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What is Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease?
You may not have heard of it yet, but nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in the United States...
When It Comes to Stroke Risk, Type of Fat Matters
New research suggests that it’s not the quantity of fat consumed, but type of fat that matters when it comes to reducing the risk of stroke...
Trends in Weight Control: Intermittent Fasting
Lasting weight management involves sustainable habits to avoid the “diet, cheat, repent, repeat” cycle. If losing weight and keeping it off were easy, people wouldn’t spend 60 billion annually on weight loss products and programs. This month we’ll review various methods of weight control, starting with intermittent fasting...
Fun Vegetable Trivia: Cabbage
Looking to engage your audience with an inexpensive, healthful vegetable with a long shelf life?
Functional Ingredients 101
The advice to “only eat foods that you can read and pronounce” is often misguided. Cyanocobalamin may be a big, unfriendly word to consumers, but in reality, it’s simply vitamin B12. Foods are often enriched with other ingredients to boost their nutritional content and health benefit...
Free Handout: Nutrition Basics
Understanding nutrition and good health is tough. Here's a handout with a few of the basics. I hope it makes your life (and your clients' lives) easier...
Micronutrients: Folate
We've returned with more micronutrient fun, and today's micronutrient is...folate!
How Can We Improve the American Diet?
The typical American eating pattern is a hodgepodge of contradictions...
Type 2 Diabetes and Kids: What You Need to Know
As the rate of childhood obesity increases, the rate of type 2 diabetes is on the rise too...
Not-So-Tipsy Tips to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
Reducing alcohol could have a positive impact on your health, but where do you even begin? Check out these tips!
Even Moderate Drinking Can Increase the Risk of Dementia
This research study suggests that drinking 4 glasses of wine or 4 pints of beer per week raises the risk of dementia...
Update to the AHA Guidelines: Part Two
The American Heart Association recently released updated diet and lifestyle guidelines to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, and here are the rest...
Update to the AHA Guidelines: Part One
The American Heart Association recently released updated diet and lifestyle guidelines to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease...
Get Cultured! Adding Yogurt to Your Eating Pattern Lowers Blood Pressure
Dealing with high blood pressure? Adding a little yogurt to your diet may help reduce it, based on a recent study from the University of South Australia...
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