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Probably you have been sick at least once over the summer? I dare to say that most people have been this through It is not very cool when you are having fever and out there is 40 degrees. It happened so many times that you have planned a trip and you got sick just before. That’s why you have to be extra carefull if you want to plan your vacation!

Don’t be stressed, thats the first rule. Drink enough fluids, any natural juces will do, but dont drink too mutch though. Fresh vegetables and fruits are imprtant to your well being, as they contain lots of vitamins and antioxidants!

Be active, sport is healty when you do it right and without risk of a injury. Daily activity like half an hour or more is perfect! Go for walks in the park for starters!

I wish you a healthy summer!

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Migraine is a harsh type of headache that can be very unpleasant for the patient.There’s been humorous stories about women having a special place in their heads for the production of migraine headaches. But migraines are not funny. They can greatly affect the quality of life.

Some migraine patients would experience warning signs before the start of these headaches. The technical term used for these warnings is called “aura”. Aura can present itself in shape of flashes of light, a blind spot or tingling.

The correct medication, some self-help and a healthy lifestyle can help you manage migraine better. This can improve the quality of life of the patient.

These can help warning you of a migraine headache attack:

* Pain on one or both sides of the head.
* Pulsating or throbbing pain in the head
* The more you move, the bigger the pain becomes.
* You feel dizzy and feel the need to throw up
* Sensitiveness to light and sound.

One person may experience migraines several times a month while another might just have one or two migraine attacks a year. Symptoms vary from one individual to another. It is very common for most of the people with migraines to experience the painful migraines without ever seeing the auras. A migraine with aura used to be called “classic migraine”. If one experiences auras, these warning sign usually appear about 15 minutes to half an hour before the pain begins. You may continue to experience auras after the pain started or after the pain has disappeared.

The next symptoms experience people who see auras and those who don’t. These premonitions are often experienced even hours before the pain begins: happiness and high energy, need for sweets, thirst, drowsiness, depression.

There are about 10,000 taste buds on your tongue right now. Each one has a receptor that reacts to different substances and makes it possible for you to taste the foods you eat. There are five elements of taste: sour, bitter, salty, savory, and sweet. But did you know you can desensitize your taste buds?

It’s true! That’s why when people try and switch over to an average ‘healthy’ diet from an average American diet they can’t do it. Well, most of the people can’t do it. The reason why is that these people are so used to adding stuff to their foods, or eating highly processed, sugar-loaded, fat-loaded, grease-loaded, overall-bad-for-you types of foods. This literally is killing your taste buds!

I am a firm believer in the power of food to keep you healthy. People that eat better are healthier and sick a whole lot less. Some people just think that if they get sick they can just get a prescription and feel better—but why waste the money? Food is nature’s medicine. Don’t go messing it up with added, unnatural stuff the body can’t use.

Over the years I have developed some ways to make my food taste better, which is an important trick in eating healthy. But a lot of people think that to lose body fat, or lose weight that they need to follow a super strict diet that bodybuilder’s use to get super lean for a contest. The typical meal plan consists of plain grilled chicken breasts, steamed broccoli, oatmeal, plain lean steak, canned tuna, and protein shakes. I’ve even known some bodybuilders who eat their oatmeal dry with absolutely nothing. Yuk!

This is an absolute disaster if you are not a bodybuilder and have a life. The diet is much too boring and plain. I can’t even do it, and I have tried.

So what do you do?

Well, like anything you need to have patience when moving from a ‘crap’ diet to a natural, healthy diet. Slowly but surely you need to reduce your foods that have the extra sugars, sweeteners, high fructose corn syrups. Watch the foods that have the added trans fats (anything listed with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated). Some foods will surprise you what they have in them, so be sure to read the ingredients list.

All this extra stuff added to your food or drinks are taking away from the natural ability of your taste buds to taste real, natural, healthy foods.

I use natural peanut butter as an example. This is one of my favorite foods and I eat it everyday. It’s one of the healthiest sources of good fats you can get. But a lot of people, including me, hated the taste once I switched from the Jif/Peter Pan (fake) type peanut butters. But if you stick with it you grow to love this food. It usually only takes one jar of the natural peanut butter to get used to it, but it’s worth it. It’s just a process of re-acclimating your taste buds to natural, unprocessed foods.

Again, switching from these added flavors will take time, so don’t be all gung ho and try to make the switch in a week, or even a month. You probably grew up on these types of foods, which is why it will be harder to make the switch. But the sooner you do the better it will be for you. You will be healthier, and you will feel better– because those unnatural types of foods are slowly killing you. Food is a drug, and the food companies know what is most addictive. All that added stuff is destroying your liver and other organs, and causing a roller coaster effect with some of the hormones in your body.

