_ Healthy Diet & NutritionStuff the Turkey, Not Yourself: 10 Stay-Slim Tips for Thanksgiving By thirdAGE articleThanksgiving is almost here, which means football, family, food, food, and more food. According to the Calorie Control Council, the … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition UlcersA New and Improved Turmeric? By thirdAGE articleResearchers have figured out a way to better distribute the biological effects of curcumin, an anti-inflammatory, over-the-counter supplement that until … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition High blood pressure / hypertension4 Amazing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure Naturally By thirdAGE article Blood pressure, sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure or hypertension, is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon … Read More→
_ Food Allergies & Intolerance food poisoninig Healthy Diet & NutritionFDA Ensures Your Foods From Animals Are Safe By thirdAGE articleIf you eat meat or drink milk, you want to know: Are there trace amounts of the veterinary drugs used … Read More→
Healthy Diet & Nutrition Senior HealthHalf of Elderly People Are Happy to Try New Foods By thirdAGE articleElderly people are regarded as traditional consumers, but a study done by AZTI: The Safe Consortium in Spain found that … Read More→
_ Aging Well Healthy Diet & NutritionFive Secrets of Resilience By thirdAGE articleThose of us who have a pulse also have risks … risks of bad things happening at anytime, anyplace. Illness, … Read More→
Aging Well Brain Health Healthy Diet & NutritionCocoa Flavanols Combat "Senior Moments" By thirdAGE articleTaking the chill out of winter weather by indulging in cup of hot cocoa may also be helping to dial … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & NutritionCalorie Counting and Your Brain By thirdAGE articleWe’ve all seen those little booklets that tell you how many calories are in different kinds of food. As it … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & NutritionAn Over-The-Counter Remedy Could Eventually Fight TB By Jane Farrell articleAn over-the-counter remedy can help reduce age-related lung inflammation, according to a new study. Researchers from The Ohio State University … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition7 Ways to Eat More Vegetables By Jane Farrell articleWe all know we’re supposed to eat plenty of vegetables, but we don’t always do it, even though consuming veggies … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & NutritionStudy: Personalized Therapy May Combat Alzheimer’s By Jane Farrell articleA personalized, multi-pronged approach involving diet and lifestyle changes may be effective in combating Alzheimer’s and other cognitive disorders, according … Read More→
Healthy Diet & NutritionDairy is Good for Your Metabolic Health By Jane Farrell articleResearch done at CHU de Québec Research Center and Laval University in Canada found that dairy consumption may also have … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Heart HealthFall Fruit and Vegetable Guide By Jane Farrell articleWith fall come brisk days, turning leaves – and a bounty of tempting, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here, the experts … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition“Spice” Up Your Health By thirdAGE articleDid you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition“Spice” Up Your Health By Sondra Forsyth articleBy Diane Blum Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a handful of spices each day?Simply adding the right spices increases nutrients in your diet, allows you to use less salt and sugar for taste, and also has important health side benefits. Here are a few of the healthiest:1) Cinnamon
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_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Medical CareChange in Tube Feeding Boosts Nutrition By Sondra Forsyth articleWhile the importance of enteral nutrition (EN), or feeding patients through a tube, in an intensive care unit is well understood, underfeeding is still common. A practice of a certain amount of feeding per hour can be interrupted by tests, procedures, or emergencies. Changing to a volume-based system, which calls for a certain nutrition volume per day, could reduce underfeeding, according to a quality improvement audit published in the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's (A.S.P.E.N.) Nutrition in Clinical Practice journal on August 26th 2014.
_ Aging Well Healthy Diet & NutritionAre You as Old as What You Eat? By Sondra Forsyth articleResearchers from University College London (UCL) have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism, and immunity is involved in the process of aging. The two new studies, supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), could help to enhance our immunity to disease through dietary intervention and help make existing immune system therapies more effective.