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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Stuff the Turkey, Not Yourself: 10 Stay-Slim Tips for Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is almost here, which means football, family, food, food, and more food. According to the Calorie Control Council, the … Read More→
Eating a nutritious and healthy diet is one of the keys to a better life. Healthier food is better for your overall health. Check out these nutrition tips.
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Ulcers
A New and Improved Turmeric?
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Researchers have figured out a way to better distribute the biological effects of curcumin, an anti-inflammatory, over-the-counter supplement that until … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
High blood pressure / hypertension
4 Amazing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure Naturally
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Blood pressure, sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure or hypertension, is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon … Read More→
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Food Allergies & Intolerance
food poisoninig
Healthy Diet & Nutrition
FDA Ensures Your Foods From Animals Are Safe
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If 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 Health
Half of Elderly People Are Happy to Try New Foods
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Elderly people are regarded as traditional consumers, but a study done by AZTI: The Safe Consortium in Spain found that … Read More→
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Aging Well
Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Five Secrets of Resilience
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Those 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 & Nutrition
Cocoa Flavanols Combat "Senior Moments"
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Taking the chill out of winter weather by indulging in cup of hot cocoa may also be helping to dial … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Calorie Counting and Your Brain
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We’ve all seen those little booklets that tell you how many calories are in different kinds of food. As it … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
An Over-The-Counter Remedy Could Eventually Fight TB
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An over-the-counter remedy can help reduce age-related lung inflammation, according to a new study. Researchers from The Ohio State University … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
7 Ways to Eat More Vegetables
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We all know we’re supposed to eat plenty of vegetables, but we don’t always do it, even though consuming veggies … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Study: Personalized Therapy May Combat Alzheimer’s
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A 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 & Nutrition
Dairy is Good for Your Metabolic Health
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Research done at CHU de Québec Research Center and Laval University in Canada found that dairy consumption may also have … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Heart Health
Fall Fruit and Vegetable Guide
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With fall come brisk days, turning leaves – and a bounty of tempting, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here, the experts … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
“Spice” Up Your Health
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Did you know that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your health is to use a … Read More→
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
“Spice” Up Your Health
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By 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
Healthy recipes
Watch: 6 Healthy Green Superfood Alternatives to Kale
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Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Medical Care
Change in Tube Feeding Boosts Nutrition
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While 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.
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Aging Well
Healthy Diet & Nutrition
Are You as Old as What You Eat?
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Researchers 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.
