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Surprising symptoms of inflammation
See the ShopTalk blog at Body Harmonics for my recent article on inflammation
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Permission to be sweet
As the season turns colder, the food gets heartier and naturally, visions of desserts dance in our heads. The sweet flavour is one of the essential five flavours, along-side salty, sour, bitter and spicy. It stimulates appetite and digestion, which makes it an important part of everybody’s diet. There is a dark side to everything…
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What changes your cholesterol (other than diet!)
With all the warnings we have gotten used to receiving about cholesterol in the last few decades, do you ever stop and wonder what cholesterol really does? Elevated “bad cholesterol” is one of many risk factors for heart disease IN MEN, but cholesterol is also an essential building block for hormones such as cortisol, estrogen, and testosterone…
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How Eating Breakfast Could Save Your Life
A large study recently found that men who skipped breakfast had a 27% higher chance of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease. This was independent of other risk factors like smoking and exercise. Check out the study, tell your friends and family, and try out this delicious egg scramble for breakfast. Emphasizing protein…
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Knowledge that Motivates
Most of us have heard the message: preventing weight gain and diabetes is crucial to maintaining good cardiovascular health. In the long run, lifestyle and exercise have repeatedly been proven more effective cures for these types of conditions than medications. Yet, even with a plethora of information available on eating and living right, making over…
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