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Foods Known to Cause Cancer

By: Tyler Lacoma

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ABOUT THE BOOK To simplify the causes of cancer, the ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry) divides causes into factors outside the body and factors inside the body. The processes and problems inside your body are automatic and largely outside of your control, so there isn’t much you can do to control them or stop cancer cells which may spring up from related issues. Think of the way your hair grows, or the way your face starts to form wrinkles as you age. Internal causes are similar, but result from mutations in such common biological processes. However, the other major category of cancer-makers is all the factors outside your body, a host of different activities or practices which can tip the scales toward certain types of cancer. While internal sources of cancer can’t be helped, these external causes can be changed by direct intervention. In other words, you can make a difference, especially when it comes to what you eat and how well you take care of your body. MEET THE AUTHOR Tyler Lacoma writes on business, environmental, and fitness topics, but squeezes in some time for fiction, too. He graduated from George Fox University and lives in beautiful Oregon, where he fills spaces between writing with outdoor fun, loud music, and time with family and friends. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK If diet and lifestyle aren’t the only indicators of cancer risk, what else is? Amidst numerous potential causes, research has narrowed down several other leading factors which may cause cancer no matter the lifestyle you lead. Do not expect new diets and activities to remove all possibilities of cancer. Heredity is a classic internal cause, because it lies solely within your DNA. Until advanced gene therapy is possible, there’s not much you can do about it. Although it is technically an external factor, chronic inflammation joins heredity as an additional cause often beyond your control. The swelling and damage associated with long-term inflammation can, over time, become a sort of breeding ground for cancerous cells. Typically, stubborn viruses or bacterial infections dig in deep and generate this type of inflammation. They crop up more often in developing countries with hygienic struggles. There are also a number of environmental causes more connected with necessity than lifestyle choices. “Past occupational exposure” makes it on many cancer lists because manufacturing work can expose people to cancer-causing toxins and vapors. But a job is a job, and often beyond the control of the worker. Likewise, lung cancer has been irrefutably linked to radon, the radioactive element in air, but radon levels are determined by things like the location of your house and its material composition –things not exactly easy to change... Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Your Body: How To Burn Fat and Build Muscle

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Your Body: How To Burn Fat and Build Muscle

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ABOUT THE BOOK Most people can get behind the idea of looking great and having an attractive physical appearance. To most, that means having less body fat and more muscle tissue. As we all know, replacing fat deposits with muscle tissue isn’t easy. It involves adjusting your lifestyle, making diet changes, engaging in exercise, and using certain nutritional supplements that will speed up the process. If you’re willing to make the necessary changes and put in some hard work, you’ll be able to gain the physique you desire. Before you start your journey towards a leaner, more muscular and attractive body structure, it is useful to gain basic knowledge of essential fat loss and muscle-building techniques. If you are a beginner in the field of fitness and have no prior knowledge of nutrition, exercise routines, and supplements, then this is where you need to start. Here you’ll read about diet and exercise routines that really work, plus tips and tricks that make the process more effective and enjoyable. MEET THE AUTHOR The Hyperink Team works hard to bring you high-quality, engaging, fun content. If ever you have any questions about our products, or suggestions for how we can make them better, please don't hesitate to contact us! Happy reading! EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK After you follow the basic steps that include a healthy diet, an exercise regimen and nutritional supplements, you may still benefit from a few special tricks that will enhance the effectiveness of your fitness program. Increase your consumption of green tea. Besides being having a great taste, green tea is rich in theanine and antioxidants. Theanine increases your metabolism and enhances the productivity of your brain. Antioxidants protect your tissues from damage by toxic substances that will inevitably be produced in your muscles during your workout sessions. Avoid over-training. This situation occurs when a person is excessively enthusiastic about achieving fast results, so he or she engages in intense workout without proper rest between them. This can lead to muscle damage, emotional and physical exhaustion and even depression. Take your time and set realistic goals. If you feel no motivation to exercise, feel exhausted and emotionally unstable, these may be the first signs of over-training. Take three or more days off until returning to your normal exercise routine. Take arginine. Arginine is an amino acid that is naturally present in high-protein foods and several nutrition supplements. Besides being a component of muscle proteins, like other amino acids, it has a special property that is very useful for your fitness goals. Arginine facilitates the release of the Human Growth Hormone (HGH). This hormone stimulates the growth of children, and its production decreases with age. HGH promotes the production of new proteins and muscle growth. Buy a copy to keep reading!

