From the monthly archives:

March 2008

How Fibers Affect Our Health Exactly?

We have talked about fibers in general and tips to increase their consumption, but how do they exactly act to benefit our health?
Well, fibers or roughage are indigestible as such, however, as they pass through our digestive tract, they act as a sponge, absorbing many times its own weight in liquid. The result is that [...]

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11 Tips for Increasing Fiber Intake

Let us have a look at the various methods of increasing fiber intake in your daily diet. You would be glad if you followed even a few of them.
1. Eat 5 to 10 servings of fruit and vegetables daily. Leave the skins on when possible.
2.Eat breakfast. Yes, breakfast is one of the best fiber [...]

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Dietary Fibers- A must have in our diets

Dietary fibers (also called as roughage) is the indigestible component of plant foods. The effects of fibers appear to have been known since biblical times, but only in recent years have scientists begun to understand its importance in the daily diet as a means of preventing disease and maintaining health. Although fiber is not a [...]

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Low Carb Diets

There is no denying the current popularity of low carbohydrate diets. Chances are, you, or someone you know, has tried one. Atkins, South Beach, The Zone, Protein Power….There is a long list to choose from. But do they really work? What are the long term health consequences of these diets? Lets discuss a little bit [...]

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Mood and Junk Foods

There is no evidence that food allergies, including the much-disputed “yeast sensitivity”, cause emotional or behavioral changes. Likewise, there is no evidence that food additives or junk foods influence mood or behavior, even though some courts have allowed defendants to enter the “Twinkie defense” as a justification for their misdeeds. In some rare cases, children [...]

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Company Matters!

A recent New England Journal of Medicine study declared that people can actually “catch” obesity from their close friends!! When researchers followed 12,067 people over 32 years, they concluded that those of us with very close friends who are obese have a 171% chance of becoming obese too.
The theory goes like this: you are [...]

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