When it comes to spicy foods, people generally fall into two categories—those who love them and those who avoid them at all costs.
If you’re a lover of all things spicy, you’ll be glad to know that spices such as peppers and chilies offer more than just flavor. Compounds in spicy foods may help reduce blood pressure, support weight management, and increase longevity. However, spicy foods aren’t for everyone, especially if you have digestive issues.
Here’s a look at the potential health benefits and risks of eating spicy foods.
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7 Ways to Follow the Mediterranean Diet
Named one of the healthiest diets in the world for six years in a row, the Mediterranean diet is abundant in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and healthy fats. It features fish and poultry—lean protein sources—over red meat. Red wine is consumed regularly but in moderate amounts.
Research suggests that the benefits of this eating pattern are many: improved outcomes for intentional weight loss, better management of blood glucose (sugar) levels and reduced risk of cognitive decline, to name a few. The Mediterranean diet has also been associated with reduced levels of inflammation, a risk factor for heart attacks, strokes…
Human error blamed for Chicopee health insurance overpayments
Officials in Chicopee, Massachusetts are working to recover money the city paid for health insurance premiums for municipal employees who had retired and in some cases died.
While acknowledging the data review is not finished, Chicopee Mayor John Vieau said the financial loss is expected to be less than 1 percent of the $15 million budgeted for health and dental insurance premiums and much of it will likely be returned to the city by the insurance carriers.
At a City Hall news conference, he told reporters the erroneous payments were not a result of corruption or illegal activity.
“There is…
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“Give people the power, give them the resources, give them the authority to say yes at the local level, and we’re going to get much better service.”
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Premier Danielle Smith listens as Dr. John Cowell, official administrator with AHS answers questions during a press conference on a new initiative to use alternative modes of transportation for non-emergency transfers to hospitals. The goal is to help free up paramedics and ambulances for emergency calls. The announcement took place in a training lab…
Eat Bigger Meals, Healthy Snacks to Boost Energy and Lose Weight
A 35-year-old woman submitted an average day of eating to be reviewed for Insider’s Nutrition Clinic.
A nutritionist said to eat bigger, more balanced meals including carbs.
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Keshia, 35, submitted her eating routine to Insider’s Nutrition Clinic, where qualified dietitians and registered nutritionists offer advice on readers’ eating habits.
She told Insider her goals were to lose weight, feel less hungry,…
Nearly 1 in 4 Iowans eat less than 1 vegetable per day. This drive-through could help.
Iowans could use some help with “active living and healthy eating.”
Only 27.1% of adult Iowans have a healthy body weight, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health’s June 2022 Healthy Iowans: Iowa’s State Health Assessment report. And while the federal 2020 Dietary Guidelines recommend that adults and adolescents eat 2½ to 4 cups of vegetables and 1½ to 2½ cups of fruit daily, Healthy Iowans revealed that 22.7% of adult Iowans eat less than one vegetable per day and 40.4% eat less that one fruit per day.
Fast-food restaurants offer little help in the way of healthy food…
I’m known as Thailand’s ‘Happiness Farmer.’ Here’s how I built a haven of simple living in a high-pressure world.
Jon Jandai is Thailand’s self-proclaimed ‘happiness farmer’ and founder of the Pun Pun Center for Self Reliance.
Jandai and those who live on the farm grow their own food, make soap and shampoo, and build shelters.
Dozens of people from around the world come to the center to learn how to live a self-sustaining lifestyle.
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jon Jandai, the 60-year-old founder of the Pun Pun Center for Self Reliance in Thailand. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.
I grew up in a remote area in Northeastern Thailand, widely…
Massena retirees ask for a faster change to a new health plan
Jul. 21—MASSENA — Town of Massena retirees say they would like to see the process move faster in switching to a new health insurance plan.
Several retirees were on hand Wednesday to ask the Massena Town Board to speed up the process and approve the transition to the new plan.
Deputy Town Supervisor Patrick M. Facteau said they had followed up with Zachary Zuckerman, a group benefits consultant at USI Insurance Services in Syracuse, and he had made contact with most of the retirees to discuss the new plan.
“As far as I know, we’ve had no negatives in regards…