6 Creative New Ways to Enjoy Summer Fruits
Summer is peak season for many delicious fruits like strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, peaches and more. With so many wonderful choices, it's surprising that many people miss out on tasty ways to enjoy fruits all summer long.
Because fruits are sweet, many people think of them as dessert only, but fruit can add depth and flavor to salads and main dishes. Sweet fruits can balance out salty, tangy flavors, like mixing strawberries and feta cheese in a salad, or can mellow out the heat from chiles and other fiery spices, like salsas made with mango and chile peppers.
Less Sugar Than You Might Think
People with diabet...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sweet dreams: eating chocolate prevents heart disease
If you’re a chocoholic, the news out of England is tantalizing: middle-aged and older adults who eat up to 3.5 ounces of chocolate a day (that’s more than two standard Hershey bars) seem to have lower rates of heart disease than those who spurn chocolate.
At least that was the conclusion of a study that followed the health of nearly 21,000 resident of Norfolk, England, for 11 years. Among those in the top tier of chocolate consumption, 12% developed or died of cardiovascular disease during the study, compared to 17.4% of those who didn’t eat chocolate. The results were published online in the medical jour...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Healthy Eating Heart Health chocolate cocoa flavonoids Source Type: news
Start Your Day Healthy: The Benefits of Breakfast
This study, along with other studies with similar results, showed that a protein-rich breakfast led to less hunger throughout the day and saw favorable changes in the hormones and brain signals that control appetite. This Egg White and Vegetable Frittata is another outstanding way to get in a protein-rich breakfast. This recipe is great to make in batches; just freeze the extras and then pop them in the microwave for a quick and easy breakfast.
Tofu
Morning Tofu and Vegetable Scramble is another protein and nutrient rich way to get your day started in a healthy way. It's abundant in nutrients and antioxidants including p...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Eating Healthy Is Like Dating A Guy That Looks Good On Paper
We all strive for eating healthy and trying to be as nutritionally sound as possible. But sometimes eating chai seed smoothies, flax oatmeal, and kale as every side dish can actually turn out not so great.
Let me explain...
Let's say a client hands me their food journal and it looks like this:
8:00 a.m.: greek yogurt and blueberries
11:00 a.m.: handful of almonds
12:00 p.m.: salad with grilled chicken and extra vegetables
3:00 p.m.: an apple with nuts
6:00 p.m.: tilapia with broccoli and cauliflower
This is like the quintessential near-perfect diet diary, am I right?! I mean, submit this in class and you'd get an A++...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 Key Nutrients For Better Brainpower
By Nancy Christie
When it comes to what we eat, we usually worry more about our waistlines than our wisdom. But a diet that contains a wide assortment of healthy foods and nutrients doesn’t just benefit your body; it may protect your brain from cognitive decline as you age. In order to defend against a variety of age-related conditions that can impair your memory and the general functioning of your brain, a good first step is to concentrate on incorporating three nutrients into your diet: omega-3 fatty acids, flavonoids and vitamin E.
1. Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Brain Volume
For your memory to function smoothly, your br...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How Do I Start Running? A Practical Plan for Beginners
Sounds straightforward and easy enough. You're ready to start running and decide to find some good advice on the Web. You plug in your search terms and, uh-oh, information overload. You'll find plans that tell you cross train, plans with speed sessions and hill workouts, plans that emphasize walking, plans for 5k, 10k, and half marathon races. Mostly they're plans written for somebody other than you.
A Practical Running Plan for Beginners
Let's try a different approach! I'm not going to give you a generic calendar of prescribed workouts. Instead, I'm going to give you some helpful tips on how to make running a fun part...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The six foods you should add to your diet to help prevent cancer and stroke
Weight-loss expert, Dr Sally Norton, reveals how cherries, avocados, cranberries, blueberries, pumpkin and chia seeds are a 'power-house of nutritional value' helping boost your health. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Happy Stress Awareness Month!
Stress awareness month always confused me. Aren't we always hyperaware of how stressed we are? What we may not realize is how stress affects us.
