Nutrition-to-Wellness

This Blog Has a New Home!

2009-07-27T10:42:00.001-07:00

NutritionToWellness.com has been redirected to a new site, and this blog will be maintained now at a new location. I hope you will find the improvements to your liking, I will continue to add more content!

A Whole Food Value; The Forgotten Nutrition in Whole Grain Rice

2009-07-19T20:42:00.001-07:00

Much of our population is deficient in key essential minerals not only because of depletion of nutrients from the soil, over farmed for years while only replenishing 3 of the 250+ nutrients naturally occurring in soil, but because of the processing that removes most of the inherent nutrition in the food.

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Water: How Much Do You Need to Drink?

2009-06-27T11:17:00.000-07:00

Water comprises two thirds of the body's mass. It is the most necessary element for survival next to air.

Water is required for the elimination of toxins and waste through the lymph system, liver, digestive system, kidneys, and sweat glands. Deficiencies in water can result in excess body fat, poor muscle tone, digestive diseases, muscle pain, and water-retention.

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Drugs and Their Effects on Your Nutrition

2009-06-13T12:03:00.001-07:00

Did you know that most OTC and prescription drugs deplete, or disable your body from absorbing, essential nutrients? In this way, they are doing you more harm than good.

For example, aspirin inhibits the body's ability to absorb vitamin C, and can reduce the levels of iron and folic acid, causing anemia, and a compromised immune system.

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Nitrates in Cured Meats: Not Nutrition!

2009-06-12T19:34:00.000-07:00

We've all heard about chemicals such as nitrates in cured meats, but have you ever really looked into the real dangers associated with regular ingestion of this preservative? And did you know that it's used today more to maintain the traditional pink color we are used to seeing in meats like ham, hot dogs, and bacon?

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Probiotics; Healthy Digestion = Healty Immune System

2009-06-06T15:22:00.000-07:00

Probiotics are preparations of live micro-organisms (usually including lactobacilli, bifidobacteria, streptococci, and some yeasts such as Saccharomyces, and moulds) which are believed to be beneficial to health by restoring microbial balance in the intestine.

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Essential Fatty Acids - Balance Your Omega-3, 6!

2009-05-29T17:10:00.000-07:00

Many cancer specialists agree that cancer cannot thrive in an oxygen-rich environment. Low oxygen levels in cells are due to inadequate levels of undamaged 'parent' essential fatty acids (PEFAs) in the tissue cells' membranes. PEFAs act as 'oxygen magnets', which attract the oxygen in the bloodstream and pull it through the membrane into the cell. Without a correct ratio of undamaged PEFAs, diets of organic produce, vitamins or fiber will be effective in the fight against cancer.

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Limu Moui - Extremely Beneficial Sea Kelp; Add Russian Adaptogens, Plus.....

2009-05-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

You may or may not have heard of Limu Moui, an extremely beneficial sea kelp from the pacific region of Tonga. Originally offered in a beverage known as 'Original Limu', there is a definite improvement in LimuPlus®. Read the rest at this blog's new home....

Inflammation - Healing Reaction and Precursor to Chronic Disease

2009-05-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

Inflammation is central to the body's ability to defend, maintain and repair itself. Its symptoms appear as redness, heat, swelling and pain, announcing a part of the body that is inflamed. Heat and redness are signs of blood rushing to the injured area. Swelling is from changes in the small blood vessels that allow plasma to seep into the tissues. Pain results from the release of compounds used by the immune system to draw defensive support to the injured area.

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Enzymes Integral Role in Your Health

2009-05-13T14:18:00.000-07:00

Most people recognize the importance of vitamins and minerals in their diet, but few realize the role that enzymes play, and how necessary it is that we get enough of them. Enzymes are actually proteins that are both obtained from food and produced by the body.

It is a certainty that our bodies cannot make use of vitamins, minerals or hormones without enzymes. The major role of enzymes is to maintain the metabolic process so that we produce energy from the foods we eat.

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Essential Minerals Are Critical to Your Health

2009-05-09T22:21:00.000-07:00

Minerals are inorganic substances which exist naturally in the earth, many of which are critical to the growth and production of bones, teeth, hair, blood, nerves, skin. These minerals are known as “essential” nutrients, which are: calcium, chromium, copper, fluoride, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium and zinc.

We need significant quantities of essential macrominerals (such as calcium), such that they are usually measured in milligrams, and we require minute quantities of essential trace minerals (such as selenium), which are usually measured in micrograms.

A single mineral does not work in isolation, rather, they are necessary as synergistic elements to support physical health. They work best in association with all other minerals and trace minerals, the way they are found in unrefined whole foods.

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Oxidative Stress as it Relates to the Chronic Diseases of Aging

2009-05-02T09:24:00.000-07:00

Oxidation and Glycation

When you leave a banana unpeeled for very long, or bite into an apple and wait, what happens? That brown color begins to appear. This is oxidation.

What happens after sugar is heated and melts in a pan, or when vegetables are pan fried? The brown that occurs in these cases is a result of caramelization, which is a chemical change involving internal rearrangement of sugar molecules. The physiological term for this is glycation. It is a similar chemical change that turns paper yellow over time.

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Diet and the Acid Alkaline Balance; Avoid Chronic Disease

2009-04-29T16:38:00.000-07:00

You might not know it...but that orange you ate with breakfast was alkalizing to your system. And that's a good thing.

Let's forget for a moment that you just added some much needed vitamin C and thousands of phytonutrients to your body. But did you know that you've actually taken a step in maintaining a healthy pH balance? .... But that orange had an acid pH, didn't it?

It is little known that the the acidity of the orange itself (or any citrus fruit) has nothing to do with the residue in the body after digestion. The potassium and calcium found the orange are essential minerals that are left behind to balance the the body's pH.

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