Nutrition Tutorials

1. Healthy Eating Made Easy - easy steps to a healthier you

By Anne Ehmer Posted: 10/15/2006 Healthy eating means enjoying a variety of foods in the right portions. There is room for all types of food; each one adding its own goodness. Having a varied diet ensures you get all nutrients you require to stay healthy and bursting energy. We said enjoying; meaning you will have the benefit of an increased feeling of well being; and meaning you won't need to give up any favor... read more

2. How to Get Rid of Stomach and Bowel Problems

By Knut Holt Posted: 09/30/2006 Many people suffer from unpleasant symptoms from their stomach, like: Constipation, diarrhoea, bloating, cramps, inflated stomach, acid eructation and pain related to such functional problems. This kind of symptoms most often originates from a colon made dysfunctional by bad lifestyle habits. Here are some simple lifestyle advices that may help you get rid of these symptoms. - ... read more

3. The Food Pyramid

By Ray Baker Posted: 09/30/2006 The food pyramid is a nutritional guide published primarily by the federal government to provide proper dietary information or instruction to the American. As like anything organic, the food pyramid has constantly evolved since its inception. Originally, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) food pyramid of 1992 divided the three food groups into six new groups. Thes... read more

4. CoQ10's New Benefits; Unexpected Findings Support the Remarkable Effects of CoQ10 in Fighting Melanoma, Diabetes, Endothelial Dysfunction, and ..

By Russell Martin; LE Magazine, August 2006 Posted: 08/17/2006 Since the Life Extension Foundation first introduced coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to the United States in 1983, hundreds of published, peer- reviewed studies have demonstrated how this natural supplement combats heart disease, cancer, and other disorders of aging. While CoQ10 is widely recognized by Life Extension members as a nutrient that protects heart health,... read more

5. It's Never Too Late

By John Johnson Posted: 07/14/2006 If, like many of us, you are concerned about your family’s exposure to pesticides, there is a reason to smile. Dr. Chrensheng Lu of Emory University found that after just a few days of eating organic food, the levels of two common pesticides in children’s bodies dropped to zero. The impetus for this study was an earlier research project on the pesticide levels in 110 children. O... read more

6. How Does Alcohol Effect Your Body?

By Dave Fitzgerald Posted: 08/22/2006 There is nothing wrong with going out and having a couple of beers with the boys or girls once in awhile or having a quite night at home, have a drink with your wife or husband and enjoy the monument together. It is the constant drinking or heavy drinking which your body is unable to handle. So what really does happen to the body? The action of alcohol on the stomach is extremely d... read more

7. Building Better Bones

By Susun Weed Posted: 12/06/2006 "It is a bone-deep change you are going into, my beloved," counsels Grandmother Growth. "You must open to your very marrow for this transformation. No cell is to remain untouched. You are to open more than you ever dreamed you could open, more than you have opened in birth or in passion. You open now to the breath of mortality as it plays the bone flute of your being. What can you do but d... read more

8. Depression Treatment

By Mitamins Team Posted: 03/04/2007 When it comes to mental illness, people are often reluctant to consult a physician or health professional, yet the treatment of depression as soon as it is diagnosed is crucial if any relief is to be had. One problem is that if the treatment of depression is not administered correctly, then the problem can be m... read more

9. SOLVING THE OBESITY CRISIS

By Jonathan Galland Posted: 01/12/2007 The obesity crisis is the greatest threat to this nation's future. At home, at school and in the workplace, the terrible toll of suffering is being felt. Obesity plays a central role in creating our major causes of death and disability : • type 2 diabetes • hypertension • heart disease • strokes • Alzheimer's disease • certain types of cancer • arthritis The facts are ... read more

10. What’s for Dinner? Quick & Healthy One-Pot Meals

By Elizabeth Yarnell Posted: 09/08/2006 One-pot meals can be the solution to quick and easy cooking. While one-pot meals come in various forms, they all have the common concept of putting a variety of ingredients into a single vessel and cooking them all together. There's no fretting about getting the timing right so that your broccoli is perfectly steamed at the same time as the pot roast comes out of the oven medium-rare and... read more

11. How to Stop Suffering from Constipation

By Jim McDonald Posted: 07/04/2006 The most important thing to remember is that “Constipation is not a sickness, or illness or disease. It is a symptom of something we do (or don't do)”. Constipation is generalized as a condition where bowel movements are infrequent, resulting in a hard, dry stool. Many experts suggest that you should have at least 1 bowel movement each day, and some even suggest you should have a bowel m... read more

