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Want to Improve Your Sex Life? Eat This, Not That and more… to Super Unsize Me Today

9/30/2013

From Wanting to Improve Your Sex Life, to 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Want to Improve Your Sex Life? Eat This, Not That

Planning a romantic evening? You might think a juicy steak, a good bottle of wine and some chocolate will set the stage. But you'd be wrong. Saturated fats from meats, alcohol and chocolate are the exact things you'll want to avoid for good sex. Each is filled with chemicals and stimulants that have the opposite effect on libido and performance.

http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/want-to-improve-your-sex-life-eat-this-not-that

Harvard Says Reducing Red Meat Consumption Can Extend Life by 20%

According to Harvard Medical School, cutting out or reducing red meat consumption can help prolong your life by up to 20%. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at 84,000 women and 38,000 men’s diets in order to determine if it was really beneficial to consume a big juicy steak several times a week.

http://naturalsociety.com/reducing-red-meat-consumption-extend-life-20-percent/

Top Children’s Vitamins Full of Aspartame, GMOs and Harmful Chemicals

If we look at the Flintstones vitamin, (one of the top multivitamins in the United States) it contains a number of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), aspartame, aluminum, petroleum-derived artificial colours and more. All of these ingredients are not optimal for health and may even be toxic.

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/07/18/top-childrens-vitamins-full-of-aspartame-gmos-harmful-chemicals/#_

Avocado: The Prolific Green Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut Combined

Incredibly, this super food has a biochemical profile that would make other fruits, vegetables and nuts blush, since it contains the nutrients of all three. In fact, avocados are so important to our overall health that studies have even found avocado-eaters to be especially healthy.

http://naturalsociety.com/avocado-fruit-vegetable-nut-combined-benefits/

5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System

If you want to seriously boost your health and reduce your risk of numerous health issues like obesity and diabetes, seriously consider reducing sugar intake. Opt for a bit of honey or a natural sweetener like Stevia instead.

http://naturalsociety.com/5-ways-strengthen-immune-system/

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Hearty Chicken Stew

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Ways to Boost Low Testosterone Level Naturally and more… to Super Unsize Me Today

9/29/2013

From Ways to Boost Low Testosterone Level Naturally, to The Truth About Food Combining, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Ways to Boost Low Testosterone Level Naturally

Research has shown that men who ate diets rich in healthy fats like monounsaturated fats & Omega-3 fats had the highest testosterone levels. You can naturally raise your testosterone levels by adding more healthy fats by eating more nuts & seeds, fatty fish like salmon & tuna, avocados, olives, vegetable oils, and natural peanut butter.

http://fitness.healthxtourism.com/ways-to-boost-low-testosterone-level-naturally/

The Bountiful Year: A Visual Guide To Seasonal Produce and Fruits

A trip to your local farmers market can give you a good idea of what to eat now, but this infographic provides a handy reference for when is the best time to eat what. Every kind of produce tastes better at the height of its season. Tomatoes are juicier, strawberries are sweeter, and pretty much any other fruit, vegetable, or herb is better when eaten during its natural harvest.

http://columnfivemedia.com/bountiful-year-visual-guide-seasonal-produce/

35 Recyclable And Eco-Friendly Packaging Designs For Inspiration

Nowadays, the most popular practice in packaging design is towards the use of eco-friendly materials. These are the ones that which are biodegradable and also recyclable. Indeed, investing in this kind of packaging is worthwhile as our own existence is under a threat due to our disregard of the environment.

http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012/06/eco-friendly-packaging-designs.html

Supplements Could Offer Huge Health Care Savings

According to the Frost & Sullivan report, if men and women (55 years and older) with elevated cholesterol levels took psyllium dietary fiber at preventive intake levels on a daily basis, the cost savings for coronary heart disease could be almost $2.5 billion a year, equating just under $19.9 billion in cumulative net savings between 2013 and 2020.

