Anyone who is avoiding workouts or eating healthy has lots of reasons… no time, no money, no motivation, no fun. Working out, shopping and cooking healthy just isn’t “fun”… at least that’s what weight loss experts are told all the time. But it doesn’t have to be that way – there are [...]
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
When it comes to causes of high blood pressure, we know that a diet too high in sodium can push those readings into the danger zone, now experts have found that eating too many sweets, or drinking too much soda, might just have the same effect. A new study finds that those [...]
New work finds that making health food choices by following a diet rich in fruits, veggies, low fat dairy products and fish is linked to a lowered colon cancer risk. If you’ve been following this issue, you know that earlier studies have brought conflicting findings about the effectiveness of eating this way.
Yet [...]
It’s only since the beginning of the 20th century that a large number of new synthetic chemicals have become a part of our food supply. Increasingly people are searching for foods that are closer to nature. Unfortunately, new work out the University of Michigan finds that eating organic food diet actually [...]
As we all know, obesity is a growing issue for children. New research points an accusing finger at fructose, a sugar in food that is a major component of widely used high fructose corn syrup in soft drinks, processed foods and candy, and suggests it may cause fat cells in children to [...]
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 [...]
Coffee lovers will enjoy hearing this bit of news. Some recent research has found that the coffee health benefits from drinking 5 cups a day appears to lower your risk of developing oral cancer symptoms.
The intriguing report appears in the July 2010 issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, and is the [...]
If you’re a woman who is doing work with weights to help stay fit, you might be better off drinking two big glasses of milk instead of those “energy” drinks after your workout according to a new study out of Canada’s McMaster University. The researchers found that the benefits of drinking milk [...]
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, [...]
Asthma incidence has been going up over the last thirty years, especially in Western nations, and many experts believe this increased asthma risk has something to do with what all of us, especially our kids, are putting into their bodies.
Recent research by a team of German, Spanish and /British researchers has found [...]
