NUTRITION

Care for some chemicals in your food? Many foods are laden with additives, flavorings and artificial colors that can cause allergic reactions, create mysterious symptoms or pose health risks for people. Monosodium Glutamate, known as MSG, is one of the worst food additives around and is surprisingly used in many foods, including canned soups, crackers, meats, salad dressings, frozen dinners and much more.  It’s found in restaurants, in your child’s school cafeteria, and, amazingly, even in some baby food and infant formulas. Sensitivity to MSG can cause symptoms such as headaches, numbness, burning sensations, tingling, facial pressure or tightness, chest pain…

Water is vital to your health and survival.  This fact is so simple, but so overlooked.  Most people are in a state of dehydration. The effects of even mild dehydration include fatigue, dry skin, constipation, muscle pain, stiff joints, high blood pressure and decreased urine output. The most overlooked symptom is headaches. Most often when we have headaches it’s simply a matter of not drinking enough water. Water is quite possibly the single most important catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off. When the body gets less water, it perceives this as a threat to survival and begins to…