Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.
Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant created by your cells to fight destructive free radicals. Glutathione helps create lymphocytes, the cells of your immune system, which keep your body's defenses strong and producing antibodies.
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Oat bran is the outer husk of the oat grain, which is high in beta-glucan, a type of soluble fiber that can decrease cholesterol if consumed on a daily basis, according to Canadian nutritionist Leslie Beck, RD. A half cup of oat bran cereal contains 3g of beta-glucan and may help decrease the risk of heart disease.
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Fenugreek is used as a spice in food preparation as well as taken as an herbal supplement. First used medicinally by the Egyptians, fenugreek eases congestion when brewed into a tea. Drinking water that fenugreek seeds have been soaked in may dissolve mucus in your lungs, throat and sinuses.
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Calcium aspartate anhydrous is an organic calcium compound based on L-aspartic acid and is a form of calcium supplementation. There is some evidence that calcium aspartate anhydrous has a much higher absorption rate than other calcium supplements -- 92 percent.
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Liberte is a Canadian company that started producing cheese in 1928 in Montreal. In 1964 the company started to make yogurt and now produces a variety of cow and goat milk dairy products. Liberte yogurts are made from โrBGH freeโ milk from the Champlain Valley in Vermont.
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Sodium nitrite is used in curing meats to preserve color, add flavor, prevent fats from going rancid and stop botulism spores from becoming toxic. For example, a roasted leg of pork is brown, but add sodium nitrite and it becomes ham - pink, salty with a totally different flavor.
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Candida, a form of yeast, is a fungal overgrowth in your system that can cause fatigue, weight gain, joint pain and symptoms similar to irritable bowel syndrome. Candida live in the digestive system, but can break through the wall of the intestine and get into the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.
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Aloe Berry Nectar, marketed and manufactured by Forever Living Products, contains aloe vera gel, apples -- including the pectin -- and cranberries. Lightly sweetened with fructose, each 8-oz serving has 120 calories, 60mg of sodium and 30g of carbohydrates.
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