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Soy
secrets
If you're not already eating soy foods, it's
time to enhance your diet with two or three daily servings of this
legume first cultivated by the Chinese.
Researchers think that consuming soy foods decreases blood cholesterol
levels, especially levels of the "bad" cholesterol fraction called
LDL-Cholesterol. The evidence is so strong that the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration allows food manufacturers to label soy with
a statement indicating that it may help reduce the risk of heart
disease.
Nutrio
says that soy also may reduce your chances of developing cancer,
osteoporosis and symptoms of menopause.
Because scientists are unsure which part of the soybean confers
the health benefits, Nutrio recommends eating soy foods instead
of soy supplements.
Knowing that you can benefit by including as little as two or three
servings of soy foods per day, think about sprinkling soy nuts on
your morning cereal, substituting soy milk for cow's milk or experimenting
with soy cheeses, hot dogs, burgers. Click for more quick ways to
add
soy to your diet.
Grow
your own
Nothing you'll buy in the store tastes quite like fresh eggs, according
to mybackyard.com,
which recommends producing your own with your own chickens. You'll
know your chickens haven't had antibiotics or growth hormones, are
not genetically engineered and they definitely don't have salmonella.
But raising your own chickens? Here's everything
you need to know.
Women
and alcoholism
Approximately 12 million Americans suffer from alcoholism. Among
this group, there are mothers, wives and other women who may be
so ashamed of their disease that they deny their problems and refuse
help.
Do you know someone with a drinking problem? Signs
to look for, questions to ask, places to go for help.
If you're worried that you have a drinking problem, Myria offers
a questionnaire
adapted from the National Council on Alcoholism.
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