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		<title>Lycopene&#8230;A Great Antioxident For Prostate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jason Little asked: Maximum Prostate For Prostate Health Click Now Another Powerful Food For Prostate Health Natural prostate health is choice that many men are making today to ensure their health, since natural health is about taking care of your body in total. The key to prevent prostate problems symptoms is to keep your body [...]]]></description>
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<div><em><strong>Jason Little</strong> asked: </em></p>
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<p>Another Powerful Food For Prostate Health</p>
<p>Natural prostate health is choice that many men are making today to ensure their health, since natural health is about taking care of your body in total. The key to prevent prostate problems symptoms is to keep your body in tiptop shape thru exercise, correct drinking habits, and minerals and vitamins.</p>
<p>Lycopene is an antioxidant that is present in tomatoes. Studies have shown that eating 10 servings every day of tomato based foods will reduce your possibility of getting prostate cancer by 35%. Lycopene is a robust antioxidant ( cancer fighting food ) which includes a bonus. Several studies have proven that a lycopene rich diet will result in overall better prostate health.</p>
<p>Lycopene is important for the heart and prostate, in fact it is one of the most significant. Lycopene falls under the heading of a member of the carotenoid family. Lycopene survives the heating necessary to make sauce tomato sauce and also contains less water than fresh tomatoes, making it a more concentrated source of antioxidants.</p>
<p>Finally Lycopene has been found in prostate tissue and it&#8217;s been suggested that these levels reduce as a man gets older. Hypothetically, it is possible that dropping lycopene levels can increase the possibilities of cell injury from free radicals which can lead to a cancer of the prostate.</p>
<p>Lycopene is a singular compound that is found in red fruits and vegetables, like apples, tomatoes and red bell peppers. Analysts have revealed that Lycopene&#8217;s antioxidant activity may help in reversing the malignant process.</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re not looking foward to prostate issues, you might want to start defending prostate health now!</p>
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		<title>Fiber Foods And Health Drinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cliff Smith asked: Some people think juicing is the most efficient way to get fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals or other nutrients from fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, it can be difficult and disappointing to spend hours cleaning and preparing the piles of produce necessarry for a small glass of juice. While juicing may have [...]]]></description>
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<div><em><strong>Cliff Smith</strong> asked: </em></p>
<p>Some people think juicing is the most efficient way to get fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals or other nutrients from fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, it can be difficult and disappointing to spend hours cleaning and preparing the piles of produce necessarry for a small glass of juice. While juicing may have been super for Jack Lalanne, it is not a task you must spend so much time on each day in order to consume enough high fiber foods and health drinks. Instead, spend a few minutes searching the net for all natural high fiber foods and health drinks that are not sold in stores. You will find that there are better options for getting complex carbohydrates, natural antioxidants and soluble fiber in your daily diet, just as you would from a glass of fresh juice, but without the expense or hassle of juicing.</p>
<p>Even if you can digest the recommended 25-35 grams of fiber in food and half your body weight in ounces of water every day, as experts recommend, you may not be getting the best nutrition available. Most people find this prospect hard to swallow, and give up quickly on ever reaching perfect health and fitness. It takes too much time, effort and energy to buy, prepare, and devour that much produce, and who can guzzle that much water every day without craving some kind of flavor or enhancement? Consuming fruits, vegetables and water every day is important, and now, superior fitness can be achieved with ready to eat high fiber foods and health drinks not found in grocery stores.</p>
<p>Yes, there are now some very beneficial high fiber foods and health drinks that are made with concentrated nutrients from plants, so that small amounts generate big results. You won&#8217;t find these concentrated health foods and drinks on the shelves at your local grocery store, and certainly not in the refrigerator section of the convenience store. We&#8217;re not talking about so-called &#8220;enhanced vitamin water&#8221; beverages filled with fructose, artificial sweeteners and isolated vitamins, or energy drinks boosted with caffeine and sugar. Instead, we are referring to naturally produced health drinks, concentrated with real whole food plant sources such as cocoa, strawberry, lemons, peaches and raspberries. These health drinks are loaded with natural antioxidants, complex carbohydrates, and some have several grams of soluble fiber, plus protein from plants. Your body understands how to process these natural ingredients better than man-made chemically produced, artificial products being sold in stores, and you achieve better results for your overall health.