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Most kids do, but how about YOU drink milk?
As milk the primary source of calcium, we would all benefit in drinking milk (and eating dairy products) well into adulthood. If you are vegetarian, lactose-intolerant, milk allergic, or simply do not like the taste of milk, you need to make sure you’re getting enough calcium from […]
Wine consumption has already been documented many times to help reduce the risks of Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The health benefit is believed to be an effect of a compound called resveratrol, found in grape skin and seed.
But what if you’re a teetotaler? Or are perhaps taking other medications that are contra-indicated with […]
Aside from possibly protecting you from diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and alcoholic cirrhosis, a recent survey study suggests that women coffee drinkers have a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease or cancer.
Women consuming two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease during the […]
Resveratrol has been reported many times over to help against a wide range of maladies: Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, among others.
And the list gets longer: resveratrol can also help battle obesity, a recent report claims.
Researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany wanted to know if resveratrol could mimic the effects of calorie restriction […]
If you were to drink just one beverage all your life, what would it be?
I’m not especially fond of its taste, but I am starting to think we’d be better off in choosing green tea. In addition to the various health benefits of green tea I’ve written many times here at Eating Fabulous, a new […]
Luteolin, a plant flavonoid found in celery and green peppers has been found to reduce inflammatory response in the brain and may thus have a potential role in treating neuroinflammation as a result of aging and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Graduate research assistant Saebyeol Jang studied the inflammatory response in microglial […]
Spring time, asparagus time!
Asparagus are perfect for pregnant women or those planning to conceive as they are rich in folic acid, a nutrient documented to help prevent a developmental birth defect called spina bifida in newborns. Low folate consumption has also been associated with increased homocysteine levels, a risk factor linked with coronary heart disease, […]
In a long-term population study of about 1,500 Swedish women, researchers found out further evidence that there is a something in wine that protects then from suffering from dementia.
The findings are based on 1,458 women who were included in the so-called Population Study of Women from 1968. When they were examined by physicians they were […]
Being forgetful is a normal consequence of getting old. But if your memory fails you more often than it should, perhaps eating blueberries and other foods rich in flavonoids, particular ly anthocyanins and flavanols, may help in reversing your age-related deficits in memory.
Although the precise mechanisms by which these plant-derived molecules affect the brain are […]
March is the National Nutrition Month, a nutrition education and information campaign created by the American Dietetic Association.
During National Nutrition Month®, the American Dietetic Association urges consumers to look beyond the myths of nutrition, focus on the facts and remember the theme for the month, Nutrition: It’s a Matter of Fact.
“It may seem difficult to […]
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