Category: Nutrition and Wellness

With so many nutrition gurus making health claims, deciding food choices can feel like calculus. But research suggests such complexity is unwarranted if most of your diet is whole foods. To simplify, keep these...

Calorie Control The biggest factor in a diet is calories in versus calories out; your total calories will determine if you lose or gain weight. Eating too many calories will lead to fat gain....

You can test almost anything at home, but should you? When you feel a weird ache or other mysterious symptom, you want to know right away what’s causing it. That’s why we’re so quick...

It is accepted that there are risks associated with working at computers. As a result regulations and guidelines have been introduced to control these risks, and to provide computer users with information that will...

You’re sick or hurt; what do you do? These guidelines can help you decide whether you need the paramedics — or just a pair of tweezers. Call 911 if… you or someone else has...

Omega-6 and omega-3 keep a crucial part in our body. They are a part of the membrane of all our cells in an equal proportion. The long chain of omega-3 derivatives determines the fluidity...

What does the sell-by date on a food product mean? How long after that date is the food still edible? Though the “sell by” date indicates to retailers the last day a product should...

Check freshness Do a few freshness checks before you even look at a baking pan. You don’t want to discover expired or stale ingredients midway into your recipe. Sniff your spices. Open the bottles...

The type of chocolate you use can affect baking results. So it’s best to stick with what the recipe calls for, but here are some tasty tricks. Unsweetened chocolate has 100 percent cacao content....

Your freezer is your best friend in the kitchen. Even a small one can be a great time- and money-saver, whether you load it with leftovers and homemade casseroles or use it to stash...

During the summer months, hydration can be a problem, especially if water seems to bore your taste buds. Dazzle your H2O by adding a hint of flavor… and give your mouth the incentive to...

The Claim “After age 40 we can start losing muscle – 8 percent every 10 years”, warns an ad for Ensure Muscle Health. It ten touts a proprietary ingredient called Revigor that, with exercise,...

It’s a common misconception that sea salt is better for you than other forms. In fact 61 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the American Heart Association incorrectly said that sea salt...

Sugar-free, no-sugar-added: What’s the lowdown? Foods labeled “sugar-free” or “no-sugar-added” aren’t necessarily free of carbohydrate or calories. How much or little carbohydrate they contain depends on what sweeteners are in the food. Ingredients such...

Researchers of nearly all chronic diseases have studied the role of nutrition (the term chronic is used to refer to diseases that often begin at a younger age and develop over time). Six of...

With the barrage of dietary advice, it’s hard to know what should be on your menu and what shouldn’t. Keep it simple by looking at the top 5 ingredients on any food label. If...

What you eat plays a crucial role in your health – a fact borne out time and again by medical research. The overriding principle is easy: The quality of what you put into your...

Rye Rye is a cereal grown in colder parts of northern and central Europe and Russia. It is mainly used for animal feed, but is also used to make breads and crispbreads. Rye contains...

Pumpkin is of New World origin, and was widely distributed over central and northern Mexico and the south-west USA. Archaeological remains, dated about 8750 BC, have been found in Mexico. It was an integral...

Soft drinks drain your body of essential nutrients. Most sodas contain phosphoric acid and caffeine, which can deplete your body’s calcium stores and natural fluids. Plus you’re likely to consume them in place of...

You’ve heard about the importance of keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure in check to avoid heart attack, and watching your weight and toxin exposure to lower your odds of getting cancer. But recent...

Some athletes mistakenly think that organic foods are more nutritious than foods that are not produced organically. Susan M. Kleiner, Ph.D., R.D., author of Power Eating, dispels some of the myths associated with organically...

Labels can give you useful information on which to base your food choices. Ingredients are always listed in decreasing order of weight. Sugar is also called fructose, glucose syrup, maltose, or dextrose. Looking at...