How Fat Free Foods Make You Gain Weight

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Have you ever thought about it? All of those companies that make low fat or fat free foods claim that their products help people lose weight. Here’s the thing though: Americans eat the most low fat and fat free foods, but … Continue reading →

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Effective Natural Health & Beauty Products

post from Wellness Coach on 30 May 2010 09:52:12 PM. © Wellness Coach

All we know well that herbal nutrients are required to support healthy metabolism and maintain functions of our body. Available data indicate that many more vitamins and vitamin-like nutrients are yet to be discovered in herbs today. That is why herbal medicines … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Stretching

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It almost seems like there is a dramatic cut off point for muscle soreness. One day you are able to do simple physical activities such as workout or play sports without feeling sore, and then one day it seems you can?t … Continue reading →

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Tips to Live Green in 2010

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Being eco-friendly or living in an environmentally friendly way is often preached to us from the media, government, friends and colleagues. But eco-friendly living can often be confusing with mixed messages coming from different quarters. For instance some people claim … Continue reading →

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How Omega-3 Helps Your Mind and Body

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Over 25,000 worldwide scientific studies show that long-term consumption of Omega-3 fish oils offers benefits to your heart, joint, and skin health as well as your memory. Recent studies show they can even improve your emotional well-being. Heart and circulation … Continue reading →

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Organic Food Information on the Benefits of
Organic Food

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It is normal, and indeed, necessary, for you to have sound reasons for taking different actions in your life. This applies to switching to organic foods as well. This is a significant change and you should know the reasons for … Continue reading →

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Nuts Prevent Heart Attacks

post from Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin on 30 May 2010 09:16:48 PM. © Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin

A review of 25 studies shows that eating nuts (including peanuts) lowers cholesterol to help prevent heart attacks (Archives of Internal Medicine, May 10, 2010). Eating an average of 2.5 ounces of nuts per day lowers total cholesterol 5.1 percent, LDL (the bad cholesterol) 7.4 percent, and triglycerides 10.2 percent. It even lowers Lp(a), a genetic component of cholesterol that increases risk for strokes and heart attacks in young people. The more nuts a person eats, the lower the cholesterol. Those with the highest bad LDL cholesterol had the greatest lowering when they ate nuts.

An earlier review of five large epidemiologic studies and 11 clinical studies showed that eating nuts reduces risk for heart attacks (Nutrition Reviews, May 8, 2001). The most improvement came from eating two ounces (four tablespoons) of nuts five or more times a week. Eating an ounce of nuts more than five times a week can result in a 25 to 39 percent reduction in heart attack risk.

Nuts are a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids. Before the bad LDL cholesterol can form plaques in arteries, it must be converted to oxidized LDL. LDL formed from monounsaturated fat is highly resistant to oxidation, so the LDL is less likely to be converted to its form that damages arteries. The nuts in these studies included almonds, brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and peanuts. Among Americans, peanuts account for approximately half of all nuts consumed.

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Salad + Veggie Sammie

For dinner tonight, I washed some mixed greens with herbs and topped them with sundried tomato basil feta cheese, diced orange bell pepper, sliced tomato, craisins and Newman’s Own Light Raspberry and Walnut salad dressing. Then, I toasted some Nature’s Own 100% whole wheat bread and slathered one piece with smashed avocado (mooshed with a [...]

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A Steamy Adventure

For lunch today, I decided to try out two new toys that my mom and my mom-in-law recently gave me. My mom provided the rice cooker, shown in this morning’s breakfast post, and my mom-in-law provided the Krups Food Steamer. I made a cup of brown rice in the rice cooker, and it was so [...]

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MS Donor Closet Helps the Needy

MSF Ambassador Bill Brayer had an idea that in a short ten years mushroomed from recycling one person's used items into one of the largest donor closets in the nation.
In 1999, Bill had been meeting weekly with a group of residents who had MS at a nearby care/rehab center when one of the MS residents passed away at an early age. Her parents asked Bill to help find a home for an electric power chair, a manual wheelchair, a power chair, an electric hospital bed and several other DME/ME (durable medical equipment and mobility equipment) items.
This event sparked an idea for Bill - a service that would gather donations of gently used or new DME/ME items and provides them to people in need. Within six months his new Donor Closet became a local-area-only charitable sister company to Bill?s existing nonprofit agency, MS Helping Hands (MSHH). A local newspaper article covering the story about this special resource helped to bring in additional DME/ME items and more volunteers.
With the media coverage sharing Bill?s dream with others, his ?Closet? soon required twelve 10x20 storage units (2,400 square feet). Soon, he was leading a small army of volunteers that helped to clean and repair the items, and assist any disabled recipients.
As requests grew, Bill discovered many would-be donors had no way to get the items to the Donor Closet. No obstacles allowed, Bill simply asked a volunteer with his own van to assist.
When the area?s community found out of the Closet?s need, they were gifted a vehicle by a private donor, and later, another by a grant from The Boeing Corporation.
Growing quite huge, the Closet's storage overhead required that they had to start requesting a nominal donation from recipients. However, any leftover financial donations (after covering the monthly operating costs of the Donor Closet) are transferred into a restricted Financial Assistance Grant Fund. The funds are then used to provide monetary help to people with multiple sclerosis who reside in the State of Washington.
Bill has one saying he often refers to: ?We are here to help the needy, not the greedy!? He feels there should be a Donor Closet in every city, as the need is there and so are the unused items. All it takes is someone to get the ball rolling.
If anyone wants to take on this challenge, Bill has written a how-to guide to starting and maintaining an all-volunteer Donor Closet in your area.
You can email Bill Brayer at info@mshelp.org for a copy of the how-to guide in a Microsoft Word document. And if you are a Washington state resident, visit the MSHH Donor Closet at 409 Howell Way in downtown Edmonds, WA. 98020. Tel: (425) 712-1807.

Information Source: The MS Foundation

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