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Modern society has brought with it many comforts and conveniences, yet when it comes to the United States’ health and nutrition, the advancements haven’t always been positive for your overall health. Doing things better, cheaper and... more

This study examined whether blueberries or vitamin C consumed for 7 days in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design would attenuate oxidative stress and cytokine changes versus placebo. Nine subjects ran at 70% VO2max in a... more

This study examined whether blueberries or vitamin C consumed for 7 days in a randomized,
double-blind, crossover design would attenuate oxidative stress and cytokine changes versus placebo.
Nine subjects ran at 70% VO2max in a hyperthermic environment (35°C, 70% relative humidity [RH])
until a core temperature of 39.5°C was reached, and for an equivalent time and intensity in the two
remaining treatments. Blood samples were drawn before exercise and immediately, 15 minutes, and
30 minutes after exercise. Plasma samples were analyzed for F2-isoprostanes, lipid hydroperoxides,
vitamin C, ferric reducing antioxidant potential, urate, interleukin-1ra, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and
interleukin-10. The pattern of change between treatments was significant for lipid hydroperoxides but
not for any other marker. Significant correlations were found between F2-isoprostanes, lipid hydroperoxides,
ferric reducing antioxidant potential, and urate. This study indicates that blueberry supplementation
may be beneficial for athletes exercising in hot environments.

Every factor in human well-being is also an element of nutrition. All needs are really nutritive needs. Deprivation of any single need may mean our demise or impairment of our growth, development or health. A single factor insufficiently... more

Every factor in human well-being is also an element of nutrition. All needs are really
nutritive needs. Deprivation of any single need may mean our demise or impairment of
our growth, development or health. A single factor insufficiently or incorrectly supplied
can lead to disease and suffering.
Most people are aware of the essentials of life. But they lose sight of these funda-
mentals as being factors and influences that are necessary to well-being within the con-
text of society. Therefore, they’re likely to violate the very laws of their existence and
contribute to their own sickness and suffering.
When in a state of disease, most people do not realize they have brought it upon
themselves. They are aided in placing blame outside themselves by a profession that
takes the stance that they’ve had an unfortunate bit of bad luck or they have been invaded
by some microbial enemy. Though the needs of the ill differ from those of well peo-
ple only in that their conditions must be made favorable to recuperation, both ill people
and the medical professionals undertake a course of treatment that compounds sickness.
Both the physician and the sufferer enter into an attempt to poison the ailing body back
into health. The fact is that drugging only makes a body worse.
The causes of health are very simple. Our needs do not change substantially when
we become ill. Even illness itself won’t occur if the needs of our bodies and minds are
properly met.
The nineteen factor elements for optimal well-being are listed as follows:
1. Pure air
2. Pure water
3. Cleanliness—both internal and external
4. Sleep
5. Temperature maintenance
6. Pure wholesome food to which we are biologically adapted
7. Exercise and activity
8. Sunshine upon our bodies
9. Rest and relaxation
10. Play and recreation
11. Emotional poise
12. Security of life and its means
13. Pleasant environment
14. Creative, useful work
15. Self-Mastery
16. Belonging
17. Motivation
18. Expression of the natural instincts
19. Indulgence of aesthetic senses.
Let us explore the first two of these needs in detail.