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The Raw Food Diet: Does It Measure Up? (Weight Loss, Fitness, Wellness)

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The Raw Food Diet: Does It Measure Up? (Weight Loss, Fitness, Wellness)

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ABOUT THE BOOK If you look up raw food diets online, you’ll find a long, long list of websites dedicated to telling you how amazing the diet is, how many miracles it can do for you, and how low the one-time cost is for buying their food secrets. They call it the garden diet, or the organic diet, or raw foodism. Some even call it rawism, which sounds more like something a cute cat would do. The diet has had some high-class proponents (Steve Jobs used it during his battle with cancer), but when people start making claims about preventing cancers and or making wrinkles vanish, it’s easy to get suspicious. So many diets are fads, in one year and out the next, that trusting one enough to devote your whole kitchen to it takes a lot of trust. MEET THE AUTHOR Tyler Lacoma writes on business, environmental, and fitness topics, but squeezes in some time for fiction, too. He graduated from George Fox University and lives in beautiful Oregon, where he fills spaces between writing with outdoor fun, loud music, and time with family and friends. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Raw food diets start with one simple rule. Do not process. This may generate some vague ideas about packaging and hormones, but what it also means the absence of any type of cooking. No baking, microwaving, or heating is allowed above a set temperature. Depending on the plan, this magical number is between 92 and 118 degrees Fahrenheit. This is the strictest rule, but most raw food fans add a second commandment, too - don’t buy food that has been messed with. This translates to no genetic engineering, no pesticides, and no irradiation. The second rule is easier if you live in a place with access to local produce markets or a store that imports organic foods. Why reinvent your diet to avoid cooking? Well, most advocates talk about enzymes, specifically the enzymes in raw plants. Enzymes are protein chains that have very specific jobs - usually breaking down a material into its component parts. Our stomachs need enzymes to properly break down food, and while our bodies can create these catalyst proteins on its own, we end up ingesting a lot of them, too. Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Guide To Popular Diets For Muscle Building Regimens (Fitness, Bodybuilding, Performance)

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Guide To Popular Diets For Muscle Building Regimens (Fitness, Bodybuilding, Performance)

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ABOUT THE BOOK Planning on weight training to build serious muscle? Then take a second before you hit the gym. Working out is only half the story. You can lift all the weights you want, but if your diet isn’t crafted to build muscle, your gains will look more like toning. Sure, you’ll see muscle more easily, but you won’t see any increase in size. For real gains, you need to start eating the right foods, too. A Google search for muscle-building diets will yeild hundreds of different examples. Many do not work, while many others exist mostly to make money. Fortunately, nutritionists, trainers, and physical therapists have been working on power foods for many years now, so they have some proven facts. Make no mistake: the most important element of your diet is you. Always tailor meals to your own habits, your current goals, and your health. But as you customize, pick what works. With a steady regimen of the right foods at the right times, you can pack on muscle and make every trip to the gym worth it. Here are some popular diet ideas, with tips on how you can get the most muscle and energy. MEET THE AUTHOR Tyler Lacoma writes on business, environmental, and fitness topics, but squeezes in some time for fiction, too. He graduated from George Fox University and lives in beautiful Oregon, where he fills spaces between writing with outdoor fun, loud music, and time with family and friends. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Does this sound like strange advice? Not for a muscle diet. Your body needs a steady flow of caloric energy to keep on repairing the small rips your muscles develop every time you work out. Cutting calories cuts fat, but it also keeps you from growing more muscle, so get ready to eat a little more than you do right now. However, your body also needs the right building blocks to repair muscles with, and this means including a lot of protein in your diet. Take your current body weight and assign one gram of protein for every pound. This is a handy guideline for daily protein intake. A little less protein (0.8 grams per pound) works for lighter workouts, while a little more (1.5 grams or more) works well if you prefer intense, high-weight and low-repetition workouts most days of the week. The moment you start searching online or in your bookstore, you’ll run into lists of power foods to help hit your protein target while giving you energy. Generally, good diets include meats, fruits, vegetables, carbohydrate sources, and healthy fats. This leaves a lot of leeway in specific foods groups, so feel free to experiment. Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Quicklet on Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin's Three Cups of Tea

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Quicklet on Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin's Three Cups of Tea

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ABOUT THE BOOK Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects. Three Cups of Tea was written by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin in 2006 in order to raise awareness concerning efforts to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The story centers on Mortenson’s own evolution from a penniless mountain climber to a world-renowned humanitarian. During his descent from a failed attempt at climbing K2, Mortenson gets lost in the Karakoram region of Pakistan. He ends up in the small town of Korphe, where he vows to build a school for its children. Although it takes years for Mortenson to build the promised school in Korphe, following its eventual completion, he begins work on new schools in other towns. MEET THE AUTHOR Lacey Kohlmoos is a writer, traveler and lover of the arts. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BA in Drama & the Studies of Women and Gender, the only thing she knew for sure was that she wanted to travel. So, she embarked on a 10 1⁄2 month round-the-world trip, then traveled to Costa Rica where she spent one year teaching elementary school English in a small mountain town. Throughout her two years of travels, she's always kept a blog. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Once the Korphe school is complete, Mortenson feels as though his work is just beginning. Looking for adventure, as well as a new place to build schools, he travels to Waziristan. There he is kidnapped and held for eight days before being released unharmed. This turn of events leads to Mortenson’s decision to focus first on building schools in Baltistan, the area of Pakistan with which he is most familiar. Upon returning home from Pakistan, Mortenson is reminded that time doesn’t stand still during his absences: Tara gives birth to a baby girl and Hoerni is on his deathbed. Before Hoerni succumbs to cancer, though, he endows Mortenson’s Central Asia Institute with $1 million. Over the course of the next couple of years, Mortenson continues building schools in Pakistan. In addition, he becomes dedicated to girls’ education, providing services for refugees, and bringing improved medical care to rural Pakistan. On September 11, 2001, Mortenson is in Pakistan dedicating a new school. The 9/11 attacks mark a change in the way that Mortenson talks about his work. He tells reporters that terrorism is rooted not in Islam, but in poverty and lack of education. He believes that building schools and educating the children of Pakistan and Afghanistan is the best way to fight terrorism... Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Guide To Healthy Junk Foods (How To Cheat Your Diet)

