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Grilled Portobello Mushroom Sandwich Recipe

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jun 29, 2007
Healthy Eating Resources

If you love burgers but can do without large amounts of red meat, you'll love this recipe for thick and juicy grilled Portobello mushroom sandwiches. Portobello mushrooms are rich in niacin (vitamin B3), potassium, and selenium.

Be sure to make the basil-lemon pesto sauce that accompanies this recipe; it adds loads of tangy flavor to these awesome sandwiches.

Ingredients: Read more

 

How to Prevent the Formation of Varicose Veins

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jun 23, 2007
Natural Health Solutions
Natural Health Care

Varicose veins are enlarged and often swollen veins that can become visible under the skin of your legs. Prevention of varicose veins best begins with understanding how your veins work. Read more

 

Action Steps To Prevent Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Jun 11, 2007
Health Warnings
Natural Health Solutions

According to the World Book Encyclopedia, the average adult human body contains approximately 96,500 kilometers (60,000 miles) of blood vessels. This means that if you were to attach all of your blood vessels together end to end, they could wrap around the Earth almost two and a half times. Read more

 

Making Sense of Carbohydrates

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on May 15, 2007
Healthy Eating Resources
Natural Health Care

Carbohydrates are created in the leaves of plants, where they are created out of water, carbon dioxide, and the radiant energy of sunlight.

Although your body can obtain all of the energy that it needs from dietary protein and fat, the most efficient source of fuel for your cells are carbohydrates.

We can classify all of the carbohydrates that we know of into three general categories: Read more

 

Vitamin K at Birth: To Inject or Not

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 28, 2007
Children's Health Issues
Healthy Pregnancy

Before my wife gave birth to our first child, our primary midwife asked us to think about whether we wanted our child to receive a vitamin K shot after he was born or not.

Vitamin K shots are routinely administered to newborn babies because 1.8 out of every 100,000 babies who do not receive vitamin K injections suffer permanent injury or death due to uncontrolled bleeding in the brain that may be the result of having extremely low levels of vitamin K in their systems. Read more

 

How to Pick Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 23, 2007
Healthy Eating Resources

If you want your grocery dollars to consistently bring home the most nutritious fruits and vegetables that your local market has to offer, you have to know when different fruits and vegetables are in season and what to look for in appearance and texture.

In this article, the peak in-season range for different fruits and vegetables is relevant to all of Canada, most of the upper half of the United States, and pretty much all other countries that lie within the same latitudinal range, give or take a few degrees. Read more

 

7 Keys To Overcoming Autoimmune Illness

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Apr 05, 2007
Natural Health Solutions

Are you looking for effective and concise guidance on how to overcome autoimmune illness?

If so, I hope that my comprehensive and interactive program on overcoming autoimmune illness will give you all of the knowledge and support that you need to turn your health around. Read more

 

Latest Pesticide Analysis of Common Fruits and Vegetables

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Mar 31, 2007
Health Warnings
Healthy Eating Resources

In late 2006, the Environmental Working Group released their latest report on the average pesticide content of common fruits and vegetables.

Many different studies that have been done with animals have found that exposure to pesticides can increase the risk of developing various types of cancer, nervous system dysfunction, and reproductive problems. Read more

 

Burns: How to Treat Burns

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 17, 2007
Natural Health Care

You can get burned by a number of different sources, the most common of which are hot liquids, hot objects, chemicals, steam, electricity, the sun, and fire.

For diagnostic and treatment purposes, burns are generally categorized into the following three classifications:

First-degree burns Read more

 

How To Prevent The Formation Of Problematic Kidney Stones

Posted by Dr. Ben Kim on Feb 04, 2007
Natural Health Care

The single most painful condition that I have ever addressed as a health care provider is the acute pain associated with passing a sizeable kidney stone. More than a few women who I have treated over the years have said that passing a large kidney stone is much more painful than giving birth.

What's particularly scary about passing a kidney stone is that in most cases, there are no warning signs. One minute you are going about your normal business, and then all of a sudden, you begin to have waves of unimaginable pain on one side of your lower back. Read more

 

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