Hypercholesterolemia – it’s a mouthful, so let’s just stick to the easy-to-pronounce “high cholesterol” instead. High cholesterol increases your risk of heart disease, strokes and peripheral artery disease and is indicative of an unbalanced diet. Getting your cholesterol checked regularly is essential. In fact, if you haven’t had yours checked this year, get thee to a physician! Luckily, high cholesterol is relatively easy to cure with diet, exercise and a dollop of common sense.
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Down with Cholesterol!
6 fat busting foods that help you to lose weight
Eat yourself skinny
Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Well, now you don’t have to! Simply choosing to eat healthy, nutritional foods can have you eating more and losing weight at the same time. Adding some of these foods to your daily regime will help you to lose weight without counting calories or cutting portion sizes.
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5 ways to eat your way to a healthy heart
Heart disease and stroke cause a death every 7 minutes in Canada. These body bullies are also two of the three leading causes of death in the country. 29% of all deaths in Canada are a result of heart disease with men weighing in at 28% and women at a surprising 29.7%. Heart disease is avoidable. Regular exercise and a healthy diet are the ‘apple a day’ that will keep heart disease at bay. Adding a couple of foods to your diet can really make a difference and keep your ticker tocking.
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Sprouting Lyrical
The importance of sprouts in your diet
Sprouts from beans and legumes such as mung, alfalfa, lentils and adzuki are packed with vitamins, fibre, vitamin C and protein. These deliciously diminutive plants pack a nutritional punch while keeping calories at an all time low. Amazingly, sprouts have almost three times the nutrient value of dry beans and legumes and are much easier for the body to absorb and digest. The sprouting craze in the health food isle of your supermarket is there for good reason; these tiny little sprouts are jam-packed with goodness.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa sprouts, actually part of the pea family, are crunchy and packed with flavour. They are perfect for salads, sandwiches, soups and omelettes. Alfalfa is a great source of phytoestrogens which are instrumental in preventing heart disease, cancer and osteoporosis. They also contain calcium, potassium, zinc, folic acid, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and vitamins A through K. Alfalfa sprouts have the highest anti-oxidant value of all the vegetables. Continue reading
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Fabulous Flax
The value of adding flax seed to your diet
Flax is native to the eastern Mediterranean where it was first grown in the Fertile Crescent. Today, its blue-flowering blooms stretch themselves over increasingly large portions of the prairies as flax becomes a much sought-after ingredient. Used as a source of fibre, it is also the plant from which linseed is extracted. Linseed oil is an edible oil although you are probably more familiar with its use as a wood sealant and additive to artist’s oil paints.
Packed with nutrition
For the health conscious, flax seeds offer a veritable smorgasbord of delights as flax is rich in fibre, lignans, omega-3 fatty acids and an abundance of nutrients including Thiamine (vitamin B1), Riboflavin (vitamin B2), Niacin (vitamin B3), Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), vitamin B6 and Foliate (vitamin B9). Flax also contains vitamin C, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and zinc. And, as if this long list of great nutrients isn’t enough, it tastes pretty good too! Continue reading
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