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10 Ways to Stay Healthy This Winter

Staying healthy during the winter season is very important because you don’t want to end up getting the cold, or worst, the flu. Keeping your immune system and body strong is some of the best ways to reduce the chance of catching the nasty cold and flu virus.

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2009 New Year’s Resolution Wellness Tips – Part Two

Over the past year I have written hundreds of articles about energy, health and wellness. To start this year I decided to choose the articles that I feel are the most important to share them with you. The articles include topics, such as drinking water hazard, cooking tips, herbal teas, pregnancy tips, applied kinesiology, energy systems, etc.

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Best Food For Building Muscle

Muscles are important for moving us around, without them we will be couch potatoes. The toner or stronger your muscles are, the better you can move around without tiring out. When strengthening muscles, be careful not to build too much muscle mass.

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What Are High-Quality Carbohydrates

High-quality carbohydrates are carbs that have two very important features: (1) They should provide good amounts of antioxidants and (2) not cause spikes in blood sugar levels. Antioxidants are essential for your body because they stabilize free-radicals.

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White Bread Versus Wheat Bread

Bread has two main types which are white and wheat, knowing the difference between the two is critical for increasing your energy health. White bread and wheat bread belong to the same family but are actually very different when it comes to their nutritional properties.

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Pasta: Endurance Energy Food

Most pastas are high in complex carbohydrates which take longer to digest giving you endurance energy instead of quick energy. This is why pasta is popular among runners, bikers and professional athletes. When eating pasta, eat the one that is made with durum wheat or whole wheat.

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Balancing Your Energy Input and Output

Energy is important for everything that we do because our bodies can’t survive without it. In order to fine tune that energy to burn for maximum efficiency we need to pay attention to what we eat and do during the day.

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Energy Food: Best Essential Food Components

In order to sustain a high level of energy through out your life you need to nourish your body with organic foods, such as fresh fruits, whole grains, raw vegetables, and drink plenty of fresh water. Eating healthy reduces levels of free-radicals in your body. Free-radicals are molecules found in the food you eat and in your body. Having too much free radicals in your body can damage your cells and DNA leading to numerous diseases.

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Understanding Carbohydrates: Endurance Energy

Carbohydrate diets are popular these days because people want to stay slim, healthy and have enough energy to propel them through out their busy days. Knowing the right carbs to eat is very beneficial because eating the wrong carbs can drain your body of energy and even cause weight gain. The good carbohydrates are usually the complex carbohydrates and the bad carbohydrates are usually the simple carbohydrates.

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Corn Plant: Renewable Energy & Benefits

Corn is a great source of energy for the body because it is high in nutrients such as vitamin B1 and vitamin B5. B-vitamins are known as the energy vitamins because they help metabolize carbohydrates, the body’s main source of fuel.

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