Welcome again. This time I would continue the topic of healthy recipes and food. In my previous articles I was writing about many different topics connected with cooking, eating or even storing food. This topic will be very important for people who prefer healthy lifestyle and healthy eating. I would like to provide you information about functional food. Read this article to the end and you will know what is it.

So let’s start. I would like to give you some kind of definition of a functional food. It’s a kind of food that of course have to feed people, but apart from that it have to influence human organism (for example it can reduce cholesterol level in blood, strengthen hardiness of human body, it can remove problems connected with digestive tract and it can heal people or help with healing). Func. food can be an element of everyday diet (there are many healthy recipes that include func. food). So any tablets or any other pharmaceutical products are not included in group of func. food. It should be a product made from natural ingredients that can make people more healthy.

The functional food ingredients are products with high level of such ingredients as: fatty acid, food cellulose, vitamins, probiotics, prebiotics and products with low level of such ingredients as: cholesterol or calories.

Functional food and healthy recipes connected with it are very popular in west Europe and in United States of America, but the lider in production of such food is Japan. In this country healthy recipes and functional food are the most popular (people in Japan were working on it about 30 years ago).

That’s all I wanted to write about healthy recipes and healthy functional food. I hope that this kind of food will be very popular in Poland and other countries in which they aren’t important. I believe that this kind of food will improve health of people in the whole world.

Thank you for reading this text. I hope that information included in it are interesting. I believe that they will be helpful and important for you now or in the future. Are you interested in more culinary information ? Please read my other articles and you will obtain more info. I also recommend you to wait for my another texts that will appear very soon. Once again thank you for your attention and for reading.

By: Andrew Mazur

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Drs. Gary Null, Carolyn Dean, Martin Feldman, Debora Rasio and Dorothy Smith, authors of “Death by Medicine” report in their groundbreaking research that 783,936 people die every year in the United States from conventional medicine mistakes. This is the equivalent of six jumbo jet crashes a day for a year.

Of the 783,936 annual deaths due to conventional medical procedures, about 106,000 are from prescription drugs, according to Death by Medicine. That is a conservative number, because of underreported cases of adverse drug reactions some experts estimate that approximately 200,000 deaths occur annually.

This staggering number is a significant increase in the number of deaths reported by The Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 284 July 26, 2000, documenting the tragedy of Traditional Western Medicine (TWM) paradigm. The author, Dr. Barbara Starfield of Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health describes how the U.S. health care system may contribute to poor health. Doctors, she stated, are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., causing 250,000 deaths every year.

Where is the media attention to this tragedy? Where is the government demand to stop these medical mistakes? Money is the main reason:

• Dr. John Abramson reported in his book, Overdosed in America, that over $3 billion was spent on pharmaceutical advertising in 2003-therefore, the media is loath to report the truth about one of what may well be their most lucrative advertisers.

• The medical and pharmaceutical industry is allowed to run unabated, because the pharmaceutical and health products industry spent more than $800 million in federal lobbying and campaign donations at the federal and state levels, a Center for Public Integrity investigation reported. Its lobbying operation, on which it reports spending more than $675 million, is the biggest in the nation. No other industry has spent more money to sway public policy in the same period. Representing 48 pharmaceutical companies, PhRMA has 20 registered lobbyists on staff and has contracted with dozens of lobby and PR firms.

Pharmaceuticals are a $1 trillion industry. It’s an amazing statistic. Some of the largest corporations in the United States are drug companies. The top 10 pharmaceutical companies in the United States earn more money than the remaining 490 Fortune 500 companies.

Prescribing more drugs and recommending more surgeries means more profits for the pharmaceutical companies and physicians. Getting more drugs approved by the FDA, regardless of their safety, means more money for the pharmaceutical and physician industry. Physicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to believe they are entitled to huge profits, even if a few hundred thousand people lose their lives in the process.

Even in cases of drug recall, everyone involved has a scapegoat: Pharmaceutical companies blame the FDA for approving the product and the doctors for over-prescribing it, and doctors can blame the patients for wanting it and not properly weighing the risks.

