Sentences with phrase «poor quality of our diet»

Due to nutrient deficiencies, the generally poor quality of our diet, our exposure to environmental toxins, and a number of other factors, Dr. Hyman recommends everyone go on a basic regimen of vitamins and minerals that provide a foundation for long - term health.

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From the file of Rather Obvious News, this study from the University of Michigan Medical School: children who consume foods purchased from school vending machines, school stores, snack bars and other sales that compete with the federal school lunch program are «more likely to develop poor diet quality — and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes and coronary artery disease.»

People with fewer socioeconomic resources — less education, lower income — have less healthy diets, may be less physically active and have poorer quality sleep, all of which lead to the early development of heart disease risk factors.

In addition, the poor quality of the standard U.S. diet — including high levels of red and processed meat and low levels of fruits and vegetables — is a major factor in a number of preventable diseases.

They point out that poor semen quality «is the leading cause of unsuccessful attempts to achieve pregnancy and one of the most common medical problems among young men... it has been suggested as an important marker of male health, predicting both morbidity and mortality... it is sensitive to environmental exposures, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, heat and life - style factors, such as diet... Therefore, it can provide a sensitive marker of the impacts of modern environment on human health.»

I mean, a lot of times, you know, what's gonna affect the fertility is number one: having a nutrient poor diet; not having enough high - quality nutrients like zinc and arginine and healthy fats and proteins.

Although many foods contain antioxidants, today's poor - quality diets are nearly always insufficient in the full range of these beneficial free radical scavengers.

And you can see, if your sleep starts going and your mood starts going, and then we lose the ability to break down high - quality cholesterol in our diet that's the building block to a lot of our hormones, we now start having poor sleep, poor sex hormones, poor mood.

This can happen due to a lack of whole foods in the diet, poor nutrient absorption, lifestyle factors that deplete nutrients, or even poor soil quality resulting in mineral - poor crops.

Both diets were of extremely poor nutritional quality and provided relatively unimpressive benefits after 12 months of adherence.

Given these grave health consequences (and the high social, environmental, and ethical costs of current food production systems), the logical step is to break free from processed foods and to replace these poor - quality products with a raw food diet.

An eating challenge might mean that someone simply is eating the kind of poor quality diet that industry and media shoves down our throats that robs us of the birthright of true health.

For nutritional insurance - to help plug the gaps in your diet due to poor food quality, soil depletion and imperfect dietary choices; and because of the demands our bodies make for extra nutrients due to environmental toxins and our high - stress modern lifestyles.

Areas such as suboptimal diet, excess stress, and poor sleep quality all play into the development and perpetuation of adrenal fatigue.

In fact, it appears that for the most part of our evolution we subsided on very little relative carbohydrate content in general, apart from those found naturally in vegetables and other plant sources besides wheat, and therefore it makes sense for us to try and eliminate the «poor quality», processed wheat - based ones from our diet.

My weight peaked around 213 lbs during the first year of the college, and this time I thought it was caused by overconsumption of foods (though now I blame it on the poor sleep quality since high school and guzzling down ridiculous amounts of coffee and diet sodas during the night).

Conventionally speaking, we see lots of artificially - sweetened («diet») products, poor quality supplements and crazy exercise routines designed to entice the overweight population to spend money for better health.

Unfortunately due to poor soil quality and nutritionally low diets, most of us are unlikely to be taking enough to maintain optimal health.

There is a constant onslaught of new information, misinformation, fad diets and products as well as poor quality foods.

Therefore, it is important to appreciate that the many ultra-low carbohydrate diets that are now in vogue for so many in the nutritional community, while they may be beneficial for those individuals who have, for years, ingested a diet high in poor quality carbohydrates, can have an adverse effect on the gut when they are employed in excess for a significant period of time.

It may also be that the body struggles to resume normal, healthy function because of on - going mediators or perpetuators such as stressful life events (e.g. relationship or work - related challenges, financial difficulties, loss of a loved one), a poor diet or a particular nutrient deficiency, insufficient physical activity or relaxation, poor sleep quality, smoking, too much drink or other unhealthy habits.

A lot of cats end up overweight, and it isn't always due to a poor quality diet either.

Many of the ingredients in low quality kibble lack nutritional value, most of it is lost to bowel movements, and the pet's health is compromised by a poor diet.

