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Healthy Eating

There are many benefits to healthy eating, including disease prevention and weight control. Food provides energy and nutrients to stay healthy.

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Why do long-term vegetarians find it difficult to digest meat?
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by Dr. Mehmet Oz
Vegetarians who haven't eaten meat in a long time don't like it if they try it again. That's because they don't secrete the right mix of enzymes from the salivary glands to the stomach's digestive enzymes and small intestine to digest meat optimally. This triggers a reaction when you do eat meat: It feels heavy; you don't digest it as well, so you don't feel good, and you don't enjoy it.
Why can reducing your salt intake help lower your blood pressure?
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by Dr. Michael Roizen
A common first step in treating hypertension is to reduce salt intake. Why? To lower blood pressure, you need either less fluid in your arterial pipes, a less forceful pumping of fluid into your pipes, or larger pipes that can even open wider when the blood is pushed in. Salt traps water in the body, so the more fluid in the system means the higher the pressure. But only about 1 in 1,000 people ...
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How can statin drugs help lower blood pressure?
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Statins aren't specifically a blood-pressure lowering medication, but they can help lower blood pressure. How? By lowering the bad LDL cholesterol and raising the healthy HDL cholesterol, they help keep your arteries flexible so they can open up to accept extra blood from the heart during stress.
What is potassium, and why is so good for you?
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Potassium is an electrolyte-an electrically charged particle needed for proper cellular functioning. Potassium specifically helps in carrying an electrical charge to help a nerve or muscle contract, and it helps regulate blood pressure and allow the heart and kidneys to function properly. Studies have shown that increased potassium intake can decrease the incidence of forms of arterial aging. What...
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What are the health benefits of eating a magnesium-rich diet?
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Magnesium is essential for helping regulate metabolism, and it helps lower blood pressure and dilate arteries. Eating a magnesium-rich diet-400 milligrams for women, 333 for men-can make you nearly one year younger. Magnesium is usually found in whole grain breads and cereals, while soybeans and lima beans contain 100 milligrams per serving and most cuts contain 100 to 300 milligrams per serving....
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How long does it take to digest food?
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Your body can digest most food in less time it takes hotshot celebrities to get engaged: about 4-12 hours. Fruits are the fastest travelers on the intestinal interstate, with meats driving like an oversized load in the right lane (they can take 2-3 days to be excreted or even longer as it rots inside your intestine). By the way, gum is processed as fast as most other foods (not the 7 years that m...
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Why is poop brown?
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Blame it on bile. Bile secreted from the liver meets the food just past the stomach and then it treats your waste like a wooden porch: It stains it greenish brown. If it's not that color, then treat your poop like a mood ring-a different color is an indictor of something else going on in your body. Green bowel movements signify rapid movement of food through the intestines or the digestion of ...
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Is diarrhea dangerous?
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For the guy cleaning the latrine, it sure is. And sometimes it can be for infants and older people; diarrhea (and the water and salt loss that goes with it) claims more infants worldwide than any other problem. But for most Americans or developed-world adults, the question isn't about danger; it's about hydration and whether we can keep enough water in when we get diarrhea. The large bowel's job ...
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Can you actually drink too much water?
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Water intoxication or sickness from drinking too much water occurs where you exceed your capacity to get rid of water. Your capacity to excrete water is normally about 1000 milliliters per hour (which is about 4 glasses), so if you drink more than this, you will dilute your body salts. If the capacity to excrete water is impaired, then even lesser rates of consumption will result in low sodium co...
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Are roasted nuts just as healthy as raw nuts?
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As evidenced by snake charmers and Survivor contestants, the world has all kinds of nuts. Although they're certainly a healthier snack than chips, candy, or pepperoni logs, nuts do have their own hierarchy. You want nuts to be raw, fresh, and unsalted. That's because nuts lose up to 15 percent of their healthy oils when they're roasted (roasting at high temperatures may even cause the formation of...
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