Health Alternatives and natural self healing

Yes! We could spend time examining whether the causes for overeating in young, middle age, or older adults are from emotional, spiritual, physical, or mental reasons. Understanding can certainly help us change our eating patterns when we comprehend any deep routed causes that contribute to overeating. But, most people will find no matter what prompted them to lose connection with their “full meter,” the problem is probably contributing to an extra 10, 20, 30 pounds or more by now. How often do we hear someone say, “If I could just lose 10 pounds?” We all know prolonged and sudden excess weight gain in time can lead to other health issues and health issues can in turn lead to weight gain. It is also wise to learn more about the nutritional value we receive from the foods we eat and how to make better diet choices. For this article’s purpose, let’s move on to discuss tips and aids to curb over eating. We can revisit the deeper causes of overeating in another article. Tips to Curb or Stop...

Some saturated fats are necessary, and some in small quantities are good for us, like Omega 3’s. Mary Toscano, has a wonderful nutritional DVD that explains the benefits of fats, titled Fabulous Fats! that is a must see. This fun for all ages nutritional DVD explains the role of fats in our diet. Mary does a excellent job sharing how to add healthy fats and what quantity and types are best for good nutritional balance. She also explains which saturated fats are good for us, and when we introduce excess saturated fat into our diet we also introduce fatty acids that may not be that great. One that comes from excess saturated fat is called arachidonic acid and in excess this substance can increase inflammation in the body. Syndrome X Other foods that kick in inflammation issues are sugars, as described in Syndrome X, which is called one of the hidden deadly diseases. Of course the biggest sources of unhealthy sugars are found in refined foods. Fast foods are the worst culprits and include...