Losing weight isn’t as easy as it seems. You have to indulge in rigorous workouts, stay committed to your long-term goals, cut down on your favorite foods or delicacies, and most of all, show up every day for yourself. It requires a lot of undeterred spirit within you to achieve your health goals. However, to reach the end-goal in their weight loss game, most people end up starving themselves and cutting down on everything, even the essential vitamins. Most weight-loss diet plans press on dividing meals into smaller portions instead of feeding yourself sumptuously with three big meals a day.…
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Three ‘heart-healthy’ food swaps that can keep cholesterol in check
Dubbed the “silent killer”, high cholesterol can raise your risk of serious health problems, ranging from heart disease to strokes.
Food can be a double-edged sword in this process, either boosting your levels of the fatty substance, or keeping them in check.
“When it comes to dieting, the most important change you can make is reducing your saturated fat intake,” Lynne Garton, Dietetic Adviser at HEART UK, said.
“There are different types of fat in the food we eat, and saturated fats are the type that raises blood cholesterol.”
Worryingly, there are three popular food options enjoyed by many Britons…
Ben Affleck Is ‘the Healthiest He’s Ever Been’ on Jennifer Lopez’s Diet and Exercise Plan
Fit couple! Ben Affleck is on his wife Jennifer López‘s “diet and exercise plan,” a source specifically tells InTouchand the program is “100 percent working for him.”
“There are trainers at the house, there are chefs at the house and there is healthy food everywhere he turns,” the insider says.
The “Let’s Get Loud” artist, 53, “loves to indulge in burgers and fries, but at home, it’s a really healthy house,” the source explains. “Lots of water. No sodas. Yoga in the morning outside. A casual run if she’s free in the afternoon, and she’ll bring Ben with her.”
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The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Prioritizes Improved Access to Healthy Food Through Food System Transformation Initiatives
Today, the Provincial Government is announcing support of approximately $386,000 to Food First NL. This one-time funding will support Food System Transformation initiatives and advance collaborative efforts through four interrelated community food projects, and will open up opportunities for future investments from national partners.
These community food projects include:
Great Things in Store: Working with a cohort of eight food retailers across the province to develop and pilot partnerships and programs that improve food access for lower-income Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
Rethinking Food Charity: Supporting the implementation of recommendations developed through a year-long consultation process that engaged people with a lived…
Eight simple ways to eat healthy without blowing your food budget
Beating inflation doesn’t have to mean sacrificing good nutrition, says expert.
Inflation is biting into the average shopper’s food budget, but there are ways to still keep good nutrition on the table, says a University of Alberta expert.
Basic cooking skills, combined with a dash of careful planning, can help ease the price Canadians are going to pay in 2023 for groceries, says registered dietitian Heidi Bates.
“We have the ability to be savvy shoppers, to plan differently and to do more food preparation ourselves to offset inflation and still eat really well,” said Bates.
Despite sky-high prices, fruit, vegetables,…
Eating junk food may hinder deep sleep, study says
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Researchers in Sweden found there may be a link between eating junk food and poor deep sleep.
In a recent study published in the journal Obesityhealthy participants consumed an unhealthy, as well as a healthier, diet in a randomized order.
Researchers from Uppsala University found that the quality of participants’ deep sleep had deteriorated after eating an unhealthy diet, compared to eating a healthier diet.
“Both poor diet and poor sleep increase the risk of several public health conditions. As what we eat is so important for our…
Healthy diet costs a BC family $1,263 a month last year, says report
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Published May 25, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 3 minute read
A healthy food basket costs an average of $1,263 a month for a typical BC family of four in 2022. Photo by istockphoto /Getty Images
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A BC family of four needed over $1,250 a month to feed themselves a nutritious diet last year, an amount too rich for many trying to…
More healthy food options coming for Long-Term Care Homes residents in Mississauga, Brampton, and Ontario
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The province has answered a Brampton man’s call for better menu options at Long-Term Care Homes in Mississauga, Brampton and across Ontario.
Murray Woodcock is a resident at Extendicare Brampton and president of the Residents’ Council at the Long Term Care Home (LTCH) who has been putting pressure on the province to expand options and bring more variety to the food served at home.
On Friday the province announced it was doing exactly that with a $32 million investment to ensure residents are provided with more individualized food choices, more fresh produce and local…