Guess how many fast food meals you can eat before your body begins to suffer? According to current research, just one! One fatty, sugary meal can cause immediate inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body as well as negative effects to the nervous system, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2008.
Thankfully, a healthy meal can help your body return to optimum health. “Your health and vigor, at a very basic level, are as good as your last meal,” says lead author James O’Keefe, head of Preventive Cardiology at the Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.(more…)
Prevention is best achieved by a good mix of nutrient-dense, alkaline and acid-forming foods. Ideally, you want to eat more alkaline than acid-forming to match the slightly alkaline pH of your blood. (See the previous post for how the standard American diet promotes bone loss.)
Most animal products and processed foods have an acid-forming effect on body fluids. Most vegetables and fruits have an alkaline-forming effect.
The following list indicates things that result in acid formation. You want to limit consumption of these for best health.(more…)
In areas consuming the Mediterranean diet which is rich in vegetables and low in animal protein, osteoporosis and fracture rates are relatively low. On the other hand, in Westernized nations where the diet is high in animal protein and refined, processed foods, bone demineralization is rampant in spite of a high intake of calcium-rich dairy products.
What’s Going on Here?
World-wide epidemiological studies reveal that there appears to be an inverse relationship between animal protein intake and vegetable consumption. Specifically, high meat consumption is generally associated with a much lower dietary intake of vegetables and vice versa.(more…)
Eating nuts five or more times a week can reduce your risk of heart attack by a whopping 60%. And believe it or not, studies reveal that people who eat more nuts are generally thinner. They also have lower levels of LDL cholesterol and stronger bones. A new study even links eating nuts to a lower risk for cancer and inflammation.
Cancer Protective
In a study reported in the March, 2008 edition of the journal Blood, researchers found that anacardic acid in cashews has a significant effect on the modulation of signaling pathways in cancer promotion. They conclude anacardic acid helps prevent cancer and has therapeutic value.(more…)
Most people would probably say “Yes”. That’s not entirely correct. The sun is only a contributor; poor diet is the principal underlying factor.
Prior to the 20th century, America was largely a rural society and people typically were out in the sun much more than they are today. In spite of this, skin cancer was rarely seen because the diet was protective. In those days, Americans consumed much more vegetables than meat and virtually no processed foods.
Harmful Fats Promote Disease
Just as in the development of heart disease, diabetes, and most internal cancers, what you eat has a great deal to do with the progression of skin cancer. One of the strongest promoters are bad fats.(more…)
Guess how many fast food meals you can eat before your body begins to suffer? According to current research, just one! One fatty, sugary meal can cause immediate inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body as well as negative effects to the nervous system, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2008.
Prevention is best achieved by a good mix of nutrient-dense, alkaline and acid-forming foods. Ideally, you want to eat more alkaline than acid-forming to match the slightly alkaline pH of your blood. (See the previous post for how the standard American diet promotes bone loss.)
Eating nuts five or more times a week can reduce your risk of heart attack by a whopping 60%. And believe it or not, studies reveal that people who eat more nuts are generally thinner. They also have lower levels of LDL cholesterol and stronger bones. A new study even links eating nuts to a lower risk for cancer and inflammation.
Most people would probably say “Yes”. That’s not entirely correct. The sun is only a contributor; poor diet is the principal underlying factor.
