Digestive Health
June 11th, 2008 at 01:22pm
Under Digestive Health+ Food+ Heart Health+ Immune System
The deliciously named yumberry has been harvested for thousands of years in China but has only just made it over here, in the form of a sweet, tart juice. For its proponents, it is nothing less than a youth elixir in a bottle.
The yumberry is particularly rich in oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), antioxidants that support the […]
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Tags: anti aging, antioxidants, blood pressure, collagen, OPCs, wrinkles
By Wendy
May 6th, 2008 at 11:28pm
Under Digestive Health+ Food
Some types of fiber interfere with your body’s ability to absorb important minerals such as iron and zinc. It is thought that your body adapts to a raised intake of fiber over time by increasing the percentage of these minerals absorbed in the intestine. But, if you are making a conscious effort to eat more […]
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Tags: beta glucan, fiber rich foods, lower cholesterol
By Wendy
May 6th, 2008 at 08:31pm
Under Digestive Health+ Food+ Weight Loss
How does soluble fiber help to lower cholesterol and blood-sugar levels?
The soluble fiber found in high fiber foods like apples and pears, plums and apricots; vegetables such as baked beans, peas and red kidney beans and porridge oats, literally grabs hold of cholesterol in your intestines and carries it out of your body. This means […]
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Tags: easy weight loss, fiber, high fiber foods
By Wendy
May 6th, 2008 at 06:50pm
Under Digestive Health+ Weight Loss
Ever since the 1980s, when The F-Plan Diet exploded on to the scene, we’ve all known that high fiber foods are good for us and that we should all be trying to eat more of it. Audrey Eyton, author of that hugely popular slimming book, brought fibrous food into our modern-day consciousness by extolling its […]
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Tags: f-plan, healthy diet, high fiber foods
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