by Joshua Melson, Md, Rush University Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Just as diet can have a positive or negative impact on heart, brain and bone health, your colon’s overall health can be affected by what you eat. The colon is a crucial part of the digestive system, and many different conditions can cause it...
by King’s College London Research led by Dr. Wendy Hall, Reader in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that replacing popular snacks such as biscuits and crisps with almonds can improve endothelial function, a key indicator of vascular health, and lower ‘bad’ LDL-cholesterol. Participants who...
FULL CLAIM: “The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.” An image containing the claim that eating alkaline foods can “defeat” SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been shared at least 800,000...
(HealthDay)—You know that too much salt contributes to high blood pressure, but you might not realize how easily eating out could put you and your kids at risk. Many entrees at leading restaurants and fast food places contain almost a full day’s allotment of salt, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Laurel Mellin is a health psychologist at University of California, San Francisco She has done research on the glitches in the emotional part of the brain that are connected with over-eating Here she explains findings that suggest we can re-train our brains out of it With springtime comes the desire to shed those few extra pounds,...
