Archive for the ‘Diet’ Category

Love it or hate it, physical activity is a critical part of a healthy lifestyle.

Although most people know this, Americans have shown little increase in activity levels in the past decade, according to recent surveys.

Talk to owners of physical fitness centers and they will site a history of people who sign up, expressing great intentions, and then a week, two, or a month later, disappear, and never come back again.  End of exercise program.

Unfortunately, a life of good intensions just does not cut it.

The lack of exercise is directly related to Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers and scientists throughout the world are constantly working to unlock the secrets of the human body to find ways to save and prolong life — and to improve the quality of life as well.

New discoveries occur so fast, it is hard to keep up with them.

Within the medical community you will find doctors who follow a nutritional path to healing and doctors who maintain that there is no scientific evidence that alternative treatments are successful.

Unfortunately, for the public, there are more researchers and scientist working for big pharmaceutical companies than there are independent researchers.

It is clear from past and present evidence that big pharma is constantly seeking to make a quick buck which interferes with the truth.  So— buyer beware!

It has been well documented by organizations such as OCA and Public Citizen that all too often medical doctors rely on what is told them by pharmaceutical reps, while others have no time to research alternatives.

That is why doctors don’t think that alternatives work.

Doctors don’t realize that Read the rest of this entry »

Do you know if your body is acidic or alkaline and why one or the other can help you avoid cancer?

Learn which foods are good for you and which foods are not…you’ll be surprised.

Listen to the latest Health Matters Minutes podcast which outlines:

1. four topics such as how to test your body’s pH…
2. how to test for acid food tolerance…
3. acidifying food and drink and…
4. classifications of acid and alkaline food groups which can help to improve your total health.

Audio length 11:33.

To your good heath & longevity.

Ira Marxe
“The Good Health & Wellness Guy”

Copyrighted © 2009 – All Rights Reserved

After oxygen, nothing is more important to your body’s survival than ‘healthy’ water.

But what does ‘healthy’ water mean?

Healthy water means the water has been filtered, is not carbonated, has a pH over 8, and if possible, is ionized.

Water out of our taps, as most people know, is not the purest water to drink, and many large and small corporations alike are taking advantage of that knowledge with the fear they have generated about drinking tap water.

They spend hundreds of millions of dollars yearly spewing out propaganda that your tap water is dangerous to drink. Not true. It is just as safe to drink as theirs.

Bottled water has become a multi-billion dollar business for these corporations and is probably one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.

Why? Because most of the bottled water sold is Read the rest of this entry »

All living things contain enzymes, whether plant or animal. No enzymes — no life — plain and simple.

Practically every chemical reaction in our bodies is a result of enzymatic action. The digestion of our food is mostly dependent on enzymes.

It is not so much how healthy we eat as to how well our food is digested so that we can absorb the nutrients in the food. We can only do that when we have enough enzymes in our digestive system.

Digestion is the first step in transforming food into the living tissues of our bodies and into the fuel needed to keep those tissues functioning. It is here we need to pay particular attention.

It is impossible to be in perfect health with poor digestion.

Why? Because digestion itself refers to the breaking down of food into particles small enough to enter our cells. Absorption, an integral part of digestion, has to do Read the rest of this entry »

There is a direct connection between Omega-3 essential fatty acids and the health of the brain.

Why? Because research is increasingly showing that emotional, mental and psychiatric disorders like depression, bipolar disorder and possibly schizophrenia may more likely be the result of dietary deficiencies than genetic predispositions.

The research also shows that the lack of Omega-3 fatty acids increases memory loss, makes learning new tasks more difficult, increases blue moods and probably promotes the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

The omega-3 fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is a fatty acid that is found in high concentration in the gray matter of the brain and is an important ingredient for optimal brain function.

DHA is instrumental in the function of Read the rest of this entry »

Omega-3 is a special, “essential” unsaturated fat — one our bodies can not make but must have to run well.

Omega-3 fats help build the membranes that surround cells in the body and help make hormones that affect blood clotting and inflammation, according to Harvard University doctors.

The fats play very special roles in babies, lining cells and aiding in the development of brain cells and eyes — which is why Omega 3s are in breast milk and being added to some formulas.

Studies show the fish oils are especially good for… Read the rest of this entry »