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No diet is truly optimized without a healthy amount of leafy greens. These plant foods are truly a miracle of nature, and are loaded with vitamins and minerals; they also are low in calories so you can eat plenty of them without gaining weight. Leafy greens can be eaten in sandwiches, be part of casseroles and can be eaten in numerous types of salads.   What are leafy greens? There are both common and relatively uncommon leafy green vegetables available to you.  Most you can get at the produce department at your local supermarket but others you may have to...

Vitamin C, technical name ascorbic acid is a water-soluble vitamin present in certain foods but that can also be obtained through supplementation. Humans are different from other animals in that they can’t synthesize the vitamin by their own bodies but must get it elsewhere.  The Benefits Of Vitamin C We need vitamin C in order to make L-carnitine, collagen and some neurotransmitters. Vitamin C is also involved in the metabolism of protein. We need vitamin C for the formation of collagen that is part of the connective tissue in the body’s organs and plays a role in wound healing. Vitamin...

Most people have heard about vitamin K but few know that it comes in two forms: Vitamin K1 and Vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 is one of the vitamins that researchers are finding out are great for your bone health and for your heart. It is as important as taking calcium when it comes to improving bone health.  Research has found a link between vitamin K2 and calcium. It turns out that without the addition of vitamin K2 in your diet or as a supplement, you can’t regulate calcium levels and bone health suffers. In addition, those who have decreased levels...

A few years back, we were told to cut back on salt. Then, we were told to cut back on sugar because researchers linked it to obesity, type-2 diabetes and a whole wealth of other health problems. In 2016, the general advice is to drop sugar from your diet altogether. This is, of course, tricky because many of us have sweet tooth, thanks to diets that are rich in sugary tastiness. The more sugar we have eaten over the years, the more our body craves it now. It’s just the way of things. The Huffington Post reports that in the...