7 Eating Habits You Should Drop Now
By Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD
In my one-on-one work with clients there is a dual focus: I help them adopt a healthy new eating regimen, but in order for new patterns to stick, we also have to zero in on unhealthy habits that tend to keep them stuck. If you've ever uttered the phrase, "I know what I need to do, but I just can't seem to do it!" my bet is lingering detrimental habits are the culprit.
Here are seven that come up often, and why breaking them may just be the final solution to achieving weight-loss results that last!
Drinking Too Often
For most of my clients, drinking alcohol has a domino effect. After one drink, t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 20, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
10 Healthy Habits for the New Year
2014 is coming to a close, so inevitably the chatter of New Year's resolutions is getting louder. It's great to start goal setting and structuring a program to make sure you're successful early; however, it's equally important to take note of what has and hasn't worked for your health and fitness goals this year. Regardless of whether you want to make a massive change for the better or carry on with the fitness success you've managed to accumulate, you'll want to take stock of your behavioral patterns to determine which are beneficial to keep and which need to be dropped.
Before I make suggestions to my clients about nut...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3 Ways to Make Peace with Holiday Sweets -- and Avoid a Sugar Overdose
By Dr. Adam Perlman, M.D.
The holiday season comes with a lot of indulgence -- and most of it is pure sugar in disguise (or not so disguised). You don't need anyone to tell you the problems over consumption can cause, but fact is that sweets, treats, and holiday desserts hold emotional significance and a whole lot of real estate, as they're usually part of longstanding family traditions and workplace customs (cookie swap!). The real concern I have is that over time, too much sugar can lead to weight gain, put you at risk for Type 2 diabetes, and impair your immune system.
The key to easing the struggle comes in three par...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The truth about ‘miracle foods’ – from chia seeds to coconut oil
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, dandruff… can these things really be cured, or at least prevented, by what we eat?As books that give answers go, there’s one classic that often gets overlooked – the dictionary. So next time you’re wondering whether a £10 tub of the latest miracle food can really stave off cancer, diabetes and heart disease, and get rid of a podgy belly in time for summer, run your finger down to the word “miracle” where you will find this definition: “an extraordinary and wondrous event” – so far so good – “that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws”.“Whether it...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Dara Mohammadi Tags: Diets and dieting Food & drink Health wellbeing Medical research Science Life and style Society Source Type: news
You're Eating Fish All Wrong
By Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD
Eating fish has been tied with lower rates of heart disease, stroke, depression and Alzheimer's disease. But how you eat it may be the real key to reaping its benefits. Recent research from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine concluded that study volunteers who regularly ate fish had larger brain volumes in regions associated with memory and cognition, but only if the fish baked or broiled, not fried.
Baking and broiling are also better for your waistline. For example, a dozen fried shrimp can pack 280 calories, versus a mere 85 calories for 12 shrimp that have been steamed or broiled. To...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rising coconut prices add to pain of ayurveda industry
The local population in Kerala and parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, who use coconut oil for cooking, are increasingly shifting to other cheaper ones like palm oil and sunflower oil. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 21, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Does oil pulling work?
Starting the day off at the beach with your skin smelling of tropical-scented sunscreen can be one of life's greatest pleasures. Smelling coconut oil as you swish it around in your mouth before work -- well, that's another story. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ANH-Intl Feature: Buzzing with health – an interview with Alison Derrick of BeeInspired
‘Less is more’ in Alison’s range of all-natural skin products that harness bees’ incredible power (Source: Alliance for Natural Health)
Source: Alliance for Natural Health - July 30, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Sophie Tags: Alison Derrick apple cider vinegar bee inspired beekeeper bees bees wax British Beekeepers Association castor oil cocoa butter coconut oil colony collapse disorder europe glycerin Hive Alive honey hygroscopic international Source Type: news
Corn, Squash, Red Onion and Tomatoes Stir-Fried in Coconut Oil
Coconut oil gives this dish fragrance without heaviness. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - July 15, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Onions Cooking and Cookbooks Coconuts Recipes Corn Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Corn, Squash, Red Onion and Tomatoes Stir-Fried in Coconut Oil
Coconut oil gives this dish fragrance without heaviness. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN Tags: Onions Cooking and Cookbooks Coconuts Recipes Corn Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
Could 'oil pulling' brighten L.A. smiles?
The first time Heather Navarro tried swishing a tablespoon of coconut oil around her mouth, she gagged. "It took a little getting used to," the L.A.-based media producer admits. "But in the end, I lasted 15 minutes." (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - July 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coconut oil has a new image as health, beauty aid
Once vilified for its abundant fat content, coconut oil is being trumpeted as a miracle elixir. As a health fad, it's dual purpose, bandied about as a head-to-toe natural beauty product and as a food that can cure what ails you. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Bulletproof' Coffee May Hike Lipids
(MedPage Today) -- LAS VEGAS ? Spiking coffee with butter and coconut oil ? a concoction known as ?bulletproof coffee? ? may be boosting hyperlipidemia in otherwise healthy patients, researchers said here. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - May 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
“Benefits Of Coconut Oil,” A New Article On Vkool.Com, Teaches People...
The new “Benefits Of Coconut Oil” report on the website Vkool.com reveals to people useful advantages of coconut oil.(PRWeb February 18, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/benefits/of-coconut-oil/prweb11590105.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Get a taste for teff, the Ethiopian superfood
The grain is hot on the heels of other 'super foods' such as the acai berry. Here are a couple of suggestions on how to use itFood that's sourced well usually tends to taste good too. Maybe that's why so many food lovers go out of their way to sample ingredients from developing countries, looking for authenticity and a worthy way of spending their grocery money.Teff, the highly nutritionous grain from Ethiopia, is the latest of these so-called super foods. Its popularity could help to boost the country's food security and export earnings.To take an earlier example, it is said that the rise of the acai berry – a "superfru...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Alex Renton Tags: Nutrition theguardian.com Blogposts Food security World news Food poverty & drink Recipes Ethiopia Life and style Global development Africa Nutrition and development Source Type: news