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Guide To Healthy Junk Foods (How To Cheat Your Diet)

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ABOUT THE BOOK So, you’re on a diet. That’s a great start, but you know how it goes, right? First come the exciting cookbooks and articles, then the planning and dreaming about diet goals (slimming down, bulking up, making just the right amount of muscle show - all the cliches). Then comes the diet itself, and suddenly those plans slam into a wall made out of hunger, boredom, late nights, and lost willpower. There’s a reason people bounce around from diet to diet so often. Those delicious foods you’ve been accustomed to eating - from the bag of chips to the extra chicken nugget - are programmed into your body. When you stop following the old program, your digestive system and brain rally to complain, and suddenly you’re tempted to return to the old balance by adding fats, sweets, salty snacks, and all those other tasty bites you’re not supposed to eat. In other words, junk food happens. Here’s the good news: not all junk food is manufactured to be equal. Even if you break your diet, you can break in the right way, and still eat fewer calories than before. Fewer calories equals weight lost, and you still win the diet game. The even better news? There are both psychological and scientific reasons why junk food can - maybe even should - be an important part of any basic diet. The key is proper planning, while making sure your junk food passes the right health tests. So when that old hungry feeling hits again, don’t try to force it away. Set aside part of your diet to deal with it, because many junk foods will not really ruin your diet. Some snacks even have hidden health benefits, if you know what to look for. Adding a few hundred calories here and there may be one of the best food decisions you have every made. You’ll be amazed what you can eat to satisfy your off-diet cravings while still losing those pounds! MEET THE AUTHOR Tyler Lacoma writes on business, environmental, and fitness topics, but squeezes in some time for fiction, too. He graduated from George Fox University and lives in beautiful Oregon, where he fills spaces between writing with outdoor fun, loud music, and time with family and friends. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK All dieters know the feeling. It hits in the afternoons, or at the end of a stressful day, or every weekend, like clockwork. Suddenly you need to have a food, and your brain doesn’t care about anything else. This is the perfect time to use your junk food hall-pass, but try to tailor your food to the craving you are feeling. Here are a few good ideas. Salty When breaking free from high-sodium foods (the sort Americans love) or taking your cardio workout to the next level, salt cravings are natural. Salted almonds are a fantastic craving killer here, because they contain vitamin E, healthy fats, and nutrients that encourage your body to keep burning fat... Buy a copy to keep reading!

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Quicklet on Jon Krakauer's Three Cups of Deceit (CliffsNotes-like Book Summary)

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Quicklet on Jon Krakauer's Three Cups of Deceit (CliffsNotes-like Book Summary)

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ABOUT THE BOOK Like so many others, I remember reading Greg Mortenson’s revolutionary Three Cups of Tea for a college class. The book was an instant hit, both in the media and in my own mind. No one could resist its tale of compassion, adventure, and triumph, set in the exotic Far-Middle East but offering an uplifting tale in sharp contrast to news about war and conflict. Greg Mortenson himself appealed to me greatly. Who could not like a mountain-climbing humanitarian who escaped near-death to fall in love, all while creating a series of schools throughout impoverished Afghanistan and Pakistan? It was movie magic... And then it really was movie magic. Three Cups of Deceit pulled back the veil on Three Cups of Tea, revealing the lies, fabrications, and dishonesty Mortenson appears to have used when creating his adventure tale. What Three Cups of Deceit offers is a mixture of both argument and evidence. It does not come across as a separate story, but as a painful analysis of Tea and the sequel Stones into Schools. MEET THE AUTHOR Tyler Lacoma writes on business, environmental, and fitness topics, but squeezes in some time for fiction, too. He graduated from George Fox University and lives in beautiful Oregon, where he fills spaces between writing with outdoor fun, loud music, and time with family and friends. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK The text goes on to reveal how such actions damaged the causes the CAI has tried to advance and how the organization is not as successful as Mortenson would like its supporters to believe. Krakauer also takes time to analyze Mortenson’s own mistakes, financial sloppiness, and possible motives for fictionalizing what could have been an honest account of conditions in the Himalayas. The reason, according to Deceit, is only, “To inflate the myth of Greg Mortenson.” Krakauer divides his text into three different sections, eschewing chapters for a more organic flow. At less than 80 pages long, the bulk of the book does not require frequent headings to stay readable. The first section section, titled The Creation Myth, examines the account Greg Mortenson gives in Three Cups of Tea when he first came across Haji Ali and the village of Korphe, where he was inspired to build the first school. Krakauer frequently moves back and forth between his own exposition and quotes from Tea and other pieces written by or about Mortenson to highlight the differences in fact... Buy a copy to keep reading!

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