I know from talking to my patients that people eat a lot of fast food, but I hadn’t realized that over 25% of adults in the United States eat fast food at least twice a week. Overall, fast food accounts for 15% of food consumed in [...]
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You’ve probably noticed that it’s not a good idea to go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. It’s all too easy to end up buying a whole bunch of things you didn’t plan on buying just because it looked good and you were hungry.
Your gut is full of microscopic creatures known as microbes. Among other things, they are critical to digestion. You’ve probably seen yogurt advertised as containing “live active yogurt cultures,” and these do help your gut microbes to thrive, keeping everything running smoothly. This is also [...] Walnuts and Type 2 Diabetes
When people ask me what they should snack on in place of Doritos or Wheat Thins or other savory snacks, I have a one-word answer for them: “Nuts.” It’s true. For those people who are savory snackers, nuts should be [...] How to Suppress Hunger
Vigorous exercise is known to reduce appetite, at least during and immediately after exercising, but what we don’t know for sure is why. Researchers have looked at various hormones (known as “gut hormones”) associated with appetite regulation and there does appear to be [...] Cooking in School has an Impact
Chefs Adopt a School is a program founded in 1990 by a UK culinary association, the Academy of Culinary Arts. In this program, professional chefs visit local primary schools to present a [...]
Less than 10% of those diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma survive for 5 years or more past diagnosis. (By way of comparison, 84% of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK survive 5 years or [...] Macronutrients vs. Overall Diet: Which is More Important? : Dr. Gourmet's Health and Nutrition BitesIt’s an axiom among dietitians that “people eat food, not macronutrients.” That’s one of the reasons that I find fad diets to be so silly: so many of them demonize entire classes of foods (”all oils are bad,” “avoid all carbohydrates,” “don’t eat animal products”). While [...] Peer pressure isn’t just about school children pushing each other into smoking cigarettes or other risky behaviors. It works in eating, too – and even when those peers aren’t peers, really, or even present. Researchers in [...] A couple of months ago a reader asked me for my opinion of Dr. Esselstyn’s ‘Heart Attack Proof’ diet. This is essentially an extremely-low-fat diet that completely eliminates meat, fish, dairy, and all oils, including nuts. On the one hand, we know that extremely-low-fat diets are [...] |
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