A 1995 U.S. iatrogenic report revealed, “Over a million patients are injured in U.S. hospitals each year, and approximately 280,000 die annually as a result of these injuries.” The iatrogenic death rate dwarfs the annual automobile accident mortality rate of 45,000 and accounts for more deaths than all other accidents combined.” This report, issued 10 years ago, when America had 34 million fewer citizens and drug company scandals, like the Vioxx recall were yet to occur. Health care comprises 15.5 percent of the United States’ gross national product, with spending reaching $1.4 trillion in 2004.

Approximately 2.2 million US hospital patients experience adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to prescribed medications each year. In 1995, Dr. Richard Besser of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the number of unnecessary antibiotics prescribed annually for viral infections to be 20 million; in 2003, Dr. Besser believes tens of millions of unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed annually. Approximately 7.5 million unnecessary medical and surgical procedures are performed annually in the US, while approximately 8.9 million Americans are hospitalized unnecessarily.

The majority of Americans have bought into the pharmaceutical clever ads that every medical issue has a quick fix. Pharmaceutical companies make a pill for every conceivable ailment-real or not – there are pricey prescription drugs to “treat” it. When I remind people that every prescription drug has a plethora of serious side effects worse than what ails them, they are insulted. The ads, for the drug was subliminally worded to psychologically indoctrinate the listener to believe in its magical powers and to buy it. The belief becomes, ‘anything is better than nothing’-albeit there are side effects.

Americans go to the doctor’s office oblivious of the danger they’re walking into. People know that medical errors occur, unfortunately due to little reporting they assume that errors are unusual, isolated events. Unfortunately, by accepting conventional medicine, people voluntarily continue to walk into what could be the cause of their own death. “The surgery was a success-the patient died.”

What to do? Become informed. Read, Read, Read. Stop listening to pharmaceutical ads. Pharmaceutical ads are created with one goal in mind-convince you to buy the product so the company can make money. You, the consumer, are secondary to their goal of making money. Of course, ads are cleverly worded to make you believe your needs are primary. Don’t be fooled by these profit making enterprises.

The following are excellent resources to make the transition from conventional medicine to preventative and healing health care.

http://www.naturopathic.org/

http://sites.google.com/site/drdoniwilson/?gclid=CKWvr5G6op4CFQ0aawod1V7ilw

By: Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD

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Searching for pregnancy exercise and nutrition tips or women’s health information? Your search ends here. Exercise is a good thing at any point in a women’s life but pregnancy exercises are specifically important since it helps in developing muscle tone, stamina & strength. There are a lot of positives of pregnancy exercises which stimulates both emotional and physical well-being for your baby and you. If you have not been exercising regularly before being pregnant, start slowly when starting any exercise program.

Easy exercises are a perfect way to keep your fitness level up. They are also a perfect way to help you be more comfortable throughout your pregnancy. The labor and delivery journey can certainly be easiest if you are in good physical condition. You should always check with your doctor before starting an exercise program during pregnancy and never exert yourself too hard. Exercise in moderation and don’t perform exercises that are uncomfortable for you.

Here is an example of an exercise that is great for your pregnancy exercise and nutrition program:

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Strengthens the abdominal muscles.

• Lie on your back, knees bent, feet flat on the floor, arms across your abdomen.
• Tighten your abdomen and buttocks. Hold these muscles firm while doing this exercise.
• Tuck in your chin.
• Lift up your head and shoulders while breathing out.
• Slowly lower your shoulders and head to the floor.
• Relax.
• Repeat.

Whether expecting a baby or not, basic nutrition facts include the need for a balanced diet that includes an abundance of vitamins and minerals from whole foods. This is especially important when pregnancy nutrition is involved. After all, you want to help your baby develop to its full potential, and sticking to a healthy diet that includes plenty of whole foods is a wonderful way to give your baby the best start in life.

By: Regina Phelang

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