Fresh Fruit for a Tiny Waistline

There’s no greater diet destroyer than highly processed foods such as chips and cookies, which are high in calories and low in fiber. Most processed foods are simple carbs, which our body digests quickly but still leave us hungry. Processed foods also rev dopamine production, making us feel good and want to eat more, which leads to weight gain. Fresh food like fruit, on the other hand, is high in fiber, which has been proven to reduce hunger and food intake.

Rutin, To ward off Heart Attack & Stroke

Americans buy more than 44 million packages of aspirin a year to try and ward off heart attacks and strokes.

But that daily aspirin may be doing more harm than good. Sure, aspirin acts as a blood thinner. But it also strips away the stomach lining, causing ulcers and bleeding. And if ulcers aren’t bad enough, bleeding can occur inside the brain, resulting in death.

If you are one of the millions worried about having a heart attack there’s another alternative. Minus the bleeding, ulcers, and death.

New research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found a natural alternative.2 Even the FDA deemed it safe and effective. So safe and effective, that they want it for themselves.3

Dr. Robert Flaumenhaft, a professor at Harvard Medical School, led the study. His group of researchers administered this natural supplement orally to rats. And they discovered that this natural cure had anti-thrombotic properties.

Thrombosis is commonly known as a blood clot. Clots block blood flow to the brain and to the heart. This leads to heart attack and/or stroke.

Researchers tested over 5,000 compounds and this particular one proved to be the most potent.

What is this life-saving compound?

Rutin…

Maybe you’ve never heard of it. But rutin is a flavonoid that proves the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” It can be found in many fruits and vegetables including onions, citrus fruits, and – you guessed it – apples.

Healthy Snacks to keep your Body Lean!

• Apple or other fruit with almond butter
• Hummus with carrot sticks or sliced red/yellow/orange peppers (always choose hummus made with olive oil instead of unhealthy soybean or canola)
• Guacamole with carrot sticks or sliced red/yellow/orange peppers  
• Ricotta cheese (grass-fed if possible) mixed with cocoa powder, stevia, and vanilla extract (delicious high protein, low carb snack!) 
• Cottage cheese mixed with yogurt, berries, and walnuts or pecans
• A couple hard boiled eggs with carrot and celery sticks and hummus
• Celery sticks with organic almond butter (a classic quick healthy snack)
• Fresh sliced pineapple with a handful of macadamia nuts
• a bowl of blueberries mixed with raw almonds
• Cottage cheese with cinnamon, apple slices, and walnuts (mmm, mmm good)

Salty Soup Recipe for reduction of High Blood Pressure

It might seem counterintuitive to recommend foods high in salt to aid in the reduction of high blood pressure.

And it’s true that many high-sodium foods are terrible for you. However, it’s not because of the salt, necessarily, that this is so. It’s all because of the other ingredients of a particular food.

Scientists put this idea to the test recently and found that one very salty soup is very beneficial to health and even lowers blood pressure.

What do tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, vinegar, garlic and olive oil all have in common? Other than each being really good for you separately, they are all ingredients in fresh gazpacho, a very healthy Spanish chilled soup.

The ingredients of this tasty traditional dish can vary from region to region, but basically include all the ingredients above, plus other seasonings- like salt.

Gazpacho is pretty high in salt, no matter how it’s prepared, but the high salt content can’t ruin the tremendous health benefits, says a research group out of Barcelona, Spain.

After looking at the effects on almost 4,000 people studied, the conclusion was that blood pressure could be dropped by more than 25% by including fresh gazpacho regularly in diets.

Each of the ingredients has its own long list of health benefits, and the fact that it’s chilled and not cooked preserves most of them.

Cooking degrades the nutritive value in any food, and gazpacho is served chilled after it’s blended in a food processor. Using fresh, organic ingredients makes it even healthier.

The antioxidant and vitamin benefits of the soup, it is theorized, far outweigh the detrimental effects of the added salt.

Licorice, Natural Aids to quit Smoking

Among the best herbs and natural aids to quit smoking is licorice root, which is very useful to calm cravings. It has stress relieving properties which will calm your nerves and lessen irritability, as well as helping to break down body fat, so proving helpful in the case of compensating with food. Licorice is also a natural expectorant, helping greatly when the body needs to expel catarrh and phlegm.