Healthy LifeStyle Tips

The most rewarding part of writing LifeStyle Tips is for your life to change. Moreexciting is for you to know that it is never too late, to change your lifestyle.

My main prospective is that eating a verity of organic fruits and vegetables will balance the body acid/alkaline levels to ensure good health.

"Avoid packaged foods with more than five ingredients…and be sure you get enough B vitamins!" (The consumer Reports OnHealth) The best thing we can do is to saturate our bodies with the right nutrients which is the very foundation of optimal health.

Allow good nutritional care along with your health care provider; give the body what is needed to keep it in the best possible health. You will find medical studies and helpful tips to perk up your health.

Diabetic Drug Metformin Depletes Vitamin B12

*Many physicians and Metformin patient are unaware that Metformin depletes vitamin B12. However, this side effect can be reversed by taking additional supplements of B12 and calcium. Metformin interfere with calcium metabolism which affect the absorption of B12. Ask the Pharmacist, August 2007 Life Extension pg 85

Diabetics and Sugar

*Diabetics should avoid sugar, but how much, according to HealthCastle.com, on a 2000 calorie intake a day the diabetic should consume no more than 50g (10 teaspoons) of sugar per day. Remember these are sugars also fructose, dextrose, lactose, glucose, sucrose and maltose. More weight should be given to the amount of sugar used, than the type of sugar used.

Natural Sweetener

*Stevia a natural sweetener, three hundred times sweeter than regular sugar. It can be used for cooking and baking, it is an excellent alternative to synthetic sweeteners. Stevia is an herb that grows in South America. Stevia was use by the natives in Paraguay for centuries and by Japan since 1970 and available in the United States in 1990.

Other Sweetener

*White and brown sugar, honey, and corn syrup broke down quietly in the bloodstream, causing cravings, constant hunger and your blood sugar to surges.

Diet Verse Regular

*There is no different between the diet drink and the regular drink. They are both link to the same health problems. According to Boston University, the results of the study were published online July 23, 2007, Circulation Journal website.

*More than 1 soda per day may cause diabetes or cardiovascular disease (HealthDay News).

More Is Not Better

*When taking a supplement you may think, because it is a vitamin to improve your health you may take as many as you like. Not true, there is a Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) intake above this level put you at risk. Instead of assisting the body it can become harmful. Be sure to read the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Take vitamins for a specific medical condition, you will more than likely need to take more than the recommended amount. Do not take without medical supervision. (ConsumerLab.com)

Healthy Heart

*Keep your heart healthy with fish and fish oil, whole grains, onions, and spinach. Heart disease is the number one killer among men and women in the United States. Nubella Newsletter July 18, 2007