Two glasses of wine effects your healthy good looks
Posted by Guy in Health Psychology/Motivation, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 21. Nov, 2011 | No Comments
What TWO glasses of wine a day can do to your face in ten years Thread veins, wrinkles, blotchy skin. The shocking photos created by forensic experts that predicts the price of your tipple By ANNA MAGEE Despite the warnings, I never used to worry too much that my lifestyle might one day show on [...]
15 Myths & Truths On Vegetarianism: #5
Posted by Guy in Bone Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 30. Oct, 2011 | 1 Comment
Myth #5: Meat-eating causes osteoporosis, kidney disease, heart disease, and cancer. Oftentimes, vegans and vegetarians will try to scare people into avoiding animal foods and fats by claiming that vegetarian diets offer protection from certain chronic diseases like the ones listed below. Such claims, however, are hard to reconcile with historical and anthropological facts. All [...]
15 Myths & Truths On Vegetarianism: #4
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 30. Sep, 2011 | No Comments
Myth #4: The body’s needs for vitamin A can be entirely obtained from plant foods. True vitamin A, or retinol and its associated esters, is only found in animal fats and organs like liver (27). Plants do contain beta-carotene, a substance that the body can convert into vitamin A if certain conditions are present (see [...]
Colds Benefit From Zinc
Posted by Guy in Immunity, Nutrition & Lifestyle on 05. Sep, 2011 | No Comments
If you take zinc regularly you can reduce your risk of catching a cold, and if you start taking zinc when the cold catches you, you will beat it quicker. A large review of 15 clinical studies totalling over 1300 people found that zinc supplements significantly reduce both symptoms and severity of illness (1). Zinc [...]
15 Myths & Truths On Vegetarianism: #3
Posted by Guy in Nutrition & Lifestyle on 30. Aug, 2011 | No Comments
Myth #3: Our needs for vitamin D can be met by sunlight. It is not really a vegetarian myth per se, it is widely believed that one’s vitamin D needs can be met simply by exposing one’s skin to the sun’s rays for 15-20 minutes a few times a week. Concerns about vitamin D deficiencies [...]
