Good health and energy are a foundational basis for most everything that’s worthwhile in life. Yet how often do we take our body’s health for granted and do things that diminish and deplete our energy? What are the consequences of continuing down this path and what kind of life is that to lead?
Health and Energy Foods covers four main areas – Health Nutrients, Energy Foods, Healthy Eating Recipes and Simple Steps to Better Read more »
Papaya is an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients and digestive enzymes. Here are five ways papaya fruit benefits your health, all good reasons to eat more of this amazing energy food.
Digestive enzymes in papaya, particularly papayas that are still a bit green, contain protein digesting enzymes like papain. When eaten with or soon after a meal containing meat or another Read more »
Aside from the pumpkin seed health benefits for men, involving DHT, hair loss and prostate enlargement, what are some of the other ways eating pumpkin seeds can help to improve our health and protect against diseases?
Phytosterols are compounds in certain plant-based foods that are structurally similar to the cholesterol found in meat and other animal food Read more »
Pumpkin seeds offer a broad range of minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids, phytosterols, protein and fiber that makes them a particularly healthy snack or recipe addition for anyone. There are, however, some specific pumpkin seed benefits for men, involving DHT, hair loss and prostate enlargement.
High levels of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT) Read more »
Regular intake of the antioxidant carotenoid lycopene, from good food sources like tomatoes and processed tomato products, has been associated with a lower incidence of certain types of cancers – especially prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, and cancers of the digestive tract – but many other types are being studied and the protective mechanisms are often similar. Read more »
Strangely, for such a valuable antioxidant, lycopene doesn’t appear in high concentrations in nearly as many foods as beta-carotene does. Fortunately, one that it does, tomatoes, are a popular food in American and European diets.
Processed tomatoes generally have a much higher lycopene content than fresh tomatoes as making them into tomato sauce, ketchup, tomato paste or tomato soup releases more of the lycopene from the cell walls and increases its bioavailability. Provided the Read more »
Lycopene is a powerful carotenoid that gives foods like tomatoes, goji berries, watermelon, red bell pepper and guava their red color. Tomatoes, and in particular processed tomato products like tomato sauce, tomato soup and ketchup, are by far the biggest sources of lycopene in the American diet.
There has been a lot of interest in the strong antioxidant properties and potential health benefits of lycopene in recent years. Consequently, it is one of the most studied and Read more »
Smoking decreases both your blood concentrations and body stores of beta-carotene and other carotenoids. This depletion may be due to the increased need for antioxidants to try to repair some of the damage being done by toxic cigarette smoke and the free radicals it generates.
Given this, a smoker trying to lessen the free radical impact of their smoking might use high doses of supplemental antioxidants. Unfortunately, there’s been some research suggesting Read more »