The anti-inflammatory diet has generated a lot of buzz over the years, and for good reason. According to StatPearls, nearly 60% of Americans live with at least one chronic condition. These conditions include type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases; as the name may imply, they are linked to chronic inflammation (low-grade, long-term). According to 2019 research in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, as we age, we enter a more chronic inflammatory state, coined “inflammating,” further increasing the risk of these chronic conditions. Although people from all walks of life could likely benefit from the anti-inflammatory…
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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…
‘I’m an Endocrinologist and This Is My Go-To Meal for Weight Loss’
Losing weight in a healthy, manageable way is never easy and, unfortunately, it gets even more difficult as we age—especially for women. As you might imagine, this is partially due to hormonal changes. “Women lose estrogen as they age, and that makes it harder to lose weight,” explains Dr. Vidhya Illuri, M.Dan endocrinologist at Complete Medicine.
Dr. Illuri says that for anyone who has a health goal of weight loss, diet plays a major role. There’s one meal in particular that she herself loves that falls right within the guidelines of how she tells her patients with this health goal…
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,…
Bitewell’s Healthy Food Marketplace Reduces Health Insurance Premiums
bitewell is the go-to healthy marketplace for employers. It provides food health benefits, reducing … [+] insurance premiums and improving health for users.
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People understand the benefits of eating a healthy diet. As a result, employers are slowly taking responsibility for their employees’ health. The quicker companies offer healthier and more affordable options, the faster healthcare costs will decrease, and the ROI will increase.
The main problem is the…
Grocery prices making healthy food unaffordable for BC families, report says
Many BC families in lower-income households cannot afford to have healthy, nutritious diets due to food costs.
A BC Center for Disease Control report, Food Costing in BC 2022found that the average cost for a nutritious diet for a family of four in May and June 2022 was $1,263 per month.
“Food insecurity is a significant public health issue,” said Dr. Geoff McKee, BC Center for Disease Control’s medical director of population and public health.
“The price of food does not affect everyone equally and the root cause of household food insecurity is low income.”
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Scientists warn these 14 everyday foods could be giving you brain damage
New research suggests that even the occasional “cheat meal” could lead to long-lasting brain damage as scientists reveal 14 foods that people should be wary of.
According to scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, a diet of “clean” eating with some junk food could affect brain functions in rats.
During the experiment, the rats which ate a mostly healthy diet and only sometimes snacked on high-sugar and saturated-fat foods, showed significant cognitive impairment in tests of spatial memory.
Spatial memory allows people to remember where things are both on a short-term and long-term basis.
Spatial…
Why You Should Stop Eating Fake Sugars, According to the World Health Organization
As a teen and young adult, I drank a lot of full-sugar sodas—Mountain Dew, mostly. One day I decided that I would swap them all out for their diet equivalents, and the resulting loss of calories would mean I’d drop an easy five, maybe ten pounds by the end of the year. I stuck to my promise, and you know how many pounds I lost, changing nothing else about my diet? Zeros.
I still don’t drink full-sugar sodas. (I am now, like my colleague Claire Lowera member of the Diet Coke cult.) But I understand on a gut level why…