The Secret to Reach Your Ideal Weight
How many times have you tried to reach your goal weight? Is maintaining a healthy lifestyle a struggle for you? If so, the following tips for reaching your ideal weight might help! (more…)
Is Your Diet Colorblind?
Next time you have a meal, look at your plate - what colors do you see? If its mostly white and brown then your diet might be colorblind! (more…)
How Much Does A Tummy Tuck Cost?
Most Tummy Tuck Surgery Cost anywhere between (more…)
Weight Loss Success Comes From Accountability
In his video last week about resisting temptation while on the Atkins diet, fellow low-carb blogger Kent Altena briefly stated how remaining accountable while losing weight will help you become the eventual success that you so desperately want to be…. (more…)
How to Lose Weight Healthily and Keep Fats Off Permanently
Why do people lose weight and then to gain the fats back so soon? Do you want to lose fat permanently? Here is how to keep off the fats forever! (more…)
Mango & Ginger Sorbet
This is a favorite dessert for refreshing the palate after a curry (a healthy, home made one, of course). Not only does it taste great but it supports my healthy eating plans thanks to xylitol which is a sugar substitute with a very low glycemic load (GL).
I encourage you to make your own desserts. […] (more…)
Extrahepatic tissue concentrations of vitamin K are lower in rats fed a high vitamin E diet
Background:
An adverse hematological interaction between vitamins E and K has been reported, primarily in patients on anticoagulants. However, little is known regarding circulating levels or tissue concentrations of vitamin K in response to vitamin E supplementation. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of different levels of dietary ?-tocopherol on phylloquinone and menaquinone-4 concentrations, while maintaining a constant intake of phylloquinone, in rat tissues.
Methods:
Male 4-wk old Fischer 344 rats (n = 33) were fed one of 3 diets for 12 wk: control (n = 13) with 30 mg all-rac-?-tocopherol acetate/kg diet; vitamin E-supplemented (n = 10) with 100 mg all-rac-?-tocopherol acetate/kg diet; and vitamin E-restricted (n = 10) with (more…)