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		<title>Benefits of Probiotic Supplements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Probiotics are very helpful in rejuvenating the friendly bacteria in the bowel/gut of the human body. The probiotic supplements have been proven to be very helpful when a person suffers from a severe injury of the intestine. In case a person gets injured, the percentage of friendly bacteria in his body is likely to come [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Probiotics are very helpful in rejuvenating the friendly bacteria in the bowel/gut of the human body. The probiotic supplements have been proven to be very helpful when a person suffers from a severe injury of the intestine. In case a person gets injured, the percentage of friendly bacteria in his body is likely to come down. Taking probiotic supplements can really help in revitalizing the lost beneficial bacteria. The following is a short list of the most recognized benefits of probiotics:</p>
<p>• Children- With clinical studies that reveal the potential link between bacterial imbalances and the occurrence of childhood eczema in children, probiotics were employed as a remedy that not only reduced the symptoms of eczema, but also, on some occasions, eliminating it entirely. Infants given probiotic fortified formula experienced fewer instances of diaper rash for the same reasons. Minimizing the symptoms of acute diarrhea and rotavirus shedding are two other benefits of probiotics for children.</p>
<p>• Adults &#8211; Men have experienced a lowering of overall cholesterol levels with the use of probiotics. In women, probiotics have proven to relieve symptoms of yeast infections by promoting the growth of vaginal flora (healthy vaginal bacteria). Because of the well-known ability of probiotics to regulate the digestive process, the elderly have experienced marked improvements in episodes of constipation.</p>
<p>• Digestive Disorders &#8211; With multiple causes like stress, travel, infection and the use antibiotics that can upset the balance of bacteria in the digestive tract, symptoms of digestive disorders can include constipation, gas, diarrhea and discomfort. If left untreated, symptoms such as these can cause other problems like disruption of the immune system. However, the use of probiotic supplements or eating foods containing probiotics can bring the natural bacterial balance back into line allowing the body to self correct and reduce symptoms of discomfort. By promoting the growth of flora in the colon, particular forms of acidophilus found in probiotics can stop the conversion of bile into carcinogens thereby inhibiting autoimmune disorders. Likewise, active bacterial cultures in certain strains of probiotics can create lactase enzymes that counteract the effects of lactose on those who are intolerant. This is why many people with lactose intolerance are capable of eating yogurt with active culture.</p>
<p>• Bioavailability &#8211; The body&#8217;s capacity to absorb nutrition from food is known as bioavailability. Probiotics increase bioavailability by breaking down complex hydrocarbons, which allow for superior absorption.</p>
<p>The use of probiotic supplements allow the body to regulate itself in a natural way. This allows a person to increase quality of life, avoid common discomforts and lead a healthier lifestyle.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aligngi.com">Align daily probiotic supplement</a> can help restore your natural balance, building &#038; maintaining a strong, healthy digestive system. Align is intended for people with healthy digestive function who are looking for help with occasional digestive upsets or who are interested in promoting their digestive health. With Align, you can reclaim your freedom to travel, eat out, and enjoy life without the same interruption of these occasional digestive upsets, and help restore the natural balance of your digestive system. Get more information on Align, please visit at <a href="http://www.aligngi.com">Aligngi.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Salt And You Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fossils of man that are over 10,000 years old have no salt in them. They figure that that is when man started using salt. People have been around millions of years.The refrigerator is only a recent invention. You can leave fruit and vegetables out of the refrigerater but animal products need refrigeration. Salt kills [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The fossils of man that are over 10,000 years old have no salt in them. They figure that that is when man started using salt. People have been around millions of years.The refrigerator is only a recent invention. You can leave fruit and vegetables out of the refrigerater but animal products need refrigeration.</p>
<p>Salt kills bacteria so that would help keep animal products to stay good a little longer. Salt can be used to keep foods from becoming bad, until they could ferment. It kills life. Salt can be rubbed into cuts to torture people.</p>
