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Nutrition Experts Call For Fewer Restrictions On Fat, More On Sugar

Recently, healthcare providers and health researchers have suggested a few big changes to the eating guidelines they give to Americans. For decades, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have suggested limiting foods with a lot of cholesterol, including: Egg yolks, Red meat, Butter, lard, and tallow (beef fat), Shellfish, like shrimp and lobster, Cheese, cream, and whole milk. But now, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which meets once every five years, believe it’s better to cut back on sugar than to avoid cholesterol-rich foods. [ Read more ]

July 1, 2015

Fasting May Lower Inflammation

If you keep up with health news, you may know that inflammation is often at the root of metabolic problems, like high blood pressure, obesity, high triglycerides, high blood glucose, and type 2 diabetes. Inflammation is a process in your body that helps you heal from wounds and other urgent issues, but too much of it can lead to serious chronic health conditions. This is why researchers are always looking for new ways to lower inflammation and prevent it from leading to bigger problems. A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine has shown that fasting, or limiting your food intake in other ways, is linked to lower levels of inflammation. [ Read more ]

May 4, 2015

Diet And Exercise Are Not Enough To Reverse Obesity For Most

Diet And Exercise Are Not Enough To Reverse Obesity For Most

People who struggle with obesity (BMI over 30) are often told to eat less and get more physical activity to achieve a healthy weight. But according to researchers at the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at Columbia University Medical Center, these lifestyle changes do not help 80% to 95% of obese people. They wrote an article for The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology stating that taking in fewer calories tends to make obese people gain even more weight over the long term. [ Read more ]

April 20, 2015

Eat Less Without Feeling Hungry

Eat less without feeling hungry

  Do you still feel hungry after following your new healthy eating plan?  Feeling hungry and deprived will only lead you to straying from your healthy ways. Try ways to [ Read more ]

December 5, 2014

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