The report also stresses that if women above age 55 with osteoporosis took calcium and vitamin D at preventive intake levels on a daily basis, society could save $1.5 billion a year.

http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/news/2013/09/f-s-supplements-could-offer-huge-health-care-savi.aspx

The Truth About Food Combining

Food combining is an advanced nutritional strategy and can be very effective, but only if you are ready for it. It is not a tool for a beginner and there is no need to try it if you don’t have a good nutritional foundation.

http://gymflow100.com/the-truth-about-food-combining/

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Blood Orange Punch

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How Healthy Are You For Your Age? And more… to Super Unsize Me Today

9/28/2013

From How Healthy Are You For Your Age?, to the Lethality of Loneliness, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

How Healthy Are You For Your Age?

“Think of telomere length as though it was a thermometer. It measures the health of your genetic material,” Dr. Atzmon explains. “It tells you how fit you are in relation to the age you are.”

http://scienceblog.com/63343/how-healthy-are-you-for-your-age/#FXJ8fbCKavPj8Exm.99

Obesity finding turns diet advice on its head

Research from the University of B.C. and the Salk Institute in California throws doubt on the value of calorie counting and suggests that popular dietary advice to eat frequently through the day may promote obesity.

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Obesity+finding+turns+diet+advice+head/7651523/story.html

Fructose has different effect than glucose on brain regions that regulate appetite

In a study examining possible factors between fructose consumption and weight gain, brain magnetic resonance imaging of study participants indicated ingestion of glucose but not fructose produced increased ratings of satiety and fullness.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130101182010.htm

The Lethality of Loneliness

We now know how it can ravage our body and brain. Loneliness sends misleading hormonal signals, rejiggers the molecules on genes that govern behavior, and wrenches a slew of other systems out of whack.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113176/science-loneliness-how-isolation-can-kill-you

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Brownies

Believe it or not, these brownies are yummy and healthy!
http://www.sugarlesse.com/5/post/2013/05/brownies.html

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Food Fraud: Labels on What We Eat Often Mislead and more… to Super Unsize Me Today

9/27/2013

From Food Fraud: Labels on What We Eat Often Mislead, to McDonald's Phasing out Plastic Foam Cups, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Food Fraud: Labels on What We Eat Often Mislead

As shown by Europe's recent horsemeat scandal—in which scores of products labeled as "beef" were found to contain up to 100 percent horsemeat—and arrests last spring of Chinese traders who were allegedly peddling rat meat as lamb, there's still considerable mystery around where a lot of our food comes from.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130712-food-fraud-science-economic-adulteration-seafood-honey-juice/

Yo-Yo Weight Loss is Sign of Disordered Eating

Dieters know that losing weight is often not the issue — keeping the weight off is.

Weight loss researchers agree that the more weight you’ve lost, the harder it is to keep it off. A complex and vicious cycle of biological and behavioral factors make it so.

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/09/25/yo-yo-weight-loss-is-sign-of-disordered-eating/59904.html

TomTato plant grows both tomatoes and potatoes

Britons are booking orders for a double-crop wonderplant called the TomTato, that puts out cherry tomatoes on the vine, while growing whole white potatoes underground.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/tomtato-lives-frankensteinian-plant-grows-both-tomatoes-potatoes-8C11266757

Pesticide violations rampant in California produce

A large number of fresh fruits and vegetables have been found to contain quantities of pesticides in markets across the Bay Area.

Of course, California and the U.S. also import fruits and vegetables from many other countries. According to Charlotte Fadipe from the State Department of Pesticide Regulation, that’s where problems tend to arise.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/health-med-fit-science/pesticide/nZ8c7/

McDonald's to phase out plastic foam cups

McDonald's is to phase out plastic foam cup after having already introduced packaging for its Filet-O-Fish sandwich carrying the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue “eco-label.”

http://nrn.com/sustainability/mcdonald-s-phase-out-plastic-foam-cups

Healthy Recipe Bonus: German Potato Salad

http://www.sugarlesse.com/4/post/2013/05/german-potato-salad.html

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Five Healthiest Juices in the World and more… to Super Unsize Me Today

9/26/2013

From the 5 Healthiest Juices in the World, to Healthy Harvest: Savoring Autumn Veggies, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

