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Diabetes and Heart Disease – beat the odds.

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You may have pre-diabetes and not even know it! Diabetes is a serious disease but the good news is the risk can be quashed now or at least if you have diabetes the complications reduced or delayed by some healthful lifestyles changes. I little price to pay for a huge reward....
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9 Essentials oils that can help you lose weight

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9 Essentials oils that can help you lose weight

Cedar wood a warming and soothing oil. This oil can help to decongest the lymph system, helps to unblock arteries by breaking down fat deposits, and improves poor circulation. Cedar oil can help to reduce fluid retention. It can help to calm nervous tension, instilling a sense of peace. Good for cellulite, oily...
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7 reasons why you need more fiber

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Natural fiber from whole foods promote good health in many ways - * provides bulk and holds on to fluid making our stools softer and therefore much easier to pass. * encourages the correct bacterial balance in our bowels, it’s the perfect food for the ‘friendly bacteria’. * can help to prevent cancers like breast, prostate and...
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Celery, reducing fluid retention

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Fresh celery and the seeds are also excellent cleansers. They are truly excellent for reducing fluid retention. This food has earned a reputation for being a wonderful diet food. The fresh celery has a slightly salty taste, good to add to salads and reduce salt intake. Celery can be used raw with dips, cut...
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Fennel, excellent for curbing the appetite

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The vegetable, leaves and seeds taste a little like aniseed or licorice. Fennel is a fat digester, stimulates the metabolism, and regulates blood fats. It has properties that are cleansing especially to the liver and the digestive system. Fennel is renowned as a diuretic (relieving fluid retention) releasing water stored in fat cells. In...
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Okra ideal weight loss food

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Okra ideal weight loss food

This vegetable is well known in Indian cooking and down south in North America. This vegetable is related to the cotton family, approximately the size of one’s little finger, green elongated, tapered ridged pods containing seeds, with a slimy texture inside. Indigenous to regions around the Nile in North Africa and the Middle East, discovered...
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Spinach a really good detoxifier

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Spinach a really good detoxifier

Very high in chlorophyll which means it’s a really good detoxifier. It releases its energy slowly. Any dark green herb or vegetable is high in iron and helps to increase energy levels. It is a natural laxative and aids the liver function. It strengthens the immune system, and regulates blood-fats. The young spinach leaves are...
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Increase your fat burning with certain spices

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Increase your fat burning with certain spices

When you eat spicy foods, it leads to a process called thermagenesis – in other words, heat generation. This process burns more kilojoules, which can help you lose weight or keep those extra pounds away. Researchers from Maastricht University in Holland and Laval University in Quebec reviewed studies that looked at the effects of capsaicin,...
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Chili Infused Oil

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Chili Infused Oil

When you eat spicy foods, it leads to a process called thermagenesis – in other words, heat generation. This process burns more kilojoules, which can help you lose weight or keep those extra pounds away. Researchers from Maastricht University in Holland and Laval University in Quebec reviewed studies that looked at the effects of capsaicin,...
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Onions add flavor and detox the system – important in any weight loss program

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Onions are much milder than garlic, and are very good at cleansing and detoxifying the system. They contain a very important flavonoid called quercetin. Onions have the same merits to a greater or lesser extent as leeks or garlic and out of the three I prefer leeks. Onions also lower cholesterol, keep the blood thin,...
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