Posted on 26th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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Most people are skeptical of using antioxidants to battle the major degenerative diseases of aging, largely because they don’t understand how free radicals themselves can actually cause disease. In the case of cancer, for instance, free radicals attack the genetic machinery inside the DNA molecule, by stealing away electrons from within the DNA. This, in turn, leads to a chain reaction “domino effect,” by forcing each newly created free radical to steal yet another electron from among its neighbors. If this terribly destructive process isn’t quenched immediately, it goes on to cause catastrophic alterations within the various “base codes” of the DNA molecule.
It is this type of damage to the information content of each DNA molecule that causes the cell to begin to grow wildly, without any control. As 95 percent of all cancers are thought to be caused by the free radicals that are contained in our diet and the environment, it makes sense to consume a protective mixture of broad-spectrum antioxidants, so that self-propagating free-radical reactions can be quenched before they have a chance to alter our DNA and create disease.
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 25th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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It may come as a surprise that in stressful situations, such as physical performance or the stresses of life, the right liquid nutrition is preferable to solid foods. Solid foods actually can compete with optimal performance. Obtaining nutrients in a liquid form allows the digestive system to absorb them directly into your bloodstream. Hence, we see many of the world’s top endurance athletes consume a liquid diet during training and competition. Not only does a liquid diet save time, but it also prevents feeling full or bloated while being active.
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 23rd December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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Lecithin is a vitally important nutrient of what makes up a substantial portion of the fats in the brain. Numerous products contain soy lecithin, but not all soy lecithin is created equal. Lecithin is sold as a nutritional supplement and an emulsifying nutrient that helps different ingredients mix well and keep from separating. Soy lecithin ranges from junk food to superfood, depending on its level of purity and whether or not it is derived from genetically modified soy. The lecithin you want is a high phosphatide ultra pure (98 percent oil free) non-GMO soy lecithin, which is a superfood that contains virtually no soy protein. Sunflower lecithin is expected to be widely available in the near future and may prove to be an even better option.
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 22nd December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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What to AVOID:
• Every species of commercial fish has been shown to contain unsafe levels of mercury and other contaminants.
• Farm-raised fish are contaminated for different reasons (they are fed toxins).
• Super concentrated fish oils are altered from its natural triglycerides form and reconstructed into an unnatural etherified form (ethyl ester). Fish oil omega-3s in the triglyceride form are better for boosting the omega-3 index than the ethyl ester form, says a new study from Germany, a result which echoes recent Danish findings. Choose fish oil with a maximum of 180 milligrams of EPA and 120 milligrams of DHA per capsule.
• Liquid fish oils due to risk of oxidation. Fish oil should be oxygen protected in a gelatin capsule (buffalo gelatin is best).
• Choose fish oil instead of shellfish oils. Personally, I avoid shellfish and shellfish oils, such as krill oil and green-lipped mussel oils, because of the wisdom behind biblical dietary law and shellfish are the filters of the sea. These oils do contain some omega-3 EPA and DHA, but not nearly as much as fish oils and are far more expensive. Manufacturers claim shellfish oils are better utilized in the body, so one does not have to take as much, and that they also contain some natural antioxidants to help prevent lipid peroxidation. Most researchers do not believe that any enhancement in absorption is enough to offset the dramatically lower amounts of EPA and DHA. The presence of antioxidants is a good thing, but the concentrations are small. However, if you are comfortable with taking shellfish oils or if it happens to be the only EPA/DHA that works for you, by all means take it!
Note: SuperEssentials Omega 3EDA+ is the only antioxidant essential fatty acids supplement that I am aware of that addresses all of these issues.
KC Craichy
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 21st December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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Eating Speed
If your mother constantly reminded you to slow down and completely chew your food, I hope for your health’s sake that you followed her wise advice. Interesting research from independent sources during the past few years proposes that you can reduce your intake of calories and make a significant reduction in weight gain by implementing your mom’s extraordinarily simple eating trick: Slow it down.
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Posted on 20th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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A poor diet as well as snacking can induce the pancreas to secrete large amounts of insulin. There is also the normal aging that causes the insulin receptors on cell membranes to lose their youthful sensitivity or functionality. In an abnormal situation, too much sugar consumption leads to elevated blood glucose levels, which chronically elevate blood insulin levels. As a consequence, the insulin receptors stop responding to the insulin (medically known as the pathological condition called “insulin receptor resistance” or “insulin resistance”), and the glucose cannot enter the cell. Therefore, the blood glucose continues to increase, which further increases blood insulin, creating more insulin receptor resistance.
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 19th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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When you reach your weight loss goal, continue having a SuperSmoothie or Micro SuperSmoothie for one meal per day, preferably breakfast, and continue to eat Smart Meals for the rest of your meals. Continue to make sure your protein and other nutrient intake is at optimal levels.
Continue to regularly monitor your weight and body fat levels, and if you find you have gained more than a couple of pounds or increased body fat levels, go back to being more strict until you return to optimal weight.
There are numerous other strategies in this book that can be incorporated into your program. Try a few things at a time and find out what works for you. How do you know if it is working for you? If you feel good, have high energy levels, show improvements, such as in your focus, sleep, recovery, hair, skin, nails, digestion, and elimination, you are on the path to optimal weight and Super Health.
KC Craichy
Author
The Super Health Diet
Posted on 16th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge |SuperHealth Podcasts
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We’ve all pushed away from the Thanksgiving table and it’s onward toward Christmas! This month, our calendars fill with holiday dinners, lunches, and parties and central to these events is food—breads, cakes, pastries, cookies, hot chocolate, egg nog, candy canes, and other seasonal “goodies”. How can you and your family healthfully thrive through December and not just survive with your good health intact?
For the hundreds joining us on this year for The Living Fuel Holiday Health Challenge, we’ve kept you updated with practical tips, clever tricks, and useful strategies to help you attain better health on January 2nd than before the holidays.
Today on our SuperHealth Podcast, we recap many of these useful items that we’ve shared so far through email, Facebook, Twitter, and through our blog and forum.
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Posted on 16th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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Top 10 Worst Foods
1. Doughnuts
2. French fries and almost all deep fried foods, including anything made with hydrogenated oils or heated vegetable oils
3. Fast food hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, and all factory farmed meats
4. Produce and meats raised using Genetically Modified Organisms. See www.responsibletechnology.org
5. Corn byproducts
6. Alcoholic beverages
7. Soft drinks, conventional coffee, sports drinks, and fruit juices
8. Sugar and artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, etc.)
9. Peanut butter (conventional national brands with partially hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup)
10. Foods made from bleached white flower, white bread, pastries, cakes, etc.
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The Super Health Diet
Posted on 15th December 2011 by admin in Holiday Health Challenge
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Protein comes from the Greek word proteos, which means “the first,” suggesting its primary importance. The human body can survive and thrive without carbohydrate intake, and even go very long periods of time without dietary fats; however, protein deficiency during longer periods of time leads to death. In my book Super Health: 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality, I discuss that food is either a building block or fuel, and protein can be both. Protein is primarily a structural nutrient, or a building block, but can also be converted by the body to fuel during low to no carbohydrate intake or low caloric intake through “gluconeogenesis.” Certain populations, such as some Eskimo communities, eat very little carbohydrates in their diets and thus are fueled by the conversion of amino acids to fuel. Thus, excess protein intake is otherwise used or excreted by the body, not stored as fat.
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The Super Health Diet
