Top 5 foods improving brainpower
/
To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
Read More
HEALTHY FOOD
9 things slowing down weight loss and how to fix that
/
Consciously or subconsciously weight loss efforts can be influenced by your actions, feelings, and your environmental surrounding.
Read MoreHow to stop binge eating
/
To eat too much on occasion can happen but if the pattern is to overeat consistently with feelings of being unable to stop, this may be a sign of binge eating disorder.
Read MoreCould you be getting in too much caffeine?
/
Here is a listing of not just foods and beverages but also medications you may be taking contributing to a little more caffeine than what’s good for you:
Read MoreDieting as a teenager sets in motion unhealthy eating cycle
/
Adolescents who were encouraged to restrict food intake or go on a diet to lose weight were more likely to do the same with their own children in the future.
Read MoreHow effective is intermittent fasting for weight loss?
/
There is a growing body of research suggesting that cycling low-calorie days into your normal eating pattern may be good for not only losing weight but also our health.
Read MoreFoods helping and foods harming male fertility
/
When infertility is discussed, most of us assume it to be a female problem. However, when it comes to conceiving a baby, diet and lifestyle are just as important for men as for women.
Read MoreHealing foods found in your kitchen
/
Ginger has long been known and extensively studied for its potential in soothing nausea especially during chemotherapy and pregnancy.
Read More8 myths about dietary supplements
/
Each year the dietary supplement industry brings in billions of dollars of sales from an estimated 90,000 products sold to consumers.
Read MoreThe amazing benefits of psyllium fiber
/
Besides being a laxative, psyllium has far more benefits beyond treating constipation. Here are the other uses of psyllium that can improve your health:
Read More
Soothe stress by sipping on tea
/
Tea has several qualities working in its favor making it an effective strategy for stress. Here are four ways drinking tea can calm your nerves taking you to a new height of tranquility:
Read MoreIs your job making you gain weight?
/
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 MoreExotic and ever enjoyable edamame
/
Edamame – 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 – the spice of a healthy life
/
Tumeric – 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 MoreIs there a link between diet soda, dementia and stroke?
/
For 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 MoreNature’s brain foods
/
It’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 MoreHeart attacks, stroke reduced after banning trans fats
/
It 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 MoreMaximizing the most from a cup of green tea
/
We love our tea. In fact we love it so much tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world, second only to water. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe enjoy drinking tea and studies have shown green tea provides some of the most nutritional health benefits of all.
Green tea is made from unfermented leaves and reportedly contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols. Antioxidants are substances that fight free radicals, damaging compounds in the body that change cells, damage DNA, and even cause cell death. The belief by scientists is free radicals contribute to the aging process along with the development of health problems including cancer and heart disease. Antioxidants such as polyphenols found in green tea, can neutralize free radicals and may reduce or perhaps prevent some the damage they cause. These same polyphenols may also be the answer to a youthful glow as research has discovered that these compounds in green tea may protect skin against UV radiation as well as improve skin quality such as elasticity and dryness.
Because of the polyphenol chemicals found in green tea, researchers believe green tea’s potent health properties derive from them. Polyphenols contained in teas are classifies as catechins. Green tea contains six primary catechin compounds with one of them being apigallocatechin gallate or EGCG. ECCG is the most studied polyphenol component in green tea and the most active. Some researchers think the polyphenols in green tea, giving it its bitter flavor, seem to have greater antioxidant effects than vitamin C.
Green tea also contains alkaloids including caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline. An amino acid compound also found in green tea, L-theanine, has been studied for its calming effects on the nervous system.
Besides the possibility of preventing major chronic diseases, green tea has been used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine to help relieve or cure other health conditions such as using it in various ways:
· A stimulant
· A diuretic to help rid the body of excess fluid
· An astringent to control bleeding and help heal wounds
· To treat gas
· To help regulate body temperature and blood sugar
· To promote digestion
· To improve mental processes
To help maximize the most health benefits green tea has to offer, there are certain steps one can take to do this:
· The best source of tea polyphenols is brewed green tea.
· Steep the tea bag or tea leaves for at least three minutes as it takes time for the polyphenols to dissolve into the water.
· Squeeze in a few drops of lemon juice which not only supplies some vitamin C but also protects the polyphenols from being oxidized and lost.
· An 8 ounce cup of fresh-brewed green tea contains about 320 milligrams of polyphenols, including roughly 190 mg of EGCG.
· It is recommended to consume about 2 to 3 cups of green tea daily to receive the health benefits it may provide.
If you are unsure if drinking green tea is safe for you or not, always discuss with your healthcare provider as to what they recommend. People with high blood pressure, heart, liver or kidney problems, or with anxiety may need to avoid large amounts of green tea or avoid it altogether.
Anorexia and Celiac Disease: A Link?
/
Many young women struggle with anorexia nervosa for reasons that remain unclear. Biological, psychological and even environmental factors – Western culture's unhealthy obsession with being thin – all have their own camps and adherents. But new findings that link anorexia to celiac disease may finally shed some definitive light on the eating disorder which affects 1 in 200 American women.
Read More