Health
Fight Breast Cancer Caused by Birth Control
When it comes to smart dietary habits that can guard us against breast cancer, it can be difficult to sift through all the research out there. To eat soy or not to eat soy, to steer clear of dairy, to drink red wine, white wine, orno wine?! Ahhh! Overwhelming, right? But there’s one rule that never seems to change and [...]
Calcium: The key to strong bones and lifelong bone health
Calcium can seem confusing. How much should you get? Where should you get it? And what’s the deal with vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin K? But once you understand the basics, it’s not that hard to include it in your diet and get the calcium you need. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the [...]
Making sense of dietary fat
A walk down the grocery aisle will confirm our obsession with low-fat foods. We’re bombarded with supposedly guilt-free options: baked potato chips, fat-free ice cream, low-fat candies, cookies, and cakes. But while our low-fat options have exploded, so have obesity rates. Clearly, low-fat foods and diets haven’t delivered on their trim, healthy promises. Despite what [...]
What are dietary supplements?
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) defines a dietary supplement as a product that: supplements the food you eat; contains one or more dietary ingredient (including vitamins; minerals; herbs or other botanicals; amino acids, and other substances); comes in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid form; and is labeled as a dietary supplement. There [...]
Eating Super Foods Can Help You Lose Weight
Looking to drop an extra tent pounds? Believe it or not, it is possible to eat your way to thinner you, if you work scientifically proven super foods into your diet. According to Self’s new book, “The Drop Ten Diet”, eating these super foods can help you loose weight. Foods like wild salmon, with the [...]
Biking nutrition tips
Today is Bike to Work Day in many cities and towns across the Ocean State, and even the country. Officials are encouraging and supporting bicycling for local, short distance travel, in hopes of making our communities more bicycle friendly. Bonnie Frechette, Marketing Team Leader at Whole Foods, University Heights, joined Mary Larsen in downtown Providence to share [...]
Tips to eating healthy while dining out
In a world constantly on the move eating healthy can sometimes be thrown to the wayside for convenience and cost. At least, that’s what a few new studies with alarming statistics are suggesting. Earlier this month the United States Department of Agriculture released that as many as half of all American adults are eating at [...]
Diabetes Nutrition Tips, 6 foods that could save your life
1. Fish One of the best choices for diabetics is fish. This food choice contains plenty of protein without the high fat content found in meat and poultry. Furthermore, fish contain a significant amount of omega 3 fatty acids, which are excellent for keeping triglyceride levels low and your heart healthy. Individuals with diabetes should try to eat fish [...]
10 nutrition tips for older Women
Chill Out! The level of hysteria over food and nutrition for young children has escalated beyond all reason. It was never meant to be this complicated. Normally healthy young children are pretty resilient when it comes to eating. So, again, stop worrying about feeding your kids perfect diets. There is no scientific way to feed [...]
Keep fruits and vegetables within reach for healthier eating!
How can you use this information to help you eat healthier: Knowing that food that is close to you gets eaten more, try putting away unhealthy snacks such as chips and cookies inside a cabinet where you cannot see them. Leave washed fruit such as apples, peaches, and bananas on the counter or somewhere where [...]
