Fat traps in your life can sabotage your weight and your overall health.
Certain landmarks are a time for celebration but when a rights of passage add on the pounds it’s time to have a strategy.
It’s bad enough to deal with the holidays but being married, having a baby and menopause also add pounds.
Here are a few solutions to help you ward off life’s weight gain pitfalls and sail into middle age without a spare tire.
A new study shows that those women whose diets were low in red meat, sodium and processed carbohydrates and high in plant based foods and legumes may have a somewhat decreased risk of developing one type of breast cancer,
The findings, from a large, long-running study of U.S. nurses, showed that women with diets high in plant foods — but low in red meat, sodium and processed carbohydrates — tended to have a lower risk of developing certain breast tumors.
Of more than 86,000 women the study followed for 26 years, slightly less than one percent developed ER-negative breast cancer.
The risk, researchers found, was lower among women whose diets most closely resembled the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet — an eating plan experts recommended for lowering blood pressure. It emphasizes vegetables, fruit, fiber-rich grains, legumes and nuts, and low-fat dairy.
People who manage to stay healthy and diabetes free as they age share some healthy habits.
The five key traits they share represent healthy habits which anyone can incorporate into their daily routine.
Normal weight They were not overweight or obese, and maintained a body mass index below 25 (a threshold equivalent to 155 pounds for a 5-foot, 6-inch woman).
Nonsmoking They had never been regular smokers, or they’d been smoke-free for at least 10 years.
Physically active They got at least 20 minutes of heart-pounding, sweat-inducing exercise three or more times per week.
Healthy diet They consumed a diet with lots of fiber, little trans fat, few refined or sugary carbohydrates, and a high ratio of good (polyunsaturated) to bad (saturated) fats.
Little to no drinking They used alcohol in moderation, if at all — two drinks or less a day for men, and one drink or less for women.
You don’t always hear good news about potatoes when it comes to your health, however, purple potatoes are a different story according to Joe Vinson, a chemistry professor at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania.
On average, diastolic blood pressure — the bottom number in a blood pressure reading — dropped by a statistically significant 4.3 percent and systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure reading — dropped by 3.5 percent.
While eating potatoes, most of the subjects — even those on anti-hypertensive medications — experienced lower blood pressure, and none of the subjects gained weight.
Baked and boiled potatoes are best while frying at high temperatures seems to destroy the health benefits of potatoes.
Enjoy in moderation and improve your health/
We are all getting the message about foods that we shouldn’t eat but what exactly should we be eating?
The FDA is trying to simplify the answer to that question by illustrating food labels making them easier to read and follow.
Calorie counts are popping up on menus of chain restaurants across the country and the longstanding food pyramid was toppled this year by the U.S. government in favor of a plate that gives a picture of what a healthy daily diet looks like.
The struggle to redesign the labels on every box, can and carton has been in the works since 2003, and some of the changes could be proposed as soon as this year. FDA Deputy Commissioner Michael Taylor cautions not to expect a grand overhaul, but the revamped label does mark a shift to create a more useful nutritional snapshot of foods millions of Americans consume every day.
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