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Prepare Food Safely

Food borne illness is caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages. The following steps are easy to do, and will help protect you and those around you from harmful food borne bacteria.....

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To bring a bit of variety into your diet and spice up your ordinary meals, it is a good idea to try out new recipes occasionally. There are a large number of recipe books available and you need to know which ones are the best to choose........

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Buying Healthy Food

Below are tips to help you buy healthy food........

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Cutting Back on Fat

General Rules to cut back on fat include: Cut off any visible fat before cooking. Use only........

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Alcohol

Drinking too much alcohol increases health dangers, including high blood pressure, heart failure and increased levels of triglycerides (a type of fat) in the blood. Binge drinking can lead to a stroke. Other serious effects are heart muscle damage.........

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Turmeric

Turmeric is one of nature's most powerful healers. The active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin. The medicinal properties of this spice have been slowly revealing themselves over the centuries. Long known for its anti-inflammatory........

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Garlic

Health benefits of garlic include: one of the compounds in garlic is a natural antioxidant that has anti-clotting abilities, thus helping in the prevention of heart disease and strokes........

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Seeds

Health benefits of seeds include: Sunflower seeds are a rich source of potassium, and have a low sodium content. This makes them act as a diuretic, which helps to lower high blood pressure...... ...

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Health Benefits of Avocados

Here are 7 health benefits of avocados: They prevent breast cancer. Some scientific studies have found that........

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Fitting in Fibre

Need ideas for high-fibre meals and snacks? Try these suggestions........

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Factors that Influence Water Needs

You may need to modify your total fluid intake depending on how active you are, the climate you live in, your health status, and if you're pregnant or breast-feeding........

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Benefits of a High-fibre Diet

A high-fibre diet has many benefits, which include: Normalizes bowel movements. Dietary fibre increases........

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that helps form and maintain healthy teeth, skeletal and soft tissue, mucous membranes and skin. It is also known as retinol. Vitamin A promotes good........

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Under Pressure?

Hypertension can often lead to stroke, heart attack or kidney failure. Your intake of salt plays a major role in this regard. It is important to be.........

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Beware of Butterfish

Butterfish (Escovar) cannot metabolize the wax esters (Gempylotoxin) naturally found in its diet. These waxy oils accumulate to give an oil content in the muscle........

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Parsley

Parsley contains many vitamins and minerals, including iron. It has diuretic properties. It is used by Ayurvedic practitioners to promote menstruation and relieve premenstrual........

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Make Your Alcohol Waistline-Friendly

The festive season brings with it a much higher alcohol consumption. However, alcohol is very high in calories, does not fill you up, tends to increase your hunger........

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Natural remedy for indigestion

If you have symptoms such as bloating and a burning feeling in your upper abdomen, you might not have totally digested your food (especially fatty or spicy food) or you could have excess ......

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6 Things Coconut Oil Can Do For You

Here are some of the great things coconut oil can do for you........

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Coffee, Tea and Your Breath

Coffee (even decaf) contains high levels of acids which cause the bacteria in your mouth to increase faster. This creates a bitter taste for most people. If you are worried about your breath........

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