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Why Should I Eat Avocado?

(See below for my favorite desert: Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse Recipe) There are so many reasons - and so many ways - to love avocado. A culinary delight, avocados provide up to 20 nutrients including fiber, vitamins K, C and E, as well as folate, magnesium, zinc, and potassium. In fact, they actually have four times more potassium than bananas! Unlike most fruits, avocado is low in carbohydrates and high in a healthy plant fat called oleic acid. Like olive oil, oleic acid has been linked to health benefits such as reducing inflammation, protecting cells against cancer, and reducing [...]

Why Should I Eat Avocado?Wendy Wells2023-09-04T20:45:13+00:00

How do you know your child is getting the right nutrients?

The body operates from many mechanisms, most of which require energy and most of this energy comes through having the nutrients on board that the body needs to make energy. Not only energy but the body needs nutrients for the production and growth of healthy tissue, for the nervous system, the gut, and the immune system, not to mention the working parts such as neurotransmitters, hormones, proteins and enzymes. This is something we all know and understand and strive as parents to make sure our children get what they need for healthy body and mind. However sometimes life gets [...]

How do you know your child is getting the right nutrients?Wendy Wells2024-01-02T21:12:15+00:00

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy Body

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy Body From the hair on your head to the bones that support you and the blood that runs through you, your body relies on minerals for optimal health. Minerals are broken into two categories: macrominerals and trace minerals. Since the body cannot make minerals, we must get them from food or water. Many foods and vitamin formulas contain the major macrominerals, such as calcium, potassium and magnesium. The challenge is trace minerals, such as selenium, copper, manganese and molybdenum. There are over seventy known trace minerals, many of which scientists continue to study [...]

Trace Minerals: Essential to a Healthy BodyWendy Wells2018-04-28T01:30:23+00:00

What is your water doing to your health?

When it comes to healthy living, what are the most important things to consider? Water always comes up in my conversations with patients. How much water do you drink? I also need to consider the quality of the water. After reading this drinking water article , you too will fully understand how important it is to pay attention to what is in the water you are drinking every day. The best water filter system I have found is one that has a resin filter for arsenic and fluorine (especially important for Arizonans). In addition, it needs a carbon filter for chlorine, pharmaceutical drugs, pesticides, and [...]

What is your water doing to your health?Wendy Wells2014-05-10T19:26:39+00:00

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