PETER'S PRINCIPLES - NEW IN PRINT
Tracey from Southgate emails asking for a diet to reduce her risk of getting diabetes.
Tracey, here are some tips that just might help you live a longer, healthier life!
The most effective way to ward off diabetes is through weight loss and exercise, but eating right also helps. Researchers say the more ÒWesternÓ the diet the higher the risk of diabetes. A Western diet includes things like red and processed meats, french fries, high fat dairy products, and refined grains and sweets. The diet that seemed to cut the risk of diabetes included food staples like vegetables, fish, poultry, fruit and healthy whole grains. Talk to a nutritionist for the diet mix that is right for you!
Hank from Rochester emails for a natural way to keep his arteries clear and healthy.
Hank, the answer to your question is as sweet as it is easy to swallow! Researchers now say that grape juice makes clogged and hardened vessels more elastic and less susceptible to further clogging!
They asked a group of subjects with coronary disease to drink large amounts of purple grape juice, two 8 ounce glasses a day. After a couple of weeks the flexibility of their arteries tripled! As an added benefit LDL, the bad cholesterol, lost much of its abilities to stick to artery walls. Scientists attribute the health benefits to large amounts of flavenoids found in the juice.
The findings suggest that grape juice is a heart healthy way to get your daily quota of fruit!
