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Break the Habit of Yo-Yo Dieting in Favor of Holistic Weight Loss Lifestyle Changes

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If you find yourself struggling to stick with your weight loss program, you’re not alone. Many people who follow fad diets to lose weight end up gaining it back, only to start a new diet and repeat the cycle. A March 2019 study from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center found that 70% of female participants experienced […]

Alkaline Diet for Body Balance

Discover the wide range of health and longevity benefits that come from a balanced alkaline diet. Many people don’t know that several of the foods we regularly eat have a negative effect on our alkaline body balance. The human body is naturally an alkaline environment, with a blood pH of 7.4 to 7.6. However, when we […]

The Raw Food Movement

A raw food diet is scientifically proven to be good for you! The raw food movement is a diet based on the belief that the most healthful foods for the body are uncooked foods. Recent science now proves that cooking not only destroys enzymes in foods and degrades certain nutrients, but also chemically changes the […]

New Study Finds Eating More Animal Products and Unhealthful Foods Leads to Worse Aging

Can your diet in midlife predict your risk of disease and worsen future aging? A Whitehall II study, published in the American Journal of Medicine, conducted in London analyzed data gathered from 5,350 adult participants’ dietary patterns to assess risk of disease. After a mean 16-year follow-up using scored dietary patterns and the Alternative Healthy […]

New study suggests eating red meat may increase risk of Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors A new study published June 17, 2013 in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that eating red meat over prolonged period of time increased the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The study followed several men and women participants for four years and found that those who ate half a serving (about […]

Go Green for Life: Following a Plant Based Diet

Research shows that our typical meat-based Western diet that we consume today may increase the risk of heart disease, compared with diets high in fruits and vegetables. A new study now presents the potential health benefits of following a plant-based diet and why physicians should consider recommending plant-based diet to all their patients, especially those […]

Whole Foods Trump Supplements

Importance of selecting more natural or plant-based phytonutrients to stay healthy Vitamins are a group of substances that are essential for normal cell function, growth, and development. Scientists have discovered that the human body requires specific small quantities of 13 organic molecules, known as the 13 essential vitamins needed for the body to function. Every […]

Fix Your Gut, Improve Your Overall Health

Importance of Elimination Diet Have you kept up with your New Year’s resolutions to lose weight or eat healthy?  If you have, good for you in making such a positive lifestyle change to improve your overall health. But, what about if you’re still struggling to keep your resolutions or if you’ve been walking a straight […]

Alternative Medicine Practices for Healthy Aging

Alternative Medicine Practices for Healthy Aging

Aging can be a wonderful time of growth, grace and gratitude. To make the most of these years, take good care of yourself, starting with your heart. Here are some proven alternative medicine practices that will help you feel great and age well. Read more about these healthy aging practices in Dr. Cynthia Thaik’s book Your […]