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Sharpen Your Mind with These Nutrients
Scientists have learned a lot in the last decade about how maintaining a healthy body weight and lifestyle—and how nutrients in healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and seafood—can...
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1. The Nutrition You Need to Know
As you get older, you may find yourself agreeing with the words of baseball legend Satchel Paige: “If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” Experts estimate...
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9. Top Protein Picks
Animal foods, including meats, poultry, eggs, and dairy products, currently provide the bulk of Americans’ protein—and most people consume much more than they need from less healthy sources such as red...
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Reduce Your Starches, Not Your Carbs
While experts continue to caution against added sugars and to recommend more fiber—both components of carbohydrates—the third component of carbs—starch—is now getting long overdue attention, but not in...
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Add More Nutrients to Your Meals with Whole-Grain Rice
There are a lot of things you don’t get when you consume whole-grain rice: sodium, for instance. Whole-grain rice has zero sodium. It also has zero sugars and zero saturated fats. But in addition to...
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5. Brain Boosts from Supplements
Life would certainly be simpler if we could believe the advertisements and label claims of America’s booming supplement industry. By simply popping a pill—or a handful of pills—you could make up for...
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5. Fruit Superfoods
Sweet, juicy fruits—Mother Nature’s true desserts—have been cultivated, preserved, and enjoyed year-round by people all over the world for centuries. While many common varieties of fruits may be...
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4. Vegetable Superfoods
Your mother was right when she nagged you to eat your veggies. One of the most important superfoods in the human diet, vegetables are excellent sources of nutrients packed into low-calorie bundles....
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3. Whole-Grain Superfoods
Whole grains provide your body with complex, nutrient-rich carbohydrates (carbs) that fuel your body with energy that is slowly and steadily released. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans...
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2. Protein-Rich Superfoods
You must include healthful sources of protein in your diet. Your body needs protein to build, maintain, and repair bones, muscles, blood, and skin. Protein also provides the material your body uses to...
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8. Best Dietary Strategies
Fortunately, you can make great changes in your brain health with improvements in your diet and lifestyle. Just adding a walking routine and increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables can be...
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9. Vital Nutrients
Although symptoms of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s don’t manifest until after years or even decades after their processes begin, the sooner you begin fighting memory loss, the more...
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Maintain Brain Health with B Vitamins
Adequate intake of the eight B vitamins is important for a wide variety of cellular functions and metabolic processes in your body, and may help protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer. But...
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Bioavailability: How to Retain More of Your Foods’ Nutrients
Healthy foods are loaded with nutrients, but your bloodstream doesn’t absorb every nutrient the same way. It doesn’t even absorb the same amount of each nutrient each time you eat that specific food,...
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BODYWORKS/MOVES OF THE MONTH Use Resistance Bands to Build Arm Strength (Jan., 7) Use Resistance Exercises to Build Leg Strength (Feb., 7) Build Upper-Body Strength with Dumbbells (Mar., 7) Step Into...
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Allergy Vitamin D and Wool Allergy (March, 8) Early Introduction of Peanuts May Prevent Peanut Allergy (June, 2) Beverages Mythbusting: Hydration (April, 1) Health and Decaf Coffee (July, 8) Energy...
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6. Drug Treatments for Cholesterol
Despite all their best efforts, some people still can’t keep their lipids and cardiovascular risk at acceptable levels. If you’re one of them, you’ll need a medication to help control your cholesterol...
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5. Treatment Strategies
If you are depressed, don’t let feelings of hopelessness or the stigma of the condition prevent you from getting the help you need. Know that it is possible to manage depression and return to a greater...
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4. Fabulous Fiber
Some of us love grains and legumes, but many people avoid them. That’s sad because these two foods have been victims of false information. Some people claim that grains and legumes might harm our...
View ArticleBrown Rice vs. White Rice: Which One is Healthier for You?
September is National Rice Month in the United States, a time to celebrate the harvest of one of our favorite grains. Rice is a grain commonly consumed all over the world. Nearly half of the planet’s...
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