What Nutrition Experts Eat On Vacation
If you're a healthy eater who practices portion control, you know a vacation can put a dent in your healthy lifestyle. Whether you're kicking back and relaxing for a week or getting to know a new city, counting calories doesn't exactly sound appealing when you're trying to have a great time.
So, how can you have a blast on vacation without packing on the pounds? We consulted a number of nutrition experts, and they let us know what they eat when they leave town -- and, truthfully, it sounds pretty awesome.
They eat dessert!
Think nutritionists are skimping on fun foods, even on vacation? Joy Bauer, nutritionist for "The ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sales of new nut butters are soaring
Nut butters used to be for the serious health brigade only, but now you can buy almond butter, cashew nut butter, and even coconut butter in your supermarket, writes HARRIET ARKELL THE SAVVY SHOPPER (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The man who ate his hearing aids thinking they were cashews and other vision mishaps
Britain's College of Optometrists released the strangest situations that people found themselves in before seeking help (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: hearing aids cashews mishaps mistakes vision Source Type: news
The 272-Calorie Chinese Take-Out Favorite You Can Make At Home (VIDEO)
When many of us have a craving for Chinese food, we reach for the takeout or delivery menu and try to choose among our favorite dishes. It certainly makes for a cozy night in, but, according to registered dietician and author Sharon Palmer, there's something you may be overlooking when it comes to ordering Chinese food.
"Many Asian restaurants can pack in the calories through the oils and all these salty sauces we add," Palmer tells #OWNSHOW in the above video. "In fact, some vegetarian meals that you might think might be healthy could have over 1,000 calories -- and that's not even including the rice, which can add anoth...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cashew nut by-product may help cut sleeping sickness
A cheap waste product could be used to make chemicals that attract tsetse flies to insecticide-coated traps. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - December 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
How To Have A Paleo Thanksgiving
By Angela Haupt for U.S. News
The pilgrims -- or the cavemen? On Thanksgiving, paleo dieters honor both. That means a holiday feast revolving around meat, fish, poultry, fruits and veggies -- with no refined sugar, dairy, legumes or grains. While that's problematic for Thanksgiving staples like bread stuffing, a few tweaks can save the turkey-filled day. "Almost any traditional Thanksgiving dish can be modified to become paleo," says registered nurse Katy Haldiman, health director of the Paleo Movement Magazine. Here are menu ideas for your paleo Thanksgiving.
Appetizers
Haldiman ticks off protein-heavy appetizer ideas: ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
End of the nut allergy? Processing technique could make cashews safer for those who react
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington DC are close to developing a new method to create safe cashews and say that other allergy-free nuts could be made. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Making cashews safer for those with allergies
For the millions of adults and children in the U.S. who have to shun nuts to avoid an allergic reaction, help could be on the way. Scientists are now developing a way to process cashews — and potentially other nuts — that could make them safer for people who are allergic to them. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Chemical modification could make nuts safe to eat
Scientists take steps toward creating first hypoallergenic cashew (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - August 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Making cashews safer for those with allergies
(American Chemical Society) For the millions of adults and children in the US who have to shun nuts to avoid an allergic reaction, help could be on the way. Scientists are now developing a way to process cashews -- and potentially other nuts -- that could make them safer for people who are allergic to them. They're presenting their work at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Five Species That Are Quietly Dying Off While Nobody Pays Attention
Everyone knows that rhinos or pandas are threatened with extinction. But there are plenty of species slipping away silently, without celebrity advocates or high-profile campaigns. “So many species are just not popular enough, or well-known enough to share the spotlight with the world’s threatened megafauna,” says Chris Shepherd, director of conservation group Traffic South East Asia.
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Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - July 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Liam Fitzpatrick Tags: Uncategorized animals Conservation dugongs Environment freshwater turtles Seahorses slow lorises sun bears tortoises Source Type: news
Eating just one serving of nuts every day can help cut heart risk by a third
Snacking on peanuts, cashews and Brazil nuts instead of sugary or fatty treats cuts the chances of life-threatening heart problems by 30 per cent. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 16, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Green Smoothie With Pineapple, Arugula, Greens and Cashews
The pineapple stands up well to the arugula and greens, and ginger pumps up the flavor. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - April 28, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Cooking and Cookbooks Recipes Medicine and Health Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Gambia: Hygiene Practices & Food Safety Workshop Held
[Daily Observer]The National Implementation Unit of the Enhanced Integrated Framework under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment in collaboration with International Trade Centre Wednesday held a one day workshop at Baobab Holiday Resort. The workshop brought together stakeholders in the groundnut, cashew and sesame industry amongst others. The awareness forum was funded under the Sector Competitiveness and Export Diversification Project (SCEDP) with the overall aim of creating awareness on (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 17, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Recall: Cultured Kitchen's non-dairy cashew cheese
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The Cultured Kitchen of West Sacramento, Calif., is recalling all flavors of its non-dairy cashew cheese product due to a risk of Salmonella contamination. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
