A healthy diet may help to prevent certain chronic (long-term) diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. It may also help to reduce your risk of developing some cancers and help you to keep a healthy weight. This leaflet explains the principles of a healthy diet. It is general advice for most people. The advice may be different for certain groups of people, including pregnant women, people with certain Read More ...
Dark leafy greens, and any deep green colored plant foods are some of the most concentrated source of nutrients I can think of. They provide a rich source of chlorophyll, minerals (including iron, calcium, potassium, and magnesium) and vitamins, including vitamins K, C, E, many of the B vitamins including folates (folic acid), as well as a variety of phytonutrients.
Omega-3 fatty acids are extraordinarily important to health. Whilst their cousins, the Omega-6 fatty acids are abundant in all sorts of vegetable oils and meats, the omega-3′s (including EPA) are much harder to come by. They can be found in oily fish (salmon, mackerel, trout) as well as some seeds and nuts, including walnuts, flax seeds and pumpkin seeds. Unfortunately, however, most of us are not including enough of these Read More ...
Top Ten Symptoms List, beginning with those perhaps most likely to be indicative of B12 deficiency: 1. Itchy or tingling tongue. 2. White spots in the skin. 3. Sharp stabbing, tingling pain in the palm of one or both hands. 4. Sores at the corners of the mouth. 5. Nerve shock in the side of the body. 6. Shortness of breath, but without chest pain. 7. Hemifacial (one side of Read More ...
Appreciating the Importance of Folic Acid Folic acid is actually just one of the many vitamins that make up the Vitamin B complex. Also known as folacin and folate, this indispensable nutrient serves the body in more ways than one.
