Sources of Iron for Vegetarians

Getting enough iron can be a tough problem for vegetarians, especially for expecting mothers. When you become pregnant, you need more blood for yourself as well as blood for your new baby. This can cause you to become anemic, if you were not already, and can lead to other health conditions later on (as well as complications for your baby). One of the best sources of iron is red meat; however, this is not the only source of iron, so vegetarians can still get sufficient amounts of the mineral. Vegetarian sources of iron include: lentils, spinach,...

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5 Handy Diet Tips For Men

Diet plans for men often need to be different than those designed for women. Men have a different set of challenges they need to handle when trying to lose weight there are some unique issues to take into consideration. Men tend to want to lose weight and gain muscle. But muscle is heavier than fat so you may find that you're putting on pounds instead of losing them. Also you probably want to carve off that slab of fat on your belly and to...

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Feel Your Best With Great Nutrition

Good nutrition is really essential for good health. Knowing what to do doesn't mean that you will do it. Follow each of the steps laid out here to enjoy better health. Heavily processed foods will interfere with your weight or not. The label should be clear and easy for people to recognize. Stay away from those items that are made with a lot of artificial ingredients. Eat foods with all different kinds of all different colors! Fruits and...

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Vitamin D, Are You Getting Enough?

Most of us know Vitamin D in relation to bone health, that vitamin D and calcium are important to ensure your bones are in great shape and we are bombarded with supplementation options of all forms of media. What many of us don't know is that "low levels of vitamin D are linked with an increase risk of: multiple sclerosis Diabetes Some types of cancer (particularly colon cancer) Heart disease Mental health disorders such as schizophrenia Worse...

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Fruit: What's the Good Juice?

We all know we should eat fruit, but why? The Benefits of eating fruit include: They are packed with vitamins and minerals They contain dietary fibre, which, in a diet of high dietary fibre, may reduce the risk of constipation and help to lower cholesterol They are a tasty snack that has a lot less energy (kilojoules/Calories) per volume than many other snack foods, so may help when trying to maintain a lower energy intake. A high fruit...

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Powerful Health Benefits of Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a nutrient-dense fruit. They are often referred to as a functional food because they provides more than just nutrition for the body. They can actually prevent illness and disease. A Rocky Start About 200 years ago, the tomato was thought to be poisonous. Since the tomato plant belongs to the nightshade family, people believed that the leaves and fruits could not be consumed. Fortunately, that was not the case. It's one of the...

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Feel Your Best With Great Nutrition

Good nutrition is really essential for good health. Knowing what to do doesn't mean that you will do it. Follow each of the steps laid out here to enjoy better health. Heavily processed foods will interfere with your weight or not. The label should be clear and easy for people to recognize. Stay away from those items that are made with a lot of artificial ingredients. Eat foods with all different kinds of all different colors! Fruits and vegetables that are bright in color give us lots of nutrition without tons of calories. Try to use a good...

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Nature's Most Amazing Medicine: Phytochemicals

What if there was a medicine that protected you from cancer, heart and artery disease, diabetes, stroke, asthma and arthritis. Would you take advantage of it? As it turns out, vegetables, fruit and whole grains are full of what are called phytochemicals, and recent studies have shown that they play an important role in protecting us against all of the above diseases and others. Dieticians have, in fact, recently labeled foods that contains...

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