Is There A System For A Safe And Healthy Detox?

Doing a detox is a great way to get healthy, but there are a lot of different detox fads out there and many of them are unhealthy starvation diets which don't help the body detox in a safe and effective way. A good detox system should be based on nutritional excellence and science. Our experts answer the most common questions about detoxification.

Anti-Stress Diet – For Better Health and Avoiding Illness

Can diet affect our reaction to stress? It can, and was proved in recent research at the University of Calgary in Canada. It showed a high fat diet increased our negative reaction to stress in general, while a low fat diet produced the opposite reaction -that is, a the low fat diet reduced the negative consequences of stressful events. This is something the health food proponents have been claiming forever, but some scientific evidence now is helping us understand just how correct eating can affect our entire life.

Detox Your Body Fast - 10 Things You Should Know About Juice Fasting

A true fast does not include any food or liquid other than pure water. But the experience of the European health spas has shown that drinking only vegetable or fruit juices during a fast greatly increases the cleansing or detoxification capacity of the body. The juices supply nutrients that help speed up the elimination of the wastes and the rebuilding of tissues. So you can detox your body faster using juices.

Breastfeeding and Vegetarianism

Nursing your baby can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. While your body produced everything your baby needed before he was born, everything happened where you couldn't see. After your baby is born, your body still is prepared to take care of him. While nursing, not everything you eat makes it to your baby the way it did when you were pregnant. Still, you do need to eat appropriate meals in order to make sure your baby gets all of the nutrients and calories he needs. If you are a vegetarian you may wonder if you can eat enough variety to feed your baby amply. Following are a few things to keep in mind while nursing your baby on a vegetarian diet.

Genetics - Does It Really Matter?

New scientific evidence brings into the question of DNA's control over one's health.

Metabolic Typing - An Introduction

Are you running on the right fuel? That depends on whether you are a Ferrari or a Mack Truck? Imagine you're the owner of a beautiful, big, brand new Mack Truck, and you pull into the most exclusive petrol station that has the highest quality gasoline from the world's leading refinery. Now this gasoline is as good as it gets, and you're driving the best truck on 18 wheels. The man at the station decides to put the best quality gasoline in that big diesel engine. Oops! That Mack Truck had better have plenty of sleeping area because you’re not going anywhere fast. Now it's not the fuel's or the truck’s fault, it was simply the wrong fuel. This analogy between individuality and appropriate fuel source is the principle behind Metabolic Typing.

You Need Food High in Fiber for Constipation Relief

Fiber is a complex structure that keeps plants together. When we eat it our stomach dissolve it so that it can keep our health in tack. In this article you will discover the best time to eat fiber. You were built to eat food high in fiber. If you neglect it, you face misery and disease.

Eliminating Constipation and Dehydration to Eliminate Weight Retention

Does your practitioner ever stop to ask you how are your bowels moving? What about your nutritionist? Your personal trainer? Chances are, unless you are suffering from a serious bout of irregularity or IBS, no one has brought it up yet, have they?

Organic Substitutes To Be Incorporated Into Our Daily Living

Organic food is fast becoming the option of the era. More and more people are choosing the organic alternative as a start of a lifestyle change. As diseases are becoming more apparent these days, it would surely be necessary for us to take the precautionary measures for a healthy and fulfilling life ahead. Listed are some of the organic substitutes to be incorporated into our daily living.

Health & Wealth

Did you know that each year in the US - $100 billion are spent on medical research. And you do realize that most of this is spent on developing new pharmaceuticals Does it take an Einstein to figure out that health is the direct result of applying very simple lifestyle practises?

Raw Food Chicago - Resources for Eating a Raw Food Diet in Chicago

Raw food in Chicago. Chicago has a number of raw food options, raw food restaurants, and raw food support groups. Discover how you can easily eat raw food (and love it) while living in Chicago.

What is Purified Water?

Of all the water in the world, only about 3% is drinkable by human beings. Of this small percentage, the majority is either wholly or partially polluted by natural or man made contaminants. The body requires H2O to survive but not the contaminants found in most drinking water.