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5 Best Foods to Boost Your Immune System

5 Best Foods to Boost Your Immune System

It is now more important than ever to put our health as a top priority, especially amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has drastically changed our lives. Making conscious efforts to keep our health in tip-top shape such as maintaining a well-balanced diet, exercising, and taking care of our mental well-being can prove to make a huge difference by helping decrease the chances of getting sick. Although there is no magic pill to guarantee us protection from contracting the coronavirus, it is important to do what we can to lower the risks...and that starts with how we are taking care of our immune system. Our immune system is responsible for defending us against disease-causing microorganisms which makes it even more important to make sure our immune systems are able to do its job! Today, we’ll be discussing foods you should add to your diet to help boost your immune system as well as consider a secret weapon called IV Nutrient Therapy. Keep reading to learn more!

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5 Common Nutrient Deficiencies You May Have

5 common nutrient deficiencies

Even if you have been extremely health-conscious of your diet, it is still possible to be deficient in some of the essential nutrients your body needs to function at its best. With the convenience and availability of heavily processed foods, getting the nutrients from whole foods can be hard.  Lacking the nutrients can interfere with basic bodily functions including water balance, nerve-signaling, digestion, enzyme function, and metabolism. Even worse, nutrient deficiencies can lead to diseases like osteoporosis and anemia. With that said, it is important to note the warning symptoms your body may be trying to signal to you that you are nutrient-deficient. Keep reading to find out some common nutrients to pay attention to!

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How to Lose Weight with Intermittent Fasting

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If you haven’t already heard, intermittent fasting has been gaining popularity when it comes to weight-loss lately, and there are several reasons why. There have been countless weight-loss programs introduced to America, but there is something different about this particular strategy that sets them apart. What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting is a weight-loss strategy that involves regular short-term fasts to help regulate weight and appetite with calorie counting not necessarily required.

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5 Best Foods to Help You Lose Weight

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With summer just around the corner, it is time to get serious about our diets and workout regimens to get our bodies ready to bare some skin. As many of you know, diet is just as important (if not more important) as exercise. The goal for your diet is to significantly reduce your appetite to prevent junk food impulses, lose weight quickly, and improve your metabolism. Maintaining a proper diet will keep you fuller and more satisfied throughout the day. 


If you are looking to shed some pounds and not sure how, keep reading. We’ve assembled a list of 5 foods to include in your grocery list that will help you reach your goal weight along with some helpful tips and recommendations to consider.

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Caloric Restriction for anti-aging and longevity - does it work in non-obese humans?

If you are following the anti-aging news, you’ve heard about the supposed benefits of chronic calorie restriction for increasing longevity. These claims are based on research done in various species such as flies, worms and mice.
 
Here I will explain that chronic calorie restriction makes it impossible to implement and reap the health benefits of an active lifestyle with regular exercise, and causes severe health consequences for humans.  
 
While animal studies can and do shed light on what’s going on at mechanistic level, we have to be very careful and resist the temptation to extrapolate results from animal experiments to humans.
 
Here I will make the case that chronic calorie restriction actually counteracts the prospects of a healthy vital long life.
 
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Effect of Fish Oil on Body Composition, Fat Burning & Energy Expenditure

In previous articles I covered the effects of fish oil supplementation on fat loss and muscle growth:
 
 
 
 
Here I will present the results of a more recent study that investigated the effects of fish oil supplementation on body composition and metabolic outcomes.[1]
 
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Ignore the new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines!

On January 7th 2016, the new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released. One would expect this to be a state-of-the art document with practical hands-on advice that will help people make better food choices and eat healthier. Not so! If you think the new 2015 Dietary Guidelines will tell you everything you need to know about what to eat and what not to eat, you will be greatly disappointed.

I would like to applaud the commentary by Dr. Katz “2015 Dietary Guidelines: A Plate Full of Politics”. Dr. Katz is the director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, and president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. His summary of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines is “a national embarrassment”.
 
In this article I will point our some issues that Dr. Katz raised, as well as add my own reflections based on avaliable scientific evidence. To make up for the glaring void of food recommendations, I will end with a practical list of foods you want to eat more of and those to avoid...
 
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The “good” HDL cholesterol under attack! - Defending Niacin, aka vitamin B3

Niacin confers tremendous beneficial effects on both lipids, inflammation and endothelial function. For more, see my previous article:
 
 
 
Despite this, two media attention grabbing studies - AIM-HIGH and HPS2-THRIVE - did not find any benefits of niacin supplementation in heart disease patients who were already on intensive statin treatment. 
 
Here I will summarize these studies and expose their multiple flaws, which never made it to the headlines...
 
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