Leafy Greens and Non-Starchy Vegetables

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Less than 25% of American adults eat 3 or more servings of vegetables a day.  Eating a variety of leafy greens and non-starchy vegetables is an important part of the TurboCharged program for optimal health.  Large amounts of fresh, high-quality vegetables every day are needed to obtain the optimal amounts of vitamins, minerals and phyto-compounds [...]

Macadamia Nut Oil

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Most of you have heard of Dr. Fred Pescatore.  Yes, he wrote the foreword to TurboCharged.  However, he is also a best-selling author, M.D. and has been helping people get healthy for many years.  Although we do not recommend added oils or fats, especially when you are still working losing your excess body fat, macadamia [...]

Walk or Run?

Nordic walking - active family audoor

A new study concluded that walking equaled running for heart health as long as the same distance was covered.  It was not how long you run or walk but how far. The study included data from more than 33,000 runners and almost 16,000 walkers aged 18 to 80 with the bulk in their 40’s and [...]

Calorie Intake Down But Obesity Still Rising?

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In March 2013, Reuters Health reported on a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, based on the nine National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has conducted between 1971 and 2010.  Several thousand adults aged 20 to 74 were randomly selected every two to [...]

70 Million Americans Have Pre-diabetes and Don’t Know It

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According to a recent report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2010, approximately one in three U.S. adults aged ≥20 years (an estimated 79 million people) had pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose or hemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as [...]