Nutrition

Gut Health

Much has been written about gut health...and for good reason. Proper gut health is essential for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

When your diet is poor and the gut unhealthy it can lead to leaky gut syndrome. This, in turn, may lead to pain, arthritis, gas, constipation, diarrhea, gastrointestinal disorders and other autoimmune diseases.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT WATER

Water is our most precious resource -- and we are quickly depleting our limited supplies. Water is the key to life as it controls every function from circulation to body temperature. Your body is approximately 70% water. It is sad that the purity of potable water has become a national issue of frightening proportions. We all take our drinking water for granted, until we travel to Mexico, China or India where the maxim is “don’t drink the water.” Although the dangers of water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery have been eradicated in our country, there is a more serious threat to contend with now --carcinogenic organic and inorganic compounds that pollute our water.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION

The study of human nutrition is dedicated to determining which nutrients man requires for proper growth, development and well-being. The scientific study of nutrition is a relatively new field -- begun approximately 100 years ago -- that draws heavily on the fundamentals of chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, medicine, pathology, physics and cellular biology. By its nature, nutrition is an area that relies on the technological advances of these disciplines in order to demonstrate progress.

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Diet Soda

As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies which appeared to show no risk.

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Essentials of Healthy Eating

Proper nutrition ranks number one in the prevention and treatment of disease.  Most people are not only unaware of proper nutrition, but they are misinformed by the food industry's propaganda that leads to poor eating habits and addictions.  The following primer is a brief introduction to the nutritional guidelines that will help you regain the state of balance proper to the human organism.  More information is available through additional reading.  We continue to stress the importance of these changes--the foods (energy) you put into your body determine the quality of your physical and mental well-being.

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