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Chronic Stress Could Mean Constant Cravings
If you find yourself hunting for candy when you’ve had a stressful day, you’re not alone. Comfort food is a common go-to when we’re under pressure. Unfortunately, the combination of stress and high-calorie comfort food alters the brain and can lead you to eat too much. It may also increase cravings for sweet, highly palatable foods, which could lead to weight gain…
Chronic Stress Could Mean Constant Cravings
If you find yourself hunting for candy when you’ve had a stressful day, you’re not alone. Comfort food is a common go-to when we’re under pressure. Unfortunately, the combination of stress and high-calorie comfort food alters the brain and can lead you to eat too much. It may also increase cravings for sweet, highly palatable foods, which could lead to weight gain…
MyPlate: Never Too Early or Too Late
It’s never too early or too late to start with #MyPlate! Did you know that MyPlate has a comprehensive guide for building a balanced #eatingpattern at every stage of life? Everyone can benefit from the #scientific information they’ve compiled…
How to Develop A Healthy Water Habit
Remember, the goal is to make drinking water a habit. It may take some time, but with persistence and these strategies, you can gradually replace sugary soda with water and enjoy the benefits of a more hydrated and healthier lifestyle.
Happy 12th Birthday, MyPlate! Here is how to make MyPlate
June is MyPlate’s Birthday month. Here are ways to make MyPlate your way!
Gluten-free for You or Me?
Gluten free has been all the rage in the store. What does gluten free mean? Should you follow this type of diet?
The Best of FAH: June Edition
This month flew by even faster than last month, so I want to press pause for just the tiniest moment and look back over the most popular posts of June…
Make A Smoothie Bowl
Smoothie bowls make a great breakfast or snack. Imagine delicious pureed fruit and flax topped with fruits, nuts, and seeds. Hurrah!
Cracking the Vault: Family Meal Success
Here's a fun way to engage everyone at your next #familymeal: make a #mealboard! This easy-to-make #dinner includes any fresh #veggies that can be used as dippers along with some air-fried treats like chicken fingers and oven French fries. Add dips and some #fruit and you've got an award-winning board!
What is Labneh and Why Should You Make It?
Labneh, also known as labne, labnah, or strained yogurt, is a popular Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dairy product. It is made by straining yogurt to remove the whey, resulting in a thicker, creamier consistency similar to soft cheese or cream cheese. The word "labneh" is derived from the Arabic word "laban," which means "milk."
WHO’s Advice on Non-nutritive Sweeteners
Here is our update for the WHO sweetener statement.
Functional Ingredient Spotlight: Green Coffee Extract
Unroasted #coffee beans contain higher amounts of chlorogenic acid (CGA) — the #phytochemical in coffee that provides many of the health benefits — than roasted coffee.
Studies using CGA have found that it decreases fasting blood sugar, insulin levels, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol as well as reducing body weight and decreasing body fat.
So let’s talk about green coffee extract, a popular #functionalingredient…
Protect Your Brain Now. Hypertension in your 30s means worse brain health later
If you’ve got high blood pressure as a young adult, don’t wait to get it under control. A new UC Davis study finds that individuals in their 30s with hypertension have worse brain health in their mid-70s.
Choose More Blue Foods for Improved Health
The blue foods include fish, crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, krill, prawns, lobster), octopus, squid, mollusks (clams, cockles, sea snails, mussels, scallops), aquatic plants like water spinach or watercress, seaweed, and other aquatic animals such as sea cucumbers, sharks, and eels. There are over 2500 different types of blue foods that contain important nutrients for optimum health.
Choose More Blue Foods for Improved Health
The blue foods include fish, crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, krill, prawns, lobster), octopus, squid, mollusks (clams, cockles, sea snails, mussels, scallops), aquatic plants like water spinach or watercress, seaweed, and other aquatic animals such as sea cucumbers, sharks, and eels. There are over 2500 different types of blue foods that contain important nutrients for optimum health.
Cracking the Vault: Magnesium
The Food and Drug Administration (#FDA) recently approved a new #health claim for #magnesium and its role in reducing the risk of high #bloodpressure…
The Best of FAH: May Edition
I’ve had the loveliest start to #spring and I hope you have too. It was a busy month, in the best way, and I was thrilled to see how much you’re enjoying the #resources we debuted during #May. Here’s a roundup of the most popular posts…
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