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“Eat more blueberries.  Scientists who studied nearly 157,000 men and women over 14 years learned that those who ate at least one serving of blueberries per week were 10 percent less likely to have high blood pressure, possibly thanks to beneficial compounds called flavonoids in the fruit.” -Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Feb. 2011  (You can also supplement your diet with flavonoids quite easily.  For more information on a premium source click here.

“A diet high (of course ‘high’ is not quantified) in red and processed meats, saturated fats, and sweets may harm your kidneys.  Researchers tracked three diets’ effect on the kidney function of more than 3,100 women for 11 years.  While two healthier diets didn’t affect the women’s kidneys, the unhealthy “Western diet” was associated with worsening kidney function over time.”  -Source: American Journal of Kidney Disease, February 2011.

“What you eat may affect your mood.  Researchers who studied more that 12,000 people for an average of six years found that consuming trans fats ups the risk for depression, while monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats protect against it.  (Saturated fats were not studied)  At the start of the trial, no participants suffered from depression; by the end, 657 people were depressed.  Those who ate plenty of trans fats had a 48 percent increased risk for depression compared with those who ate none.  The researchers also found that olive oil was linked to a lower risk of being depressed.”  – Source: Plos ONE, January 2011.

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Conceptually organically grown fruits and vegetables would be a healthier choice.  Sadly the term organic doesn’t mean much at all.  A grower can have their fruits and vegetables certified as organic if they meet specific criteria such as the grower did not use any pesticides on his crops.  However that does not mean there are no pesticides on his fruits or vegetables.  A neighbor who uses pesticides might have had the spray used drift onto the organic growers fields or trees.  Study carefully anything labeled organic.  You pay more without any guarantee that the product is safer.

Optimum nutrition for children is a topic I am passionate about.  Children have such unhealthy food choices thrust at them.  With the busy lives of parents there is too much reliance on prepared foods.  Supplementation offers some nutrition insurance.  At least we know that the children are getting some good nutritional support in their daily diet.  School are trying to do better with food choices offered.  Children eat to little fruits and vegetables.  Click here to watch a great video.

“While saturated fat can raise LDL (“bad”) cholesterol to unhealthy levels, monounsaturated fats may increase HDL (“good”) cholesterol, according to a study.  Participants with high cholesterol were told to eat either a typical vegetarian diet that was low in fat and high in whole grains or the same diet with a percentage of carbs replaced with monounsaturated fats.  After a month, both group lowered their LDL cholesterol levels, but only those on the diet high in monounsaturated fats raised their HDL (“good”) cholesterol –a 12.5 percent increase over the other group.  Sources of healthy monounsaturated fasts include nuts, olive oil, and avocados.” – Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal, published online, Nov. 8, 2010.

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Exercise, proper eating, enough sleep, and curbing stress all are factors in prevention of disease.  Some of the top diseases we face today are related to a lack of good nutrition.  We just need to wise up.  The government, at all levels,  is not going to be able to take care of us.  Government cannot pay for it all.  So what is the one solution that we can control.  We can eat better, exercise more, sleep at least 8 hours, and supplement our diet with supplements based on solid science.  There is one company that has published more research in peer reviewed journals than anyone else.            Click here to find out more.

“Americans are eating as much salt as they did half a century ago–and that;s still way too much, health experts say.  Researchers analyzed 38 studies done between 1957 and 2003 that measured salt in urine, an indicator of how much salt people eat.  Despite the stable salt intake, high blood pressure and heart disease have been growing in the United States.  So researchers suspect that, even more than salt, obesity may be the driving cause behind the rise in chronic disease over the past 20 years. -Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2010-