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When people moved from rural areas to more populated centers for job accessibility, cultural and entertainment purposes, the age old way of feeding a pet table scraps and allowing a free running pet to scrounge for food, changed. The concentration of people meant pets and people existed in a more confined environment. Individuals did less and less growing of their own food and more and more processed foods were purchased.

The resulting change of humans purchasing processed foods created the processed pet food industry to begin flourishing in the 50’s and 60’s. Somewhere I read an estimate that over 90% of all the food pets consumed is preprocessed. This accounts for a large portion of the $40 Billion pet owners spend on these furry friends yearly.

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Many people suffer from food intolerances which are different from actual food allergies but can drastically affect health and vitality. People don’t realize that a severe reaction to a food, known as Coeliac disease, is not the only type of food intolerance.

Reactions caused by food intolerances may be more subtle and worsen over time. You may not even be aware that your health is far from optimal. Symptoms of food intolerances include - sluggishness, fatigue, migraines, gastrointestinal problems especially diarrhea, inflammation & swelling.

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There are many different illnesses and conditions that can be brought about by eating too much or too little, such as diabetes - but what is diabetes and how can it affect the way you eat?

Most people know that diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar and other carbohydrates. Diabetes is actually broken down into two separate diseases – diabetes type one and diabetes type two. When answering the question, “what is diabetes”, you need to consider that the two illnesses are actually different. Type 1 diabetes is the more severe form of the disease, and can be found in all different types of people, from babies to the elderly. Type 2 diabetes often develops later on in life, and is rarely found in children.

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The health and medical communities have long acknowledged the benefits of a daily multi-vitamin, particularly for those over the age of 50. Even Medicare has noted decreased costs in caring for patients who take daily multi-vitamins.

As we grow older, the absorption and digestion of proteins and minerals becomes more difficult leading to a variety of ailments such as osteoporosis, fatigue, and chronic illness. We can go a long way towards addressing these concerns by seeking out a few basic nutrients and nutritional supplements.

Five that are essential for anyone over 50 include betaine hydrochloride, B-12, magnesium, Vitamin D, and adequate protein.

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It is a sad, sad state of affairs that a full two-thirds of the American population is either overweight or outright obese. Since the mid-eighties, the percentage has more than doubled, after remaining stable for the twenty-five years prior to the mid-eighties. The percentage rate for that earlier period was approximately 24-25% and never significantly changed during that period, even with the introduction of fast food in the early sixties. Logic would clearly suggest that fast food escalated obesity but that is not the case and it is backed by statistics. The onset of the rise in overweight and obesity reaching current epidemic proportions began, not coincidentally, with the introduction of aspartame as a chemical sweetener in the mid-1980’s.

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With so much advice and research out there on nutrition and dieting, how do you know what to listen to and how to eat healthy? This article will give you some general tips about eating healthier.

If you’re like most people you don’t want to eat bland foods that taste like cardboard. If those are your only options then dieting and eating better are likely not to be your top priorities. You want flavor and taste. There are not too many people who can go eating the same things for the rest of their lives that have no flavor.

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