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Health
Your Smartphone Is Hurting More Than Your Communication Skills
Red/Purple Produce Is Best For Your Heart And Weight
1. It’s slowly ruining your vision. Using your Smartphone, tablet or laptop for hours upon hours at a time can ruin your vision. It leads to eye strain, dryness, blurriness and a host of other problems.
Put your phone away, step away or look away from your computer periodically. Go for a walk or go out for coffee with someone you haven’t seen in a while.
2. Say farewell to a good night’s sleep. Using your Smartphone right be- fore bed disturb your sleep, but when you finally do fall asleep, the quality decreases. Why? Your Smartphone gives off blue light, which causes you to become more alert instead of drowsy be- cause the light is slowing down the production of
The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition state that the color of the fruits and vegetables we ear may affect our heart and weight differ- ently.
For women – eating larger amounts of red/purple fruits and vegetables may result in lower weight and abdominal fat, lower blood sugar and reduced cholesterol. On the
other hand - eating yellow
fruits and vegetables may cause eventual weight gain.
For men – eating more red/purple fruits and vegeta- bles helps to reduce weight and waist size. On the other hand – eating yellow fruit may help lower cholesterol; and great and white fruits and vegetables may help to reduce abdominal fat gain over a 3-year period.
melatonin, a hormone that induces sleep. Also the blue violet light is potentially haz- ardous and toxic to the back of your eyes.
3. Leads to poor pos- ture. Whenever you stare down at your phone for long periods of time, you’re put- ting extra weight on your spine, leading to poor pos- ture. In addition, say hello to headaches and shoulder and neck pain!
Here’s What You Need To Prevent Osteoporosis
7 Natural Nutritional Supplements
Osteoporosis occurs when there is more bone resorp- tion than bone formation. Here are a few things that stimulate bone formation and inhibit bone resorption.
Magnesium increase bone density and decreases fracture risks, and is a cal- cium channel blocker.
Vitamin K increases quality of bones and reduced bone fracture risks, and helps prevent coronary ar- tery calcification.
Vitamin C decreases bone resorption and in- creases bone synthesis, in- creases bone mineral density, decreases fracture risk, increases fracture heal- ing, and reducesinflamma- tion.
Vitamin D plus a
density loss.
Estrogen decreases os-
teoporosis and osteoporotic fractures, decrease inflam- mation cytokines, and de- creases coronary artery calcification.
Testosterone decreases osteoporotic fracture risk, reduces coronary artery cal- cification, and is a coronary artery dilator.
Thyroid Hormone is needed for bone mass devel- opment and attaining peak bone mass. Optimal levels decrease the risk of osteo- porotic fracture.
Additional minerals that help build bones are: Boron, Manganese, Silicon and Zinc (but, too much zinc can cause bone resorption).
healthy diet of vegetables and fruits provides adequate calcium absorption, a key determinant of bone mineral density, and is vital for im- mune function.
Essential Fatty Acids
protect against bone mineral
Here are 7 natural supple- ments to consider.
1. Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oil) supplements leads to improved cardiovas- cular health and function, improved lipid profiles (lower triglycerides), im- proved brain function and mental acuity, and it has powerful anti-inflammatory properties.
2. B-vitamins increase energy production that help improve our mood, and they help us detoxify. Take this supplement in the morning, as the B-12 will keep you awake.
3. Magnesium is impor- tant because it regulates heart rhythm, allows mus- cles to contract and relax properly, reduces blood pressure and is necessary to produce ATP (the main source of energy in our cells) which must be bound to a magnesium ion in order to be biologically active.
4. Vitamin D works with calcium to improve bone density, helps reduce inflam- mation, risk of colon and breast cancer, improves mood and upper respiratory health by aiding the fight against infections from viruses and other pathogens, and allows the brain to re-
lease melatonin so we can fall asleep easier. Vitamin D is most effective when taken at night, about an hour be- fore bedtime.
5. Protein will reduce the amount of stress hormones released. The right amount of protein provides energy, repairs tissues and reduces muscle soreness.
6. Vitamin C is mostly present in fruits which con- tain fructose. If you are watching your sugar intake, there are products out there that use Ribose instead so you can avoid the insulin re- sponse associated with fruc- tose intake. Ribose has also been proven to reduce oxida- tive stress (damage created by strenuous exercise) and aids in the removal of lactic acid as does vitamin C which aids the production of ATP, helps wound healing, and is a cofactor to building colla- gen and repairing muscle.
7. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is the ONLY anti- oxidant found within cells and it allows the mitochon- dria to produce ATP. It also gets rid of lactic acid. CoQ10 is known because of its im- portant implications to the heart. A recommended dosage of CoQ10 is 100-200 mg. a day.
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