Saturday, November 28, 2009

Does the vegetarian/health food crowd exaggerate the dangers of meat and "junk" food

Does the vegetarian/health food crowd exaggerate the dangers of meat and "junk" food?
My granny has drunk Coca-Cola and enjoyed "junk food" since she was a little girl and she is about to turn 100. But she never smoked or drank more than a beer or two/day.
Diet & Fitness - 1 Answers
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Right, people just imagine the hordes of obese people all over the US and Britain. Clearly your one example outweighs all the evidence of the rise in obesity related illnesses like diabetes, and all they damage the cause, and how they're linked to intense amounts of sugar and sodium in processed junk food

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How does fast food affect your health

How does fast food affect your health?
i have to do an informational report on fast food and i have to tell how fast food can affect your health i need as many answers as possible please and thank you!
Other - Food & Drink - 7 Answers
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I would say that how it is bad for you health by being fat and how the fast food companies use children to make profit and without thinking about their health
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Does fast food affect your health? Tim Adams was tested before his McDiet and then a week later ... Sunday July 11, 2004 The Observer Blood tests Cholesterol: Before: 148 mg%; After: 163 mg% Normal range: 140-200 mg% Cholesterol HDL (good cholesterol): Before: 58 mg/dL; After: 48 mg/Dl Normal range: 40-109 Ratio good to bad cholesterol: Before: 2.55; After: 3.40 Normal range: 2.8-4.97 (low is best) Apoloproprotein B: Before: 62 mg%; After: 111mg% Causes cholesterol to stick to arterial wall Normal range: 65-165 mg% Antioxidant total: Before: 1.59 mmol/Leg.T; After: 1.83 Antioxidants created to counter free radicals in blood which cause arterial damage and cancer Normal range: 1.49 to 1.86 Sodium (salt): Before: 750 U/gHb; After: 778 U/gHb normal range: 569-892 Live blood analysis Before: Normal in all respects After: Red blood cells abnormal in size and shape; platelets aggregating abnormally; white blood cells abnormal levels of Neutrophils, Basophils and Monocytes which help to clear the blood of pathogens and bacteria and foreign bodies; abnormal level of fatty fibrin deposits in plasma
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well since its "fast" it is usually processed food that they jus throw on the grill for 5 minutes. fast foods hav a lot of oil in them to keep them around longer. the oil clogs people's arteries and can make you fat. you are also prone to a lot of health issue such as a heart attack. thank you hav nice day.
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If to much as in my case get colds faster and last longer, Oh, ya on my way to stroke or heart attack as I just found out cholesterol is 345. oops It's suppose to be at 130 As they say! You are what you eat-This is the true meaning.. At least I'll Die Happy
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Well eating fast food is not good. Well because it is hard for the stomach to chew the food and it is not good for the heart other. if u chew the food less and sallow the food then the stomach have to do the rest to come the food as well. Do u know what am i trying to say here? It is the best thing if u eat food slow and u can taste the food better too. To tell the true I some time eat food fast and it is not good for my health and i've been eating fast when i was young. but now i am trying to eat food slow so i can taste the food in my mouth.
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It is really bad for your health. You will receive to many fats and calories. You will get gastreoesophageal reflux disease(GERD). yOU REALLY DON'T WANT THAT!!!!!
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Fast Food such as hamburguers, french fries, fried chicken, tacos, nachos etc. Affect your health and life by causing damage to your stomach, metabolism, nutrition, heart, arteries and some more. The fast food contains alot of Fat, Satured Fat, Trans. Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Sugars, Calories and types of nutrients that are not healthy in your body. When you eat a Whopper with the Kingsized fries and beverage also you get approximatly 1500 calories, 110g of fat, 35g of satured fat and 200mg of cholesterol. These types of calories and cholesterol can make you really fat and your arteries can get clogged by the cholesterol of the food that you eat, also when you keep eating eating and eating these things you can get a heart attack or probably a fast-dead, so this is how the fast food affect your life, health and many other things

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Friday, November 20, 2009

How can the US continue to allow people to go without food & health insurance? how to fix

