6 Human Foods You Should Never Feed Your Cat
His tiny whiskers and swishy tail are so sweet it can be hard to resist giving him whatever he wants, but there are certain foods you should never feed your cat. Many human foods can put your little guy at risk for gastrointestinal problems, restlessness and worse. As the devoted pet owner that you are, the safest bet is to teach your cat that the food on the dinner table is for people only, and the food in his bowl can be enjoyed to the fullest. There are certain human treats you and your cat can share -- really small servings of cooked vegetables and fish are OK for kitties, for example. But when in doubt, it's best to ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 24, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Recipes for Health: Cherries Add a Sweet Touch to Tabbouleh
As a stand-in for tomatoes, the stone fruit adds a juicy surprise in every bite. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Salads Cherries Cooking and Cookbooks Source Type: news
Acute poisoning due to organophosphate contaminated cherries - Mufti SA, Mir FA, Ahmad J, Kumar S.
We report an incident of OP poisoning, in an 18 year old female. She had consumed a large amount of unwashed cherries from the garden, after a religious fast whole day. Next morning she was found unconscious, soiled in stools and urine and had frothing at ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety 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
My Body Makes My Brain Look Like an Idiot...
I'm getting older. I hurt more. I creak more. My ankles sound like they're each having their own personal fireworks display every single morning when I walk downstairs to feed the dog.
He's getting old, too. We commiserate. "Another gray hair?" I tease.
"Pot, meet kettle," he'd respond if he could. Touché, Bear.
Each day brings a new malady, depending on what I eat, how I exercise, how much sleep I get, or if I have one too many glasses of wine. My liver has given up having even a shred of compassion for my unintelligence.
And for some reason, my allergies whalloped me very hard this year. I can tolerate almost anythi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Appetite for apples? How fruit sugars may not suppress hunger
ConclusionCan we conclude from this evidence that fruit makes you hungry, as the Mail Online suggested? No.This small double-blind RCT showed that young adults who consumed a fructose-sweetened drink had more brain activity in attention and reward centres in response to pictures of food, compared with the same drink sweetened with glucose. There were signs this also affected food-seeking behaviour in a somewhat artificial laboratory test.The research team took this to mean that the volunteers might be more likely to seek out food and eat more in a real-life scenario. But the study didn't test this directly, so it remains ...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Source Type: news
5 Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Overripe Bananas
Timing is everything when it comes to enjoying fresh fruit. From soft, grainy apples to skinless, soggy pears, there's nothing less appealing to me than a terrible taste and texture in my mouth--and I know I'm not alone. This is particularly true when it comes to bruised, overly spotted, and smelly overripe bananas which seem to go bad faster than any other fruit. Luckily, bananas are one of the easiest fruits to use up since they can be frozen for later and be added as a delicious, lower calorie sweetener to many recipes.
While I love banana bread, banana muffins, banana cakes and other treats, having sugary sweets in ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 27, 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
The Fantastic, Delicious, Super Low-Carb Muffin, Bread and Biscotti
For the past seven years I've traveled the country speaking to hundreds of people with diabetes. What does everyone want to know: "What can I eat?!"
The cry rises midway through a presentation followed by, "I know I should cut my carbs but I can't give up______(fill in the blank with anything crumbly and delicious)."
Being a recovering muffin- and scone-aholic myself, who has long gone without for better blood sugar management, I am hooked once again. But this time it's a nutritious, soul-satisfying low carb muffin that has found its way into my heart and onto my plate. And this muffin comes with "mojo." You make it in ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The 5 Carbs You Should Be Eating Before The Big Race
Attention, runners! Repeat after us: Carbs are good for me.
In fact, carbohydrates aren't just nutritious in the days leading up to a big race like a marathon -- they're essential. And with both the Boston Marathon and London Marathon right around the corner, we spoke with Pam Nisevich Bede, a registered dietitian, Runner’s World contributor and experienced marathoner, to gain insight into the best ways to carb-load in the days before a big race.
"When you put months and months and hours and hours into your training, you want to make the most out of race day," Bede said. "And when you introduce more carbohydrates into ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Understanding Miralax: The parents’ guide on how to approach constipation
Increase water intake and exercise, adopt and maintain a fiber-rich diet and avoid foods that bind you.
These are common ways to find relief from constipation. But sometimes a child needs more to keep the digestive “engines,” (or bowels) moving.
To ease the discomfort of chronic childhood constipation, pediatricians often prescribe an over-the-counter laxative called Miralax, the brand name for the generic drug polyethylene glycol 3350.
The odorless, tasteless powder is typically mixed with 8 ounces of water or other liquid-of-choice and prescribed to children for use once or twice daily. Common side effects include ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 17, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: Diseases & conditions Source Type: news
Cocoa: a sweet treat for the brain?
There are many reasons why you might want to give someone chocolate on Valentine’s Day. There’s the tradition of it, and the idea of sweets for your sweetheart. Here’s another tempting reason: certain compounds in chocolate, called cocoa flavanols, have recently been linked with improved thinking skills. But will a gift of chocolate boost your valentine’s brain power?
Italian researchers tested the effects of cocoa flavanols in 90 healthy 61- to 85-year-olds whose memories and thinking skills were in good shape for their ages. Participants drank a special brew of cocoa flavanols each day. One group&...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - February 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Memory brain health flavanols 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
Behind the Headlines Top Five of Top Fives 2014
As we move towards the end of the year, like all news sources, we fall back on that classic space filler – the list story. So without further ado, here is the official Behind the Headlines Top Five of Top Fives stories of 2014, in which we celebrate the good, highlight the bad, check out the weird and answer some of the burning questions of the year.
The top five 'Good work boffins!' stories of the year
We can often get bogged down in pointing out dodgy sub-group analyses, spurious extrapolations of sample sizes containing just 20 rats and a water maze, and RCTs pointing out the benefits of cherries on dementia preventio...
Source: NHS News Feed - December 31, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Medical practice Source Type: news
