Previously I have written about the Mediterranean diet and the positive effects it can have with respect to asthma, arthritis, heart disease, metabolic syndrome cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Already this years there have been numerous papers published which extol the health benefits of following a traditional Mediterranean diet - high in vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes/beans, [...]
My last few blog posts have had a Mediterranean theme so I decided to continue it through to this post…..last week I mentioned the Mediterranean diet in relation to prevention of heart disease, cholesterol lowering and the reduction of triglyceride levels, a risk factor for heart disease. I also mentioned that low fat, high carbohydrate diets were not necessarily [...]
It seems like an odd link, diet and breathing, but actually it makes enormous amounts of sense. Our bodies need nutrients to function effectively. Nutrition affects every cell from those that make up our bones to those of the skin. The lungs and the cells of the immune system, both of which are involved [...]
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