Health
There are many reasons to go on a diet, and most often people cite weight loss as the top factor for rearranging and revamping their way of eating. While there are several diets you may have already heard of, such as the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, the Mediterranean Diet, WW® (formerly Weight Watchers®, and Atkins®, there is one particular diet that may help you achieve not only weight loss, but also improve cognition and better control your blood sugar.
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Over the years, so much has been learned—and unlearned—about the waxy substance known as cholesterol. We have heard that cholesterol-rich eggs and shrimp are to be avoided, only to later be told that dietary cholesterol does not influence blood cholesterol levels, and that a few eggs or a helping of the tasty crustaceans per week is okay. Now, exercise and diet do play a role in addressing cholesterol, with pharmaceutical intervention via statins as necessary, but researchers have discovered one more way to possibly manage cholesterol—the microbiome. How can gut bacteria influence human cholesterol levels?
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You have already learned some of the basics about essential, nonessential, and conditional amino acids in All About Aminos Part I. Here, we will look at some of the specific uses of amino acids to support mood, cognition, and more.
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For the human body, protein is huge. As the second largest component of our bodies after water, protein can only be made in the presence of amino acids. Known as the building blocks of the body, amino acids play a critical role...
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As we know, sugar addiction is a real problem and can include not only consumption of the white stuff, but alcohol and high-carbohydrate foods. The result of this addiction is likely not a
lack of control or willpower, but often due chronic candida yeast overgrowth, which can manifest as behavioral/psychiatric symptoms 1,2 as well as some digestive disorders. 3 How candida plays a role in the addiction to sugar, and the perpetuation of symptoms, is complex yet can be addressed with treatment protoc
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lack of control or willpower, but often due chronic candida yeast overgrowth, which can manifest as behavioral/psychiatric symptoms 1,2 as well as some digestive disorders. 3 How candida plays a role in the addiction to sugar, and the perpetuation of symptoms, is complex yet can be addressed with treatment protoc