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You probably know that eating healthy, whole foods is the best way to get the vitamins and minerals that your body needs.
The shift back to food-focused nutrition is great because it benefits your health in so many ways that a vitamin cannot. However, there are some steps you can take to maximize the nutrition you get from food.
Plants With Meat
Have you heard about plant sterols? When they’re eaten in the forms of fruits and vegetables they can help reduce your LDL (bad) cholesterol and boost your HDL (good) cholesterol. When you eat vegetables with meat, the sterols actually help prevent the LDL cholesterol in meat from entering your blood stream. Continue reading
You have decided that you want to make a real effort to improve your eating habits. It all goes well until you return from the supermarket with bags of processed, calorie heavy food and beverages.
It can be hard to stick to your guns but with a couple of changes, you can learn to shop more healthily. Here are three simple but effect ways to help you on your way.
Tip 1 – Make a Shopping List
The best way to going shopping is by making out a list of all the things that you need. You can work out all the healthy food choices that you want to make and you can add those options to your shopping list. Continue reading
The ads all say you should be taking a daily multivitamin. But, can you trust the ads? After all, they are companies trying to sell a product. So, should you believe what the ads say? Why should you take multivitamins? Is it really that important?
Getting your vitamins and minerals from food rather than supplements is the best method to ensure you are receiving all the nutrients your body needs.
However, there are several reasons this isn’t always going to work. Many of us just don’t eat right, and even when we do eat right, the nutritional levels in the foods we buy may not be as dense as they could be, or used to be. Multivitamins provide an easy way to get the nutrients you may be missing. Continue reading
