Nine Uncommon “Green Leafy Vegetables” Worth Trying

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.   You hear it virtually everywhere these days: eat more green leafy vegetables. And with good reason; leafy greens are among the most nutritious of all vegetables, offering major benefits to your entire body, including your brain, your bones and your heart, while helping to prevent cancer, detoxify your body,… read more

The Surprising Nutrition Content of 10 Very Common Foods

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. After gobbling up more than your fair share of a “bloomin’ onion,” devouring an entire jumbo tub of movie theater popcorn or wolfing down more than one bowl of pastel-colored marshmallow sugar-puff cereal, most people would rather not know what was really in it. The calories, the fat, the sodium… read more

10 Foods that Keep Your Arteries Clean

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.  Your arteries are blood vessels that transport oxygen and nutrients from your heart to the rest of your body. In order for this important process to occur, your arteries should be flexible, strong, elastic and clear of any deposits. All fruits and vegetables are said to help prevent heart disease,… read more

The Number of Approved Meat Additives have Continued to be Expanded by the FDA — and None of the Additives Need to be on the Label

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. There are over 3,000 substances currently added to foods, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While some of these are common household items you likely use regularly (salt, baking soda, sugar, etc.) others are complex chemicals you’ve likely never heard of. One controversial meat-packing technique is known… read more

Why are Kids Allergies on The Rise? An Important Overview (From Foods to Preparation for Spring)

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.   One in 26 U.S. children have food allergies — up 18 percent in the past decade. Food allergies among children have risen more than 18 percent from 1997 to date, causing more than a few raised eyebrows among researchers and health officials. The first federal study of the issue… read more

Autism and Kids: The Untold Story of Why Autism has Become a Major Epidemic

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.   Autism is one of the most mysterious and challenging conditions facing conventional medicine today, but it need not be. Contrary to popular opinion, autism isn’t the congenital condition that it was once assumed to be. It is preventable, and even treatable, once you understand the underlying conditions and causes… read more

Choline Found in Eggs May Help Lower Heart Disease, Cancer & Dementia Risk

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Choline is a B vitamin that has only within the past decade begun to receive attention. The body does make (small amounts) of choline on its own, but diet is a major source of the nutrient. However, as Americans’ diets are often inadequate (and based on too many junk foods),… read more

How to Change Your Self-Destructive Behaviors

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.  If you’ve ever engaged in all night drinking marathon the night before a big exam, procrastinated until the last minute to pay bills, filed your income tax forms after the deadline, waited until Christmas day to do all of your shopping or stopped at the Oberweiss drive-thru for a large… read more

15 Things You Never Thought You Needed to Know About … Lunchmeat

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc. Few things are quite as American as brown-bagging it with a bologna or ham and cheese lunchmeat sandwich. Indeed, refrigerated processed meats, including deli meats, brought in about $17 billion in just one year according to a report by Packaged Facts. Sandwiches are the number 1 food item eaten by… read more

The 7 (Honest) Facts You Should Know About Losing Thigh Fat, Gut Fat, and Fat in Other “Problem” Areas

© 2013 Health Realizations, Inc.   That stubborn fat around hips, buttocks and thighs for women, and the belly and side “love handles” for men, is every dieter’s biggest adversary. It is the last 10 pounds to go, and it is always the hardest to lose. There are several theories why that stubborn fat is… read more