How can the US continue to allow people to go without food & health insurance? how to fix?
How can one of the most powerful countries in the world "fix" everyone else's problems yet allow their own to suffer from poverty, no reasonably priced health care, Yet our senators & reps don't pay into Soc Security and get soooo much ?? Why do we as citizens continue to elect these jack***& let them continue to make these decisions with no repercussions for their behavior??
Law & Ethics - 3 Answers
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Because it would be thoroughly unfair to force people to pay for things they can't afford. Get real. "Allow" connotes freedom, which is all a government should give you. And that same "allow" is what permits anyone to make whatever they want out of themselves, purchase whatever they want. You'd have a gripe if you could phrase the question "How can the US FORBID people from buying food or health insurance," but you can't.
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It's the fact that no one wants to treat or diagnose anything if you don't have the insurance, which by the way gets charged less than you do if you pay for the service out of pocket! As far as going without food I have never had a problem getting foodstamps when it was necessary to do so!
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We cant count on the government to always fix things. But to your point of all the people without access to medical. I would suggest to you that its not quite as many as you think. I have a brother in law that choses to be homeless (yes choses). Because he says, he doesnt want to work because he will have too much of his income taken out for child support. He was in the hospital for over a month and the "governemnt" picked up the tab for that. Then there are people on welfare who get medical. No one is refused medical treatment. Most americans have health care and those that dont can still get aid

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Monday, November 16, 2009

is veggie meat a health food or not

is veggie meat a health food or not?
whats it made of? are these kind of foods highly processed ?
Vegetarian & Vegan - 6 Answers
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I prefer not to eat them... I have tried them and can't give any health reasons that they are bad... I just choose to not have them... I'd rather have steamed veggies and rice any day.
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i think you can chk under ingredient. mostly made from Soya or mushroom, gluten. but it should not be the main course it should comes with vegetables.
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Depends on what is in it and how it's made/cooked. READ the label to know what it's made of. They are usually highly processed, yes. BTW if you are getting imitation meat that is made up of soy please try to get organic when you get soy. Soy is one of the most genetically engineered foods in the USA. Sometimes you can tell when the label says "modified" blah blah blah or when they literally state "GMO" (aka genetically modified organism(s)). Some brands and soy foods don't even bother to mention it, so it's just best to get organic. If you can't find 100% organic make sure to get a % of organic, the label should say "80% Organic" that means 80% of the ingredients come from organic sources, now flip to the back and see if they choose to put in organic soy. If they did buy it! If they didn't "just say no"!
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soya meat meals are very processed and not 'healthy foods' at all for this reason. quorn is processed too, but doesnt have all the negative sides as soy does. a mix of quorn and making your own meals from natural foods would be preferable.
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Being a former chef and using alot of them in my diet, I also used TVP a byproduct of the tofu making process, anything in excess it not good, as far as to label them as health foods, not really they are meat substitutes or replacements. Burgers, veggie bacon, slice meat products, hot dogs or ground meat like products, they are not as highly processed as the people here have made them out to be. Theonly thing is some are high in fat and salt, the evils of soya proteins. I make my own veggie burger, with a ixture of fresh veg, sautes then chopped in my food processor, add TVP, chickpea flour and seasonings and I cooked them in a non stick pan with only a spritz of oil. The best thing is read the labels, and make your deicsions based on the products themsleves, find some things you like and try your hand at making them see if you can improve on the product your self.
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It is healthier than meat, but depending on the brand and variety, may have added sugar and sodium. It is usually made of soy or gluten. And yes, they usually are highly processed

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Any ideas for a creative name for health food and supplement company

Any ideas for a creative name for health food and supplement company?

