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Carb confusion

Ok, so your trainer has put you on a diet low in carbohydrates. Okay, that is the easy part which carbs to eat can get a little confusing. There are three types of carbs, most people say there is two but...

0 comments    advice food nutrition
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Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor

  Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors are OHAs used for d type 2 DM that work by preventing the digestion of carbohydrates. They are: Acarbose, Miglitol, and Voglibose Mechanism of...

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Virgin Coconut Oil: Food for Diabetics

In the Pacific Islands, diabetes is unheard of among the people who eat traditional diets. But when they adapted the Western ways, diseases of all types surface and one of these new diseases is diabetes. Here...

7 comments    diabetes heart disease sugar
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The Truth About Carbohydrates

You can eat carbs as long as you know how to choose the right ones. Our muscles, brain,and central nervous system are fed by the carbohydrates that we eat. The human brain depends on carbohydrates for its...

0 comments    fiber carbohydrates carbs
purple flour corn variety71

Corn Varieties and Health Benefits

Corn is one of the most abundant grain crops worldwide. It is high in starch and protein, but it lacks two essential amino acids - lysine and tryptophan; as a result, it is not a suitable protein...

2 comments    health food cooking
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Centenarian Secrets

I have a passion for health, fitness and happiness. I am not striving for a fountain of youth but rather ways to make aging more enjoyable. Aging can be daunting for anyone however I believe that if we know...

0 comments    health fitness exercise
Eating Healthy62

The Anti Aging Diet

Living healthy is very beneficial of course! I'm a liberal vegetarian (I eat fish). I have read and studied a lot of books on health and nutrition and found this diet to be the best way possible to keep the...

1 comment    health diet exercise
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Top 5 Tips To Create Optimum Health

 We all desire good health, yet the majority of us take for granted our health and assume we are healthy due to the absence of disease. The human body is an amazing machine, that despite the abuses incurred...

3 comments    exercise stress supplements
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Nutrition and Baseball Pitching

The science of athletics has improved a great deal in recent times and one of the areas that has been most illuminated has been the importance of proper nutrition. When you're participating in baseball...

1 comment    processed foods baseball training
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Best Way to Increase Metabolism

 Many health experts today are teaching that weight management is largely dependent upon a healthy metabolism. As we age it becomes apparent that our metabolism isn’t functioning as well as it once did. ...

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