http://www.verysafemed.com Only the safest medical topics Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:32:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You see it everyday, news and information that bring to the front our problem with our weight. It is a national problem. It's not just your older sedentary population; it's not just your overworked middle-age population; and it's not just your ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/12/our-growing-weight-problems/ Right now, the greatest results in raising our metabolism come from exercise and building our muscle mass, while reducing our body fat. Adding more muscle to the body, in turn causes us to burn more calories, and this helps to elevate our ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/11/muscle-vs-fat-and-your-energy-level/ With the release of the new food group pyramid, there are officially five food groups. Oils and butters are now included as a food group; but for the purpose of this paper, we are still going to consider ourselves to have only ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/10/the-four-food-groups/ . The foods of the food pyramid are necessary for our optimal health. But in what quantities and which ones are the best? These are questions that must be tailored to our individual needs. ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/09/lowering-your-calorie-intake-eating-healthier/ What happens to the food and water as they enter our digestive system? They are both necessary components of the digestive process. Our bodies need the water to effectively digest food and perform all the necessary functions we ask of it ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/08/what-does-water-provide-in-our-daily-digestion/ When a person consumes a meal high in carbohydrate content, have you ever noticed how sleepy they become? Have you ever questioned why? Most of the effect comes from elevated blood sugar levels, this condition then makes us sleepy. Why do carbohydrates turn into sugar? Whenever you ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/07/what-happens-to-those-carbs-once-inside/ This is a double sided coin. Does health affect intelligence? Yes. Does intelligence affect health? Yes. This is one of those wonderful situations where the cause and effect works both ways. What ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/06/how-does-our-intelligence-affect-what-we-eat/ To eat or not to eat? This is a question that confronts us daily, as we go from home to work, work to home, and back again. We have designated times for breakfast and lunch. Dinner would be the only place where we really have any freedom as ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/05/to-eat-or-not-to-eat/ You see it everyday, news and information that bring to the front our problem with our weight. It is a national problem. It's not just your older sedentary population; it's not just your overworked middle-age population; and it's not just your ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/04/our-national-obesity-epidemic/ In the beginning, there was cereal. The cereal was rather plain, not very tasty. So, the ingenious cereal manufacturer added sugar. He came up with great ways of adding sugar to the cereal, so that all the kids loved the way ... http://www.verysafemed.com/2008/10/03/are-cereals-good-for-us/