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Bottled Water with High Bacterial Rates in Canada

More than 70 per cent of bottled water samples from Canada contain bacterial rates that far exceed recommended limits in the U.S., suggests a study at a general meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in San Diego. Montreal-based C-crest Laboratories Inc. conducted the research after a company employee complained of a foul taste and illness after drinking some bottled water that had high bacterial rates. The U.S. bacterial limit isn`t bigger than 500 colony-forming units of bacteria p...

Increased Protein Preserves Increases Fatigue

Bodybuilders always included a high protein diet even if the American Dietetics Association has stated that high protein diets are not good for health. Every bodybuilder uses this diet more intensly and cuts from calories before a competition because you get a more ripped body so it is necessary for building muscle mass and reducing bodyfat. I`m not going to give too much details, but after a research on 20 athletes that were on a increased protein diet group and a controled one. At the...

Eat Better To Prevent Heart Disease

Spinach: Spinach and many other green leafy vegetables such as lettuce contain folate, also known as vitamin B9. Although folate deficiency is well known for its effects in causing spinal malformations in newborns, recent studies reveal that folate may have a role in heart disease by reducing circulating levels of homocysteine in the blood. High homocysteine levels increase your risk of heart attacks as well as stroke; therefore, increasing your dietary intake of folate-containing foods may hel...