Fitness and Health: A Practical Guide to Nutrition, Exercise and Avoiding Disease

14. Organic Foods Today’s consumers may find a large variety of certified-organic produce, meats and other foods in traditional ...

ents. Some of the nutrients studied in organic produce were twice that of conventional equivalents. Many vegetables have been st ...

some countries still allow the use of pesticides that were banned decades ago in the United States. Choosing organic produce eli ...

meat, eggs, cheese, nuts and seeds. The most impressive operation I’ve seen is the Double Check Ranch in central Arizona, where ...

business farming, with newly developing chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and the other was the organic movement. Sir Albert ...

After studying organic gardening and natural health, and many different health-care philosophies, I decided to go back to colleg ...

sample organic cookies made from organic white flour and organic white sugar, eat processed organic corn chips, drink organic be ...

small farmers, companies and consumers left out of the original organic movement who were still there hoping for healthy changes ...

15. The Full Spectrum of Fiber Vegetables, fruits and other plant materials contain certain types of food particles that are not ...

etables and fruits, which will provide you with the full spectrum of fiber important not only for your intestines but for your e ...

ulate the acid-alkaline balance in the large intestine and in turn con- trol the bacteria themselves. Some fatty acids serve as ...

grains and in much smaller amounts in fruits, can inhibit the absorp- tion of calcium, iron, zinc and copper, and possibly other ...

improve the function and health of the colon. Prebiotics include one group of natural non-digestible carbohydrates called fructa ...

How Much Do You Need? So how much fiber and prebiotics should you eat? By now you should know the answer to this question — it d ...

16 Water, Water, Everywhere The three macronutrients — carbohydrate, protein and fat — are often the key focus in discussions on ...

brain, intestines and spleen are about 75 percent. Even areas like your bones, which are 22 percent water, and fat stores, 10 pe ...

the best and earliest indicator that you need more water. Urine should be clear, except for the first urine in the morning becau ...

Drink smaller amounts every couple hours rather than two or three large doses a day. Have a water bottle near you at all times, ...

Environmental chemicals, including pesticides, herbi- cides and trihalomethanes, a by-product of chlorination, and chemicals th ...

nector pipes, which connect the city water supply to homes. The water department or city engineer should be able to tell you whe ...