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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 […]
How can peanut butter address the problem of starvation and malnutrition? Dr. Mark J. Manary (photo) use a locally produced enriched peanut-butter mixture, called Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), to combat malnutrition in Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa. RUTF, which contains peanuts, powdered milk, oil, sugar, and added vitamins and minerals, is given to mothers to feed […]
In a previous entry, I’ve mentioned two heart-healthy reasons for eating pistachios. Aside from that, it has been found that pistachios may also reduce your body’s response to the stresses of everyday life.
“A 10-year follow-up study of young men showed that those who had larger cardiovascular responses to stress in the lab, were more likely […]
I just came across MSNBC this article by nutritionist Joy Bauer, author of Food Cures: Easy 4-step Nutrition Programs for Improving Your Body, which discusses how eating the right foods can make you look and feel fabulous. In a nutshell:
For Fabulous SKIN, eat foods rich in Beta Carotene, Vitamin C, E and Omega 3 fats.
For […]
Are you often sick? Or perhaps one of the first one to be knocked off during flu season? There’s a nice article on Women’s Health with tips on food items that help boost your immunity. Teas, oats, salad dressings, whey protein, tomatoes, bitterbur, sports drinks, wine, and capsaicin (the compound responsible for the zing in […]
Pardon the sporadic posts. I’ve been feeling dark, to say the least, as I recently received news that my father has taken ill. The last few days, I’ve been swinging from being optimistic and bright to being desolate and totally in the dump.
Times like these, I take comfort from a hot bath, a warm bed, […]
I have written about resveratrol before, a compound found in the grape skin and seeds which have been demonstrated in mouse trials to protect against strokes.
This time, researchers at the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging report that resveratrol may help improve the health and possibly increase the lifespan by offsetting […]
The UK Tea Council is running a poster advertising campaign on London Underground and Network South East trains this month to encourage people to drink more tea.
A minimum of four cups of tea a day will contribute to your daily fluid intake, the antioxidants tea contains can be beneficial for heart health, and the small […]
Although it has been suggested that the benefits of eating fish on cardiovascular health and mortality far outweighs the risks due to environmental pollutants, I suppose that is assuming one eats a variety of fish types. If you eat bluefin tuna this week and sardines next week, that’s better than always eating bluefin tuna, a […]
Despite all the health benefits of eating fish, many people are worried about the dangers posed by environmental pollutants found in fish such as mercury, PCBs and dioxins.
In what they claim to be the “single most comprehensive analysis to date of fish and health”, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) reviewed […]
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