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12 Healthy Budget Foods and Buying Greens in Times of Stress

In today’s challenging economic times there are solutions for when eating healthy may seem out of reach for the average budget. Fortunately, there are many healthy and economic ways to truly get the most for your money whether you’re single or need to plan healthy and economic meals for a family. Granted, some of the following inexpensive food ideas may not be as appealing for some who are use to dining at the ‘Ritz’, but the following healthy menu plan suggestions and alternatives may actually… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on October 11, 2008 at 12:57am — No Comments

Stressful Times Require Extra Nutrients and Healthy Lifestyle Additions

During these stressful times: Increase your Healthy Nutrients, Adaptogens, Antioxidants, Get Rest and Exercise. During stressful times your body naturally produces more of the harmful hormone cortisol which promotes free radical damage to your cells and promotes inflammation that can weaken you, your adrenal glands and weaken your immune system. In addition, stress pressures and the lack of essential nutrients to help you deal with stress can also help lessen your resolve and your ability to be… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on September 30, 2008 at 9:20am — No Comments

Why Getting Enough Fiber is So Important: A Fiber Cleanse and Detox Program Can Help!

FIBER & HEALTHY DIGESTION: WHY A FIBER CLEANSE & DETOXIFYING PROGRAM IS SO VITAL! Up to 80 percent of all Americans do not eat enough fiber on a daily basis. Health problems related to digestive complaints account for up to 40 percent of all doctor visits. Many alternative doctors today agree that good health begins in the colon but thanks to the SAD (Standard American Diet) that more and more Americans are eating on a daily basis, the amount of fiber that the average American consumes… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on September 20, 2008 at 8:05am — No Comments

To Stop Heart Disease and Strokes: Stop Inflammation

One of the Best Ways to Prevent Heart Disease and Maintain Better Overall Health is to prevent inflammation from occurring within the body as much as possible. Two good scientific ways to measure the amount of inflammation occurring in your body is asking your doctor to test your Homocysteine and C-Reactive Protein levels the next time you have a routine blood test done. The American Heart Association describes: “Homocysteine as an amino acid in the blood. Epidemiological studies have shown th… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on September 13, 2008 at 3:55pm — No Comments

What High Cholesterol Blood Tests Mean & How to Help Prevent High Cholesterol

According to the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), in addition to the fact that one out of every two persons will die of heart disease, over 70 million Americans currently have some type of heart disease. (Note: This does not include the tens of millions of people who are in the process of developing heart disease in coming years). The cost of treating heart disease (also know as cardiovascular disease, or CVD), in both direct and indirect costs is estimated to be over $400 bil… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on September 9, 2008 at 10:17am — No Comments

Detox and Fall Cleansing: Time to Energize You and Your Immune System!

Time to Detoxify and Cleanse Your Body. Fall is Here and now the Unhealthy Sins of Summer, cookouts, vacations parties, out of town visitors, hustling the kids back and forth, grabbing fast food meals on the go all have to be purged from our Bodies. For many people September means getting back into the full swing of work, school, night and weekend classes, parenting, volunteer work or any combination. These work, life and stress demands require us to be able to use all the good energy and vital… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on August 28, 2008 at 7:42pm — No Comments

Heart Disease: Easy to Prevent and one of Easiest to Reverse

Heart Disease: One of the Easiest Disease to Prevent and one of the Easiest to help Reverse through Dietary and Lifestyle Changes! Heart disease is still the number one killer in America, followed closely by cancer. About one out of every two Americans will die of heart disease. This equates to about one person dying of heart disease every 35 seconds in the United States. According to the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org), over 70 million Americans currently have some type of… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on August 23, 2008 at 2:05am — No Comments

5 of the Top Ten Healthiest Super Foods: Rounding Out the Earlier Top 5 of 10

6. Barley Grass: when barley grass is harvested early as a grass it is more like a super vegetable loaded with nutrients and is gluten free. Barley Grass should not be confused with its more mature and longer healthy barley grain (not gluten free), that is harvested when more mature. Barley grass is up to 35% protein, has super immune builder SuperOxideDismutase (SOD) plus contains an abundance of B vitamins, magnesium, calcium & potassium. In addition this super nutrient is highly alkaline… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on August 15, 2008 at 9:10pm — No Comments

Danger: Mercury in Fish, Safest Fish to Eat

Danger: Mercury in Fish, Safest Fish to Eat for Omega-3 EFAs Many know the benefits of consuming more high quality EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids) and Omega 3’s from fish and fish oil. However, one main drawback and danger to consuming omega 3s from fish oil is often not discussed. Unfortunately, due to worldwide water pollution, many formerly good sources of fish oil have become tainted with mercury. Mercury poisoning often causes irreversible brain and negative physical changes, including paralys… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on August 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

What Are the Top 10 Healthiest, Super Foods? Here's 5 of the Best!

