Well, we are wrapping up the Eat Right portion of the Magnificent Seven. I hope that you have garnered some value regarding your daily diet that will help you make some healthful changes. In today’s post I want to briefly highlight three components that I think are also an important part of general health. These [...]
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6 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Multiple Vitamin/Mineral
How would you like to invest in something that provides you with a 17:1 return on your investment. That means if you invest $1 you would get back $17! Well guess what…micronutrient supplementation provides such a return according to a Copenhagen Consensus Best Practice Paper. For every dollar spent, there is a $17 return in [...]
5 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Phytonutrients
One strong risk factor for developing cancer in your life is poor intake of phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables. Some of the information presented by the National Cancer Institute is rather disturbing. Recommendations are 4-13 servings of fruits/vegetables each day (2-5 of fruit; 2-8 of vegetables). The amount depends on age and energy expenditures. However, [...]
4 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Good Fats
You mention the word “fats” and people cringe. Fad dieters reach for their 100-calorie snack pack and curse you. Mothers cover the ears of their little children. Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating…a little. Those that teach “fats” as a bad word, fail to recall that fats are essential components of our brain and our cellular [...]
3 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Low Glycemic Index
“One should eat to live, not live to eat.” — Benjamin Franklin What words of wisdom. Unfortunately, we live in a society that makes unhealthy eating very easy…and very addictive. (For more information check out The End of Overeating by David Kessler). We can’t have a discussion about glucose and the glycemic index without bringing [...]
2 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Protein
Protein is a key component of muscle, skin, hair and other tissues of the body. You also need protein to make the enzymes and hormones your body uses for digestion, metabolism, and tissue growth and repair. As vital as protein is, most people don’t consume enough, and what they are consuming isn’t coming from good [...]
1 Oct
Magnificent Seven: Eat Right – Fiber
We hear a lot about it, we are encouraged to increase it, but most Americans get nowhere near enough…we’re talking about fiber. Fiber has been shown to have beneficial effects on our gastrointestinal system, as well as, reducing risk of certain diseases. The importance of fiber was first highly promoted by a physician named Dr. [...]
