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Minor But Effective Diet Changes To Make
In order to live a healthier life, diet changes may be necessary. But it does not necessarily mean that you have to make considerable changes in your diet. There are certain minor but effective tweaks that you can make on your diet to gain some healthful and lifelong benefits. Here are just some of them. Sample other whole wheat varieties once or twice a week. The typical diet today usually consis... [Read More]
Resistant Starch Foods, Dieting's New Darling
The health industry is all abuzz about a new trend in dieting: Resistant starch foods. This type of foods is unique in a sense that it does not digest in the small intestine and instead digests more slowly than usual in the large intestine. Because of this, less calories are consumed, giving a greater sense of fullness. This is in contrast to high-glucose foods that are digested quickly for a quic... [Read More]
Different Ways Alcohol Affects The Body
Drinking alcohol has become a common habit which can sometimes become quite hard to stop. Once alcoholism sets in, it would be quite difficult for people to stop and will eventually lead to a number of alcohol-related health problems. One of the problems may be due to that common ignorance of what alcohol actually does to the brain and and how it affects the body. Alcohol may be a common vice amon... [Read More]
Developing Healthy Habits In Kids A Shared Responsibility
The American Dietetic Association calls for local support among schools and communities to work together and provide healthy and affordable meals to children as a means to help them develop and practice healthy behaviors for life. This was published as a position paper in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. This position paper also represents the official stance o... [Read More]
Foods For Healthy Heart And Gums
Medical experts have recently found out that the health of your gums may somehow be related to your heart. Studies show that people with gum disease are twice as likely to also suffer from heart problems. For this reason, doctors are coming up with the message that dealing with one problem may help people avoid the other. The link between dental and heart problems may stem around the effects of in... [Read More]
A Different Take On Meat
Most of the current diets today seem to try and avoid consuming as much meat as possible. One of the usual reasons is that many associate eating red meat with increased heart attack risk. But recent research has shown that this belief may not be entirely true when different types of meat are considered. According to a recent study conducted by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (... [Read More]
Big Changes Recommended for American Diet
A new report has recommended drastic changes to the American diet, including lowering total calorie consumption, cutting down on salt and sugars intake, and concentrating on diets based on plants and sea food.The report, prepared by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, will set as a foundation for current federal guidelines on diet, nutrition, and health. It could also influence current... [Read More]
Common Everyday Foods That May Be Risky
Common everyday foods become a staple and a main source of nourishment for many people. Most of them are considered by most people as safe. But there are also a number of common everyday foods that might just pose a risk to people if eaten. Here are some of them. Alcohol Alcohol is a common beverage and recreational drug. Considered legal almost all around the world, alcohol is already known to ha... [Read More]
Trimming Down the Right Way
Deprivation is a bad thing for dieters, according to Dietician Cynthia Sass (co-author of Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy), as trimming more than 500 calories a day can slow down one's metabolism and could even trigger more intense food cravings. This is why diet experts recommend to trim your food intake wisely.Women's Health magazine compiled a list of to-do's in trimming down, depending on how fa... [Read More]
Taking Calcium to Live longer
Researchers have recently found out that taking calcium may help people actually live longer. Swedish researchers report that increasing the amount of calcium in your diet may affect your life span. Scientists from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm studied the effects of both magnesium and calcium on the body in relation to the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality rates am... [Read More]