Tag: Nutrition

What Do We Know About Diet and Prevention of Alzheimer’s?

Many studies suggest that our diet may affect the aging brain’s ability to think and remember. These findings have led to research on general eating patterns and whether they might make a difference.  One diet that shows promising evidence of health benefits is the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fish, and… Continue reading What Do We Know About Diet and Prevention of Alzheimer’s?

DASH diet tops rankings for “heart-healthy” and “healthy eating”

WHAT: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) has tied for first out of 39 diets for “Best Diets for Healthy Eating” and “Best Heart-Healthy Diets” in the 2021 Best Diets external link report from U.S. News & World Report. DASH, which builds nutrient-dense meals around whole grains, low-fat dairy products, vegetables, and fruits, and includes… Continue reading DASH diet tops rankings for “heart-healthy” and “healthy eating”

Five Tips for A Healthy Fall

As we dive into another unpredictable fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association (AHA) is urging people to take time to nurture their body and mind for better overall health. “After the past several months disrupted many of our typical routines, this fall is a great chance to reset and resume a… Continue reading Five Tips for A Healthy Fall

Experts Urge Diet Evaluation at Regular Checkups

The time has come for routine health care visits to include some form of dietary assessment and counseling, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) published in October 2020 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. The statement, written by a group of nutrition and cardiovascular… Continue reading Experts Urge Diet Evaluation at Regular Checkups

The Not-So-Sweet Truth About Sugar and Sweeteners

Most of us love sweet foods and drinks. But after that short burst of sweetness, you may worry about how sweets affect your waistline and your overall health. Is sugar truly bad for us? How about artificial or low-calorie sweeteners? What have scientists learned about the sweet things that most of us eat and drink… Continue reading The Not-So-Sweet Truth About Sugar and Sweeteners

Food Labels Have Effects on Consumption and Product Formulation

Over the past two decades, labels such as the U.S. Nutrition Facts Panel on packaged foods, calorie counts on national restaurant menus, front-of-pack labels encouraging healthier eating, and “low-sodium” or “fat-free” identifiers have been developed in order to promote healthier choices. But do they work? A new Food-PRICE systematic review and meta-analysis of interventional studies,… Continue reading Food Labels Have Effects on Consumption and Product Formulation

Top Surprising Nutrients for Bone Health

Healthy bones require a total of 19 vitamins and minerals for optimum health. And many foods contain more than one top bone health nutrient. Whole foods that are unprocessed and organic are best, since pesticides inhibit the growth of nutrients within a plant. It’s also recommended that we regularly alter our menu choices to derive bone… Continue reading Top Surprising Nutrients for Bone Health

Tips to Help Parents Reduce Food Waste Due to Picky Eaters

When it comes to teaching children to eat a healthy diet, patience is necessary. Kids may love a food one day and hate it the next. Some foods may need to be presented 15-20 times before a child takes a liking to it. For pickier eaters, they many need even more tries before accepting an… Continue reading Tips to Help Parents Reduce Food Waste Due to Picky Eaters

Are Parents to Blame for Their Child’s Obesity?

Most parents don’t let their children blame others if the child is doing something that is the child’s fault. They tell their children to own up to their mistakes and find a way to fix them. When it comes to the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, parents should take some of their own… Continue reading Are Parents to Blame for Their Child’s Obesity?

Post-Surgery: Getting Your Mojo Back

The body’s reaction to surgery depends on many factors, including the type and location of the surgery, the aftereffects of anesthesia, and the patient’s overall health. Beyond the variation from person to person, all surgery is trauma to the body – the entire body – and induces a common and predictable response beyond the immediate… Continue reading Post-Surgery: Getting Your Mojo Back

5 Steps to Healthy, Fabulous Hair

From taking essential vitamins to a simple head massage, hair restoration expert Dr. Baiju Gohil breaks down some easy ways to get enviable hair this season.  Dr. Gohil is a board-certified surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, dedicated to hair restoration and hair loss treatment. He opened Robotic Hair Restoration Long of… Continue reading 5 Steps to Healthy, Fabulous Hair

Healthy Eating for Families

March is National Nutrition Month–a time to shed some light on our food choices and how we can develop some sound eating and physical activity habits. Health professionals seem to agree that American families desperately need both of them. In fact, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that nearly 21% of… Continue reading Healthy Eating for Families

10 Tips for Better Food Choices

Make yourself a priority and take time to care for yourself. Here, ChooseMyPlate.gov, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, helps you choose the types and amounts of food and beverages you need. Find out what you need Get personalized nutrition information based on your age, gender, height, weight, and physical activity level. SuperTracker… Continue reading 10 Tips for Better Food Choices

Sugar Alert

Editor’s note: Sugar plays a role in serious conditions such as diabetes and obesity. And even for the healthiest among us, it provides only empty calories. You might think it’s easy to recognize sugars when checking a food label. But sugar comes under a number of different names, and it can benefit your health to… Continue reading Sugar Alert

Eating More Whole Grains Linked with Lower Mortality Rates

Eating more whole grains may reduce the risk of premature death, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study found that people who ate the most whole grains (70 grams/day, about 4 servings), compared with those who ate little or no whole grains, had a lower… Continue reading Eating More Whole Grains Linked with Lower Mortality Rates

A New Nutrition Picture for Older Adults

Experts have drawn up a new nutrition icon for seniors, with an emphasis on meeting older adults’ nutritional needs in terms of federal government’s 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines. Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University, with support from AARP Foundation, introduced… Continue reading A New Nutrition Picture for Older Adults

Do Your Grandkids Play Sports? What You Should Know about Concussions

With spring sports like baseball, softball, and soccer coming up, parents and grandparents need to be aware of why concussions are such serious injuries and how they can be treated. Concussions have traditionally been associated with high-impact sports like football, and even in this setting, knocks on the head that don’t “seem” serious have often… Continue reading Do Your Grandkids Play Sports? What You Should Know about Concussions