Small Business - 5 Answers
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priority health...
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Cheers! Rude Health The Well Bean (Wellbeing - play on words, geddit?) erm...... ermmm..... Nah, can't think of any more.
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Herbal Escents, spell it just like that so it will be different that the shampoo
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Hi There: These days people are always looking for an alternative in healthy foods and supplements. Start with the beginning of the alphabet and choose some names since most people looking in the yellow pages give up after a few listings. How about: Body Source Foods and Supplements Body and Mind Foods and Supplements Eat Well Food and Supplements Forever Young Food and Supplements I hope this helps iamjustrandy@yahoo.com
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There is a health food store near me called Go To Health. Too funny! (and pretty successful

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

what kind of natural herb can i buy at a health food store to MINIMIZE urination especially when i sleep at n

what kind of natural herb can i buy at a health food store to MINIMIZE urination especially when i sleep at n?
especially when i sleep at night?
Alternative Medicine - 1 Answers
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The most common reason why people do wake from the need to urinate are because of bladder irritants - smoking is the major culprit - so if you smoke, stop. (nicotine is a notorious bladder irritant, and cause of bladder cancer - what is inhaled in, is peed out) Butter Bur and Nettles are both used by men and women to reduce urinary frequency - but beware there are side effects to both.

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

How is it that the shamed Jim Bakker is still on the air; now trying to sell "health food" & religion

How is it that the shamed Jim Bakker is still on the air; now trying to sell "health food" & religion?
Are Americans really that stupid? A "Love Gift" for only $100.00 gets you a few pills to make you look like "Laurie"; his new wife. I just saw the show......
Religion & Spirituality - 12 Answers
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Marion Barry was re-elected to mayor AFTER his prison sentence. This is America - people are stupid.
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Let me put it this way: there have been over 6,000 posts here in the R&S section asking if the world will end in 2012. Now if people have already forgotten about the unfounded Y2K scare in just ten years, and can't see how that relates, then why should it be a surprise that people have already forgotten about what Jim Bakker did twenty years ago?
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Once a fraud always a fraud. Religion and stupidity spawn them every day.
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Maybe he asked for forgiveness in Jesus' name? That's the beauty of Christianity is having the opportunity to repent and ask for forgiveness. I don't judge him, but I'm sure others do.
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Was this the original Jim Baker from the Tammy Fay Baker days of televangelism ? He must of had just gotten out of prison. When the general public is ignorant of these types, who misuse the Bible for financial gain, the entire realm of Christianity becomes the victim because of these type of manipulative tactics. Never mind Americans being "that stupid", Canadians are not the sharpest knives in the drawer, either.
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Yes Americans really are THAT stupid. Televangelism is like pornography for insane hatemongers.
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Jim Bakker paid full for his wrong doing. He served out his prison sentence and has reformed himself. That is a lot more than I can say for other people these days - i.e. Wall Street CEOs who walked away filthy rich after scamming the system.
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Thank you LL, I love the old Jim Baker stories. I think people are not stupid, but, gullible. I love how ol' Jimmy says love gift; I know he loves the gift. I haven't sent the guy a penny, nor will I. I wonder if he will get air conditioning for his new wife? Edit: I just read Jimmy paid for his sins in jail. What a place to have to pay; now are we to pay him $100.00 a pop. I don't think so. Let ol' Jimmy get a real job like the rest of us.
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Unfortunately, he's the best they can come up with.
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No sh**? OMG! Suckers lining up, again? lol
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Only in America!!!
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SHAMED?....... THE POPE IS STILL THE INFALLIBLE POPE BY RCS? NO? HOW SHAMED IS THAT .THE RC POPE IS A VICAR OF CHRIST WHO SPEAKS FROM THE EX CATHEDRA? MMMM ( BIBLICAL .. ABSOLUTELY NOT) AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT BAKKER IS SHAMFUlL.. ABSOLUTELY BUT NOT BIGTIME LIKE THE RCS CHURCHES AND THEIR LEADER THE VICAR OF CHRIST ON EARTH THE INFALLIBLE POPE DID HE NOT PAY HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY IN PRISON? UNLIKE SOME OTHERS? ONE CAN FORGIVE A REPENTED SINNER NOT AN INFALLIBLE POPE ( . A HOUSE DIVIDED FALLS. ( THE WHOLE RC CHURCH IS SHAMED? Matthew 12:25 >> New International Version (Â©1984) Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. http://bible.cc/matthew/12-25.htm MMMMM I PREFER SOMEONE WHO RIPS ME OFF FOR $!00.00 THAN BE RIPPED OFF BIG TIME :) IC XC NIKA Greek Orthodox Katholikos ( First Unviersal) Apostolic Christian of the First Greek Septuagint and First Greek Bible.. of the World for All Latest Find is Sinatituc Codex. http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/ THERE IS NONE GOOD AMONG YOU .. WE ALL COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Romans 6:23 ...BIBLE