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to consume mass quantities of plants to achieve the results that high fiber can offer for keeping your digestive system running smoothly. Try some delicious high fiber foods available in natural, tasty shakes that you can mix with water or other liquids for much of the fiber you need. Throw in a few frozen banana pieces or berries to mix with the powdered shakes and you are quickly on your way to the fiber and nutrients you need each day with all the complex carbohydrates and essential vitamins and minerals from fruits and vegetables Best of all, the shakes taste good. Some even contain FOS, fructooligasacharides, a pro biotic soluble fiber found in foods like garlic, onions or barley. Who wants to have garlic or onions for breakfast when it is easier to have a quick, tasty shake made with real strawberries or cocoa? That makes it so easy to get more essential fiber, complex carbohydrates and natural antioxidants for breakfast than most people get all day.</p>
<p>Drinking diet sodas or high caffeine energy drinks to get fit is like lifting 12 oz cans of beer to build muscle up. Those types of drinks only tear your body down, while health drink formulas made from all natural ingredients give your body the nutrients it needs to build it up. Water is good, but it can be tasteless and boring to drink half your body weight in ounces of plain water every day. When you can drink a quart of water enhanced with all natural antioxidants and complex carbohydrates for better taste and more benefits, why wouldn&#8217;t you? Again, we&#8217;re not referring to loading up on caffeine, sugar, or vitamin water beverages with isolated vitamins and minerals. Instead, we are talking about enhancing the benefits of drinking water with natural fruits and whole vitamins and minerals from real foods found in nature. It is so easy now to find these carefully produced, powerfully charged health drink formulas that you don&#8217;t need to shop every health food store or grocery store. You won&#8217;t find them there, but you will find them on the Internet. You have to step out of your comfort zone, change the way you think about nutrition, and change the way you shop for all natural high fiber foods, health drinks, and other essential nutrition.</p>
<p>Changing my diet to a more contemporary way of eating high fiber foods and increasing the benefits of drinking water with super concentrated health drinks has worked quite well for me. I lost 8 pounds in the first week and thirty pounds in the first month of my new diet. I have easily kept that weight off for more than six years by using the same high fiber foods and health drinks referred to in this article. I hardly ever shop at the grocery store these days, and get more nutrition for about three dollars from a quickly made, concentrated, all natural shake than most people get in a week. When you find the simple steps to perfect health you will wonder how you ever lived without them, much the way we wonder how we ever lived without computers and cell phones. So, get out of the grocery store, get on the net, get your nutrition delivered to your door, then go out and live life!</p>
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<div><em><strong>Vitanet® Health Foods</strong> asked: </em><br/><br/><br/>Get ready to experience a volume of information of the healthiest foods in the world. Here is a list of the top ten super foods that most health experts agree on. You should tell everyone you know about these foods and enjoy them at your next meal. From fruits and vegetables, to whole grains, nuts, beans and legumes, this power-packed nutritional inventory will take you into the best years of your life and beyond.<br/><br/>Fruits<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Cantaloupe<br/><br/>Only a quarter of cantaloupe provides almost all the vitamin A needed in one day. Since the beta-carotene in a cantaloupe converts to vitamin A, you get both nutrients at once. These vision-strengthening nutrients may help reduce the risk of developing cataracts. Like an orange, cantaloupe is also an excellent source of vitamin C, which helps our immune system. It is also is a good source of vitamin B6, dietary fiber, folate, niacin, and potassium, which helps maintain good blood sugar levels and metabolism. This pale orange power fruit may help reduce our risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Blueberries<br/><br/>These mildly sweet (and sometimes tangy) berries offer a high capacity to destroy free radicals that can cause cancer. Low in calories, they offer antioxidant phytonutrients called anthocyanidins, which enhance the effects of vitamin C. These antioxidants may help prevent cataracts, glaucoma, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, peptic ulcers, heart disease and cancer.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Vegetables<br/><br/>3: Tomatoes<br/><br/>Tomatoes help us fight against heart disease and cancers such as colorectal, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and cancer of the pancreas. Tomatoes are also good sources of vitamin C, A, and K. In a 2004 study, it was found that tomato juice alone can help reduce blood clotting.<br/><br/>Fresh, organic tomatoes deliver three times as much of the cancer-fighting carotenoid lycopene. Even organic ketchup is better for you than regular ketchup! Look for tomato pastes and sauces that contain the whole tomato (including peels) because you will absorb 75% more lycopene and almost two times the amount of beta-carotene.