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3-Tip Friday on Strengthening your Immune System: From Saunas to Cold Showers to Exposing yourself to the Sun
Autophagy is a process that occurs in the body when cells start self-eating to eliminate pathogens and strengthen the immune system. The body basically recognizes damaged cells and recycles them. Autophagy is triggered in response to negative stressors like infections, physical strain, starvation and certain compounds in the environment such as phytochemicals. However, positive stressors can also be used to boost this autophagy, such as cold exposure, heat exposure, ...
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Fresh v.s. Frozen Foods: What you Should Buy to Preserve The Most Nutrients Possible in your Fruits and Vegetables: DEBUNKED
Nowadays, the word 'FRESH' seems to be one of the most popular and most marketed words in the food industry. When processed foods experienced a manufacturing boost in the 1970s, research swiftly demonstrated to what extent these processed meats and ready-consumable dishes were unhealthy. Since then, people have begun to link processed foods with the label 'unhealthy', at the same time believing fresh foods are strictly the 'healthy' option. Nevertheless, the industry has since greatly developed in terms of food ...
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3-Tip Friday: Improving your Working Posture, The Benefits of Standing Desks and Purifying Indoor Air
Work Ergonomics: How to Optimize your Workspace for Healthier and More Productive Working
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- The Optimal Posture for Sitting at your Work-Desk
- Standing Desk: Upgrade your Health while Working
- Purifying indoor air: easy methods including depolluting house plants
- Conclusion
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Why you shouldn’t eat Too Much Protein: Longevity, Intermittent Fasting, Protein Restriction and more
- How Protein works inside your body and why you shouldn’t Overload
- How to balance mTOR, promote autophagy and keep your protein intake within the healthy boundaries
- Protein powders aren’t everything: Other types of Supplements for Muscle Building
- Conclusion
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Why you should NEVER drink COW milk again and opt for GOAT milk instead: implications for cancer, athletes and much more
Cow milk is a staple food in today’s Western diets, consumed extensively across the majority of people. Lately though, more and more individuals are discovering their lactose intolerance, and more healthful people have been criticizing cow milk for its health risks, making the need for an alternative ever the more in demand. Although the consumption of goat milk in our societies is currently low, its acceptance is rising with the current trend in favor of high quality, nutritious and healthy ...
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THE BEST plant-based protein powder and the best recipes to make with it
Protein powders are a great way to get more protein into your diet, whether just to reach your daily protein goals, or for facilitating muscle gain. Choosing the right protein powder - however- can be a whole lot of a hassle. In a previous blog post, I covered the plus- and minus-points of animal versus plant-based protein powders, based not only on their scientifically proven effectiveness relative to muscle building, but also concerning their health risks. In this blog post, ...
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Whey Protein v.s. Casein: Which is Best? THE VERDICT
- Where do whey and casein come from?
- How to know the QUALITY of a protein?
- The Differences between Whey Protein and Casein
- Conclusion: Whey Protein v.s. Casein: The-Verdict
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Plant v.s. Animal protein powders: protein quality, risks and which one YOU should be supplementing
- What are protein powders?
- Why would you want to use protein powder?
- Different types of protein powder
- Mixing protein powders: the good, the better and the best?
- Risks of Protein Powder use: Why you should check the label twice
- Conclusion: Plant v.s. Animal-based protein powders: which is best?
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KEFIR boosts LONGEVITY and WHY you should incorporate its anti-aging biotics into your diet NOW
In the last few years, ‘kefir’ has become an increasingly popular food among the health-conscious community. It’s known for its great benefits namely in terms of digestion and immune function, just like various other types of probiotics. What is still to be uncovered though, is the extent to which these probiotics boost longevity by alleviating the very processes that have long been associated ...
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Everything you need to know about Prebiotics, Probiotics and Synbiotics: food examples, supplement effectiveness and side effects
- Difference between pro- pre- and synbiotics and examples
- Why not just take a pill or capsule?
- Potential side effects of probiotics
- Improved nutrient absorption
- Decreased inflammation
- Better-controlled weight and appetite (promoted satiety and ...
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