healthy diet
05/07/2018 / By Ralph Flores
One of nature’s best multivitamins, beets are full of nutrients
People who have prepared beets know of the horror mess it can cause: It can turn a spotless kitchen into what can only be described as something close to a crime scene. Eating one can be tricky too: Beet juice can also stain your clothes. Still, this shouldn’t dissuade you from consuming this nutritionally diverse […]
05/06/2018 / By Michelle Simmons
Eat more Swiss chard to enhance endurance and lower your blood pressure
Green leafy vegetables have been the go-to foods for a wide range of health benefits. One of these nutritious salad greens is the Swiss chard, which can boost endurance and athletic performance and lower blood pressure, according to research. A 2013 study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology associated foods rich in nitrates like Swiss […]
05/01/2018 / By Jessica Dolores
Prevent vision loss by protecting your heart with a healthy diet
Losing one’s eyesight and knowing that the damage is reversible is one thing. Losing one’s vision and learning that it will never come back is more devastating. The second scenario affects more than 10 million Americans living in the U.S. The number is expected to balloon to almost 22 million by 2050. The figures are […]
04/24/2018 / By Ralph Flores
Best weight-loss plan for diabetics: A huge breakfast but smaller lunch and dinner
People who are obese, as well as those who have Type 2 diabetes or regularly take insulin, would do well to take a high-energy breakfast to lose weight. Based on the finding, researchers from Israel also suggested scaling back during lunch and dinner to achieve a better effect. The findings were presented at the ENDO […]
04/19/2018 / By Michelle Simmons
If you really want to keep the weight off, eat good food regularly and don’t go on fad diets
Regularly eat good food and ditch fad diets if you really want to maintain a healthy weight, according to a study published in the journal Eating Behaviors. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Helsinki, also found that going on a diet and skipping meals makes a person gain weight faster instead of […]
04/15/2018 / By Zoey Sky
Eating walnuts found to protect the colon from cancerous tumors
If you’re not a big fan of walnuts, now might be the time to start snacking on them because they can help decelerate colon tumor growth, according to a study led by Dr. Christos S. Mantzoros, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The researchers ran tests on mice and their […]
04/14/2018 / By Zoey Sky
Black raspberries can reduce your risk of developing oral cancer
A study on black raspberries and mouth tumors on experimental animals revealed that these berries can inhibit oral cancer, reported an article in the American Institute for Cancer Research website. The researchers also discovered cancer-related genes that could help explain its actions. Dr. Steve Oghumu, Ph.D., the lead author of the study and a scientist at the […]
04/14/2018 / By Michelle Simmons
Diabetes prevention study: Fiber helps reduce blood sugar, improve gut bacteria
Fiber helps lower blood sugar levels and improve gut bacteria, according to a study published in the journal Science. The study, led by researchers at Rutgers University, New Brunswick (RUNB), found that people with Type 2 diabetes who followed a diet rich in fibers had a greater reduction in blood sugar levels. In the study, […]
04/01/2018 / By David Williams
Gut microbiota affects how well a diet works, especially among those with high blood pressure
Anyone can follow any type of diet, at any time and for any reason. However, just because a person starts following the rules of a particular diet, limits food intake to only the foods that have been specified, and takes care not to make any mistakes that might hamper any of their progress, it’s still […]
03/15/2018 / By Tracey Watson
Different paths to the same goal: Vegetarian and Mediterranean diets both proven to prevent heart disease
Heart disease claims more American lives than any other disease. A quarter of all deaths in our country are caused by heart disease. Close to 800,000 people have a first heart attack each year, and it kills over half a million people annually. There are many theories about how best to prevent coronary conditions, but […]
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