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It is reckoned one person in Ireland goes blind from diabetes every day.

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Snack Shortcuts with the World’s Healthiest Foods

Here are a few simple-to-prepare snacks that make great use of the World’s Healthiest Foods:

Food Day is on October 24 this year – only three months away. To help with Food Day planning, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has put together a set of guides.

Food Day is a grassroots event focused on creating and reinforcing healthy, sustainable, and just food systems. While its sponsored by CSPI, there wont be any large events. All events will be local and focused on the communities where they occur.

This local focus will allow communities to look at their own needs and priorities.

Even though CSPI wont be planning individual events, they recognize that many of us have little experience planning community events. T

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No, we do not need the enzymes contained in fresh foods in order to stay healthy. Throughout our digestive tract, organs and cells produce enzymes to help digest food and allow us to absorb nutrients. This digestive process requires a healthy digestive tract, a healthy liver, a healthy pancreas, and a reasonable amount of whole, natural foods.

Some websites promote the value of live enzymes from freshly juiced raw fruits and vegetables, and others promote the value of an exclusively raw foods diet. It is definitely true that very fresh foods (foods that remain uncooked and have been very recently harvested) can provide us with some active enzymes that can function in our digestive tract.

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Celebrities are under huge pressure to look good and most cannot afford not to be in shape.

Here are some of their comments on keeping fit.

?Singer Alicia Keys: “I really enjoy training. I like the focus of it, I like the mental side of it and I like running. If I can just hit a city block, it gives me something to really concentrate on.

?Model Heidi Klum: “When you are a fit and healthy person to begin with, you are most likely to go back to what you were before.” Klum maintains her figure by running, swimming and getting on the trampoline with her kids.

?Singer Jennifer Hudson: She’s famous for losing several stone through Weight Watchers. “It’s not a diet, it’s a way of life that teaches you better skills.

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