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Boost Your Metabolism With Coconut Oil
Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2008 – 11:41 pm -Here’s an easy way to boost your metabolism without exercise or stimulants. It’s as simple as adding a delicious food to your diet. Certain foods increase metabolism. The most potent of these is protein, which boosts metabolic rate in a process known as the Thermogenic Effect of Food (TEF). Eating more protein and less carbs […]
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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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The Most Dangerous Food
Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2008 – 7:59 pm -This just in today from Medscape. Do you know what the most dangerous food — an entire category — is considered to be, based on the number of people affected? Meat you say? After all, E.coli has killed more than a few people over the years, especially in cheap hamburger from sleazy fast-food joints. But […]
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Help! I Don’t Want To Get Old!
Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2008 – 7:48 pm -I’m Getting a little older, I’m under lots of stress and work long hours, I’m packing on a little weight, and I want to get back to being lean and healthy. How can do it? Wow! If I had a nickel for every time we have heard some variation of this question… Here is a […]
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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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