eat your greens

Informative article on why eating your greens not only feeds you, but is healing, too.

"Who told you to eat your green veggies? Your mother? Me, or another clinical nutritionist? Well, not only was mom right, but there is now some amazing research that will get you running to eat that broccoli and kale! Really! Read on…

Food goes into your intestines, you knew that. But did you know that 80% of your immune system is housed in your small intestine? The immune system is the one that either successfully fights off ‘bad guys’ such as bacteria and cancer or it succumbs to infections and disease results.

Three brilliant women, doctors and researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s Molecular Biology division in Melbourne, Australia, just discovered that a special type of immune cell can be controlled by the consumption of leafy greens in your diet."

please click to read the rest of this article "Eating Greens ..." by Dr. Vikki Peterson

Some of best of the Green (Cruciferous) Vegetables, according to the article are:

• Greenest: arugula (rocket), bok choy, broccoli, broccoli rabe
• Greener: cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, watercress, kale, mizuna
• Green: radish, rutabaga, turnip greens

there are others ... I recommend reading the full article

Magnesium - What About It?

I've known that magnesium is an important mineral for health, but I keep forgetting why, or to get some and take it.

This article grabbed my attention - but of course, it is on weight loss! As the author of the article states, almost everyone in the U.S. seems to be interested in weight loss, and thus the title of the article:

Magnesium - The Weight Loss Cure

Of course, there are many more important reasons to make sure we are getting enough magnesium in our diet. Magnesium helps to keep the heart healthy, helps to regulate blood pressure and prevent strokes, it is helpful in the control of diabetes II, and is considered more important than calcium, potassium or sodium - it helps to regulate the levels of all three in the body. Interestingly, magnesium is a muscle relaxant, while calcium is a muscle constrictor. Getting enough calcium is greatly stressed, while magnesium is rarely mentioned. We are often told that if we have muscle cramps, we need more calcium rather than more magnesium, while we more likely need to increase our magnesium intake.

Find out more about magnesium. Here are a few more articles concerning the importance of magnesium from the same website, Natural News, that are worth reading:

Magnesium: The Lamp of Life
Magnesium is Vital for Good Health
Magnesium is Crucial to the Proper Functioning of a Healthy Body