Nothing says summer like the smoky smell of a grill full of meat and veggies. As the grilling season heats up, it is important to use proper grilling techniques to create a delicious, safe meal. Read on for healthy grilling tips to keep your cookout food safe and delicious.
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“We’ve known for a long time that if you reduce the calorie intake of rats or mice, they live much longer,” says Mark Mattson, chief of the laboratory of neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Baltimore. Do these intermittent fasting benefits carry over to humans?
What happens in species closer to humans is more complicated. Rhesus monkeys fed 30 percent fewer calories lived longer in a study at the University of Wisconsin, but not in a study at the NIA.
“Mediterranean diet fights heart disease,” announced ABC News. “Mediterranean diet cuts risk of stroke,” said USA Today. “Mediterranean diet over low fat? Well, at least it’s more fun,” quipped the Los Angeles Times. A study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine set off a media frenzy in February. Its findings were striking, but the press reports may have misled many. Here’s what the study actually found…and how it should (or shouldn’t) alter what you eat.
Chocolate, spicy foods, alcohol, coffee, carbonated beverages, high-fat foods (like cheese, nuts, and red meat). They’re all on WebMD’s “Top 10 Heartburn Foods” list. Is avoiding those “triggers” the key…
“Study links drinking fattier milk to lower weight,” reported USA Today in February. “A study by Swedish experts found that, over a 12-year period, middle-aged men who used whole milk,…
“Being overweight increases pressure around the abdomen, which is more likely to cause reflux,” explains Lauren Gerson, a gastroenterologist at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. “There may…