The Top 5 of Top 10 Healthiest Antioxidant Super Foods are a Diverse Group. Some Surprises: According to a Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Article on July 22, 08 Five Super Foods have been added to experts Healthiest Food list: These Foods are: 1. Beets for their colorful antioxidant protection, anti-cancer compounds and beets can help improve blood sugar levels in diabetics. 2. Cabbage: a member of the cruciferous family loaded with antioxidants, anti-cancer nutrients and fiber. Also, p… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on August 2, 2008 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Miracle Heart Drug Causes Cancer? This is Insane! Safer Alternatives?

On the first page In USA Today (July 25,08) the opening paragraph states: " A study that unexpectedly linked the heart drug Vytorin to excess cancer deaths has provoked controversy among heart specialists worried that the drug's risk may outweigh its benefits" Apparently the purpose of the drug is to help relieve and even prevent a persons concern that heart valve problems may occur by using this drug to reduce cholesterol. The only problem is that this same article above states : "The 2,000- p… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on July 25, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Lose the Bull

Lose the Bull and Do Yourself a Favor Today more people are drinking so called "Energy Soda Drinks" that are highly sugared or highly artificially sugared and caffeinated and don't realize they are destroying their future health. Sacrificing your long term health for a short time energy boost with these "Energy Drinks" is not healthy or smart. Excessive or daily use of "soda Energy" drinks causes osteoporosis (brittle bones), diabetes, weakend or destroyed adrenal glands, ero… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on June 28, 2008 at 7:19am — No Comments

Don't Pass the Deadly Salt This Summer

Cookouts are Great but Hold the Salt: Before you ask to have the Salt Passed this summer; Consider the following for you and your family. Too much Sodium (Salt) can be Deadly and take 10 years or more off of your life. Most Americans consume three to four times more Salt than they need. Accumulated Salt over the years clogs up the blood vessels by accumulating within arterial walls (endothelium layer of blood vessels) helping to form plaque and other potentially life shortening blood flow restr… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on June 20, 2008 at 10:01am — No Comments

MULTI VITAMINS Interview with Hal

http://doctorgreens.wordpress.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- doctorgreens.com : What’s in your Daily Multi Vitamin? Harvard study says Insure yourself. June 6, 2008 MULTI VITAMINS : Balanced Organic and Wholesome Nutrition on .75 cents per day found at www.doctorgreens.com Harvard University School of Public Health Nutrition recently reported that there is a value in choosing a daily multi vitamin as an insurance policy for maintaining qual… Continue

Added by La Lib on June 11, 2008 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Summer Blahs, Need Energy, Adaptogens are Your Answer!

If you're looking for more energy this summer, making sure that you get more adaptogen nutrients into your body, mightby far be one of the best things you can do for yourself. Adaptogens herbs literally help the body to adapt to what your body needs or lack. If you need more energy because your adrenal glands are exhausted then adaptogen herbs like, Ginseng, Rhodiola, Ginkgo biloba, Fo-Ti, Schizandra and Ashwagandha can really help boost energy. Adaptogens are special herbs that have been exte… Continue

Added by Hal B.Decker on June 4, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

From Harvard University: For Good Health, Choose a Daily Multi Vitamin as an Insurance Policy.

HARVARD University School of Public Health Nutrition " http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/vitamins/ " The Nutrition Source Vitamins 1. Eat a healthy diet. A multivitamin provides some insurance against deficiencies but is far less important for health than the healthy food patterns described on this website. Choose a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and healthy oils, and low in red meat and unhealthy fats—let the Healthy Eating Pyramid be your gu… Continue

Added by La Lib on May 21, 2008 at 5:47am — No Comments

May 11, 2008, Opening Day, Farmer's Market , Portsmouth New Hampshire

http://www.seacoastgrowers.org/ Doctor Greens attended opening day ,… Continue

Added by La Lib on May 12, 2008 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Is HAL DECKER " VITAVANGELIST" a SINGULARIST like Ray Kurweil ?

Futurist Ray Kurzweil Pulls Out All the Stops (and Pills) to Live to Witness the Singularity By Gary Wolf 03.24.08 | 6:00 PM http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/16-04/ff_kurzweil Photo: Rennio Maifredi Never Mind the Singularity, Here's the Science Ray Kurzweil, the famous inventor, is trim, balding, and not very tall. With his perfect posture and narrow black glasses, he would look at home in an old documentary about Cape Canaveral, but his mission is bolder than any mere voyage into s… Continue

Added by La Lib on March 28, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

PORTSMOUTH HERALD nutrition HAL DECKER founder DOCTOR GREENS

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080308/LIFE/803080302&sfad=1 By Dan Lorenz dlorenz@seacoastonline.com March 08, 2008 6:00 AM For Portsmouth resident Hal Decker, nutrition means far more than keeping a health body and maintaining a proper diet. When Decker's son was a year old, doctors discovered every new parent's worst nightmare: his child had cancer. Although physicians were able to successfully treat and eliminate the tumor, Decker's son continued to have a… Continue

Added by La Lib on March 28, 2008 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

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