5 Healthiest Juices in the World

If you need more energy during the day, and you are getting bored of drinking coffee and processed juices from stores, opt for delicious and refreshing natural juices you can easily make.

http://www.ecellulitis.com/diet-and-nutrition/5-healthiest-juices-in-the-world/

Resveratrol shows fat cell shrinking potential

Thirty days of supplementation with resveratrol were associated with a reduction in the size of fat cells, with genetic tests showing various pathways for fat breakdown, researchers from the Netherlands report.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Resveratrol-shows-fat-cell-shrinking-potential-Human-data

Garlic Beats Best-Selling Blood Pressure Drug

A groundbreaking new study published in Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has revealed that garlic is at least as effective as the blockbuster blood pressure lowering drug atenolol in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients diagnosed with essential hypertension, a condition linked to the #1 cause of death in developed countries.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/garlic-beats-best-selling-blood-pressure-drug-new-study

Health startups Spire and Augmedix show wearable tech’s applications beyond fitness

Wearable gadgets are popping up on store shelves and crowdfunding sites tend to focus on physical activity. But two startups presenting this week at digital health accelerator Rock Health’s fifth demo day gave a little window into how wearable devices could make a difference in a broader range of day-to-day activities.

http://gigaom.com/2013/09/25/rock-health-startups-spire-and-augmedix-show-wearable-techs-applications-beyond-fitness/

Healthy Harvest: Savoring Autumn Veggies

Food Editor Robyn Webb, MS, LN, has gathered some autumn veggies that often get neglected and turns them into something special.

http://forecast.diabetes.org/recipes-sep2013

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Beetle Juice

http://www.sugarlesse.com/6/post/2013/05/beetle-juice.html

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Super Unsize Me today: From Honoring Our Life Force... and much more

9/25/2013

From Honoring Our Life Force, to Bill Gates Liking His Bananas Genetically Modified, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Honoring Our Life Force: Energy Medicine Helps Restore Balance and Harmony

In William James’s famous hypothesis, “A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous, and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.” In the field of energy medicine, the experiences of pioneers such as medical intuitives Caroline Myss and Donna Eden, natural healer Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat and Doctor of Chiropractic Eric Pearl validate James’s postulate.

http://www.naturallyla.com/honoring-our-life-force-energy-medicine-helps-restore-balance-and-harmony/

Turmeric Extract 100% Effective At Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

A remarkable human clinical study published in the journal Diabetes Care, the journal of the American Diabetes Association, revealed that turmeric extract was 100% successful at preventing prediabetic patients from becoming diabetic over the course of a 9-month intervention.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/turmeric-extract-100-effective-preventing-type-2-diabetes-ada-journal-study-finds

Are You Getting Enough B Vitamins?

B vitamins play a bigger role in having a healthy body than I realized. They’re responsible for… cell metabolism, healthy brain cells, supporting nervous system and immune system functions as well as cardiovascular and respiratory health, proper circulation, mental outlook and cholesterol levels, fighting off free radicals, support for the formation of red blood cells, making energy from the foods you eat, muscle tone and even healthy hair and skin as well as overall energy and endurance levels.

http://jillconyers.com/2012/08/are-you-getting-enough-b-vitamins/

FreshPaper - A Life-Changing Innovation From a Kid

FreshPaper, a simple piece of paper designed to extend the shelf life of fresh foods, was among the 2013 winners announced August 29, at the Index: Awards, the biggest design award show in the world.

http://philmckinney.com/archives/2013/09/freshpaper-among-new-inventions-honored-with-index-award-2013.html

Bill Gates Likes His Bananas Genetically Modified – Do You?

