The microminerals are a selection of 17 nutrients that your body requires in relatively small amounts (generally less than 100 milligrams (mg) per day). Consuming the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of each one helps support almost every process in your body and is highly beneficial to your health. However, consuming too much can have the opposite effect and be very damaging to your health. In this article I will be discussing 19 of the negative side effects of micromineral overdose and also outlining how you can avoid overdosing on the microminerals. 1) BLOOD PROBLEMS:- Eating too … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Salmon: The Ultimate Superfood
Edward Stern is a guest blogger for An Apple a Day and a writer on earning your nursing degree online for the Guide to Health Education. ----- Fads come and go, and many foods that have been tagged as "superfood" are eventually shown to be less than heroic. However, one superfood that lives up to its billing is salmon. A delicious time-tested favorite of fish lovers, salmon also has amazing health benefits, so much so that the FDA is currently considering allowing genetically modified salmon to hit the market so the price of salmon will go down and more people will able to consume it. … [Read more...]
5 Simple Steps To Make Your Fitness Resolutions Stick This Year
"A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other." - Anonymous With the New Year just getting started you have probably set yourself some fitness resolutions. Perhaps this is the year where you want to sculpt those those six pack abs? Maybe this is the year you are finally going to kick your smoking habit? Whilst setting fitness resolutions is a fantastic idea, the facts are that despite the best intentions most New Year's resolutions will fail. In this study of 3,000 people, only 12% were successful with their New Year's resolutions. Today I am going to … [Read more...]
The Health Benefits of an Alkaline Diet
Hello everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from Maria Rainier who is a freelance writer and blog junkie. She currently writes for http://www.onlinedegrees.org/ which provides free advice on how to get the most out of college. ----- The Health Benefits of an Alkaline Diet When you think of a balanced diet, you probably see images of meals prepared using every element in the food pyramid. And that’s a great place to start since everyone’s bodies need the variety of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients found in different foods. But there’s another kind of balance that’s often ignored … [Read more...]
My Fitness Resolutions for 2011
Now that the New Year is upon us you are probably starting to act on your New Years resolutions. Perhaps you want to quit smoking this year? Maybe you want to get rid of your beer belly? Whatever your goals I wish you all the best and if they are fitness related there is plenty of great content available on this website to help you hit them this year. Today I am going to be reviewing my fitness resolutions for 2010 and making my fitness resolutions for 2011. REVIEW OF MY FITNESS RESOLUTIONS FOR 2010 1) TO ENTER A 10K RUN:- Unfortunately, I did not manage to enter a 10k run for the … [Read more...]