Score One More for Coffee!
In case you needed any encouragement for enjoying your coffee, a new study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology has found that drinking 2 – 3 cups of …
Tag: heart disease
Artificial Sweeteners Are Not Good For You
A study published in the BMJ has found a connection between consuming artificial sweeteners and an increased risk of heart disease, concluding that they “should not be considered a healthy and …
Eat Too Much Salt? Get More Potassium
We all know the importance of cutting back on salt in order to keep our blood pressure under control. It’s not always easy though, especially when eating processed or …
Red Meat, Your Gut, and Your Heart
When you eat red meat, your gut produces a substance during digestion and metabolism called trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO. Studies have linked TMAO with heart disease, showing that those …
Daily Coffee Drinking for Heart Health
The American College of Cardiology has presented three new studies showing that drinking 2 – 3 cups of coffee per day results in a lower risk of heart disease …
Ultra-processed Foods Increase Risk of Obesity
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Sao Paolo has shown that the more adolescents eat ultra-processed foods. the more likely they are to be obese. The …
New Year’s/New Life Resolution
We are now officially into 2022 and we remain hopeful that this new year will be better than the last one, that we can put COVID in the rear …
More Meat = More Disease
There is another new study which was published in the BMJ Global Health Journal that has studied the effects of increased red meat and processed meat consumption in 154 countries in …
Wrong Direction – More Ultra Processed Foods
A new study from the New York University School of Global Public Health has found that almost all segments of the US population have increased their consumption of ultra-processed …
Make Room for Mushrooms
Mushrooms have been used for over a thousand years for food and medicinal purposes. They are flavorful and “meaty” while also being highly nutritious and beneficial to your health. …
Intermittent Fasting for Better Health
Intermittent fasting, also known as time-restricted eating, is the pattern of eating within a consistent window of 8 to 10 hours each day. It has been found to be …
Keto Diet May Not Be Worth the Risk
One of the common weight loss diets followed by many people is the ketogenic “keto” diet, which is very low in carbohydrates and higher in protein and fat. This …