Tag: nutrition
Study: Increased Water Consumption Can Improve Your Diet
Want to cut calories and reduce your intake of saturated fat, sugar, sodium and cholesterol? Drink more water. That’s the conclusion reached by University of Illinois...
Fad Diets: The Good and the Bad
At the start of every New Year, people everywhere are busy making their life-changing resolutions, and losing weight is consistently a top commitment made...
Pediatricians: New Diet Approach to Child Nutrition
Good nutrition is a key component in a child’s ability to grow and learn, and according to recent guidelines from the American Academy of...
Nutrition & Dietetics Career Profile
For centuries, people thought little about the link between their health and what they put into their bodies. But there has been a significant...
Careful, Your Dietary Supplements May Just Be Wheat in Disguise
Be warned, that bottle of St. John’s wort on the grocery store shelf may be nothing more than wheat or powdered soybean. In a recent...
Study Shows High Blood Sugar May Increase Risk of Dementia
Elevated blood sugar levels could increase a person’s risk of dementia, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Of the over...
Nutritionists Weigh In on Benefits of Pumpkin and Share Recipes
If variety really is the spice of life, then eating seasonal favorites can keep culinary habits from getting stale, and this time of year...
Government Shifts The Food Pyramid to “Choose My Plate” Campaign
Most people are familiar with the “food pyramid” as a tool for combining foods for proper nutrition. Recently the federal government shifted the food...
Super foods for Super Students: Best Foods to pack in lunches
Packing a good lunch with items that will be enticing, tasty and consumed instead of being traded or tossed, has long been a dilemma...
A Fresh Look on Taking Supplements
Most Americans have taken a vitamin/mineral supplement or bought nutritional drink-mix powders in an effort to boost health and vitality. The National Health and...