12. Eczema

By Mitamins Team Posted: 10/26/2007 Immunology and eczema In inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema, only the treatments that naturally boost your immune system will get to the core of the problem and help your conquer your eczema for good. Natural remedies and herbs and eczema specific nutritional supplements all do the job of getting your skin ba... read more

13. Congestive Heart Failure

By Mitamins Team Posted: 11/02/2007 Congestive heart failure prevention using the good old fruit and veg You know you should be eating a whole lot more fruit and vegetables than you currently are. Especially good to prevent congestive heart failure, whole fruit and fruit and ... read more

14. Detoxify and throw the bottle away

By Mitamins Team Posted: 11/05/2007 Alcohol withdrawal: accompanying symptoms Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal include mild to severe hangover that lasts several days, stomach upset; headache, shakes or jitters; feelings of generalized anxiety or panic attacks; and insomnia that may be accompani... read more

15. Why Has Coffeeberry Become The Best Glyconutrient For Good Health?

By Alfred Jones Posted: 08/07/2008 You have most likely heard of Glyconutrients, they are the eight essential sugars considered necessary for good health and longevity. Glyconutrients first came on the market about 1997, they were only available through Multi Level Marketing (MLM) they were very good, many people all over the world benefited from them with health improvements. The only problem with them were, they were ve... read more

16. Benefits Of Garlic

By Munir Moosa Sewani Posted: 09/14/2006 BENEFITS OF GARLIC By: Munir Moosa For generation, people are not only using garlic because of its medicinal value, but traditionally, people have rubbed their bodies with it, buried it besides their bodies in coffin, worn it around their necks, draped it on household walls and even prayed to it. This great bulb has a lot of benefits, because no other plant has bee... read more

17. Healthy Menopausal Years - the Wise Woman Way

By Susun Weed Posted: 09/16/2006 Menopause is a time of enormous change. Wise women of all times have found simple life-style changes can make their Change much easier. For optimum health during and after menopause, follow these simple steps: Exercise a different way every day: take walks, lift weights, dance, garden, do yoga, try tai chi. Drink nourishing herbal infusions. We all know h... read more

18. What Kind of Diet Can Prevent Emphysema?

By Mitamins Team Posted: 06/13/2008 Emphysema is a condition which affects the respiratory system. Millions of people suffer from this condition, but an effective treatment for it is still being researched, and no cure yet exists. However, natural treatment for emphysema may effectively prevent it from occurring, or may alleviate its symptoms. Natural... read more

19. Getting Nuts

By Anne Ehmer Posted: 11/13/2006 Nuts are much more than a snack; besides their obvious use adding flavor and texture to any dish, nuts are a valuable source of nutrients in their own right. In Western cuisine, nuts are usually treated as a luxury and relegated to confectionery and desserts. Vegetarians know better and give nuts the consideration due to real food. The latest research suggest this is the right approach; ... read more

20. ZRII: The Health Drink of the Gods

By Michael Brooke Posted: 02/08/2008 As a health conscious person, you exercise regularly, eat sensibly and take health products like vitamins. Not only is a fistful vitamin pills a problem to swallow, but half of them come out the other end undissolved!! Enter ZRII. This is a new liquid health drink unlike any other. Most health drink consists of one "magic" fruit like mangosteen, but ZRII is far more subtle... read more

21. Can nutritional supplements make us happier

By Mitamins Team Posted: 11/15/2007 Born happy and healthy? According to a leading psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside, who has been researching happiness, there is converging evidence that some people are born happier than others, but that all of us can learn from their habits to raise our own happiness levels. Improve by taking nutritional supplements<... read more

22. What should you do when you discover you have high cholesterol

By Mitamins Team Posted: 09/05/2007 Exercise to prevent high cholesterol spinning out of control Exercise increases a protective kind of cholesterol called HDL. It has been found that even low grade exercise such as walking or yoga can have this cholesterol improving effect. LDL (bad) cholesterol ... read more

23. Improve Your Health With a Natural Colon Cleanse

By Jim McDonald Posted: 06/30/2006 Constipation is not the only symptom that indicates you might benefit from a natural colon cleanse. It is not uncommon for hard material made of a mixture of mucous and fecal matter to become impacted on the inside walls of the colon and intestines. This causes a variety of health problems. For one thing, nutrients have a harder time absorbing into the bloodstream from the intestines. ... read more

24. Great Bonus Points for Healthy Cooking

By Hitesh Rattan Posted: 11/03/2008 Changing the way we cook our food can have a dramatic effect on our health. If we make wiser choices with our food and the way we cook it, we can significantly reduce our risk of contracting cancer and heart disease. Here are some top tips for healthy cooking:- 1. Invest in non stick pans - With quality non-stick pans you can get away with not using oil at all or by using a... read more