As part of ongoing efforts to battle hunger and malnutrition throughout the developing world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up to fund research into the development of genetically modified bananas.

http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/bill-gates-likes-his-bananas-genetically-modified-do-you/

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Banana Ice Cream

http://www.sugarlesse.com/5/post/2013/05/banana-ice-cream.html

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http://www.scoop.it/t/healthy-recipes-by-steve-kingsley

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Super Unsize Me today: Calculate Your Calories... and much more

9/24/2013

From Calculating Your Calories, to Foods That Make You Thin, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web: Calculate Your Calories

Calculate Your Calories

How many calories do you burn in a day, based on your lifestyle? What is your Body Mass Index? How many calories should your food — the healthy and wholesome variety, of course — have to optimize your diet?

http://www.sugarlesse.com/calculate-your-calories.html

Farmers, Walmart, and Others Launch Sustainability Tools

A group of farmers, food companies and others — members include Walmart, Del Monte Foods, Campbell Soup, United Fresh Produce Association and Western Growers — today launched measurement tools to support sustainable agriculture efforts across the specialty crops supply chain.

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2013/09/23/farm-group-launches-sustainability-tools-for-specialty-crops/

Food for thought… and peace

What has food really got to do with peace? And are some foods more “conflict-sensitive” than others?

...Travelling across the world we can see how we’re connected together through unhealthy soft drinks and chili sauces, but often not through genuine peace.

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/food-for-thought-and-peace/

Item of the Day: Sugarlesse™ Chocolate Truffles

I randomly came across these Sugarlesse™ Chocolate Truffles and they have become my new go-to afternoon snack. One truffle is only 100 calories. And that’s really all I need to satisfy the craving. All ingredients used are natural, kosher, GMO and gluten free. They’re perfect for anyone looking for a sweet treat that’s on the healthier side.

http://hellogiggles.com/item-of-the-day-sugarlesse-chocolate-truffles

Foods That Make You Thin

Excerpt from Jeff Novick’s (RD and MS) talk on the GET HEALTHY RED DVD set: “Healthy Weight Loss: How to Succeed Without Trying.” Worth watching even if the title is hard to believe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ogG1wEcXo

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Garlic Sage Biscuits

http://www.sugarlesse.com/4/post/2013/05/garlic-sage-biscuits.html

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Super Unsize Me today: Top 5 Foods for Better Brain Function... and much more

9/23/2013

From the Top 5 Foods for Better Brain Function, to Real Food for Sex, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Top 5 Foods for Better Brain Function

The brain is made up of 60 percent fat. Yes, F-A-T. The brain utilizes carbohydrates, omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins for its energetic function. Vitamin B12, B6 and folic acid combined, manufacture and release chemicals in the brain known as neurotransmitters. Our nervous system relies on these 'neurotransmitters' to communicate messages within the brain.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2012/09/23/top-5-foods-for-better-brain-function/

Explore the Global Food Security Index

The Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 105 countries. Learn more. Find out how your country fares. Explore the index:

http://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com

10 Ways to Cut Your Grocery Bill While Eating Healthier

Here are 10 ways for you to enjoy effective grocery shopping to create wonderful, home-cooked meals. The simple chore of buying food involves many variables -- where to shop, seasonal options, recipe ingredients, family favorites... the decisions seem endless, especially if you aim to optimize your budget and your health.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-nierenberg/budget-grocery-shopping_b_2599947.html

Think Green! Kale Pesto with Tarragon and Walnuts

Need more uses for the power food kale? Enjoy this kale pesto with tarragon and walnuts. It's not only good for you, but it screams spring is here - in the southern hemisphere, that is.

http://familyspice.com/think-green-kale-pesto-with-tarragon-and-walnuts/

Real Food for Sex

“For sex, REAL FOOD rocks. I cannot emphasize the benefits of eating whole, minimally processed foods with healthy (and essential) fats, proteins, and carbohydrates – all of which are loaded with bioavailable and natural minerals, vitamins, phytonutrients, and other beneficial synergistic ingredients.”

Erica Stelcik, Innate Wellness, at:
http://havehealthtoday.com/2012/08/real-food-for-sex/

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Autumn Tea

http://www.sugarlesse.com/6/post/2013/05/autumn-tea.html

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Super Unsize Me today: How to Rewire Your Brain to End Food Cravings... and much more

9/22/2013

From How to Rewire Your Brain to End Food Cravings, to a new lease of life for the “Tree of Life,” here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

How to Rewire Your Brain to End Food Cravings

Dr. Hyman: “I’m a food addict. We all are. Our brains are biologically driven to seek and devour high-calorie, fatty foods. The difference is that I have learned how to control those primitive parts of my brain. Anyone can do this if they know how.”

http://drhyman.com/blog/2012/03/01/how-to-rewire-your-brain-to-end-food-cravings/#close

Solutions for Micronutrient Deficiency

The problem of hidden hunger – micronutrient deficiency – affects far more people than hunger. It can be difficult to count those affected, but it’s estimated that people with micronutrient deficiencies number in the billions.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/09/03/solutions-for-micronutrient-deficiency/

Smarter Food: Does big farming mean bad farming?