<p>When people consume salt, the body is constantly trying to get rid of it but can only get rid of so much per day with you consuming more everyday. So it stores the excess under the skin. Salt needs to absorb lots of water to prevent it from being toxic. So salt causes a lot of water weight.</p>
<p>If you put 4 ounces of salt in water and drink it, it will kill you. It is simple chemistry. That much salt has about 50,000 mg of sodium. Salt is 50% sodium. No food has anywhere near that amount of a mineral.</p>
<p>LATEST NEWS: In an effort to reduce high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, the American Medical Association is urging &#8220;the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke the &#8216;generally recognized as safe&#8217; (GRAS) status of salt and to develop regulatory measures to limit sodium in processed and restaurant foods.&#8221;</p>
<p>Vitamins and minerals have a minimum RDA (recommended daily allowance). All of them have this, except sodium. Instead it has a maximum RDA.</p>
<p>If you look in the foods made by nature they have around 15 milligrams of sodium. When it comes to man-made foods, a large pizza has 3,000+ mg of sodium and a can of chicken noodle soup has 2,000+ mg of sodium. An avocado has 21 mg of sodium but 1,400 mg of potassium making it a very healthy food for you.</p>
<p>The body determines how much water you need by the concentration of sodium in it. That is the reason that if you are on a raft in the ocean with water all around you, you can still die of dehydration. You will only get more dehydrated drinking the ocean water or your salty urine. This is the reason that I call it anti-water. It makes it so water will not work.</p>
<p>There is a book called The Rice Diet Solution (�2006) by Kitty Gurkin Rosati R.D. and Robert Rosati M.D. says that in addition to salt causing water retention, it also stimulates the appetite causing people to eat more.</p>
<p>During the first 5 days of a fast the body dumps huge amounts (up to 80,000 mg per day) of salt so it gets rid of all the excess salt. So this is why someone can lose up to 15 pounds of weight during the first 5 days of a fast. They lose 15 pounds of water.</p>
<p>If the body continued to lose sodium after this excess is removed then the person would die after a few more days of fasting due to lack of sodium instead of being able to fast a month. But the body no longer needs to get rid of it so the sweat and urine are no longer salty.</p>
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		<title>Nutritional Value Of Food Sources</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KevinK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vitamins and minerals play an vital role in helping make people strong and healthy and they are found in virtually all of the foods we eat. You can acquire vitamins and minerals in many forms including tablets, pills, and drinks to name but a few and these are a very good way of increasing your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vitamins and minerals play an vital role in helping make people strong and healthy and they are found in virtually all of the foods we eat. You can acquire vitamins and minerals in many forms including tablets, pills, and drinks to name but a few and these are a very good way of increasing your body’s supply in today’s fast moving world. However, the best source of vitamins and minerals are found in natural organic foods and if you combine these correctly your body will have the right levels which will help uphold your body’s wellbeing.</p>
<p>There is never any time when our bodies don’t need vitamins and minerals to increase the growth of our body tissues and muscles and even when we are fully grown we still must carry on absorbing them to help maintain our health and nutrition levels. Vitamins are important in maintaining the health of the brain, heart, eyes, immune system and many more parts of the body. The life expectancy of people has drastically increased during the last 150 years and to make sure that your elder years are lively ones it is crucial that you lead a healthy existence and eat a balanced diet. It is also crucial to get enough sleep and exercise on a fairly regular basis to help handle your weight. Taking nutritional supplements can play an vital role in reducing the possibility of disease as well as providing the body with anti-aging nutrition improving its energy and health</p>
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		<title>Kteam&#8217;s Healthy Choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online retailer of nutritional supplements from leading brands such as Nordic Naturals, Ascenta, N3 Oceanic, Solgar, and Enzymatic Therapy. Kteams Healthy Choices &#8211; Res-Q 1250, Res-Q Sleep, and the entire Res-Q Line! Along with Nordic Naturals, Bach Rescue Remedy, Carlson Labs, Ascenta and many more leading brands. KTeam&#8217;s Healthy Choices is a family owned and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Online retailer of nutritional supplements from leading brands such as <a href="http://www.kteamshealthychoices.com/">Nordic Naturals</a>, Ascenta, N3 Oceanic, Solgar, and Enzymatic Therapy. Kteams Healthy Choices &#8211; Res-Q 1250, Res-Q Sleep, and the entire Res-Q Line! Along with Nordic Naturals, Bach Rescue Remedy, Carlson Labs, Ascenta and many more leading brands. </p>
