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Archive for October, 2007
Chinese & US. Thoughts on Ginger
Chinese
Protects the liver: Ginger is a detoxifying, ginger oil has a therapeutic effect on damaged livers. Ginger may protect already damaged liver cells.
Fights Allergies: Chinese researchers have found that ginger oil does not result in the same kind of inflammation triggered by histamines. At the same time ginger oil appears to protect the bronchi in our throats caused by allergies.
Acts as an Antioxidant
Helps Deal with Stress:
Western Thoughts on Ginger
Helps cure nausea, relieve motion sickness, could ease Osteoarthritis pain, and may help prevent Cancer.
How to Take Ginger
One gram to four grams a day of powdered ginger in two to four doses. If you are on anticoagulants such as Warfarin or Heparin ginger could amplify the effects, if you are on these drugs check with your physician before taking.
Of Course if you are pregnant consult with your doctor before taking anything.
Source–Doctors Health Press–Cinese Medicine
Halloween Treats
If you are like me you have a dilemma each Halloween, do you give the kids candy that will make them happy or leave home for the night. Well the people at www.healthcastle.com have a solution that will keep everyone happy.
Click on the above link and check out there great suggestions.
Halloween Treats
If you are like me you have a dilemma each Halloween, do you give the kids candy that will make them happy or leave home for the night. Well the people at www.healthcastle.com have a solution that will keep everyone happy.
Click on the above link and check out there great suggestions.
Quality Carbs
Quality Carbs may play a major role in how well you see as you age according to a study reported in Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter.
High glycemic foods (poor quality) cause a quick rise in your blood sugar level and then just as suddenly there is a sudden drop. For a long time high glycemic foods have been considered a factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. High glycemic foods are foods such as white rice, bread, and pasta.
Low glycemic foods (quality) are foods like brown rice and whole wheat pastas and breads keep your blood sugar on a more even keel; these foods add needed fiber to your diet.
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition strongly suggest that a diet high in high glycemic foods may lead to Age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study there were 4,099 participants ranging in age from 55 to 80 with varying degrees of AMD. The results showed a possible 20% increase in the occurrence of AMD in those whose consumed a diet high low quality carbs.
Bottom Line: I love the term quality rather than good or bad; good health is about quality not a battle between good or evil.
Soup & Weight Loss
Soup may be your best friend when it comes to losing those extra pounds but not because there is some kind of magic power in soup.
Pennsylvania State University did a study for five weeks with 60 participants; soup was serve as a starter the first four weeks. In this study researchers used a light vegetable soup with more broth than vegetables. After eating the soup there was a 15 minute waiting period before serving the main meal; the fifth week of the study no soup was served before the meal.
When the participants ate soup before eating the main meal they consumed 15 to 20% fewer calories. In case you are curious lunch was pasta-cheese tortellini in tomato sauce.
Of course the reason the soup worked is because the participants started to feel satisfied before the pasta arrived so therefore eat less pasta.
Important to remember: The soups used in this study were all made-in-house and none with heavy cream.
Bottom Line: It is thought that eating soup as a starter at least four times a week could lead to a substantial weight loss. Soup is certainly much safer and cheaper than weight loss pills.
Kelp and Your Thyroid
From www.drweil.com
Eating a lot of kelp or taking it in supplement form can overload the body with iodine, causing or aggravating thyroid problems. So Dr. Weil advises if you are on thyroid medications such as Thyrolar, which contains T3 and T4 hormones, to avoid kelp in any form.
Healthy Request Soup
Campbells’ Healthy Request Soup; “Soup That Eats Like A Meal”
I almost got excited when I begin to read the ingredients in this soup; my first thought was that even though certainly not a perfect health food it would do on occassion when fast food is your only option.I had no more than had this thought when that dreaded ingredient jump out at me, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil (trans-fat)
The argument here would be that there is less than 1/2 gram of this oil in a serving so therefore this soup can legally be advertised as trans-fat free. A serving is 1 cup (8ozs.), the can I have is 18.8ozs., that is a little over two servings in a can. Even though this is a hearty soup most of you would eat most of the contents in one setting. What is a trans-fat free food is no longer trans-fat free.
Sodium: A serving contains 480mg., not bad if you eat only one serving, two servings equals 960mg., that is almost half of the sodium you should consume in a day. It is recommended no more than 2400mg. in a day and for those of you with a sodium problem the new recommended allowance is 2100mg. in a day.
Suggestion: It is really easy to cook a large pot of your favorite soup and freeze in single serving size portions. When your are ready for soup just grab a serving out of the freezer.
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