| Feta Cheese Combats Food Pathogens - Naturally |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - While the benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well-known, and many of us enjoy a Greek salad, researchers have now discovered that feta cheese—made from raw milk—can actually prevent food poisoning. This finding was presented at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting, held last month in Edinburgh.
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| The Link Between Being Stuck and Losing Weight | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Ninety-five percent of dieters who lose weight gain it all back, plus some. This depressing statistic prompted the formation of a group called the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), the largest prospective investigation of long-term successful weight loss maintenance. |
| Benefits of a Mediterranean Diet |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - People who consume a diet similar to a Mediterranean diet tend to have lower levels of oxidative stress, according to researchers at Emory University.
The study findings were presented March 14 at the American Heart Association's Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. |
| The Right Moves To Help Achieve Weight Loss | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-If you want to lose weight-get moving. Don't just move on a plan to cut fat and calories. Find ways to incorporate extra physical activity into your life. |
| Hints To Help You Win At Losing |
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-If you've long feared you've a slim chance of slimming down, these do's and don'ts may prove easy to swallow:
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| Want to Reap the Luck O' the Irish? Eat 'Green,' |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DALLAS Forget four-leaf clovers, lucky charms and finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The best way to get the luck o the Irish is to eat a well-balanced diet, with plenty of green fruits and vegetables, nutrition experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say.
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| This Valentine's Day Find Out Why Healthy is the New Sexy |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Los Angeles, Ca- Its turns out that the phrase "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach"-is true. Aphrodisiacs are often healthy; natural foods can have a powerful impact on your health and apparently, your libido as well. The texture, appearance and scent of certain foods affect your body and your spirit. Some vitamin rich foods can help to get your blood flowing, to release the "love" hormones and others help you relax and let go of your inhibitions. This Valentine's Day "sexy" should start with eating "healthy".
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| Chocolate, Our Favorite Sweet! |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Chocolate is the most popular candy we eat and the news isn't all bad and in fact it's rare that any single food is "bad" when we eat just a little. It's Valentine's Day this week, and I think if we eat just a bit of chocolate we can "Feed Our Heart" both physically and emotionally at the same time. Chocolate is a food though, that many of us tend to eat a little too much of once we get going. Why?
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| Celebrity Chef Offers Tips To Get More Citrus In Your Diet | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com)-Here's food for thought: Citrus fruit may do more for you than you realize. As chef Jill Davie, Food Network's "The Next Iron Chef" finalist and Chef de Cuisine of Josie in Santa Monica, Calif., says, "As a chef, understanding the seasons brings a sense of structure, rhythm and rightness to my cooking. I love infusing fresh ingredients into my menu; in particular, seasonal ingredients that make sense for the palate. |
| PickleSickle Frozen Pickle Juice Treats Combine Surprisingly |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) -- Its an increasingly popular novelty snack treat that may sound a bit hard to swallow. But PickleSickles pickle juice treats are growing in popularity nationally and providing unexpected health benefits for kids, adults and seniors alike. PickleSickles are uniquely packaged frozen treats made, not from just the brine left over from pickling, but from freshly squeezed pickles, much like an apple or orange is pressed.
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| Even Cupid Knows Not All Chocolate is Created Equal |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - There may not be a bad piece of chocolate around, but as you mull over potential Valentine's Day gift selections remember that only some types of the decadent treat are heart-healthy.
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| The Mediterranean Diet Is Also About Portions | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - A few days ago I was with my sister in Madrid, Spain, doing window shopping (nowadays, with the fall of the dollar against the euro, it is difficult to do any other kind of shopping in Europe). After wandering for a while, we took a break and went to a cafeteria. |
| Finding Meaning in Each Mouthful | |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Why do we eat? For sustenance, obviously. Also for pleasure, for social bonding, as a form of conspicuous consumption or an affirmation of identity or, in the case of broccoli, putatively for the antioxidants, but actually to convince God that we don't deserve to get cancer. Each morsel we lift to our lips dribbles symbolism like Russian dressing from a Reuben sandwich. Now two new high-profile books probe our allotted three ounces of protein in search of deeper meaning. |
| Shaking Salt and Sugar from Your Diet |
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - It's no accident that salt and sugar permeate the nation's food supply. Both are inexpensive palate-pleasers, and food manufacturers use them liberally to satisfy our penchant for things salty and sweet. Today the average American consumes nearly twice the recommended maximum of sodium and nearly 460 nutritionally empty calories of added sugar every day.
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