Archive for August 2009
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Healthy Eating And Associated Weight Loss Improves Cardiac Risk Factors
Cardiologist Philip Ades, M.D., not only counsels his cardiac rehabilitation patients to eat healthier food, he shows them how. The author of the “EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook” (Countryman Press, 2008), Ades’ research focuses on cardiac rehabilitation, treatment of obesity, hypertension, and management of high cholesterol. Read The Full Article…Healthy Eating And Associated Weight [...] Read more »
Children With Cancer Face Unique Nutritional Needs
Proper nutrition is important for all children, but especially for those undergoing treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Some treatments for cancer and other pediatric catastrophic diseases can affect appetite by causing nausea, unusual allergies, changes to the sense of taste and mouth sores. Nutritional care that helps patients achieve normal [...] Read more »
Dealing With High-blood Pressure? Eat More Melons
Summer is the time to chill out with cool summer fruits. So, why not lower your blood pressure at the same time? Nutrition experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say there’s no better way to lower your blood pressure than by indulging in some of the season’s potassium-rich fruit [...] Read more »
Season Is No Excuse To Skimp On Produce
The produce section may be a bit bare this time of year, but that doesn’t give anyone a free pass to skimp on fruits and vegetables. Dr. Jo Ann Carson, professor of clinical nutrition at UT Southwestern Medical Center, said the solution lies in choosing as much fresh seasonal produce as possible, [...] Read more »
Tufts Modified MyPyramid Addresses Older Adults’ Dietary Needs
Tufts University’s Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults emphasizes nutrient-dense food choices and the importance of fluid balance. It also provides guidance about forms of foods that could best meet the unique needs of older adults and about the importance of regular physical activity. “Adults over the age of 70 have unique dietary [...] Read more »
Healthy Tips For Back-to-school
Alexa Schmidt, Binghamton University’s registered dietitian, offers the following health and wellness tips for college students. Tips for beating the ‘freshman fifteen’ — Seek out campus resources. — Sign up for an active gym class. — Find the walking trails on campus or map out a [...] Read more »
Eating Healthier For Less: Nutritional Tips For You And Your Family
Today’s tough economic challenges make it a good time to re-examine the way we and our family members eat, as more of us try to stretch the budget by dining on the cheap on foods like hot dogs, bologna sandwiches, and macaroni and cheese. But eating healthy doesn’t have to cost more. Read [...] Read more »
Study In Worms Suggests How Fertility In Humans May Be Regenerated By Fasting
Scientific dogma has long asserted that females are born with their entire lifetime’s supply of eggs, and once they’re gone, they’re gone. New findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, published online Aug. 27 in Science, suggest that in nematode worms, at least, this does not hold true. Molecular physiologist [...] Read more »
Newly Improved NIST Reference Material Targets Infant Formula Analysis
Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a new certified reference material – a standardized sample backed by NIST – for determining the concentrations of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in infant and adult nutritional formula and similar products. Read The Full Article…Newly Improved NIST Reference Material Targets Infant Formula [...] Read more »
Former International Footballer To Open Independent Living Scotland 2009
Former Glasgow Rangers and England footballer Mark Hateley will be officially opening Independent Living Scotland 2009 at the Glasgow SECC on September 9th at 10:00am. Mark Hateley now works as an official ambassador for Glasgow Rangers. In his career Mar played for Portsmouth, AC Milan, and Monaco before joining Glasgow Rangers where he scored 115 [...] Read more »
