Before we get all excited over the recent news about coffee being our new antioxidant, we need to take a look at the entire picture. Is there truly a coffee antioxidant? If there is, how exactly is coffee an antioxidant? Does it become the antioxidant when it’s heated? Does the coffee antioxidant benefit everyone? Are there MORE
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Folk wisdom has always singled out fruits and vegetables as being indispensable for health, but it has only been within the last thirty years that we know why. Science and technology have isolated compounds in plants and vegetables that have literally been our life-savers. These are phytonutrients which all fruits and vegetables MORE
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Breast health is a very important aspect of a women’s health. This is because there are many risk factors that affect the breasts, most of which may result in serious conditions such as breast cancer. In some instances, a woman may not be even aware of having some form of breast disease until it is already advanced MORE
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The secret to safe weight loss is a healthy lifestyle consisting of a good diet and exercise. That is more effective than trying to lose fat fast with a fad diet. People who lose weight that way usually put the weight back on when they come off the diet. Here are some tips for healthy eating and safe weight loss.
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You may not know it, but the addition of a daily DHA and EPA omega 3 fish oil vitamin could be exactly what you need for staying healthy. We all tend to expect to develop some sort of inflammatory ailment at some point in time, as it just seems par for the course as we advance in age. What if I told you that it is possible to avoid many of the physical problems that we take for granted will develop?
Studies have proven that high levels of omega 3 fatty acids in the system will ward off the development of many common ailments. These include cardiovascular disease, adult onset non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, arthritis, gout, and hormone driven cancers such as colon, prostate, and breast cancer. You can even prevent asthma, allergies, and inflammatory bowel disease.
Why is it exactly that a daily DHA and EPA omega 3 fish oil vitamin has the ability to prevent so many different ailments from forming? It is due to the ability of the omega 3 fatty acids to counteract the inflammation that is produced when n-6 fatty acids are called to duty by the immune system in order to fight infection. Once the n-6s get going there is no other way to turn inflammation production off other than n-3 fatty acids.
It is ideal to maintain a balance between the levels of these different fatty acids, but this is made nearly impossible by the foods that we eat. N-6s are heavily predominant in poultry and eggs, cereals, baked goods, whole grain breads, and the majority of vegetable oils. These foods contain many times more potentially damaging n-6 fatty acids than healing omega 3s.
Our diets have made the use of a daily DHA and EPA omega 3 fish oil vitamin an absolute necessity if we are going to remain healthy. Fatty fish are the only dietary source that we have for providing us with the DHA and EPA fatty acids our bodies need. The often mentioned flaxseed oil offers little benefit so far as disease prevention goes, as it contains high levels of omega 3s but not the right ones.
You don’t want to increase the levels of DHA and EPA omega fatty acids in your blood by increasing your intake of the fatty fish that provide them, as is often recommended. Fish oil supplements are much safer for you, because the oil has been purged of the high levels of mercury, lead, dioxins, and PCBs commonly found in fish. These supplements are also highly concentrated.
My recommendation for a DHA and EPA omega 3 fish oil vitamin is one that includes Lycopene and Astaxanthin, which are both extremely powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants help to heal the oxidative damage caused by the activity of free radicals. Free radical damage has been called by some the single biggest factor as to why our bodies break down as we get older.
Make no mistake about it. A daily DHA and EPA omega 3 fish oil vitamin with Astaxanthin and Lycopene will do your body a world of good.
About The Author
Laurel Cohen is a strong advocate of natural health in all its forms: skin care, supplementation, and farm fresh foods. She enjoys introducing people to the best natural products she can find and uses herself daily. Visit her site http://www.omega-3-for-health.com to learn about the omega 3 fish oils Laurel uses daily for optimal health.
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Obesity is an Increasing Health Risk
by: Clarence Carter
High blood pressure, joint pains, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, heart ailments, palsy, liver ailments, menstrual abnormalities, breast cancer, female infertility, decline in libido, endometrial cancer, mental stress, blood circulation diseases like arteriosclerosis, MORE
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One of the most frequent questions I am asked as a clinical thermographer is: “What exactly is the difference between mammography, ultrasound and thermography?” There seems to be some confusion on this subject by thinking that one replaces the other as tests, nothing could be further from the truth. Both mammography MORE
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Ever felt aggrieved that other entrepreneurs make the headlines but you don’t? Louise Third, founder of Integra Communications, the enterprise PR specialists, says it’s not as tough as it looks; it just requires planning and the application of some basic rules.
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Cancer – Cervical Smears – Women’s Health
by: Fritz Frei
All women at some point in their life will have to have a cervical smear as a part of a health checkup. But do you know exactly what a cervical smear is, and how it can affect, diagnose or treat women’s ailments? Read on for more information about this common MORE
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