In high summer, fields of wildflowers bloom at Tony Thompson’s Minnesota farm: gray-headed coneflowers, phlox and white prairie clover. Those plants are designed to do more than just beautify. They prevent water runoff and block nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, from spilling into and polluting the Mississippi River.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/smarter-food-does-big-farming-mean-bad-farming/2013/08/26/fb1cbb94-0b7f-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html

Nutrition's Top Seed

One problem with a typical western diet is that it tends to be high in omega-6 fats - but not enough omega-3 fats from foods like oily fish, walnuts and flax seed. Hemp seed is an excellent source of omega-3 fats that’s very easy to add to the diet – and it’s also a sustainable plant source at a time when there are concerns about over-fishing.

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/blogs/chew-on-this/nutritions-top-seed-20110704-1gyhr.html#ixzz2fStD9ElP

New lease of life for the “Tree of Life”

Coconut, planted in swathes across many Pacific islands, is known across the region as the 'tree of life' because of its multitude of uses and traditional importance in people's lives.

http://www.new-ag.info/en/focus/focusItem.php?a=2165

Healthy Recipe Bonus: MacIntosh (the real) Apple Pie

http://www.sugarlesse.com/5/post/2013/05/apple-pie.html

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Super Unsize Me today: Jon Stewart VS. Monsanto... and much more

9/21/2013

From Jon Stewart VS. Monsanto, to How to Bottled Life - the Business of Water, here is today’s harvest from the greenest and healthiest of the web:

Jon Stewart VS. Monsanto: Hilarious Takedown

The Daily Show team — and you — learn how greedy farmers have threatened the livelihood of Monsanto’s "heroic" patent attorneys.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-12-2013/monsanto---seed-patent-laws

Invitro Burgers Anyone? Inside the coming meat lab: the future of food.

The future feast is laid out around a cool white room at Eindhoven's University of Technology . There is a steak tartare of in-vitro beef fibre, wittily knitted into the word "meat". There are "fruit-meat" amuse-gueules. The green- and pink-striped sushi comes from a genetically modified vegetarian fish called the biccio that, usefully, has green- and pink-striped flesh. To wash this down, there's a programmable red wine: with a microwave pulse you can turn it into anything from Montepulciano to a Syrah.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jan/05/the-future-of-food

P.S. Actually this is about to happen — see http://modernmeadow.com

Think About What You Eat (Fast Food Video Documentary)

“I made this as a project back in 7th grade for the school film festival with the theme "make the world a better place." I have recut it, adding in footage that i never used and redoing some narrations. Beware it is kinda disturbing, but it will give you a MUCH better view of what goes on in the fast food industry.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQBOAjVJWU

Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator - Check Yours Now

Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). Body mass index, or BMI, is a guideline used to judge whether you are at risk for health problems associated with your weight.

http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/index-1688-143.html?ic=2202

Bottled Life - the Business of Water

The Swiss film "Bottled Life" documents the booming business with bottled water, by focusing on the global leader in this lucrative multi-billion dollar market – namely, the Nestlé corporation in Switzerland.

http://www.bottledlifefilm.com/index.php/the-story.html

Healthy Recipe Bonus: Apple Cherry Punch

http://www.sugarlesse.com/6/post/2013/05/apple-cherry-punch.html

and a LOT more at:
http://www.scoop.it/t/healthy-recipes-by-steve-kingsley

Content created, collected, and curated by Steve Kingsley and the Sugarlesse.com natural sweetener team, via Scoop.it. Enjoy it. Profit from it — and Spread the Health!