DIABETES Poor - quality pellets are loaded with calories and carbohydrates, hence, rabbits that are on a pellet - only diet are at high risk of diabetes.

Problems arise when poor quality, processed wheat flour is added to pet foods at levels exceeding 50 percent of the diet.

A poor quality, highly processed, high carb diet is one of the most common causes of crusty, runny, dull eyes.

Even a poor diet or a dry climate can cause flaking, itchy skin so changing to a better quality food or drizzling a teaspoon of olive oil on their dinner helps.

This is the recommendation of the leading specialists in captive wolf husbandry and medicine, and it is largely the result of evidence that the previous practice of feeding raw meat based diets to captive wolves led to poorer quality nutrition and health than the current practices.

I can breed the finest cats genetically, but, if they're fed a diet of poor quality food, they won't have much of a chance to follow in their parents paw prints as strong, healthy, beautiful cats.

We see a lot of dental problems here at BTTR, most commonly in senior dogs, but also in dogs as young as 2 when they are feed a poor or low quality diet, fed lots of treats or people food (especially sugary stuff) and those who are never given anything to chew on (usually seen in hunt club or outdoor penned dogs).

Your dog deserves the best diet possible, which means plenty of key nutrients that he needs and no low quality fillers that provide poor nutritional value.

Bacteria gets out of balance when an animal experiences frequent bouts of diarrhea, regularly eats a poor - quality diet and / or has been taking antibiotics for long periods.

Recipes from veterinary nutritionists are the homemade equivalent of poor - quality kibble, not the varied, fresh food diet that owners would like to feed their dogs.

The cause seems to be associated with poor quality diets, stress, parasitic skin disorders and allergic reactions to a wide variety of antigens.

Depending on nutritional goals, varying levels of dietary fiber with different properties are necessary to make a highly processed food source like commercial kibble «work», since a dog's digestive tract is not designed to process a diet with such high levels of carbohydrates - most dry foods contain 40 - 50 %, poor quality brands even more.

Digestibility is less for plant protein ingredients, protein of poor biologic value, and for poor - quality diets.

I prefer feeding pets homemade diets because the quality of ingredients in most commercial pet foods is poor.

Even though pet food recalls and the poor quality of some pet foods are a concern, many veterinarians voice concerns over homemade diets.

However, minimum WGTT (the time to the appearance of the first marker in faeces) was shorter in dogs with non-specific dietary sensitivity compared with controls, especially when fed diets producing poor quality faeces (Rolfe et al. 2002b).

Once all medical issues have been addressed, the information from the evaluation of the patient's daily diet and exercise levels will be utilized to uncover if the food the dog is being offered is of poor quality or if it is inappropriate for your dog's breed, overall health, or stage of life.

A case report of 3 German Shepherd dogs with EPI and poor haircoat demonstrated that a 19 % fat DM (40.8 % of calories from fat), soy protein isolate hydrolysate and rice diet was well tolerated and improved fecal quality, haircoat and weight gain (2 - 10 kg) compared with the dogs previous diets.

In this first of a two - part series, Dr. Karen Becker explains how to shift your finicky kitty from a poor quality diet to species - appropriate nutrition that can radically improve his health, longevity and quality of life.

She continues by explaining why veterinarians suggested feeding elderly cats a reduced protein diet because, «After a lifetime of eating commercial pet food containing poor quality protein that is difficult to digest, a cat's kidney and liver function is compromised.

Avoid diets with large excesses of dietary protein (greater than 20 percent) because these diets may result in poor air quality in the area where your rabbits are housed.

She says that instead of feeding your cat an unnatural diet of «cheap, poor quality over-processed cereal» you should switch your cat to either a homemade diet or a high quality wet canned food supplemented with meat and dairy.

Important: Many veterinarians, while acknowledging that pet food recalls and the poor quality of some pet foods are causes for concern, still feel that homemade diets, when fed exclusively, may result in nutritional imbalances and vitamin / mineral deficiencies that may pose threats to canine health.

These are some of the more common food allergens (most commercial foods have wheat, corn and preserves, poor quality artificial meat and flavourings)... See a qualified Homeopath for Homeopathic healing medicines for acute or chronic symptoms if still showing once on a RAW Meat and veg diet.