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Dr. Oz on Preventing Breast Cancer (Watch Video)

Doing three things can subtantially help reduce the chances of breast cancer, or any cancer: 1. Reduce weight if overweight; 2. Reduce saturated fat consumption; 3. Eat more green leafy vegetables. Being overweight or eating saturated fat mess with your hormone balance and can lead to “turning on” cancer cells. Eating green leafy vegetables can help cleanse the liver of toxins.

1 Soda, 60 Minutes of Hell

Drink one soda and within 60 minutes you can look forward to sugar spikes, insulin bursts, rising blood pressure and calcium excretion, among other unsavory things.
Have soda the habit? Do some substituting with cold or hot green tea!

Aspartame is Poison, a Neurotoxin, Actually

Hard to believe but the evidence says that Aspartame and its brand names Equal, NutraSweet and Sugar Twin are derived from neurotoxins. Dump them in the trash and use Stevia or Xylitol instead.

No Excuses — A 5 Minute Exercise Routine

Non-exercisers can begin an exercise routine by starting slowly. Demonstrated by Megan Hoffman, this video shows how to exercise the whole body in 5 minutes. As you get better, keep repeating this routine.

Sugar Lover! Which Type Are You?

Doctors Hyman and Teitelbaum have extensively written of the dangers of artificial sweeteners. Teitelbaum has characterized four types of “sugar addicts” based on behavior and makes recommendations about how to get well.

10 Unusual (Need to Know) Weight Loss Tips – WATCH!

Here are ten important weight loss tips: 1. Don’t skip meals.
2. Use smaller plates. 3. Count your calories. 4. Your metabolism is not the problem.
5. Protein staves off hunger. 6. Soup keeps you fuller for longer. 7. The wider your choice, the more you eat. 8. Low-fat diary helps excrete more fat (must be calorie neutral). 9. Exercise burns fat long after you stop, even while you sleep.
10. Keep moving to lose weight.

The 40 Best Age-Erasing Superfoods

Read about these 40 age-erasing superfoods that have specific health benefits, such as lowering cholesterol, blood sugar and increasing antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.

5 Healthy Eating Nutrition Tips — Watch Video

In this video, Annick Robinson demonstrates 5 tips for healthy eating, which involve frequent eating of small portions, lean protein selection, low gylcemic carbs and healthy fats.

Drink Your Way to Health and Weight Loss

Substituting coffee, soda, and snacks with green tea, pure water and nutritious smoothies will result in more energy and weight loss. By doing this you can lose over 20 pounds in one year without doing anything else.

9 Reasons to Drink Green Tea (and limit coffee)

Green tea is a wonderful thing. It can help you lose fat, particularly belly fat (the dangerous kind), as well as increase antioxidant levels. Moreover, if you substitute green tea for coffee, you’ll reduce stress by eliminating the cortisol levels that caffeinated coffee produces.

The Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 – Food to Live By (Watch)

Pesticides in food is a serious problem. Organic food circumvents this and provides more nutrition; however some conventionally-grown food has few pesticides. Check out the “Clean 15” and “Dirty Dozen”, and watch Dr. Weil’s comments.

New Research: Muscles = Longevity!

Researchers discover that a protein called HSP10 in our cells mitochondria may hold a secret for longevity. HSP10 helps build muscle, and muscle is one key to living long and strong.

On a Budget? Good, Healthy Food is Often Cheaper (Watch)

Healthy, budget food tips. Packaged foods are often more expensive and less healthy than their bulk, volume alternatives. Beans and brown rice offer good nutrition for a fraction of the price of manufactured food. You can eat better and cheaper by buying healthy food in bulk, or fresh food from your local grocer.

Lose Weight Without Dieting

Simply changing when and how often you eat can have a startling affect on reducing your weight and improving your health. As Dr. Hyman talks about in this video. researchers have found that those who eat small amounts of food more often increase their calorie burn (thermogenesis). Eat less more often and eat lean protein are two keys.

Hardly Healthy Fruit Juice

All fruit juices aren’t healthy. Far from it. Know the sugar content. Arizona Kiwi Strawberry, Tropicana Grape Juice Beverage, SoBe Elixir Cranberry Grapefruit, Minute Maid Lemonade, Welch’s Mountain Berry and Ocean Spray Cran-Apple all have way too much sugar.

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