This is part 2 of our series on plant-based eating and colon health. Read part 1 here.
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Plant-Based Lifestyles: Colon Health, Part 1
The digestive tract, which extends from the oesophagus right the way through to the rectum, is the barrier between the outside world and the inside of our bodies! In other words, look after your gut and you protect your body!
Plant-Based Lifestyles: Prevent and Treat Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurs when there is gradual loss of kidney function. When CKD reaches an advanced stage, dangerous levels of fluid, electrolytes and wastes can build up in the body, causing potentially fatal complications.
Plant-Based Lifestyles: Let’s Fight Heart Disease
Heart disease (cardiovascular disease), despite a wide variety of medical/drug interventions available, is STILL one of the major killers of mankind, caused primarily by a condition known as atherosclerosis.
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Losing Weight with A Plant-Based Diet
The beginning of the year is usually the time when we review our goals for the year, and these often include personal goals of weight loss and maintenance, introducing a good exercise routine, and being mindful of what one is eating.
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Plant-Based Diet in the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease of the blood vessels. If one’s blood sugars are too high too often, one’s blood vessels become damaged and inflamed – putting one at high risk for heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, amputation, and infections.
Assess Your Body Weight
Are you underweight? Overweight? Obese? If you’re not sure, then this article will assist with the assessment of your weight and how much body fat is healthy, along with how being overweight can cause certain lifestyle diseases.
Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Part 3
It is known that plant-based foods contain more than 100,000 different disease-preventing nutrients—more specifically, more than 100,000 phyto-nutrients.
Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Part 2
Dietary changes and healthier lifestyle choices can help you manage Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
