Pretty much everyone would be better off eating more vegetables. That’s a no-brainer. (Only 1 in 10 American adults say that they eat the recommended 2 to 3 cups every…
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A leading expert explains how the wrong combo could dampen a drug’s effect…or deliver a heftier dose. Joseph Boullata is a professor of clinical nutrition at Drexel University and a…
These days, clamshells or bags of fresh—even organic—greens are just about everywhere. Ever muse about having something other than baby spinach or baby kale or spring mix? Organicgirl to the rescue. Her…
If there’s one thing experts agree on, it’s that we should eat more vegetables. But sometimes it’s hard to come up with a new, interesting, and easy dish. And salad bars aren’t exactly an example of food safety, most of the time.
The Eat Smart brand of gourmet vegetable salad kits is to the rescue. Below we’ll review their ingredients, nutrients, and will tell you where to buy them.
Eat Smart’s Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad Kit “contains 7 superfoods,” as the label says. That would be broccoli, brussels sprouts, green cabbage, kale, chicory, dried cranberries, and roasted pumpkin seeds.
Most people know that calcium is good for bones, fiber is good for constipation, and iron is good for blood, to name a few. But once you go beyond the basics, the picture gets murky.
Here’s a healthy food quiz (questions and answers included) to see how well you know which foods or nutrients can prevent or promote which diseases.
Feel free to cheat. The questions aren’t really a test of how well you read (and remember) every issue of Nutrition Action. They’re just a sneaky way to get you to look at the answers, which contain a wealth of information on how your diet affects your health.
More magnesium may mean a lower risk of stroke.
Researchers looked at seven studies that followed a total of roughly 240,000 people for eight to 15 years. The risk of an ischemic stroke was 9 percent lower for each 100 milligrams of magnesium the participants reported eating per day. This may seem like a low number, but simple changes or additions in diet may offer complementary benefits. Preparing foods to prevent a stroke will often coincide with eating foods that are good for your overall health.
Whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, and beans. All are linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and all are rich in magnesium. What’s more, people who get more…
“When we feel stressed, we seek foods that are going to comfort us immediately, but oftentimes those foods are the very ones that lead to surges and crashes in hormones…
Got type 2 diabetes or prediabetes? It may muddy your thinking as you age. Scientists tracked more than 13,000 adults who were 48 to 67 years old when they entered…
Studies don’t find a lower risk of type 2 diabetes in people who eat more vegetables. (Those studies compare people of the same weight, though. If veggies helped keep you…