Try making 1 change a week. If you are using sweetener in your coffee/tea, lighten it up a little each week until you taste the natural flavors. If you use a lot of salt in your cooking, try making the switch to some healthy spices/herbs. Make the switch from cakes, pastries and sweets to all natural tasty fruits. The hard part is starting—so just ‘go for it!’

Jason Yun, a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sports Nutritionist, is a Columbus fitness bootcamp and weight management teacher. To book him to speak at your local Columbus organization please contact him by email at jyun@yunbootcamps.com or by phone at 614-432-9703. For a free 2-week trial to his Bootcamps go to: http://www.yuntraining.com/columbusbootcamp.html or http://www.yunnutrition.com/contact.html

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This is a great and refreshing salad with potatoes, various vegetables and rich nutritional value.

Ingredients (for 8 persons)

- 1 pound red or white potatoes, peeled
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup diced green peppers
- 1/4 cup diced red peppers
- 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
- 3 tablespoons non-fat sour cream
- 1/3 cup low-fat Italian dressing
- 2 teaspoons mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar substitute (Splenda) brown sugar blend
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- paprika and fresh herbs, optional

Instructions

Peel potatoes and cut into 1 1/2 - 2 inch cubes. Cook potatoes in a large pot until tender, about 10 minutes. Do not overcook.

Drain the potatoes and let them cool.

In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, celery, green and red peppers, and basil.

In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, Italian dressing, mustard, seasoned salt, sugar substitute (Splenda), and pepper. Pour the dressing over the potatoes and toss gently until thoroughly coated. Refrigerate at least 4 hours to blend flavors and chill. Sprinkle with paprika and garnish with fresh herbs.

There is a saying: ‘You are what you eat.’ This however, is not really true. It’s more appropriate to say: ‘You are what your body digests and then absorbs.

The point of setting the record straight on this matter is when you consider certain foods and their possible harmful affect. I am talking about the types of food that when digested and absorbed give an acid ash residue in the body. This unhealthy internal ‘acidic’ environment can be a prerequisite to the introduction of so many illnesses, since many harmful micro- organisms can invade and cause disease. Cancer, for example, can occur through the result of an ‘acid body’ by eating too many acid-giving foods. The body’s blood pH is usually around 7.4 a healthy alkaline state, but acid foods lower this figure.

Besides cancer, other affects of eating too many acid foods include: Overweight, diabetes, immune deficiency, kidney and bladder problems, fatigue, premature aging, osteoporosis, aching joints, acing muscles, heart disease, high blood pressure strokes, parasitic infection, digestive disorders, mood swings and difficulties in concentrating… -As you can see the list of ailments is vast.

Generally, the acids foods to be careful of are:

Meats

Beef, pork and pork-based products, lamb, mutton, chicken, turkey and pheasant… Crab, shrimps, prawns, lobsters…i.e. crustaceans. Sardines, cod, haddock and salmon.

Dairy Foods

Cheese, cream, butter, milk and milk-based drinks, eggs, yogurt and ice cream.

Miscellaneous

Spaghetti, macaroni… i.e. all types of pasta, white bread, wholemeal bread, bran oat, bran wheat, whet germ, blueberries, honey, oatmeal, peanut butter, peanuts, pistachio nuts rice (brown and white), plums and prunes.

From the Convenience store

All refined sugar products. Microwavable, ready made or instant meals.  Beware of the cans of, tins of, packets of… foods with all their mysterious E -numbers, preservatives, chemicals, over saltiness… Dehydrated (powdered) soups, fast foods, soy sauce, cooking fats and oils, saturated fats and hydrogenated oils. Sunflower oil, corn oil and margarine, which, by the way, is worse than butter. Canned drinks, fizzy drinks, tea, coffee and artificially sweetened drinks…

Some Foods that are neutral, but have the effect of acidifying…are corn oil, sugar and high fructose corn syrup.

In more general terms, the acids foods to be careful of are:

Meats, fatty foods, dairy products, factory-processed foods, sweets… If foods are overheated then the vitamin and enzyme content will be spoiled, causing the nutrition value to be greatly reduced.

The way towards the healthier option is an alkaline diet: A balance of around 80% alkaline foods to 20% acid foods would be recommended. I would also recommend reading my article on the subject of eating alkaline foods, it might just transform you health and well-being!

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I, Paul Phillips am a health writer researcher. I graduated in ‘Biological Sciences’ which includes biochemistry, physiology and nutrition. I have worked in various related research and development labs. I am always willing to give advice and help people in my field. For a free ebook and much more information please try the link below http://www.HealthNewsLive.net