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Spice up soy for life
A recent Angus Reid poll shows that 59 per cent of Canadians recognize soy’s health-boosting qualities. Learning to incorporate soy foods on a weekly basis is a good step toward including plant-based proteins in our diet says Dr. Alison Duncan, dietitian, University of Guelph. As a mother of young children, she combines a soy-based pepperoni with familiar tomato and cheese flavours on pizzas.
Besides meat alternatives and soy beverages, think of tofu as an ingredient that takes on the flavor of other ingredients and seasonings. Nutritionally, it is a low-fat, rich source of high-quality protein, a good source of B-vitamins and iron, and an excellent source of calcium.
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Good News and Bad News for Insulin Dependent Diabetics
There’s good news and bad news for Type 1 diabetics, according to the University of Pittsburgh. The good news is that death rates for the disease have dropped considerably since the mid-70′s, with the advent of better glucose monitors, insulin pumps and newer insulins such as long acting insulin. “The encouraging thing is that, given good [blood sugar] control, you can have a near normal life expectancy,” says Dr. Trevor Orchard from the university’s Graduate School of Public Health, “What we’re seeing now is incredibly encouraging.”
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Titanium dioxide in vitamins and supplements: Is it safe for human consumption?
(NaturalNews) Because I take a large number of nutritional supplements, I’ve become increasingly concerned over the years about supplement excipients, binders and fillers. One ingredient frequently used in vitamin manufacturing is titanium dioxide, a nanoparticle powder made of fine titanium bits. It’s best known as an ingredient in sunscreen, but it’s also used in thousands of cosmetic products as well as nutritional products.
Yep, if you take certain vitamins made by GNC or Centrum (as well as hundreds of other companies), you are eating titanium dioxide. And this is an ingredient for which no long-term safety testing on humans has ever been conducted. In fact, according to the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, titanium dioxide may be a human carcinogen. As explained on the CCOHS website: (http://www.ccohs.ca/headlines/text1…)