Food and Diet. Find daily health food tips and ideas from Dr. David Samadi. Discover healthy food for healthy living. Explore major food issues and debates related to health such as buying and cooking with organic food, genetically modified food (GMO versus Non-GMO), nutrition, dieting epidemic, obesity, disease prevention, best digestion foods.
It happens to the best of us – weight gain. It wasn’t like you went to bed one night skinny and the next morning you woke up plump. No, the weight gain was gradual and you may be blaming everything under the sun except for one thing – your job.
Read MoreWeight loss – it’s a constant battle for many and even when a person does lose some weight, the other struggle is keeping the weight off. How do some people successfully lose significant amounts of weight and maintain the loss while others lose and then regain weight in repeating cycles?
Read MoreEdamame – ever eaten it? There was a time when very few people knew what edamame even was. But ever since Americans took a strong liking to sushi back in the 1980’s when Japanese restaurants in California served them with Japanese beer, the popularity of eating edamame has steadily grown over the years. It was in 1994 when packaged ready-to-eat edamame appeared in a supermarket for the first time.
Read MoreTumeric – a spice spanning several cultures has a long history dating back about 4, 000 years ago. Native to areas such as India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, turmeric has been used to treat a variety of conditions over the centuries and is still revered as a time-honored medicinal seasoning to this day. Over 1 billion people worldwide regularly consume turmeric as part of their diet.
Read MoreFor anyone who likes their diet soda, a new study may cause you to pause on slurping down your favorite drink. An analysis of more than 4,000 participants in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort, found that those who drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage a day were almost three times more likely to develop ischemic stroke and 2.9 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of 10 years than those who drank artificially sweetened beverages less than once a week.
Read MoreIt’s the little things like forgetting someone’s name or needing to constantly write yourself reminder notes. For the time being most of us just chalk it up to getting older but those common lapses of memory we all tend to share could also signal a future cognitive decline. What most of us fear is dementia, a catch-all term for a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. We fear the cognitive decline could be a symptom of the worst of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease.
Read MoreIt appears the ban on trans fats that began in July 2007 in certain areas of the nation are doing what it was meant to do – reduce heart disease. A new study led by a team at Yale University and published in the journal of JAMA Cardiology, has found since that ban, heart attacks and stroke have fallen by more than 6 percent three years after New York City and some counties within the state banned them.
Read MoreVegans have been keeping a secret for a while, but we're here to spill the beans: Coconut milk is a tastier and healthier substitute for your daily glass of dairy.
Read MoreCayenne pepper, or simply “red pepper” in its powdered form, is one of the most popular spices and a mainstay in the cuisine of much of Asia, as well as the American Southwest, Mexico, and Louisiana.
Read MoreAmerica’s annual day of feasting – Thanksgiving – is right around the corner and the main entrée is bound to be turkey on most American’s dinner plates.
Read MoreThere are literally trillions of bacteria that call your intestinal tract home and they want you to feed them.
Read MoreThe average U.S. family of four wastes between $1,350 to $2,275 of food each year. That averages out to be 36 pounds of food per person wasted each month at the retail and consumer levels.
Read MoreHow many of you are familiar with kombucha tea? This trending tea has successfully made its way from health food stores into mainstream supermarkets creating a buzz among health enthusiasts.
Read MoreMove aside Greek yogurt – cottage cheese wants more of your shelf space and a starring role on the American plate like it used to have years ago.
Read More“Eat a high protein diet for weight loss.” We’ve heard this advice many times in recent years and now maybe there really is some proof that doing so can be an effective treatment for obesity.
Read MoreWe’ve heard of the term “seeing red” but during the months of December, January and February, this is primetime for seeing the color orange at the grocery store.
Read MoreGive the creators of the Military Diet some credit: they know how to market! A man hears “military something-something” and his attention is immediately grabbed.
Read MoreThat extra cup of coffee may have one more health benefit to add to its growing list – a reduced risk of colorectal cancer.
Read MoreMost days, our battle with stress begins shortly into our morning commute and doesn't end until we've read the latest dread news on some mobile device just before we nod off.
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