Beans, the Best Nutritional Bang for Your Buck
A nearly perfect food to add to your daily diet is beans, also known as legumes. Besides being very budget-friendly, they are highly nutritious and offer all the following: …
Tag: Plant based
Are you Eating to Increase your Risk of Heart Disease or to Decrease it?
A study just published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has found that if you eat more pro-inflammatory foods like red meat, processed meat, organ meats, refined carbs, …
Lower your Blood Pressure with Wine and Dark Chocolate!
A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that consuming a diet high in flavanols is associated with significant reductions in blood pressure. Flavanols are a type of flavonoid, which are …
Zinc your Immune System!
Now that fall is here and the temperatures are cooling, people are spending more time indoors and the number of cases of Covid-19 are once again on the rise. …
Plants for Fiber and Disease Prevention
The connection between eating a plant-based diet and better health has been well documented, as well as the connection between fiber consumption and health. Connect the dots by remembering …
Back to School? Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids
Some children will be attending school online while others are returning to in-person classes. At the same time there is clear evidence that children not only can contract and …
Mostly Plants = Lower Blood Pressure
It turns out that even if you don’t cut out meat and dairy completely, but go mostly plant-based, your blood pressure will improve. A study from Warwick Medical School, …
Eat Less Meat and Live Longer
A new study has been published by JAMA finding an association between eating plant protein instead of animal protein and living longer. After studying a total of 237,036 men …
Eating Less Meat is a Win Win Win!
As Covid-19 infections continue to soar, one of the areas hardest hit is the meatpacking industry. We are learning that workers in meat processing plants are particularly susceptible to …
Plant-based Diet for Pre-existing Conditions
Those who are at the greatest risk of suffering complications from Covid-19 are people over 65 and those with pre-existing conditions. Those conditions include chronic diseases such as asthma, …
Lifestyle is a Risk Factor for Covid-19
It has been clearly communicated to us that in addition to being elderly, all people with underlying health conditions are at greater risk of contracting and having complications from …
The Importance of Probiotics for Gut Health and Boosting Immunity
There are around 100 trillion microbes in your gut, making up what is known as your gut microbiota. They work to help digest food, protect the body from infection, …