Cooking and processing food destroys micronutrients by altering their shape and chemical composition. Virtually every health authority recommends that we get 6-8 servings of vegetables and fruits per day and very few of us actually get that. Juicing is an easy way to virtually guarantee that you will reach your daily target for vegetables.
Juicing expert Cherie Calbom talks about what the many health benefits of juicing are and if it might be right for you. Juicing may help you lose weight as well as take care of a number of other possible conditions.
Us teenagers are rapidly becoming the top consumers of energy drinks. Over 500 new brands were brought to the shelves this year. They are giving us a wide variety of styles , flavors and sizes to choose from. Although commonly marketed to be like sports drinks, which restore some important nutrients lost during exercise, energy drinks have little proven nutritional value
So do sports drinks supply the benefits that they claim? Culinologits Mark Crowell talks about if they do or if some can counteract the exercise benefit:
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- To offer guidance to athletes, coaches and parents, the National Athletic Trainers' Association has issued a new set of guidelines for safe weight loss by athletes.
Gymnasts, wrestlers and boxers often feel pressure to lose weight to boost performance, but the drastic methods they sometimes use -- including strictly limiting calories and intentional dehydration -- can be dangerous to their health, experts warn.
They include: using body composition assessments to measure lean body mass versus fat; gradually shedding no more than 1. 5 percent of body weight a week; eating a balanced diet that includes all food groups; and losing weight under the supervision of nutrition, health and weight management experts.
In the performance sports -- gymnastics, dance, ballet -- they have this huge responsibility to not only do a performance but to look good while they are doing it, said Paula Sammarone Turocy, lead author of the guidelines and chair of the department of athletic training at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
NATA has produced this video that highlights athletic trainers working as physician extenders.
Cooking and processing food destroys micronutrients by altering their shape and chemical composition. Virtually every health authority recommends that we get 6-8 servings of vegetables and fruits per day and very few of us actually get that. Juicing is an easy way to virtually guarantee that you will reach your daily target for vegetables.
