As the summer sends temperatures soaring, more and more of us are paying attention to how much we’re drinking… our throats scratchy and dry, aching for some relief from that parched feeling. The thing is, if you feel thirsty you’re probably already dehydrated according to Dr. Sylvia Morris, a professor at the [...]
Those of us who love our coffee believe we’re getting a jolt of caffeine energy that improves our alertness… gets us ready for the day, in fact, almost 80% of the world’s population drink coffee on a daily basis, yet despite what we all think caffeine does for us, new research finds [...]
If you’re struggling with feeling down or more irritable than you’d like, it might be time to think about what you’re putting into your body in terms of food and drink. There really are feel good foods that help depression. Experts in nutrition say that what we’re eating can have a positive, [...]
New research finds that avoiding drinking soda and other sugary drinks may help reduce blood pressure. Earlier studies had linked sugary drinks to lots of troublesome conditions – obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome (a cluster of risk factors that up the risk for heart disease and diabetes), but until now, [...]
A recent University of Florida study suggests that losing weight quickly, rather than gradually as you’ve heard before, at least in the first stages of your weight loss plan might be vital to dropping those pounds over the long term.
This is the type of weight loss that viewers see on the TV show [...]
Drugs like Nexium and Prevacid are helping many patients with serious stomach and digestive problems, but new research suggests that these medicines used for heartburn treatment are risky choices for regular users who have less serious conditions.
The risks include an increased chance of bacterial infection (from organism clostridium difficile or c. [...]
We all love our salt, in fact we love it so much that we’re consuming unhealthy amounts of salt in food that far exceed public health recommendations. The latest Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States, is urging the FDA to set new federal standards [...]
While there’s no denying our taste buds enjoy sugar, a new study brings evidence that it is pretty troublesome for the rest of the body, most especially the heart. The added sugar that is part of so many of our prepared and processed foods are threatening our cardiovascular health, lowering levels of [...]
As hard as it might be to imagine healthy movie snacks, if Sony Pictures Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton had his way, we’ll all be doing just that. As he wrapped up the keynote address at ShoWest, the largest annual convention for the movie theater industry, Lynton made a bid to get [...]
If you’re struggling to lose weight, here’s some interesting news that’s sure to have you thinking differently about eating healthily.
New research, published online in the Journal of Consumer Research, finds that subjects who were asked to taste foods described as “healthy” reported feeling hungrier afterward than those who ate the very [...]
