Feed Your Immune System
At this time of year, when cases of flu and COVID are rising, as well as RSV in children, it’s good to be reminded of what we can do …
Tag: Plant based
Manufactured Foods Are Not Nutritious
The Access to Nutrition Initiative has analyzed around 11,000 products from leading food companies including Kellogg, General Mills, Unilever, Kraft Heinz, and Nestle. They found that about 70% of …
Superfood! Quinoa
Quinoa is an ancient, plant-based seed that has been cultivated in the Andes for 7000 years. It is a pseudo-cereal that cooks and eats like a grain but is …
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 …
The Quality of Plant-based Diet Matters in Cancer Prevention
Results from a new study presented at NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE show that eating more healthy plant-based foods and less unhealthy plant-based and animal foods helps prevent all types …
Polyphenols – Understanding Antioxidants and their Benefits
One of the reasons why plant-based diets are so beneficial is because of their rich supply of antioxidants. Antioxidants help protect your body by preventing or reversing the damage …
Food Guidelines for Living Longer
What you eat, when you eat, and how much you eat all play a role in maximizing your health for longer life. A comprehensive study published in the journal …
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 …
Looking at Plant-Based Diet Benefits in 1918 Pandemic and in COVID-19
An article from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, DC has been published this month in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine about the role of nutrition in …
An Avocado a Week for Your Heart
A new study has been published in the Journal of the American Heart Association finding that eating two servings of avocado a week, with each serving being half of an avocado, …
Eat Less Meat to Lower Cancer Risk
A new study from Oxford University has found that vegetarians, pescatarians, and low meat-eaters have a lower risk of cancer. They studied 472,377 participants who were cancer-free at the …
Why Are Plant Foods So Important?
By now you’ve heard over and over that eating a plant-based/plant-forward diet is better for you and helps prevent disease, but you might not understand why. You know plant …