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Plant Protein Linked to a Longer Life

If you like living, then you’ll love living longer, and according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine, eating adequate amounts of plant protein may be the way to put more gold in your golden years. This very large, very comprehensive study examined the 30 years of data in the National Health Survey andContinue reading “Plant Protein Linked to a Longer Life”

Back to School

You may not want to remind your children (or yourself) while still in the heat of the summer, but August sounds the call of BTS—back to school—whether a student wants to hear it or not. And there’s good reason to hear how AIM nutrition can help with the enrichment of mind and body, regardless of age or level of studies. ForContinue reading “Back to School”

You Can’t Out-Give Good

Chairman’s Club Director Dr. Mary Ruth Swope was honored at the 2016 AIM Conference in Branson, Missouri for becoming a member of the Eight Million Dollar Club. Dr. Swope has been with The AIM Companies for over three decades and has done much to spread the word about the nutritional powers of green barley through her television appearances, radio broadcasts and by penning booksContinue reading “You Can’t Out-Give Good”

She Was Told That She Would Have To Wear A Neck Brace for 6 Weeks, It Came Off In Two

Sandy Joslyn was seriously injured in a car accident nineteen years ago and then caused  further damage to her injury in January 2016 from a fall at home. Since her car accident, Sandy would intermittently lose the feeling in her fingers, her feet and other areas of her body at various times during the day. It took nineteen years for doctorsContinue reading “She Was Told That She Would Have To Wear A Neck Brace for 6 Weeks, It Came Off In Two”

A Plant-Based Diet Lowers Diabetes Risk by up to 34%

A Large-Scale Harvard Study Extols the Virtues of a Plant-Based Diet  Regular rutabaga, carrot and beet consumption may be the key to warding off type 2 diabetes. This comes from a large-scale study out of Harvard University that followed the dietary patterns of over 200,000 thousand subjects over the better part of two decades. Among the manyContinue reading “A Plant-Based Diet Lowers Diabetes Risk by up to 34%”

Protein as an Afternoon Snack May Help with Weight Management

For many years when I would get hungry in the afternoons, I would reach for a nice cold barrel fish. Back then, eating barrel fish was very convenient for me because of my proximity to barrels and fish. But little did I know that eating barrel-raised, protein-rich fish while watching my mid-day “stories” was helping me to keepContinue reading “Protein as an Afternoon Snack May Help with Weight Management”

Plan on Aging Gracefully? Well, You’d Better Fiber Up!

We all know that fiber is great for the digestive system. The two go together like horse and carriage or peanut butter and chocolate. However, a new study out of Australia that was published in the The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (the longest name ever) found that a diet highContinue reading “Plan on Aging Gracefully? Well, You’d Better Fiber Up!”

4 Nutritional Strategies for Men’s Health

#1 Healthy Fats  The inner workings of omega-3 and -6 are something that men should experience daily as these essential fatty acids (EFAs) work from the inside out, from healthy cell growth, function and repair to youthful looking skin. EFAs can only come from food or supplemental intake. The body goes beyond surviving to thriving with the presence of these healthy fats. Yes!Continue reading “4 Nutritional Strategies for Men’s Health”