The Price of Stress
When we are stressed our limbic brain takes over, shutting down all body systems which do not help us fight or flee danger. Our digestive, reproductive and immune systems are turned off momentarily to move all our power and energy to our muscles to run or defend ourselves. Once the immediate danger is over, our systems revert back to normal functioning.
The problem is, today our stressors are not momentary physical dangers but a constant bombardment of mental...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Health Benefits of Sweet vs. Regular Potatoes
Why do sweet potatoes get "superfood" status while regular potatoes are vilified? Here's why both tubers deserve a place on your plate.
It's time to set the record straight on spuds.
In recent years, and in certain "healthy eating" circles, the sweet potato has been crowned a "superfood" while the regular potato has been treated like the bad guy.
High carb, high glycemic index, loaded with antinutrients? Is the plain old potato really so bad?
Here's the real deal: Both regular potatoes and sweet potatoes deserve a place in your diet. You can eat both as part of a well-balanced, whole food diet and still have a lean ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
12 Foods To Eat When You're Totally Stressed Out
This study was small so more research is needed to confirm the results—but considering yogurt is full of calcium and protein in addition to probiotics, you really can't go wrong by adding more of it to your diet.
Salmon.
When you're stressed, it can ratchet up anxiety hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. "The omega-3 fatty acids in salmon have anti-inflammatory properties that may help counteract the negative effects of stress hormones," says Lisa Cimperman, RD, of the University Hospitals Case Medical Center and a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In a study funded by the National Institute...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Vitamin Could Save Your Life
For years, I’ve recommended that my patients take a special family of super-nutrients with the power to boost their health and save their lives in at least a half a dozen ways.
I’m talking about tocotrienols, an especially potent form of vitamin E.
Tocotrienols, which comprise four out of the eight types of vitamin E, are powerful antioxidants that until recently were ignored by mainstream medicine.
But the patients at my wellness clinic and regular readers of my newsletter will know that I’ve recommended them as a critical nutrient for years.
And I do it because almost daily I observe the effects of the...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - March 26, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Nutrition antioxidants brain Cancer heart heart disease nutrients supplements vitamins Source Type: news
7 Rules For A Happier, Healthier Life
Sometimes, when you're looking to make some new healthy changes to your life, the last thing you want is another calorie-counting food journal or specific list of exercises that tone each troublesome body part. Instead, a simple mantra or two will do.
That's the premise behind The New Health Rules, the latest book on living well from Frank Lipman, M.D. and Danielle Claro. Their combination of single-page yet comprehensive health tips and photography that would inspire anyone to get moving with the coordinating rules create a new kind of health guide that focuses on sustainable healthy living instead of short-term (and ove...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Diet Could Cut Your Risk Of Alzheimer's By Up To 50 Percent
What if there was a preventative measure that could slash your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to half?
Some nutritionists may have found it, in the form of a Mediterranean-based diet that's high in nutrients and low in sugar and unhealthy fats.
The brain-healthy (and fittingly named) MIND diet -- which stands for "Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay" -- is effective even if it is not followed rigorously, according to a new study from Rush University. Researchers found that people who followed the diet closely had a 53 percent lower chance of developing Alzheimer's, and those who onl...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
This Diet Could Cut Your Risk Of Alzheimer's By Up To 50 Percent
What if there was a preventative measure that could slash your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to half?
Some nutritionists may have found it, in the form of a Mediterranean-based diet that's high in nutrients and low in sugar and unhealthy fats.
The brain-healthy (and fittingly named) MIND diet -- which stands for "Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay" -- is effective even if it is not followed rigorously, according to a new study from Rush University. Researchers found that people who followed the diet closely had a 53 percent lower chance of developing Alzheimer's, and those who onl...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The One Food Nutritionists Eat Every Single Day
By Sarah-Jane Bedwell, SELF
While registered dietitians certainly recommend balance, variety, and moderation to ensure you get all the necessary nutrients that you need, they have "personal superfoods" that they reach for on a regular basis for both nutrition and convenience purposes. From turmeric smoothies to chocolate and peanut butter combos, dietitians around the country share the foods they eat every single day.
Citrus Fruit
I eat some form of vitamin C and potassium packed citrus each day because the delightfully refreshing flavors are a great reminder that good nutrition should taste great! It might be a 6 ounce...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
