The Truth About Protein Intake

We have all been hearing the same story from just about every single trainer, body builder, and internet marketer on the subject, you have to eat protein and you have to eat a lot of it.

If it were that simple this article would come to an albeit brief conclusion, but there is a little more to it than that.

First, the real reason why it is critical to your diet is because it is the building block of all muscle tissue in your body. You are building your muscle tissue by eating animal muscle tissue because that is essentially what it is.

Protein gives us branched-chain-amino-acids that our body cannot produce and they are essential to ensure that we can rebuild our muscle tissue after we over-work it. These BCAA's are only found it animal-based protein foods and there are nine of twenty-two that our body cannot produce which makes it that much more important to get quality sources of protein into our daily food intake.

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3 Tips For Healthy Weight Loss - The Key To Lifelong Success

Have you ever been disappointed that after trying diet after diet, you found that you had actually gained weight? Losing weight requires a new way of thinking and hard work; it is never easy.

Losing weight in a healthy way, fortunately, will help you to keep it off. I am going to explain three tips for healthy weight loss and how it is the key to lifelong success in your weight control program.

Now let's get started!

Exercise Some Creativity with Your Diet Plan

When you think about dieting for a moment, what do you think is going to happen if you try a strict diet regime when you have become accustomed to eating whatever you want whenever you want? What do you think your chances of success will be with that type of strict diet?

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Vitamin D: Benefits and Sources

Vitamins are complex compounds which are essential for normal functioning of your body's metabolism. Most of the vitamins can be consumed directly. However, vitamin D can be synthesized by body with the help of ultraviolet rays of sun. For a number of years, the importance of this vitamin has been overlooked. However, with leaps in research, new studies have shown that deficiency of vitamin D in diet can lead to premature aging of bones besides other problems. This happens because lack of optimum levels of vitamin D inhibits necessary calcification of bones and they become weak and worn with time. In order to fulfill the normal calcium in blood, the body mechanism removes calcium from bones. This causes bone softening and abnormal bone structure which causes aging.

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The Many Great Benefits Of Following A Raw Nutrition Plan

Many people looking for ways to eat healthy and improve their weight turn to raw nutrition. This type of nutrition plan is a way to improve your overall health and get the benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables. The diet not only consist of fruits and vegetables but also foods such as grains, nuts, beans and seeds. These nutrients are also needed in a healthy diet plan.

When making the decision to change your diet, it is important to get the advice of your health care provider. Some people who have compromised immune systems may have problems with the bacteria that are often found in raw milk. It is a good idea to explain to your health care provider your goals and why you have chosen to change your diet.

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Is Coffee Healthy?

What is coffee?

Coffee is a drink made from coffee beans, which are the roasted fruit of the Coffea arabica bush. Also coffee is an addictive drink. The more coffee you drink, the more you depend on it. Majority of coffee drinkers are more than aware of this and rely on it to help them get a start to their day.

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9 Common Myths About Your Digestive Health

You might think that living in The Information Age would mean that our incredible access to knowledge would easily dispel myths that abound about our health. But in fact, it seems that so far, the internet has only helped propagate some of them. Hopefully, reading this will help set you straight on a couple doozies you might not have been aware were actually untrue.

1. The Ulcer-Causer. This is a big one for untrue myths: that spicy foods and stress cause ulcers. In fact, they can aggravate your ulcers, but the most likely cause of ulcers is infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori (aka H. Pylori), a commonly occurring bacteria in your stomach. Another likely suspect for most people is the overuse of NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen).

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Chlorophyll: The Wonder Green of Life

Chlorophyll has numerous health benefits. And while mostly forgotten over the last 70 years, the wonders of this 'green magic' are slowly but surely reemerging.

Chlorophyll Is The Root of Life

Deep within every photosynthesizing plant cell on this planet is the green pigment, chlorophyll. It's used by plants to harness the sun's power, split water molecules and recombine them with carbon dioxide to create stored energy in the form of carbohydrates.

We depend on this green magic for the very food we eat as well as to produce the life-giving gas we breathe, oxygen.

But food and oxygen may not be all that we have chlorophyll to thank for...

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