<br/><br/>4: Sweet Potatoes<br/><br/>As an excellent source of vitamin A, C, and manganese, sweet potatoes are also a good source of copper, dietary fiber, vitamin B6, potassium and iron. Those who are smokers or prone to second-hand smoke may benefit greatly from this root vegetable that helps protect us against emphysema.<br/><br/>For a unique dessert, cube a cooked sweet potato and slice a banana. Then lightly pour maple syrup over the top and add a dash or two of cinnamon. Add chopped walnuts for an even healthier kick.<br/><br/>5: Spinach and Kale<br/><br/>A cancer-fighter and cardio-helper, spinach and kale top the list as far as green leafy vegetables are concerned. Much like broccoli, they provide an excellent source of vitamin A and C. Kale is a surprisingly good source of calcium at 25% per cup, boiled. Vitamin K is abundantly found in spinach as well, with almost 200% of the Daily Value available, to help reduce bone loss.<br/><br/>Whole Grains<br/><br/>6: Whole Grain Bread, Pasta and Brown Rice<br/><br/>Whether it&#8217;s bread or pasta, the first thing to check for when purchasing whole grain bread and pasta is to make sure it is 100% whole grain. Remember to check the list of ingredients on the package. For example, look for the exact phrase &#8220;whole wheat flour&#8221; as one of the first ingredients listed in whole wheat bread. If it&#8217;s not listed as such, then it&#8217;s not whole grain. Wheat bran is a cancer-fighting grain that also helps us regulate our bowel movements.<br/><br/>Brown rice is also a better choice than refined grain (white rice) for the same reason as choosing whole wheat bread. Whole wheat flour or brown rice that turns into white flour or white rice actually destroys between 50-90% of vitamin B3, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, manganese, phosphorus, iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids we need. Even when processed white flour or white rice is &#8220;enriched,&#8221; it is not in the same form as the original unprocessed kind. In fact, 11 nutrients are actually lost and are not replaced during the &#8220;enrichment&#8221; process!<br/><br/>Nuts<br/><br/>7: Walnuts<br/><br/>These nuts are packed with omega-3 fats, which is one of the &#8220;good&#8221; fats. A quarter cup of walnuts would take care of about 90% of the omega-3s needed in one day. Walnuts provide many health benefits including cardiovascular protection, better cognitive function, anti-inflammatory advantages relating to asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases like eczema and psoriasis. They can even help against cancer and also support the immune system.<br/><br/>Beans and Legumes<br/><br/>8: Black Beans and Lentils<br/><br/>While black beans are a good source of fiber that can lower cholesterol, so are lentils. The high fiber content in both black beans and lentils helps to maintain blood sugar levels. Also a fat-free, high quality protein with additional minerals and B-vitamins, black beans and lentils fill you up and don&#8217;t expand your waistline.<br/><br/>A complete, one-stop source of using a variety of beans and lentils comes easy when you can find a bag of 15-bean mix (includes black beans, lentils, navy, pinto, red, kidney, etc.) at the grocery store. Consider making a delicious soup with the addition of tomatoes, onions, garlic and your favorite spices with this bean mixture.<br/><br/>Dairy<br/><br/>9: Skim Milk and Yogurt<br/><br/>Skim milk (or low-fat) helps to promote strong bones, offering an excellent source of calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K. These nutrients help protect colon cells from cancer-causing chemicals, bone loss, migraine headaches, premenstrual symptoms, and childhood obesity. Recent studies also show that overweight adults lose weight, especially around the midsection, when consuming low-fat dairy such as skim milk and yogurt.<br/><br/>Yogurt also includes the essential nutrients such as phosphorous and vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin B5, zinc, potassium, and protein. Yogurt&#8217;s live bacterial cultures also provide a wealth of health benefits that may help us live longer and strengthen our immune system.<br/><br/>Seafood<br/><br/>10: Salmon<br/><br/>Salmon is high in protein, low in saturated fat and high in omega-3 fats (the essential fatty acids that are also found in those walnuts mentioned earlier). Salmon is a heart-healthy food and is recommended to eat at least twice a week. When choosing salmon, it&#8217;s best to stay away from farm raised and select wild instead. Research studies show that farmed salmon may cause cancer because it may carry high levels of carcinogenic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).<br/><br/>Other<br/><br/>Green Tea and &#8220;Power&#8221; Water<br/><br/>Although not food per say, the health benefits of these beverages are worthy of mentioning.<br/><br/>Green tea has beneficial phytonutrients and lower levels of caffeine than all other teas. The more research studying green tea, the more health benefits are found. A cancer fighter as well, green tea has antioxidant effects that lower risks of bacterial or viral infections to cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, periodontal disease, and osteoporosis.<br/><br/>Water packed with vitamins and/or naturally sweetened fruit are also the newest trend. Some offer a full day&#8217;s supply of vitamin C while others promise no artificial sweeteners with a full, fruity taste.<br/><br/>As you can see, the top ten super foods are worth every bite (or sip). Now that you know which foods can help save your life, what&#8217;s more important than investing in your health?<br/><br/><br/><br/><a href=''></a></div>
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