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

! Use of antacids. ! Pregnant (current or recent). ! Over age 50. ! Increased need for antioxidants (reduced immune function). ! ...

wise utilize synthetic folic acid. The numbers are difficult to determine, but scientists have estimated that perhaps up to 30 p ...

almost at epidemic proportions. The end result is that not enough cal- cium gets into the cells, including the bones, muscles an ...

present in the intestine, 70 percent may be absorbed, for example, while a larger amount of calcium may have only a 30 percent a ...

ing the ones important for fat metabolism. And the best sources of magnesium are vegetables. A Note on Osteoporosis Osteoporosis ...

Iron is efficiently recycled in the body, with some loss occurring through sweating during exercise, or for women, through menst ...

of fat in the liver, transporting of other nutrients throughout the body, and is associated with the adrenal glands’ regulation ...

book is about getting and staying healthy, which would include skin and hair. Here are some specific recommendations for skin an ...

Finally, don’t put anything on your skin you’re not will- ing to eat! That’s because you absorb most ointments, creams, lotions ...

19 Let the Sun Shine! We should love the sun because we can’t be healthy without it. Humans have been in sunny environments sinc ...

Based on recent scientific studies, currently recommended vita- min D levels are inadequate, even with the recent increase in re ...

Stay Tan For most of my career I have recommended getting a good tan to pro- tect the skin against excess sun damage. In fact, t ...

many things people put on their skin, gets absorbed into the body. A tan can protect skin from sun overexposure, as can a hat an ...

20. Eat, Drink and Be Merry Now that I’ve covered many issues about foods, this chapter dis- cusses how to further implement thi ...

be quite true if you snack on junk food such as candy bars, snack cakes, chips and crackers that are full of sugar, refined carb ...

Vegetables and fruits such as an apple or pieces of carrot and celery. Raw almonds or cashews, or combine almond butter with ap ...

dessert. It’s a complete meal, low glycemic, high in protein and con- tains good fats. The recipe follows: Phil’s Bars 3 cups wh ...

The worst method for cooking anything is deep-fat or high-heat frying, especially using vegetable oils. While many healthy foods ...

Mention raw foods and most people think of a big salad. But there are so many different ways to add not only raw vegetables and ...

Raw honey. Foods that are slightly cooked on the outside, but raw on the inside: rare or medium-rare beef, lamb or fish, and eg ...