<p>KTeam&#8217;s Healthy Choices is a family owned and operated business dedicated to providing you with the finest <a href="http://www.kteamshealthychoices.com/">nutritional supplements</a> at the lowest possible prices. NutraSea Original is a phamaceutical quality fish oil with a balanced EPA/DHA ratio making it an ideal supplement for optimal health and well-being. Nordic Natural&#8217;s Athorized Reseller &#8211; Fish oil, vitamins, and childrens Fish oil. The Complete Nordic Natural Product Line.</p>
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		<title>Nutritional Supplements-The Necessary Protocol</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nutritional Supplements found their origin the China under the auspices of one Carl Rehnborg during the early 1900&#8242;s. It was out of necessity that perpetuated Mr. Rehnborg&#8217;s interest in the fact that rural populations in China, even though poor, suffered less malunutrition and disease than their urban counterparts. At that time their was political unrest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nutritional Supplements found their origin the <a href="http://www.chinacentral.info/"><strong>China</strong></a> under the auspices of one Carl Rehnborg during the early 1900&#8242;s. It was out of necessity that perpetuated Mr. Rehnborg&#8217;s interest in the fact that rural populations in China, even though poor, suffered less malunutrition and disease than their urban counterparts. At that time their was political unrest that confined Rehnborg to the urban areas and subsist, as others did, on Army rations only. The results were widespread illness from malnutrition. Rehnborg avoided this condition, as did his friends, by consuming the broth Rehnborg made by boiling grasses, leaves, roots, and anything botanical source he could get his hands on. When they emerged after the unrest settled the results led him to study the relationship between humans and plants.</p>
<p>Upon his returning to the United States set up a laboratory and began experimenting with combining important plant based nutrients into a dried encapsulated form while maintaining the nutritional value of the plant compounds. That idea launched a revolution in nutritional supplementation that is extremely important especially in today&#8217;s market place. At this stage of our technological evolution in food production it is necessary to rely on nutritional supplementation to fuel the body&#8217;s immune system. With the advent of genetically modified foods, hybrid foods, poor farming and fertilizing/pesticide processes, and lack of crop rotation as well plowing crops under and allowing the soils to recover over several years, we are seeing the disease rates skyrocket like never imagined. You simply can&#8217;t get the nutritional firepower necessary to enable the daily repair and rebuilding of the human body with the non-nutrient dense foods that are available. Mix in the aspect of <a href="http://www.searchfood.info/"><strong>fast foods</strong></a> and processed foods and we are in the middle of a disaster.</p>
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		<title>VIACTIVE &#8211; The Nutrition Women Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2004 U.S. Surgeon General report reveals that calcium, vitamin D, and exercise are important for women of all ages and life stages to maintain everyday bone health and prevent osteoporosis. By getting 1,000 mg of calcium a day, 200 International Units (IU) of vitamin D for adults under 50, and at least 30 minutes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A 2004 U.S. Surgeon General report reveals that calcium, vitamin D, and exercise are important for women of all ages and life stages to maintain everyday bone health and prevent osteoporosis. By getting 1,000 mg of calcium a day, 200 International Units (IU) of vitamin D for adults under 50, and at least 30 minutes a day of weight bearing exercise, we can decrease the risk of developing of osteoporosis.</p>
<p>With VIACTIV® Calcium Soft Chews, we can help keep our bones healthy and strong. VIACTIV® Calcium Soft Chews are appropriate and beneficial for any individual over the age of four.Getting enough calcium in our diets is critical for building and maintaining strong, healthy bones and reducing the risk of osteoporosis.</p>
<p>Just one VIACTIV® Multi-Vitamin Chew daily provides the necessary vitamins to help promote immune health, <a HREF="http://www.viactiv.com/">energy activation</a>, heart health, bone strength, skin health and eye health. Our body has its own nutritional &#8220;alphabetical order&#8221; and each vitamin and mineral helps nourish your body to promote its healthy function.</p>
<p>More products are available at VIACTIV.com such as VIACTIV® FLAVOR GLIDES™ Dietary Supplements, VIACTIV® for Teens Calcium Chews to help women health better.</p>
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