Archive for Silver Cloud Diet Blog
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Nuts May Improve Markers of Metabolic Syndrome
For the first time, scientists report a link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin in the bodies of patients with metabolic syndrome, who are at high risk for heart disease. Serotonin is a substance that helps transmit nerve signals and decreases feelings of hunger, makes people feel ha...
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Help Fight Your Belly Fat With Dr. Salerno’s Fiber Factor Powder
Soluble Fiber Helps Bust Belly Fat In a recent article published in Obesity, researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center report an association between increased intake of soluble fiber and a reduction in visceral or belly fat that surround the body's organs and is considered the most dang...
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Low-Carb Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Feast
Your Thanksgiving Feast does not need to be loaded with carbohydrates. Try these delicious low-carb side dishes in place of the traditional carbohydrate-rich sides of mashed potatoes and dressing. Remember to use organic ingredients! "Mock" Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe ...
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Omega-3s: Powerful Weapons Against Metabolic Syndrome
The metabolic syndrome is a clustering of risk factors including abdominal obesity, elevated fasting glucose (also called insulin resistance or “pre-diabetes”), hypertension, elevated triglycerides, and lowered high-density lipoprotein (HDL- good cholesterol). This syndrome contributes to diseas...
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A High-Fat, Low-Carbohydrate Diet Improves Alzheimer’s Disease In Mice
In addition to brain atrophy, researchers have reported that just being overweight in middle age puts you at greater risk of having decreased cognitive abilities and suffering “steeper cognitive decline” later in life. A healthy diet forms the foundation for successful aging. A high-fat, low-c...
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Cocoa Consumption Shown to Decrease Blood Pressure, Improve Cholesterol
Cocoa has long been utilized for its potent anti-depressive and anti-oxidant properties but it is now being recognized for its powerful cardiovascular benefits. Cocoa's Heart Healthy Mechanism Identified A number of previous studies have identified a role for cocoa to exert cardiovascular bene...
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Leaky Gut Shown to Increase Visceral Fat (Belly Fat)- Probiotics Can Help
When most people think of body fat, they think of cellulite and love handles (subcutaneous fat), but visceral fat, which is much less visible is actually far more dangerous. Visceral fat or abdominal fat, also known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat, is located inside the abdominal cavity, packed ...
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A Vitamin Regimen for Optimal Health and Longevity
An integral part of making healthy lifestyle choices is to simultaneously adopt a supplement program, with a high quality multi-vitamin formula, that contains certain nutrients -- including chromium, pantethine, selenium, vanadium and biotin -- which play a role in regulating blood sugar and insulin...
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Treatment and Prevention of Heart Failure with CoQ10
What is Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)? It is a fat-soluble vitamin-like substance present in every cell of the body and serves as a coenzyme for several of the key enzymatic steps in the production of energy within the cell. It also functions as an antioxidant which is important in its clinical effects. I...
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Confused About Fats? Important Information You Need to Know
Confused About Fats? The following nutrient-rich traditional fats have nourished healthy population groups for thousands of years: For Cooking Butter Tallow and suet from beef and lamb Lard from pigs Chicken, goose and duck fat Coconut, palm and palm kernel oils For Salads Extr...
