Good News in Study Results: Nearly all stroke risk preventable

A new Canadian lead study just completed that involved 6,000 participants suggests that 90 percent of the risk of having a stroke is preventable through lifestyle changes.

Dr. O’ Donnell and Dr. Yusuf of McMaster University studied stroke patients from 22 countries over a period of 3 years and their findings suggest ten risk factors

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White Rice and Type 2 Diabetes

In a report published yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine researchers found, after surveying almost 200,000 people, a link between white rice consumption and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is the type of diabetes that is typically linked to poor healthy living habits.

The problem with white rice is that

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A Sample of Health and Wellness Marketing in France

French Bread Bag

At a recent wellness conference I used some images when I talked during my presentation with the audience about how there is a difference in how each country’s government  promotes

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The Dukan Diet and The French Documentary

Over the years, as I have worked to create systems to help people make and keep healthy eating habits, I have read a lot of diet books. From the older ones like Fit for Life to more recent books like Eat Right for Your Type, The South Beach Diet, The Atkins Diet, The Food Connection

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The Secret Ingredient to becoming Healthy and Fit

There are many ways you can improve your health: increasing your physical activity, eating less unhealthy food, thinking positively, using The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, meditating…but the secret ingredient to becoming healthier is not the choice of the action but your willingness to

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The New Healthy Food Scoring System

There are many different ways to decide if you are eating a healthy food: fact panels, package labels, nutrition reports, books like Trick And Treat and The Dukan Diet the list

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Stress, Midnight Snacking and Tooth Decay

Life is full of demands, perhaps, you feel stressed and you are awake at night so you decide to have a little midnight snack. Well, according to a new study out of the University of Copenhagen, snacking at night can increase your chances of tooth decay. Click on this link to the BBC news posting

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Our Food and The Sun

I was watching a documentary with my children on the creation of food and the narrator spoke about the incredible reality that each time we eat some food we chew on sunlight. This to me has always been such an incredible idea. Once I heard this several years ago I felt a deeper connection with

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