5 Negative Effects of Fructose

1. Body Fat – Glucose is quickly processed and sent out to cells for energy. However, a large percentage of it gets converted directly to fat and stored in the cells which can be a direct cause of weight gain. 2. Cardiovascular Disease – Fructose has been targeted as...

Tips for Weight Loss

Look at past journeys – What caused you to slip? Some say it’s a stressful event, if so, you need to learn how to deal with it better. We can’t control unexpected tragic events but what you can control is your food. Change your emotional pattern before the stress...

Fast Foods are Tainted with Chemicals

A new study in the journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology tested fast food to see if it contained potentially harmful chemicals (phthalates and their replacement plasticizers). The chemicals migrate from packaging in to the food, and are linked to...

Fatty Liver Linked to Sugar Intake

On average American adults gain 1.5 pounds annually from their 20s to their 50s, and it’s not muscle. That contributes to chronic diseases from depression and sore joints to heart disease and diabetes. Fat fueling sugar is also a major contributor. A new study found...

10 Min of Exercise a Day Could Save Your Life if your 40+

Study Findings: 10 minutes of exercise a day could save an estimated 110,000 lives a year in the US. Adding 10 min additional increments also reduced the number of unnecessary deaths 20 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day prevented 209,000 deaths....

Whole Grains can Prevent Diabetes

Execute your “prevent defense” correctly against Type 2 diabetes, and you’ll defeat the disease. Mess it up and you’ll have to contend with complications that come from chronic elevation of blood glucose levels.  Taking 10,000 steps a day and ditching added sugars and...