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Where can I find a website that shows recipes to delicious, yet health-conscious food

Where can I find a website that shows recipes to delicious, yet health-conscious food?
I'd like to pick up cooking and I've been weightlifting for about a year. I think like a lot of people, food is amazing. I'm 5'7" and 170 pounds...most of it is muscle. So where can I find recipes that are aimed more for the bodybuilder types? I'm not and don't want to be, but I'd like to thin out a bit and pick up some good cooking on the way.
Cooking & Recipes - 5 Answers
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healthycookingrecipes.com
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I think that for anyone who is trying to eat healthier, the magazine Cooking Light has great recipes. They are not diet foods they are recipes that include healthy nutritious dishes. Their recipes are at this link. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipes/ For recipes just for body building try http://www.building-muscle101.com/body-building-recipes.html#Link1 http://www.beginner-bodybuilding.com/Bodybuilding-Recipes.html http://bodybuilding.about.com/cs/r.htm I hope you find some you like!
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I don't know about the whole body builder thing but you have to want to eat healthy food. Because my mum has has cancer she eats really healthy and doesn't eat any dairy and very little meat. Meat is okay just it proportion. Most things are needed in proportion. Drinking: 8 cups of water i know sounds ott but if you do exercise you're bound to drink more than 6. Beer and wine, i'm pretty sure one a day is okay, but i don't drink so you know. Please! Only drink soft drinks OCCASIONALLY they are sugar!! You need to have quite a few servings of veggies and fruit daily. Also, with salads try to be inventive!! It's no wonder a lot of people dislike salads when all they have is a whole lotta lettuce, cheese and a few cherry tomatoes. In your salads put in caspsicum, (really yummy) tomatoes, lettuce, sprouts (now you can grow your own sprouts at home like we do, and they taste yummy). But there are many different salads out there so go try some and put in different food. Sometimes in our salads there's also orange or almonds and the list goes on. Also a nice dressing is garlic, olive oil and pesto. Simple but really yummy. Other than salads because i don't like them hugely there's plenty of other ways to have your fruit and veggies. For snacks have apples, oranges, mandarins, kiwi fruit, a handfull of almonds or other nuts(good protein), a banana, grapes--perfect snack options. Of course many veggies in my daily diet are had with dinner. Breakky: Cereal is the best option, to be inventive you can put in fruit. Toast is okay, just even it out with some fruit. I have days where i have egg,bacon, sometimes fryed mash (sooooo good!!) baked beans, mushrooms--are soo yummy, and a fried tomato. With freshly squeezed orange juice. Juices: Simply buy your own juicer and fresh, natural juices where you know whats in them!! Hope all of this info helps :)
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Bon Appetite and Gourmet
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here are some sites that teaches you. i learnt cooking from these sites too and it's works. before that, i recommend you to watch chef nigella lawson at http://www.youtube.com . she has the fastest, easiest and delicious recipes. really good. i learn cooking, baking, etc from her and get the full recipes from foodnetwork.com and foodtv.ca http://www.foodnetwork.com http://www.foodtv.ca http://www.asianfoodchannel.com http://www.taste.com.au http://www.myrecipes.com http://www.rachelraymag.com/recipes http://www.kuali.com http://www.joyofbaking.com http://www.mrbreakfast.com http://www.marthastewart.com http://www.dyannbakes.com http://www.dianasdesserts.com http://www.bettycrocker.com http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/home http://www.abc.net.au/kyliekwong http://www.ming.com/simplyming/ if you want to watch them cooking, can thru, their sites and learn cooking. if not, go to http://www.youtube.com and find for the chefs. homecook chef nigella lawson = fast, easy and delicious chef anna olson = dessert and pastry chef chef giada de laurentiis = italian food chef rachel ray = creative, and delicious food

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