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Your Health Diet & Nutrition

Staying healthy seems to be a growing topic amongst health professionals, in the news, and amongst families. With all the health related problems that many adults and children are facing, a need for health related information and guidance is necessary to bring about positive change.

We attempt to provide information on how common food may cause some of the problems that so many adults and children are facing today. Disease such as Childhood Obesity, diabetes, and High Blood Pressure are the most popular ailments for so many children and adults. Although other health issues are on the rise, the ones mentioned above seem to be growing at alarming rates.

The goal in the health section of stayinformed.com it to provide proven information on how your health is effected and how natural solutions my help reduce or eliminate health problems.

The emphisis are on what you put into and onto your body. By looking a the deasease itself and the possibles cause of the desease, listing numerouse preventative measures that are known to cause a health problem. Since most of our problems are caused by the way food is grown, processed, preserved, and prepared, we examin each area and suggest small changes you can make to lead a healthier life.

Fact or not: Sugar slows the metabolism;  Preservatives will prolong food on the shelf and in your body;  Growth hormones are used to produce food bigger and faster.


Image of chocolateA Square of Chocolate a Day May Keep the Doctor Away!

April 4, 2006 - It sounds almost too-good-to-be-true! But studiess show that eating chocolate, as long as it's dark chocolate, may be good for your health. Dark chocolate, and cocoa powder, are rich sources of antioxidant polyphenols that help protect your body from free radicals, which attack healthy cells and may contribute to aging and disease. Green tea is another powerful antioxidant, shown in studies to protect the brain from neurodegenerative conditions, like Alzheimer's.