Most people know they should drink at least eight to ten eight-ounce glasses of water each day. We keep hearing “Drink more water,” but here are some “cold, hard facts” from the American Institute For Cancer Research about why increasing your water intake is important.
1. Water helps your body get moving by helping to relieve dry mouth and by refreshing the rest of your body.
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Most of us eat way to much processed food. We eat much more processed food today even than just 10 – 15 years ago. The MSN article, 7 Tips for Avoiding Processed Foods, makes some good suggestions on how to avoid processed foods. It is based on suggestions from the book, Unprocessed, which details a 26-year old grad student’s year of eating nothing but unprocessed foods and even doing it on a salary of just $16,780 per year. (She did spend about 27% of her income on food…)
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I just came across an article by Dr. Joseph Mercola about the link between certain foods and depression. The article is interesting and certainly makes you think about what you put into your body. The old, “You are what you eat,” seems to certainly apply here.
Foods and additives that are linked to promoting depression include sugar, genetically engineered ingredients, glyphosate, artificial food additives, and gluten.
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The article Holistic Holiday Wellness: Five Tips to Stay Healthy Naturally (written in 2009, but still topical today) offers readers five helpful tips to stay healthy during the holiday season. To read the article in its entirety, click on the link above, but in a nutshell, here are the five tips the article offers:
