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Is Nutrasweet (Aspartame) Safe?
Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2008 – 11:28 pm -One of our readers wrote the following to General Mills: "I was enjoying your Fiber One until I read the ingredients. Why do you put Aspartame in the cereal? The FDA may say it’s safe, but check the studies that have been done and how this is harmful to the body. People being diagnosed with […]
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Reader Questions Soy Benefits: “One Man’s Meat is Another Man’s Poison”
Written by Wellness Club on June 11, 2008 – 2:06 pm -Michael writes to comment: All of my other “Natural Health” information areas (including the book , “The Whole Soy Story”) are stressing the detriments of soy, so I am surprised to see such a positive review (of course, with some caveats). This statement from “The Dangers of Soy” actually contradicts what you have stated: Soy […]
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Miracle Tea lowers cholesterol, blocks cancer, fights heart disease, and more!
Written by Wellness Club on May 29, 2008 – 3:17 pm -A nice cup of Oriental Green Tea can be a delicious, relaxing, soothing break in your day. But more than that, recent research is pointing out other benefits as well. A recent article in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that enriched green tea extract may be effective in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Subjects […]
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Saturated Fats: Another Big Fat Lie
Written by Wellness Club on May 1, 2008 – 12:30 am -by Mark Ziemann, R.N. "For every complicated problem there is a solution that is simple, direct, understandable, and wrong." — H.L. Mencken "Everybody knows" that saturated fats are unhealthy, just like "everybody knew" once upon a time that the earth was flat. The saturated fat myth has seriously compromised the heart-health of Americans, and it’s […]
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10 Dangers of Carbohydrates
Written by Wellness Club on April 14, 2008 – 5:12 pm -The US Food Pyramid advises us to eat 5-10 servings per day of carbohydrates, but high carbohydrate diets are the primary causes of our current overweight/obesity epidemic. 66% of adult Americans are overweight and 33% of these are obese. Diets high in carbohydrates (grains, beans, sugary fruits— anything that quickly turns into sugar in the […]
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