High-Fiber Foods Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Foods high in soluble fiber like oatmeal, nuts and beans were associated with reduced breast cancer incidence. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Breast Cancer Diet and Nutrition Fiber (Dietary) Source Type: news
Postpartum Anxiety Is an Epidemic Among American Mothers. Why Does It So Often Go Undiagnosed?
As a new mother, I worried about mouse poop in the small cabin where I lived. About fracking chemicals in the water. About glyphosate in the oatmeal. About flame retardants in pajamas. About phthalates in toys. Although it constantly overwhelmed me, I thought my anxiety was normal, even necessary. After all, it was my job to protect my child. When I mentioned my fear at my six-week follow-up appointment after birth—the sole instance of medical care many new moms receive in the entire year -postpartum—the midwife shrugged and chided me that anxious mothers make anxious children.
For more than two years, I worrie...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Menkedick Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Biofortified Crops Improve Farmers ’ Livelihoods in Zimbabwe
By Martha KatsiHARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan 27 2020 (IPS) Steven Seremwe, who is 57 years old, was retrenched from his job as an administrator at Lake Shore Missions in 2012. He decided to focus on farming, and he started growing various crops—white maize, sugar beans, and sweet potatoes, among others—for consumption and sale.
“I have always loved agriculture but because of work pressures, I was not practicing. But when I got retrenched from work, I decided to follow my heart and started farming,” he said.
The problem was that every farming season, even with a bumper harvest, Seremwe`s income was falling short. Profits w...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martha Katsi Tags: Africa Biodiversity Development & Aid Economy & Trade Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Food Sustainability Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
High blood pressure: Sprinkle these three items on your porridge to lower your reading
HIGH blood pressure can lead to long-term and potentially fatal health complications if left untreated, but the condition can be easily reversed if measures are taken to lead a healthier lifestyle. Even small tweaks can go a long way to lowering blood pressure, and evidence suggests sprinkling three ingredients on your porridge is a great way to lower your blood pressure at the beginning of the day. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Porridge and lentil soup' diet aims to curb diabetes in Scotland
A total of 15,980 new diabetes patients were diagnosed in Scotland in 2018 - including 205 under the age of 30. Around 88 per cent of the nation's cases are type 2 (file photo) (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Oatmeal Instead of Eggs and Toast Linked to Lowered Stroke Risk Oatmeal Instead of Eggs and Toast Linked to Lowered Stroke Risk
People who eat oatmeal for breakfast instead of eggs and white toast may be lowering their risk of stroke as well, a Danish study suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Swapping out eggs, white bread for oatmeal linked to lowered stroke risk
(Reuters Health) - People who eat oatmeal for breakfast instead of eggs and white toast may be lowering their risk of stroke, a Danish study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
95% Of Baby Foods Tested Contain Lead, Arsenic, Or Other Toxic Metal
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
(CNN) — Toxic heavy metals damaging to your baby’s brain development are likely in the baby food you are feeding your infant, according to a new investigation published Thursday.
Tests of 168 baby foods from major manufacturers in the US found 95% contained lead, 73% contained arsenic, 75% contained cadmium and 32% contained mercury. One fourth of the foods contained all four heavy metals.
One in five baby foods tested had over 10 times the 1-ppb limit of lead endorsed by public health advocates, although experts agree that no level of lead is safe.
The results mimicked a previous study...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Consumer Featured Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Source Type: news
How to Spice Up Everyday Oatmeal
MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2019 -- Want to add pizzazz to your morning bowl of oats? Here ' s how to spice things up and boost the nutrition.
Oats are rich in important minerals like manganese, which plays a role in controlling blood sugar. They also happen to... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - October 14, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Medical News Today: 12 home remedies for heat rash
Home remedies, such as cold compresses, calamine lotion, and oatmeal baths, can help soothe the symptoms of heat rash. Read on to learn more. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Why America Is Failing To Feed Its Aging
Army veteran Eugene Milligan is 75 years old and blind. He uses a wheelchair since losing half his right leg to diabetes and gets dialysis for kidney failure.
And he has struggled to get enough to eat.
Earlier this year, he ended up in the hospital after burning himself while boiling water for oatmeal. The long stay caused the Memphis vet to fall off a charity’s rolls for home-delivered Meals on Wheels, so he had to rely on others, such as his son, a generous off-duty nurse and a local church to bring him food.
“Many times, I’ve felt like I was starving,” he says. “There’s neighbors that...
Source: TIME: Health - August 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Laura Ungar & Trudy Lieberman / Kaiser Health News Tags: Uncategorized Aging politics Source Type: news
Scientists warn too much of 'superfood' porridge topping flaxseed 'could cause cyanide poisoning'
Flaxseed contains a naturally occurring compound that can produce cyanide gas as it degrades. Adults could end up ill if they consume just three teaspoons of it in one sitting. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 19, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dig in! Archaeologists serve up ancient menus for modern tables
Porridge, loaves and sauces Egyptians and Romans consumed have become today ’s cookbook crazeDuringa 1954 BBC documentary about Tollund Man, the mysterious body of a hanged man discovered in a peat bog in Denmark, the noted archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler ate a reconstruction of the 2,000-year-old ’s last meal. After tasting the porridge of barley, linseed and mustard seeds, he dabbed at his moustache and declared the mystery was solved: Tollund Man had killed himself rather than eat another spoonful.Food reconstruction has come a long way since then. Last week Seamus Blackley, a scientist more famous for creating t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 11, 2019 Category: Science Authors: James Tapper Tags: Archaeology Food Roman Britain World news Bread UK news Beer Microbiology Science Source Type: news
Here ’s What Eating Processed Foods for Two Weeks Does to Your Body
Ultra-processed foods—the kinds made irresistible by sugar, fat and salt—are ubiquitous in the U.S., making up as much as 60% of the average American diet. But a small, intensive new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism shows that their low price and convenience comes at a cost to health.
When people ate a highly processed diet for two weeks, they consumed far more calories and gained more weight and body fat than they did when they ate a less processed diet—even though both diets had the same amounts of nutrients like sugar, fat and sodium.
It wasn’t a shock to find ultra-processed foods ...
Source: TIME: Health - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized Diet/Nutrition embargoed study Source Type: news
Council worker, 21, who lived off Ready Brek porridge struck down with SEPSIS
Raffaella Franza, of Brighton, developed a fear of food after choking twice as a child, In September 2018, a sinus infection developed into potentially fatal sepsis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
