cholestrol

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6 Foods that we ALWAYS knew behave like addictive drugs

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6 Highly addictive foods…..

So many of my patients struggle with cravings, weight issues, and late night snack binges. Knowing that certain chemicals in foods, called exorphins, can act as addictive drugs may help to develop strategies to improve health. 

You need to know a little bit about exorphins because the makers of processed food, Big Food, know all about these chemicals. In fact, they manipulate ingredients to stimulate our appetites and initiate an addictive cycle of overeating and subsequent disease states…… for more info click here ….

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Unhealthy Nation and lack of exercise

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Read more – did you know only 11% of the population take regular exercise?!!

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Risk of High Protein Diets

Research shows that a diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates can help shed pounds and normalize blood-glucose levels, improvements that lower the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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Read more about this on –http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303795904579431404244207682?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303795904579431404244207682.html&nan_pid=1800883696

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Exercise versus drugs in relation to prevention of Heart disease, Diabetes etc

Check out this interesting research from Harvard University, looking at exercise and drugs as prevention for Heart disease, in some cases drugs were not an advantage and possibly had undesirable side effects.

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