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26 Dec

Posted at 09:56h in Diet

The holidays are a time to enjoy family, friends and good food, but many of us worry that the foods we crave during these festive times aren’t always good for us. Kelly Morrow, MS, RD, CD, a clinical supervisor at Bastyr Center for Natural Health, says...

23 Dec

Posted at 09:53h in Blood Sugar Health

For patients with diabetes, it is better to eat a single large meal than several smaller meals throughout the day. This is the result of a current dietary study at Linköping University in Sweden. In the study the effect on blood glucose, blood lipids and different...

09 Nov

Posted at 09:40h in Uncategorized

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise “bad” cholesterol. Reducing the...

04 Nov

Posted at 09:36h in Uncategorized

Doctors, policymakers and everyday people may make decisions or give advice based on the results of published nutrition studies. But a new analysis shows researchers sometimes overstate the results of those reports. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked at papers published about nutrition...