… body’s rapid tailspin towards insulin resistance again. It motivated by a desire to help others take control of their health, their bodies, their state of mind and their success. The Fat Burn Detox Factor is a weight-loss Program that is acquiring …
Category: Dieting
On Health: Do carbs make you fat?
… replacements. If you think you have celiac disease, see a doctor to get tested before diving into a gluten-free diet. Health Canada follows the Institute of Medicine’s Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range : a healthy diet should be 45-65 per …
Have americans given up on losing weight?
… of epidemiology with Georgia Southern University. Zhang and his colleagues analyzed data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a federally funded ongoing survey that keeps track of Americans’ health and diet habits. All …
Physicians analyze food trends and publish dietary prescription for optimal heart health
This figure summarizes the foods discussed in this paper that should be consumed often, and others that should be avoided from a cardiovascular health perspective. Credit: Freeman, A.M. et al. J Am Coll Cardio l.
Salmon is healthy, but wild salmon is healthier than the farmed variety.
… as it antidotes mercury, a toxin that can often be found in seafood.” Farmed salmon is associated with another major health concern: toxicity. Bradshaw cites an independent laboratory test commissioned in 2003 by Environmental Working Group that …
Chef Wendell: Preventing heart attack
… fresh garden produce, good fats and fiber are proven to prevent a heart attack. Food has everything to do with heart health. Not just for the aging, Harvard Medical School reports up to 10% of all heart attacks now occur under the age of 45. 1st …
‘Fasting-mimicking’ diet said to reduce risk factors for aging
… in disease prevention and treatment.” Dr. Joseph Antoun, CEO of L-Nutra, Inc., which produces FMD, told Reuters Health by email that FMD “is intended for use by individuals who want to optimize their health and wellbeing, by overweight or obese …
Diet Doc Nutritional Experts Help Mediterranean Diet Patients Achieve Long Term Weight Loss Success
… and wine; and restricted consumption of non-fish meat or meat products. It offers many benefits such as reducing health issues like heart disease and diabetes and improving brain function. The Mediterranean Diet promotes healthy weight loss based on …
12 Heart-Smart Tips You Haven’t Heard
When I flip my calendar to February, two things usually come to my mind. One, I’m getting tired of the cold and snowy winter, and two, Valentine’s Day is coming.
Break up with bad food
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate the special relationship you have with a loved one, but we all know there are other types of relationships, too. Some of these relationships are referred to as “toxic” because they can damage our mental health.
Endurance training may have a protective effect on the heart
… a single bout of endurance exercise . This may contribute to the protective effects of exercise on cardiovascular health.’ More information: Andrew T. Ludlow et al, Acute exercise activates p38 MAPK and increases the expression of telomere …
Diet Doc Recommends Nutritional Counseling Program For Rapid Weight Loss With FODMAP Diet
… the diet, especially for those with sensitive stomachs, significantly promotes a balanced weight and better overall health. Dieters are advised to follow the FODMAP food list while avoiding harmful foods like onion, garlic, processed foods and wheat …
Women are affected by heart disease too
In Jamaica, we observe Heart Month with several activities over the course of the month led by the Heart Foundation of Jamaica, the Cardiology Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies and other cardiologists and heart centres promoting awareness of heart disease prevention and early detection and treatment. This year, the theme for heart month is sudden cardiac arrest.
World Cancer Day: What to eat and what to avoid to keep the disease at bay
One of the highest growing diseases in the world, cancer blocks channels, stops body systems to function and ultimately leads to death in most of the cases. Interestingly, several lifestyle factors contribute to the cancer risk.
Ketogenic diet: is it worth the hype? 20 minutes ago
The Ketogenic diet is getting a lot of buzz on the internet and in weight loss communities. Diet followers claim it provides many health benefits, such as weight loss, improving epileptic seizures, and some claim it helps to fight cancer.
Could regularly eating mushrooms prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
… against inflammation – both key factors in staving off dementia. “Mushrooms and their extracts appear to hold many health benefits, including immune-modulating effects. A number of edible mushrooms have been shown to contain rare and exotic …
Global Threonine Acids Expected to Be Biggest Emerging Market by 2026
… regions. Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa hold huge potential and shows substantial growth in terms of rising health standards, increasing in the customer base, growing disposable income, expanding demand for processed food, high consumption of …
Presidential Health Has Always Been a Well-Kept Secret
President-elect Donald Trump is 70 years old, which makes him the oldest incoming president by a few months. What does this mean for his health? According to his private physician , Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump has normal blood pressure and no extensive medical history.
