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

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

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

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

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

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

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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