Posted by
Liah 2 years 5 months ago
With flavors that range from mildly sweet to tart and tangy, blueberries are nutritional stars bursting with nutrition and flavor while being very low in calories. Blueberries are at their best from May through October when they are in season.
Blueberries are the fruits of a shrub that belong to the heath family, which includes the cranberry and bilberry as well as the azalea, mountain laurel and rhododendron.
Blueberries are a source of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, phenolics, and flavonoids
Blueberries are very low in fat and...
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Posted by
Lauren 2 years 5 months ago
Pink grapefruit juice provides more nutrients per calorie than any other 100 percent fruit juice, according to a new study that analyzed several juices commonly found in major U.S. markets.
The pucker-inducing pink drink just edged out orange juice, which also ranked high, but soundly beat white grapefruit, pineapple, prune, grape and apple juices, which rated in that order, with non-citrus juices like apple falling behind high vitamin C content varieties.
But raw fruit is usually better for you than juice (less sugar, less calories and...
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Posted by
Lauren 2 years 6 months ago
Frequency
This relates to how many times a week you need to exercise in order to become fitter or improve or maintain your health. To be healthy, experts recommend being physically active on at least five days out of seven.
This might sound like a lot, but don't forget that our bodies have evolved over four million years to hunt. With our biological inheritance, it's not surprising that to keep in shape we need to be active on most days.
Intensity
Exercise intensity can be measured in a number of different ways. In a laboratory it can...
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Posted by
Lauren 2 years 6 months ago
Hey Everyone!
If you're into food, health and fitness, come blog here! Post articles, write your own posts... whatever... I really want to get an active blog going, so jump in and join the conversation!
Posted by
Lauren 2 years 6 months ago
There are so many top 10 lists of “the healthiest foods ever” floating around out there, but it’s really about what works well for your unique body and mind. Be adventurous and try new things, but don’t suffer through a meal that you hate just because it’s on someone else’s “healthiest foods known to man list”. Here is my personal list of Super Foods.
Wild Salmon
High in Omega 3’s and protein, and low in environmental contaminants. There are probably hundreds of ways to cook it; I prefer it with olive oil and lemon…...
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LONDON - If it really is what’s on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.
Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding vital organs like the heart, liver or pancreas — invisible to the naked eye — could be as dangerous as the more obvious external fat that bulges underneath the skin.
“Being thin doesn’t automatically mean you’re not fat,” said Dr. Jimmy Bell, a professor of molecular imaging at Imperial College, London. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people...
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Posted by
Lauren 2 years 7 months ago
UK scientists suggest that a type of friendly bacteria found in soil may affect the brain in a similar way to antidepressants.
Their findings are published in the early online edition of the journal Neuroscience.
Researchers from Bristol University and University College London discovered using laboratory mice, that a "friendly" bacteria commonly found in soil activated brain cells to produce the brain chemical serotonin and altered the mice's behaviour in a similar way to antidepressants.
They are suggesting this could explain why...
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