five easy ways to improve your health
Want to kick-start a healthy new year? "GMA" medical contributor Dr. Marie Savard has five easy ways to improve your health. Vitamin D: The so-called "sunshine vitamin" benefits your bones, brain and heart, but most of us don't get enough, especially if you don't see a lot of sun in the winter. Vitamin D does not occur naturally in most foods, so you should take a high-potency supplement. Cod Liver Oil: It's full of Vitamin D, as well as Omega-3 fatty acid and vitamin A for skin, eyes and bones. Omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil has been shown to lower the risk of heart disease, protect your cells and improve brain function. Fiber: With a diet heavy on processed foods, most Americans don't get enough fiber. Fiber is important for colon health, but it also helps lower insulin levels, blood pressure, cholesterol and inflammation. You can take a supplement like Metamucil or Benefiber before a meal, which if taken before a meal, can make you feel more full and so eat less. Or you can try Savard's homemade granola -- see the recipe below. Calcium: This is another mineral we don't get enough of. Studies show most Americans get about 600 mg a day, when we need 1200 mg or more. We need calcium in order to absorb vitamin D, and it helps build bone and healthy blood vessels. You can get calcium in milk and other dairy products, but people who are lactose intolerant can take a pill or a sweet-tasting chewable supplement like Viactiv. Throw Out Your Scale: Instead of weighing ...
January 7th, 2009 - 18:10
You get vitamin-d in fat fish!
Fuck supplements. Eat proper food.
January 26th, 2009 - 14:33
oprah
February 22nd, 2009 - 19:49
i so agree!!!
April 26th, 2009 - 01:08
I live in scotland, we only get son 1ce in a few weeks, need to get me some V-D :D
May 19th, 2009 - 19:13
Want longer life? Just use Alex Chiu’s Immortality Rings. This guy already figured out a way to stop humans from aging and become physically immortal. These guys are still in dark ages searching for immortality? Alex Chiu already got the technology.
September 12th, 2009 - 21:20
yeah supplements are shit for you, better to eat food with it.
November 16th, 2009 - 01:26
Wow this was in the beginning of 2009 and will be gone soon. Time is flying, indeed. 2009 is not really a great year for most of us. If you are one of them, don’t worry. 2010 is coming, another year, another resolution. Hope everybody will do well in 2010 (and years ahead). Happy New Year and good luck everyone.
December 7th, 2009 - 00:07
go vegan ;)
February 4th, 2010 - 02:06
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February 14th, 2010 - 00:29
“Vitamin D doesn’t occur naturally in food…” What! Sockeye salmon is a great source. There are others but their not politically correct like Lard. She has no natural food on the table except the granolla. The indians of North America know how to get vitamin D in the winter. Eat real food and get your vitamins in the context of food, it’s much better. Out food supply has been neurtered by processing and a vegetarian bias. Eat animal flesh with vitamin D – look it up on the internet.
March 6th, 2010 - 22:59
wow this is retarded haha. okayy im going to take 10 supplements a day woww. just eat healthy jeez.
July 4th, 2010 - 12:32
fiber pulls all the junk outta ur body!