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Superfoods

10 Superfoods for Better Health and More Energy

Superfoods are full of good nutrition. They are important for health and well-being. Everyone knows about salmon for heart and muscle health and blueberries for your brain. So I skipped over these and included 10 other foods you should include in your diet: Kefir Kefir is a tangy cultured milk product made by fermenting milk with several bacteria and yeasts. Kefir tops the list of superfoods because it is rich in beneficial bacteria called probiotics. Probiotics are good for gut and …

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Dairy for Athletes

If you took a look in my refrigerator, you’d see Friendship cottage cheese, Stonyfield Farms yogurt, organic milk, Cabot cheese, Laughing Cow light cheese and various other dairy products.  The four brands mentioned are among my all time favorite brands for both taste and nutrition value. Because I don’t eat chicken or turkey every day, I choose to get a good bit of the protein I need (and vitamins and minerals) from dairy foods. And, there’s no shortage of research …

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Got Lactose Intolerance?

Does your stomach hurt if you eat a tiny bit of cheese or ice cream?  If so, you probably came to the conclusion that you are intolerant to lactose – the sugar in dairy products. However, even if you have accurately diagnosed yourself, there’s no need to completely toss dairy products out in favor of dairy alternatives. A well written post by Judith Jarvis clears up some of the confusion on lactose intolerance.  Jarvis discusses the results from a new …

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