Ban on Fast Food Deliveries to Schools

The Child’s Obesity Strategy called for a ban on fast food takeaway deliveries to schools and are calling for new initiative as film-style classifications on unhealthy food, plus a loyalty card to reward healthy food choices. Many ideas are given by young people to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. The statistics show that one in […]

Dietary Fiber and Successful Aging

Thank goodness we are getting older. Know what I mean? Could dietary fiber really be the key to successful aging? A new study revealed findings that followed older adults for a period of 10 years that supports the idea that eating a diet rich in fiber, as what you find in bread, cereals, and fruits, […]

Fighting Food Allergies With Seaweed

Asian countries have used seaweed as a staple food for a long time and it is finally used as a snack food in America as a healthful alternative to chips.  Seaweed is an algae and is low-calorie and packed with nutrients.  Scientists have found that a type of commercial red algae might help to counteract […]

Six Protein-Rich Alternatives to Red Meat

The American Medical Association, through the JAMA Internal Medicine, released a study that talked about the relationship of red meat consumption and mortality. The study followed the lives of 121,342 men and women in the span of 22 to 28 years. It concluded that the consumption of red meat is associated with an increased risk […]

Yo-yo Dieting and Gut Bacteria

Poor gut bacterial diversity may be part of the struggle by obese dieters to keep weight off. A new study was presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology. There are ten bacteria living on and in every cell that makes up the body. Therefore, the diversity of bacterial species in our system has a huge […]

Walnuts may Improve Colon Health

Research has been reported that eating walnuts may change gut bacteria that might suppress colon cancer. The researchers led by UConn Health posted their article in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. This research team found that mice that ate 7-10.5% of their total calories as walnuts, developed fewer colon cancers. This was more effective in […]

Cutting Down on Sugar is the Best Health Insurance!

Gary Taubes, author and educator, is among a group of health investigators spreading the word about strong associations between sugar consumption and the rising rates of obesity and major diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. For the first time in history, obese people outnumber those who are underweight, and pre-diabetes now affects […]

A Boost For Athlete’s Performance

The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition has published research that suggests a little dark chocolate may improve performance in fitness training. Beetroot juice is popular among elite athletes, using it as a tool for enhancing their performance due to its high nitrate content. These nitrates in beetroot juice are converted to nitric […]

Love Red Wine? May Be Good For Cancer Too.

Well, here’s another reason to love red wine. Researchers have found a new health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and also in red wine. The resveratrol could help counteract the negative impact of high fat/high sugar diets. Dr. J.P. Hyatt, an associate professor at Georgetown University, studied the […]

Are You Wasting Good Food?

Can you imagine throwing out over $1,000 worth of perfectly good food every year?? The fact is, the average U.S. family of four wastes more than 2 million in calories and about $1,500 worth of food every year. Why? Those confusing dates! Don’t be taken in by those “sell by” dates. They aren’t actually an […]