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Overall, about 66% of adults in the USA are either overweight or obese. About one-third of people are in the obese category, meaning they have a body mass index of 30 or greater.
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Body mass index, or BMI, is a measure based on height and weight. About 6% of people are extremely obese — that is, they have a BMI of 40 or greater. Full Story
The use of the powerful antibiotic streptomycin as a growth-promoting agent in turkeys also quickly promotes the growth of dangerous streptomycin-resistant coliform bacteria, according to researchers at University of California, Davis.
Perhaps such a finding should be cause for alarm, considering how agribusiness pumps more than 20 million pound of antibiotics into healthy livestock each year, constituting more than 70 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States….Full Story
An Amazing Health Fact: The digestion process starts before you eat. It begins when you smell something irresistible or when you see a favorite food. The entire process of digestion will continue for the next 29 hours or so.
A proper diet starts with proper digestion. Chewing food begins this process, so be sure to chew your food well! While food is still in the mouth, an enzyme (salivary [...]
Check out this new site that explores the 8 laws of health straight from the bible. Click Here
I was sent this chart on many of the properties of different types of foods. Obviously we live in a world where nothing can be ‘guaranteed’ or even promised. Though medicine can promise many things, it does not have guarantees. The following is food for thought. Oh and by the way there are side effects to eating the foods that God created in the garden. Some of those [...]
Thank you Tenessa for sending this:
I have been growing concerned about our fruits and veg. Lately. Anyone notice that they last forever in the fridge or on the counter. The strawberries are turning dark before showing signs of mold. The blueberries are drying up, but again no mold. We have seen the shelf life of these foods increase dramatically. I get a tray of Kiwi’s from Sam’s that [...]
Great news is that following good-for-you food goals will help your whole body — from your skin to your brain — so you can tackle those other resolutions with ease.
“The best way to have healthy hair, eyes, and skin is to take good overall care of yourself. That means eating well,” said Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Yale Prevention Research Center at Yale University. So whether [...]
MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) — Eating 2.5 ounces a day of broccoli sprouts appeared to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers and probably stomach cancer in a Japanese trial. Gastric cancer thus joins a long list of malignancies for which studies have shown a reduced risk associated with a diet that contains broccoli — including cancer of the esophagus, bladder, skin and lung, among others. Full Story
Diets high in red meat and in processed meat shorten life span not just from cancer and heart disease but from Alzheimer’s, stomach ulcers and an array of other conditions as well, a U.S. National Cancer Institute study has found. Full Story and Video
When God told us in the Old Testament, the many reasons not to eat the blood, there are many reasons for this. It is being [...]
A vegetarian diet may help to protect against cancer, a UK study suggests. Analysis of data from 52,700 men and women shows that those who did not eat meat had significantly fewer cancers overall than those who did. Full Story
Physical activity has many proven benefits.
It strengthens bones and muscles, improves mental health and mood, lowers blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colon cancer. Exercise is also good for your brain. It may not be a cure-all for obesity, however. Full Story
I was blessed to be apart of a health fair on New Years Day. The amazing thing was that the fair was presented with and for Muslims. It made me think of the power of God.(or Allah as they say) Do you realize how much value Muslims believe in Dreams. Now hear this:The God who sent dreams to Pharoah and Nebuchadnezzar and countless other great men…can send them to nearly 2 [...]
Once again another headline out this morning that resounds with statements written over 100 years ago. They have found Ebola in Pigs in a nation where it is it’s primary export.
Check out these words by E.G. White:————-
Reasons for Discarding Flesh Foods.–Those who eat flesh are but eating grains and vegetables at second hand, for the animal receives from these things the nutrition that produces growth. The life that was in the grains [...]
This is a pretty cool article that goes into the way animals can see through a different color/light spectrum and how it affects apetite or behavior.
When a banana ripens, it turns yellow — unless you look at it under a black light, in which case, it appears bright blue, a new study has found. Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday. And 60 percent of 12,000 general practice physicians found they would not recommend medicine as a career. ”The whole thing has spun out of control. I plan to…Full Story
When I raised my eyebrows over the words “raw foods” she explained that a few years ago her mother found her stomach distended so far she could barely stand and ended up spending a year in and out of the hospital having multiple tests to figure out what the problem was. A diagnosis was never made but knowing that something must have triggered her gastrointestinal problems, she turned [...]
The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want. The workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.
Invented during the Great Depression by Jay Hormel, the son of the company’s founder, [...]
We are so thankful to have a new series of articles forthcoming. Here is the first of many. They are going to deal with health in many ways that you have never heard of before. Let us know what you think at admin@presentruth.com.
Water is big business today! Have you ever paid 2$ for a half litre bottle. It probably had you question “why is this more expensive than [...]
In a new survey out today, more than half of Americans believe God holds the power to heal even when Doctors say no way.
Though people say this in a survey, how many do you think keep their faith even when God ‘does not’ save their family member? Full Story
Apparently even the companies that produce the stuff i.e. Heinz and Frito Lay, Lance and others are going to reduce their carcinogenic compounds in their foods that lead to cancer.
Wait a minute did they say REDUCE !!!! I would think again about putting anything in my body that is admitted to lead to cancer causing agents in my body. Full Story MSNBC
According to 1 John 3:4 it says this: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And we all know in Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death….
With those verses in mind. How would you respond if someone asked you “Then what is the SIN that Eve and then Adam committed?” Some would argue it is such a miniscule [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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