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Triglycerides A change to a plant-based diet affects not only food choices but also body biochemistry. Often this switch is made to gain healthier blood lipid levels and we can rejoice when our cholesterol levels diminish, knowing that this result means that our potential of suffering a cardiovascular event such as atherosclerosis will decrease. But…
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The Tsimane – A Window into the Paleolithic World The Tsimane (pronounced ‘chee-mah-nay’) are a traditional hunter-gatherer society who live in the rainforests of the Amazon region of Bolivia. There are only about 16,000 of them alive today with most living along a tributary of the Amazon River called the Maniqui River. They enjoy a…
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Avocados contain a wide array of healthy nutrients that everyone should be looking for in their daily diet. They are a good source of panthothenic acid (Vitamin B5) and most of the other B vitamins, folate, Vitamin E, Vitamin K and Vitamin C, dietary fiber, copper and potassium. They also contain phytonutrients including phytosterols (beta-sitosterol,…
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Why it Fails The Paleo diet can be an improvement on the eating habits of many people of today. It eliminates processed foods and refined carbohydrates, fast foods and fried foods and it embraces fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds in their natural states. Unfortunately, it also encourages large amounts of meat in spite of…
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The problem with the way most people eat in today’s fast-paced modern world is that most of our life is spent in what is known as a “post-prandial” state. In other words, because we are fortunate enough to be able to eat three “square” meals every day we exist always in an “after-meal” condition. This…
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My name is Debra Harley (BScPhm) and I welcome you to my retirement project, this website. Over the course of a life many lessons are learned, altering deeply-rooted ideas and creating new passions.
