Natural Health News: Are You Addicted to Food?

Natural Health Newsletter Your Guide to Health and Wellness   5/8/14 issue:   Are You Addicted to Food? Email for: killdragonhero@gmail.com Natural Health and Alternative Medicine Newsletter Issue #774, May 8-9, 2014 Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.naturalhealthweb.com ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Natural Health Tip of the Week *** ------------------------------------------------------------- Most of us eat the same grains over and over again: pasta, rice, and wheat. How about trying a new whole grain in place of one of your old standbys? Whole buckwheat is a very nutritious food. The protein in buckwheat contains the eight essential amino acids. Buckwheat is also rich in many B vitamins as well as phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and manganese, and has Alpha-Linolenic Acid, which is one of the two essential fatty acids we must have in our diets.   ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Article of the Week: Addictions and Food - By Rebecca Cooper *** ------------------------------------------------------------- Over the years I have been asked if there is such a thing as food addiction. First, let's look at what is an addiction? Here is one definition: An addiction causes people to engage in a recurring activity that causes harm to the person. It is often described as a compulsion to engage in some specific activity to produce mood-altering experiences, and this experience has life-damaging consequences. Addictions often have both physical and psychological components. There is discomfort upon quitting the addiction. Most people would not overindulge in anything that hurts them physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. With addiction, one or more of these areas are negatively affected. Now look at how addiction can relate to food. Ask yourself these questions... ** To read the full article, go here.   ------------------------------------------------------------- *** Healthy Recipe: Spanish Style Tortilla *** ------------------------------------------------------------- This pie-like dish is easy to prepare, healthy to eat and very convenient to have in the fridge. ** To read the full recipe, go here.

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