Are Vegetables just BS?
The “anti-nutrient” effects of plants are outweighed by benefit to the human diet. Fiber meets the criteria of an essential nutrient.
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The Green Mediterranean Diet
The Green Mediterranean Diet promises less fatty liver, less visceral fat, and less mental decline with aging than the standard Mediterranean Diet.
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Losing Weight with Apps
Losing Weight With Apps Can a phone app help you lose weight? How about with your cholesterol, blood pressure, or waist size? Perhaps you’ve heard the latest Noom ads, where they boast forty publications showing that their app will help you lose weight. Apple is coming out with more ways to have their new watch…
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Decreasing Cholesterol: drugs and diet
The discovery of LDL, statins and genetics led to an overall reduction in cardiac mortality. Risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and high blood sugars increase risk only with high LDL.
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Alcohol and the Mediterranean Diet
Alcohol consumption has been identified as a component of the Mediterranean Diet. Recent data has led some to conclude there is no “safe” level of alcohol. However, conclusions from those studies are often incomplete, and conclusions come from bias sources.
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Mediterranean Diet After Weight Loss Surgery
Patients who adopted a Mediterranean Diet following weight loss surgery had better weight loss than those who adopted other plans. The more adherent to the Mediterranean Diet, the better long-term results after surgery. Regardless of the type of surgery.
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Implementing the Mediterranean Diet – Part One
Eating a wide variety of plants is one key to health. This has been shown in multiple studies that plants provide an important protection to your body.
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Inflammation and the Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Diet is the most anti-inflammatory diet ever tested. While inflammation is necessary, too much can make your life miserable and lead to injury
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The Mediterranean Diet is associated with a decreased risk of cancer, decreased risk of cancer recurrence, increased survival from cancer, as well as overall improved longevity
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