Africa: Why Food Basket Should Be Full of Beans
[The Conversation Africa] On December 20 2013, the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly passed an adopted resolution declaring 2016 the International Year of the Pulse. Pulses - which include dried beans, chickpeas and lentils - are a good source of protein and amino acids and are a critical part of the food basket. They are important for food security, health and nutrition. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 5, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ask JJ: Type 2 Diabetes
Dear JJ: My doctor just diagnosed me with pre-diabetes. Type 2 diabetes runs in my family, but I will not accept it as my fate. You've written about sugar's detrimental impact, so how can I get this under control so it doesn't blow up into full-blown diabetes?
Diabetes doesn't happen overnight or linearly, but when your metabolic machinery breaks, serious havoc ensues. The massive repercussions can become deadly.
Every time you eat, you raise blood sugar, which triggers your pancreas to release a hormone called insulin. Every food raises blood sugar, but high-sugar impact foods do it big time.
Your pancreas "secretes s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
100 EVAs, 100 Days to Earth
The crew working together on EVA 100.
It's one hundred and seven days to mission's end. Sometimes, it seems like we're a few days from home instead of 15 weeks. Most days, it feels like we just marked the first 100 days on sMars. I can see us all sitting around the couch downstairs wearing scarves, balancing our musical instruments while arranging radios and rock samples to spell out "100". Then, just like that, it's day 258 and we're coming up on the 4th quarter. The better part of a year - of our life on simulated Mars - dissolved into mix of everything we've done to keep this dome-shaped ship afloat.
Our mission began...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Feeling the pulse of Africa
(American Society of Agronomy) The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) sent 10 students to the PanAfrican Legume Conference and World Cowpea Conference in Livingstone, Zambia. CSSA is celebrating the International Year of Pulses (IYP) to promote pulses -- crops of dry beans, peas, and lentils. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 9, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
5 Diet-Friendly Snacks to Take to Work
When hunger strikes, reach for these nutritionist-approved munchies to help fill you up -- not weigh you down.
A client of mine gained 10 pounds since landing a great job at a women's athletic apparel company about a year ago. After reviewing her diet, I found where those 10 pounds came from -- the free office snacks.
Free food is considered a "perk" in many offices, but this benefit may have an unexpected price: pounds gained. Even though the snacks provided by my client's employer were seemingly healthier choices -- miniature dark chocolates, yogurt-covered nuts and pretzels, dried fruit, energy bars and trail mix -...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Poverty Puzzles
By Faisal BariApr 22 2016 (Dawn, Pakistan)Whichever way you parse the data we have it shows that poverty headcount in Pakistan over the last decade and a half to two decades has decreased substantially. Initially, it was thought the data was not good enough, that it had been manipulated and so on, but even after multiple rounds of national surveys, the same trends are evident. And though the actual percentage of the poor may vary with the method one uses, the trend of falling poverty remains invariant. There must be something to this trend. Poverty headcount, by the old line, has reduced to below 10pc in recent surveys. I...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Faisal Bari Tags: Asia-Pacific Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Make it Your Year to Eat More Pulses – on Earth Day and Beyond
Why these dried beans, peas and lentils deserve center-plate treatment. (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sharon Palmer Source Type: news
Eating legumes may aid in weight loss
(Reuters Health) – Eating one serving of beans, peas, lentils or chickpeas every day may help dieters lose a little extra weight, according to a new analysis of existing research. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Want to Feel Fit? Eat Falafel, Dahl, Cow Pea and…!
Credit: Courtsey FAOBy Osman SharifCASABLANCA, Morocco, Apr 6 2016 (IPS)This is not a minor issue. Chickpea, faba bean, lentil, common bean, field pea, mung bean, black gram, pigeon pea, cowpea, and grass pea are the major pulse crops produced globally. And these especially play an important role in food and nutritional security and sustainable agricultural production systems in the drylands, which cover over 40 per cent of the world’s land area and are home to approximately 2.5 billion people. “These crops are the mainstay of agriculture and diets in these regions, constituting a major source of protein for billions. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Osman Sharif Tags: Editors' Choice Featured Food & Agriculture Headlines Health Middle East & North Africa Poverty & SDGs Projects Source Type: news
How Your Food Can Help You Sleep
We've known about the importance of sleep for some time. Google search numbers on the topic are steadily rising, and yet millions of people are struggling with insomnia and chronic fatigue all over the globe. So what is the secret to put an end to you feeling like a character from "The Walking Dead" to ending up like Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" every morning? Truth is, there is not one single component that can "fix" your sleep issues. Many factors need to work together harmonically, especially if your body isn't used to sleeping well. So if you can't remember when you got your last night's good sleep or if you ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eat More Beans If You Want To Lose Weight
Usually a weight loss plan calls for restriction: You remove a food from your daily eats to drop pounds. But new research is advising you to add to your meal plan -- as long as that added food falls into the family of pulses. Pulses are the dried seeds of the legume branch. So in other words, eat your beans. Or peas, chickpeas and lentils. These foods will help you lose weight and feel fuller longer, according to a new analysis of existing studies conducted by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada. Their study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reveals that a dai...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Daily serving of pulses may aid long-term weight loss
Want to lose weight and keep it off? A new study suggests eating 130 g of dried beans, dried peas, chickpeas or lentils every day could help. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Study: beans, chickpeas might help with weight loss
HealthDay News Beans, chickpeas, peas, lentils: Humble foods that may pack a punch for weight loss, Canadian researchers report. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's the key to losing weight AND keeping it off? Add a portion of PULSES a day
Eating a 130 gram serving of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils can help you stay trim without making any other dietary changes, experts at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, today revealed. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off
Eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss, a new study suggests. Eating about 3/4 cup (130 grams) each day of these foods known as pulses led to a weight loss of 0.34 kilograms (just over half a pound), in a systematic review and meta-analysis of all available clinical trials on the effects of eating pulses. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
