Eating healthily at Christmas
We all know that the festive season can also be the season of food. But that doesn’t have to stop you getting the vitamins and minerals that you need.
Not having enough (a deficiency) of some vitamins and minerals seems to be linked with arthritis progressing more quickly. The most important vitamins and minerals to think about if you have arthritis are:
calcium
vitamin D
iron
vitamin C.
It's also important to keep to a healthy weight as being overweight puts extra strain on weight-bearing joints like your back, knees, hips, feet and ankles. And having too much body fat may also incr...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - December 17, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
What to Bring to a Potluck
By Stacy Simon With all the parties and festivities this time of year, there is bound to be at least one potluck, where you are expected to come bearing a dish to share. This year, consider bringing something that not only tastes good, but is good for you too. Making healthier food choices can help you reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes. American Cancer Society Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity Colleen Doyle, MS, RD recommends making something you like to eat that’s healthy, so you’ll know there will be a healthy option for you at the party. In genera...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - December 14, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Diet/Exercise/Weight Source Type: news
6 Surprising Foods and Drinks You Should Never Eat Together
Some foods play really well together. Take these 13 health-boosting food combos, for example. Their chemical compounds merge to create a turbo-charged nutritional symbiosis. It's a beautiful and tasty thing. Other foods, however, don't play so nice together—we're talking combos that leave you bloated, send blood sugar levels soaring, and dampen the absorption of important nutrients. Here, six pairings to avoid if you want to feel your best: Tea + milk "Black tea is rich in antioxidants that work to decrease inflammation that's linked to many chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes," says Alissa Rumsey, RD...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kind Snacks Is Fighting For The Right To Call Nuts 'Healthy'
Should healthy fats be allowed to bear a "healthy" label?
The fruit-and-nut snack company Kind is pushing back after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the company a warning letter in March for misleading labeling. The agency asked Kind to strip a "+" symbol and "healthy" claims from its packaging and website.
Kind is in the process of removing the offending terms, but the company's leadership took issue with one specific criticism -- that its snack bars contained too much saturated fat to bear the term "healthy" on the label. That fat, Kind says, comes from healthful sources, namely the bars'&nbs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trust Us: This Green Bean Casserole Belongs At Your Thanksgiving Table
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vanilla yogurt's plain flavor and low-fat varieties 'boost positive emotions'
A team of European researchers found that people feel happiest when they eat vanilla or low-fat yogurt. In contrast they discovered fruit flavors have no effect on mood. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low-Fat Diets Not More Effective Than Other DietsLow-Fat Diets Not More Effective Than Other Diets
Low-fat diets are ineffective in helping people lose weight over the long term and should no longer be recommended as a valid dietary intervention if weight loss is the prime goal. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - November 2, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
10 Satisfying Low-Sodium Snacks
When you need to satisfy between-meal munchies, do you automatically reach for a salty snack? For many of us it’s the bags of pretzels and potato chips that call our name from the vending machine midafternoon. But the snack favorites tend to be high in sodium, a mineral that we should be limiting in our diets. According to the National Dietary Guidelines for Americans, everyone should aim to consume less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of salt daily for better health. The American Heart Association recommends an even lower number — less than 1500 mg — to keep your blood pressure within a healthy range. For mos...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 31, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Low-fat diets are not the best way to achieve weight loss
A new meta-analysis of 53 studies on dieting produces a surprising result: low-fat diets are not the most effective way of losing weight and keeping it off. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Low-fat diets 'not the best way to lose weight'
Conclusion
This review has aimed to answer the question of whether low-fat diets result in any greater weight loss compared with other diets, as has often been speculated. It showed they didn't. Most diets worked, and the low-fat ones weren't particularly better than the rest.
The systematic review design has many strengths. It has identified a large number of studies, with almost 70,000 participants, all of which were randomised controlled trials. This should balance out any non-diet-related health and lifestyle characteristics between participants. It also only included trials of at least one year's duration to look at l...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Obesity Lifestyle/exercise Source Type: news
Fat fight: researchers disagree over study into low-fat diets
Report by US team that low-fat diets are ineffective for weight loss is challenged (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - October 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Low-Fat Diets No Better Than Other Plans: Study
Title: Low-Fat Diets No Better Than Other Plans: StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 10/29/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Diabetes General)
Source: MedicineNet Diabetes General - October 30, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Low-Fat Diets Not Superior to Higher-Fat Diets for Long-Term Weight Loss (FREE)
By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS
Low-fat diets do not result in greater long-term weight loss than higher-fat diets, a meta-analysis in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology finds. … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - October 30, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Low-fat diet not most effective in long-term weight loss
The effectiveness of low-fat diet on weight-loss has been debated for decades, and hundreds of randomized clinical trials aimed at evaluating this issue have been conducted with mixed results. New research finds that low-fat interventions were no more successful than higher-fat interventions in achieving and maintaining weight loss for periods longer than one year. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Slim chance of weight loss with a low-fat diet, claims new study
LOW-fat diets are an ineffective way of losing weight, a global study has found. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
