INFORMATION Eating a balanced diet means choosing a wide variety of foods and drinks from all the food groups. It also means eating certain things in moderation‚ namely saturated fat‚ trans fat‚ cholesterol‚ refined sugar‚ salt and alcohol. The goal is to take in nutrients you need for health at the recommended levels. Two examples of a balanced eating pattern are the USDA Food Guide at MyPyramid.gov and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH Diet). Both eating patterns emphasize
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Fad Diets What is a fad diet? A fad diet is a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity. Fad diets are all the rage today. Flip through magazines‚ surf the web or turn the TV on and you will see number of diets promising to help you lose weight in a week or two. However a lot of fad diets aren’t worth trying. They can be very dangerous; trying to lose a lot of weight in short periods of time isn’t the best thing for our bodies and can cause a lot of harm to them. Some major harm that fad
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DIET AND HYPERTENSION Hypertension or High Blood Pressure‚ as it is commonly called‚ is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is chronically elevated. With each heart beat‚ heart pumps blood through the arteries to the body. Blood pressure is the pressure or force with which blood is pushed against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high‚ the heart has to pump harder which in turn can damage the body organ and cause illnesses like stroke‚ heart attack‚ heart
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The Atkins Diet V.S The Food Lovers Diet. | Which Is Healthier? | | By: Tiffany Barnes | 12/1/2012 | The growth in the number of obese people in America is alarming. Many of us have had problems controlling our weight and why not with so much temptation around us. The problem everyone should consider when losing weight is not only how can we lose weight but also what is the healthiest
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with a high school degree. College is beneficial because it expands career options and it contributes to a higher employment rate. College degrees provide people with an easier time in achieving a comfortable life-style. With a degree‚ college will give you new career options. College gives opportunities like internships and new jobs with benefits. Co-founder of Bellwether Education Partners‚ Andrew Rotherham states that‚ “College graduates are also more likely to be in jobs with better benefits‚ further
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12-1-12 The Vegan Diet vs. The Paleolithic Diet Fad diets have been around for decades‚ ranging from drinking nothing but maple syrup for a week‚ to just simply eating fruits and vegetables. When people hear the word “diet” it usually means a change in eating habits for a short period of time in order to lose weight. That is not the case with two of the most popular‚ so-called‚ “diets” in America. The Vegan and Paleolithic diets have gained much attention because they are not diets‚ but lifestyle
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everywhere you go‚ you see diet programs in every possible media. Diet programs have mushroomed all over the place‚ preaching their different philosophies in best-selling books‚ audio tapes‚ TV shows‚ and the Internet. Diet in a cabbage soup Cabbage Soup Diet is one of the diet programs that enjoy popularity. It is a low fat high fiber diet that will help you lose those few extra pounds. People who intend to enroll in other long-term diet programs also use the cabbage soup diet to help them get into
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States government‚ as well as being married speaks to a higher standard that must be held by an individual in this position. “The “sex scandal/adultery” attribute was used most often‚ was of low relevance‚ and we speculate that because of its high use in the beginning‚ persisted
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What is a balanced diet? Eating well is important for all of us. In the short-term‚ it can help us to feel good‚ look our best and stay at a healthy weight. In the long-term‚ a healthy‚ balanced diet can reduce our risk of heart disease‚ diabetes‚ osteoporosis and some cancers. But what exactly is a healthy‚ balanced diet? To eat a balanced diet you need to combine several different types of foods - from each of the main food groups - in the right amounts so your body gets all the nutrients it
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realize that many of these things that only existed on one side of the Atlantic are now staples in our everyday diet. One example of a crop that shaped each civilization was wheat‚ which only existed in the Old World. The Native Americans were also introduced to the horse‚ which changed their world forever. But these gifts came with a huge cost. It’s important to take into consideration what else came across the Atlantic Ocean with these crops and livestock -- diseases and pests. This greatly contributed
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