'Avoid fads and stick to diet guidelines,' say US heart experts
Conclusion
This review looked into food groups often linked to cardiovascular risk, some of which may be overstated or based on poor evidence.
Overall, the researchers reported there being evidence solid fats are harmful. Examples include coconut and palm oil, eggs, fruit and veg juicing with pulp removal, and "[US] Southern diets" that include added fats, fried and processed foods and sugar-sweetened drinks.
There's also evidence extra virgin olive oil, blueberries and strawberries, leafy green vegetables and controlled portions of nuts are beneficial for cardiovascular health.
Investigating whether the he...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Heart/lungs QA articles Source Type: news
Ditos Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk and Soy in Heart Plastic Platter Strawberries W/Dip with Chocolate Frosting and Heart Plastic Platter Mixed Fruit W/Dip with Chocolate Frosting
DITOS of Anchorage, Alaska is recalling 50 cases of Heart Plastic Platter Strawberries w/ Dip with Chocolate Frosting 32oz, and 30 cases of Heart Plastic Platter Mixed Fruit w/ Dip with Chocolate Frosting 40oz, because it contains undeclared soy and milk. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy and/or milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - February 17, 2017 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
Farmers Supported Trump. His Proposals Have Them Thinking Again
When President Donald Trump was elected last fall, it was with an apparent majority of the nation’s farmers behind him.
But now, three weeks since Trump’s inauguration, some of those farmers appear to be having second thoughts.
Dairy farmers and fruit and vegetable growers, both of whom rely heavily on an immigrant workforce to harvest their goods, are expressing fears that Trump’s promise to up immigration enforcement and build a border wall with Mexico could eliminate much of its workforce.
Commodity farmers are also concerned that a 20-percent import tax on Mexican goods ― an idea the Trump admi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Say Something Is Very Wrong With The Tomato
Many of the tomatoes eaten these days are too big, too firm and just plain dull compared with those from a half-century ago, according to new research.
In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, a team of researchers say they analyzed the genetic code of nearly 400 varieties of tomatoes ― from the common red supermarket types to the funky heirlooms found in farmers markets. Led by Harry J. Klee, a professor of horticultural sciences at the University of Florida, the team found many of this generation’s tomatoes have lost key elements that make them taste, well, like a tomato.
To know what makes a good lo...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 26, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
In Your 30s? Here's How To Manage Your Body's Changing Hormones
During your 30s, levels of key muscle-building hormones, including growth hormone and testosterone, begin to decline. As a result, you may start losing muscle, which can slow your metabolism and lead to weight gain.Try this: Pile on the protein. “My research has found that eating more protein, especially between meals and after exercise, can build muscle mass, helping reverse the decline in metabolism,”says Caroline Apovian, MD, an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at Boston University Medical School. She recommends getting up to one and a half grams per kilogram of body weight daily (so about 95 grams ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charcoal and strawberries among natural ingredients that will give you a brighter smile
While many women swear by chemical whitening treatments to give them a brighter smile, there's a whole other movement that claims they key to whiter teeth can be found in your kitchen cupboard. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
13 ways to keep free radicals away, and why it's so important
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aqua plantation for strawberries and RUDN student Margarita Romanets' gold medal for
(RUDN University) Intensive block aqua plantation for strawberries and RUDN student Margarita Romanets' gold medal for (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 23, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Frozen Strawberries
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Source: WebMD Health - November 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Washington baby born weighing 14oz so tiny a wedding ring could fit around his ANKLE
Rayden Isavic Mondragen was just 10.5 inches and weighed 14oz, less than a punnet of strawberries, when he was born on September 29 in Spokane, Washington. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
4 Foods that Contain Vitamin C which You May Have Never Thought
Vitamin C is an effective way to energize our body immediately. Vitamin C has been known to boost our immune system, to energize our body and uplift mood. It is an important component for growth and repairing of tissues in all parts of the body. It helps the body to make collagen, and is popular for healing wounds, preparing and maintaining bones and teeth, for treating and preventing cancer, colds, and other immune related illnesses.
These 4 Foods Contain High Amounts of Vitamin C:
Lemons
Did you know lemons are high in Vitamin C? This is often overlooked. There is 30.7 mg of Vitamin C in one lemon.
One way we can ge...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ICAPP Voluntarily Recalls Certain Lots of Frozen Strawberries
The International Company for Agricultural Production& Processing (ICAPP) is voluntarily recalling certain lots of its frozen strawberries out of an abundance of caution in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation of an outbreak of Hepatitis A. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - October 31, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
Why Knowing Your Triglyceride Number Matters
Many of us can rattle off our latest cholesterol number at the drop of a hat. Keeping an eye on your cholesterol is important but there's another number you also should have memorized - your triglycerides. However, if asked about our triglyceride number, most of us have little to know idea what it is. That's too bad because our triglyceride number reveals quite a bit of how healthy we are or not. The good news is there are many steps we can take to get it in a healthier range starting today.
What are triglycerides?
Triglycerides (TG) are the most common type of fat in the body and are an important measure of heart health...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Will to Live
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” – Friederich Nietzche
Hospital beds are filled with people whose bodies are connected to machinery that keeps hearts pumping, lungs expanding and contracting, tubes providing nourishment and draining excess fluids. These are external forces offering life sustaining activity. It may very well be, that in combination with an intangible… the will to live keeps them from crossing over the line between this life and the next.
In recent conversation with a friend, she posed the question: “What do you think gives people the will to live when they are in chr...
Source: Psych Central - October 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Depression Grief and Loss Happiness Healthy Living Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Esteem Chronic Pain Existentialism Irritability Meaning Of Life Mood Swings Optimism Resilience Terminal Illness will to live Source Type: news
Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Strawberries at Smoothie Chain
About 89 people have been sickened, many of them customers of Tropical Smoothie Cafe outlets in Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia or West Virginia. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DANIEL VICTOR Tags: Strawberries Hepatitis Food Contamination and Poisoning Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Food and Drug Administration Maryland North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Tropical Smoothie Cafe Source Type: news
