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A new study in published in the Lancet, shows that children who have received adequate levels of iodine in the first three months of pregnancy,have higherIQ'sels of iodine  than thosewho don't. Fish, Egg's, Cheese, Milk and most dairy products contain levelsof Iodinethat will be sufficient for baby....[Read More]

Everybody looks for easy weight loss, so what could be easier than eating all the foods that you love to cook and losing the weight that you need to? The Diet Plate is the easy answer, just carry on cooking what you enjoy but by serving the food within its specific food group in the calibrated areas on the Diet Plate you will be controlling the nutritional balance of each meal and ultimately the calories. As you choose to eat the foods you love, the diet will seem easy and effortless and you will lose on average up to 2lbs a week when you settle into it.  The Diet Plate seems t...[Read More]

Wanting to lose weight and slim down can be a formidable task for some. We start off with the best of intentions, only to get to week two and fall miserably off the wagon and our goals seem to slip from sight while we undo all the good work of the previous weeks.  Weight loss is never easy at the best of times and when we utter the words "I am starting my diet today," we almost hear the failure in the words before we have chance to lose a single pound.  The secret of easy weight loss is not to diet in t...[Read More]

Britain is now running dangerously close to the bottom of the pile in health and well-being, the term, big is beautiful,  may be our downfall. While a little fat on the body is welcomed and indeed necessary for your health, the notion that people look beautiful when obese is dangerous. Where it may be kinder to comment on how a person retains there physical appeal when overweight than it is to focus on the negative implications, there is a large difference between beauty and health.  Sometimes we must be cruel to be kind and encourage others t...[Read More]

At a point, we realize that a personal change in our lives is needed, sometimes this is forced upon us when we are diagnosed with a life threatening disease. We have to alter our behaviour to benefit our future, a concept when said out loud may make a lot of sense but it isn't how, we as a species, are raised. We are both emotional and logical and both are used to justify our motives in life. From the emotional side, we build a familiarity with the food we eat. Many foods induce chemical reactions in our body and brain. They can effect us as much as the people we share it ...[Read More]

Fat to Burn Good grief could this be true? Research has shown that capsaicin, the substance that gives hot red peppers (or chilies) their kick, and boosts our metabolism, keeps immature fat cells from developing into full-fledged ones. And a study presented in April 2010 found that a compound in some sweet peppers (called CH-19 Sweet), which resembles capsaicin, provides similar positive metabolic effects, minus the burning mouth and lips. For more interesting reading on chilli peppers and their wonderful benefits visit our source of information. http://www.organicautho...[Read More]

2 parts Hydrogen, 1 part Oxygen. A chemical composition that forms the basis of all life on earth. It is found in 70% of the human body and the body of the planet but did you know water supresses the appetite naturally and helps the body metabolize stored fat?  Studies have shown that a decrease in water intake will cause fat deposits to increase, while an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits. How much water is enough? On the average, a person should drink eight 8-ounce glasses every day. That's about 2 quarts. Howev...[Read More]

Sometimes we see the fight for good health as a constant struggle a giant wall that we will never over come, it isn't though. It's a series of very small steps that we take one after another, little tricks and simple changes make enormous differences to our health. A neat little tip is lemon juice, lemons have been very useful in solving various digestion related problems. First of all, when mixed with warm water, it can give relief from heartburn, nausea, bloating, belching and parasites. Regular intake of lemon juice can take care of ...[Read More]

Vitamins are found in all foods, different foods have different percentages of these vitamins and each has their own beneficial properties, you need to ensure there are enough vitamins in your diet to remain healthy while losing weight. Faddy diets often compromise your body on vitamins which can lead to illness. Vitamin A, also known as retinol, is a fat-soluble vitamin that occurs only in animal foods. Carotenoids, however, serve as a great source of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-carotene that our bodies convert into vitamin A and can be found in many vegetables and fruits. It helps to b...[Read More]

RDA, Recommended Daily Allowance, an acronym we see more now than ever before because we no longer know what our calorie intake should be. Should we only read the nutritional labels and calories though when thinking about our health, when listed below is often the individual percentages for the multiple food groups? We glance over this list when worrying about diet and move straight to what percentage of our RDA the food in hand is, a habit that is pushed forward by the rush of our daily lives. Those that follow this rule and indeed anyone that holds a concern ...[Read More]