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Bland foods, as spicy or complex foods can irritate the bowels. Bland foods that may help with diarrhea include: hot cereals such as oatmeal, cream of wheat, or rice porridge; bananas; applesauce; plain white rice; bread or toast; boiled potatoes and unseasoned crackers. These foods may be especially helpful on the first day of dealing with diarrhea. Eating many small meals throughout the day can help keep the digestive system from becoming overworked.

Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet. Some sources of sugar are worse than others, and sugary drinks are the absolute worst. When people drink sugar calories, the brain doesn't "register" them as food. For this reason, people don't automatically compensate by eating less of other foods instead, and end up drastically increasing their total calorie intake.

Fruit juice is often assumed to be healthy, but this is a mistake. Many fruit juices are actually little more than fruit-flavored sugar water. It is true that juice contains some antioxidants and vitamin C, but this must be weighed against the large amount of liquid sugar. In fact, fruit juice contains just as much sugar as a sugary drink, or sometimes even more.

You can prevent sun damaged skin by eating Wild Salmon. Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant that helps protect skin from the harmful effects of UVA sun damage, acting almost like an eternal sunblock. It's found in seafood such as salmon, krill, shrimp, lobster, crabs and crayfish.

Research links tea to lower risks of heart attack, certain cancers, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. More antioxidants were unleashed in tea steeped for 5 minutes than for just 1 or 2, according to a British study.

If we do not stay hydrated, physical performance can suffer. This is particularly important during intense exercise or high heat. Dehydration can have a noticeable effect if you lose as little as 2% of your body's water content. This can lead to altered body temperature control, reduced motivation, increased fatigue and make exercise feel much more difficult, both physically and mentally.