sunshine for Your Health: Good or Bad?
Sunshine… on my shoulder… makes me happy… Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry…
(a lyric written by John Denver).
Our bodies make vitamin D when the sun shines, and new research suggests the positive effects on health are greater than we ever guessed. But too much sun causes skin cancer. It’s a dilemma provoking fierce discussion among scientists.
For any expectant mother, a brief stroll in the summer sunshine would seem a pleasant diversion from the rigors of pregnancy, a chance to relax in the warmth and to take in a little fresh air. It is a harmless – but unimportant – activity, it would seem.
But there is more to such walks than was previously realized. In a new study, Bristol University researchers revealed they had found out that sunny strolls have striking, long-lasting effects. They discovered that children born to women in late summer or in early autumn are, on average, about 5mm taller, and have thicker bones, than those born in late winter and early spring.
Categories: Public Health Tags: breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, melanoma, multiple sclerosis, prostate cancer, scurvy, sunlight, sunshine, tuberculosis, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency
