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Barbara Karafokas
Cyprus
Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle !
Interests: Health, Wellness & Nutrition Consultant. - Healthy eating, living, healthy meals and healthy weight loss advice. Promotes the Mediterranean diet, raw food diet, a healthy lifestyle, natural healing using mostly Mediterranean herbs and wholefood organic supplements; while also educating and bringing awareness about the toxic chemicals found in personal care products, water, cosmetics, foods, clothing and environment. Barbara is also the author of The Med Life Diet a 12 week program aimed at developing healthy eating and healthy lifestyle habits & attitudes for life !
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Leg Cramps during pregnancy occur mainly as a result of nutritional deficiencies, electrolyte imbalances, and/or circulatory changes, in addition to the strain placed on the legs by the extra weight. Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Without an ounce of a doubt, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives your body essential nutrients, jumps starts your brain, gives your metabolism what it needs to get working for the day and keeps you slim. Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
With a little guidance and some helpful tips it is possible to not have to spend a fortune to eat a healthy, balanced diet. In fact an authentic, traditional Mediterranean diet is a nutritious and balanced diet to follow for life. Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
With high levels of the neurotoxin mercury and toxic PCBs in many fish species, millions have turned to “purified” fish oil as a source of essential fatty acids. Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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Why it’s so important to get your vitamins from whole foods, not chemicals. The vast majority of multivitamin and nutritional supplements are filled with synthetic or isolated fragments of vitamins, and this is certainly true for beta carotene, the precursor for vitamin A. Continue reading
Posted Feb 21, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Hi there, I am glad you enjoy my tips and suggestions. With regards to having a great weight loss challenge - you could sign up for my Seven Golden Rules mini e-course which would help you with your healthy weight loss challenge. You can sign up for it from my website: www.barbarakarafokas.com Enjoy !
Dr. Tracy Holdford provides a simple explanation to help us explain the difference between a probiotic and an enzyme, and why each is important for the body. Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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One of the first things you need to understand is that most products that are available contain vitamins that are fractionated, isolates or synthetic. Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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Flaxseed oil contains a high percentage of omega-3 and medium percentage of omega-6. To match the omega-3 power of two tablespoons of flaxseed oil, you would have to eat nearly a kilo of albacore tuna. Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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The key to heart health is encouraging the “good” HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol and limiting the “bad” LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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With a huge choice of unhealthy snack foods containing excessive amounts of sugar, salt or fats - it is especially important to plan ahead and prepare healthy snacks to have at home, work or while on the go. Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2013 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Britain in nutrition recession as food prices rise and incomes shrink | Society | The Guardian. If you are aware of any health problem which may compromise your general health, it is important to seek treatment. A Health and Wellness Counselor may help you, to bring you back in balance... Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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On the first day of fitness, my Tribesports set to me, A challenging 1 minute plank. On the second day of fitness, my Tribesports set to me, 2 minute wall squat and a challenging 1 minute plank. On the third day of fitness, my Tribesports set to me, 3 minute... Continue reading
Posted Dec 17, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Methylmercury Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish. If you are aware of any health problem which may compromise your general health, it is important to seek treatment. A Health and Wellness Counselor may help you, to bring you back in balance and to good health through healthy eating and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Eat ! Drink ! And Be Merry ! Christmas festivities are coming up soon with a marathon of lunches, dinners, scrumptious desserts and goblets of mulled wine... According to reports from the Body Chef, the average person consumes an average of 8,000 calories on Christmas day alone !! Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
The Glycemic index represents the speed in which a carbohydrate is absorbed into the blood stream. Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
A Few Good Reasons To Switch To Goat’s and sheep’s milk products. Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
For the adventurous persons - Ghlindos known as Vlito are in season from June to October. Their English name is Amaranth. The tender stems and leaves are eaten boiled and served with an olive oil and lemon juice dressing or they may be cooked with pulses. Amaranth is loaded with... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
When we go to a restaurant and consider what to order, what comes to mind are foods that are tasty. When we think of what to cook for dinner, what we consider are things that are easy to make but taste good. Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
It is typical that any one of us would like to look Beautiful. But we always tend to keep our facial fraction nicer so that we think that we look beautiful , that is not the beauty really means. I believe each thing in our body contributes towards it, specially nails! Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
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When it comes to food most of us have our ready made, pre packaged and often pre-cooked favourites. Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
Periodontal disease is a health epidemic that is affecting a wide proportion of the adult population. Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
A new study bu the UK and US researchers found that blood pressure is increased by every extra sugar-sweetened drink that is consumed per day. Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
A free radical is an atom or group of atoms that contains at least one unpaired electron. Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle
A diet high in nutrients is the key to good health. Use the following table as a guide when deciding which types of food to include in your diet and which ones to avoid in order to maintain good health. Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2012 at Health, Nutrition & Lifestyle