Unintended consequences, special interests, and our problem with sugar
“The dietary fat consensus negated the viability of a competing hypothesis that highly processed carbohydrates, and particularly sugars, are the macronutrients to worry about in the American diet. By this thinking, the modern diet damages our health not through cholesterol-related mechanisms but through disruptions of insulin signaling, in which diabetes and so premature death is the end state.
Study: Quitting smoking is hardest resolution to keep
… quit taking the habit up again by the end of January, according to new data released by the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK. Of more than 2,000 people surveyed about their resolutions at the end of 2016 by research consultancy Populus, 175 …
Cheese Has These 5 Secret Health Benefits
… of others, as proof that the thousands of molecules that come together to form cheese actually make it good for our health. Can we get an amen?! Cheese contains tons of protein, which bodies need to build cell structures, and helps you stay full …
Quitting smoking is the hardest resolution to keep
… quit taking the habit up again by the end of January, according to new data released by the Royal Society of Public Health in the UK. Of more than 2,000 people surveyed about their resolutions at the end of 2016 by research consultancy Populus, 175 …
Vital role of Vitamin D in improving gut flora and preventing…
Scientists have discovered that vitamin D deficiency is necessary for metabolic syndrome caused by a high-fat diet to progress in mice. The main cause of metabolic syndrome appears to be a diet high in fat or carbohydrate.
Nation-Now 43 mins ago 7:12 p.m.13 ways to get more antioxidants this year
… radical accumulation, however, be it atoms, ions or molecules, is harmful and can have severe consequences on our health. These unstable molecules are detrimental to the proper structure and function of cells throughout the body due to their ability …
Here’s why starting the New Year with a crash diet is a bad idea…
… or obese women who yo-yo dieted, otherwise known as ‘weight cycling’. “Weight cycling is an emerging global health concern associated with attempts of weight loss, but there have been inconsistent results about the health hazards for those who …
Resolved: A no-diet new year starts now
… weight while I was still young. If we’d asked a doctor, they likely would have said dieting for an 11 year old was a health risk. But we didn’t ask a doctor. My mom’s own body-image demons clouded her ability to determine what was truly best for my …
It’s All in the Facts: Reasons to Change This New Year, 2017
2. Complications from obesity, including increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, osteoarthritis and cancers, account for 90 percent of all health care costs. These are lifestyle diseases and are mostly preventable with exercise and healthy eating.
Best dieting apps: 8 apps to help you lose weight
… next meal or you can take something off the menu and Nutrino will log it and take it into consideration. There is a health coach on board to keep you on track and you can also keep up to date with the latest nutritional research through this app. …
PA Dept. of Health: Add Healthy Choices to Your New Year’s Resolution List
Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy is encouraging Pennsylvanians to add easy health choices to their list of New Year’s resolutions. “Many of us make resolutions to better ourselves in the New Year,” Murphy said.
The World Lost Carrie Fisher Too Soon
… have addressed what I am about to tell you now. While I do not know the particulars of Ms. Fisher’s life and general health , there are some concerns of universal nature that we can learn from her premature loss. There have been reports in the …
Does Santa’s diet, lifestyle earn him a stocking full of coal?
… own doctor. However, “by all accounts, he is over 550 years old and still very active, so maybe there’s more to his health habits than immediately meets the eye,” said Caudle, an assistant professor at Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J. It’s …
Does Santa’s Diet, Lifestyle Earn Him a Stocking Full of Coal?
… own doctor. However, “by all accounts, he is over 550 years old and still very active, so maybe there’s more to his health habits than immediately meets the eye,” said Caudle, an assistant professor at Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J. It’s …
Does Santa’s Diet, Lifestyle Earn Him a Stocking Full of Coal?
… own doctor. However, “by all accounts, he is over 550 years old and still very active, so maybe there’s more to his health habits than immediately meets the eye,” said Caudle, an assistant professor at Rowan University, in Glassboro, N.J. It’s …
Short-term, low-carb diets better for weight loss than low-fat diets
… low-carb diets, in order to find out if they are safe and effective for weight loss, and cardiovascular and metabolic health. They published the results of their study in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association . Depending on the diet, …