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It seems like every months sees a new food product the U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to praise for health benefits, and today it’s walnuts.
According to new nutrition research eating 1.5 ounces of walnuts per day may reduce the risk of heart disease.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is stating that the walnut [...]

Tags: Diet, Food, health, Nutrition, nuts, walnuts

A new labeling system has been designed to help shoppers make more informed decisions on their food purchases.
The new labels will be featured on the front of food and drink products enabling shoppers to better decide the nutritional value of their grocery items.
The front-of-pack labeling system was a volunteer effort from health organizations, scientists and [...]

Tags: food and beverage, Nutrition, smart choices nutrition

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, U.S. children of all ages are not receiving enough Vitamin D in their diet.
A new report recommends for children to get 400 international units of vitamin D daily, which is double the dosage from previous thinking, which might mean a supplement should be in order.
The reason [...]

Tags: Children's Health, health, Nutrition, Vitamin D

Healthy eating tends to be much easier at home because you have more control over how your food is prepared and portioned. When it comes to eating out, keeping your habits healthy is not always as easy.
Here are a few tips for eating healthier at restaurants. All you frequent travellers will appreciate these:
1. When [...]

My neighbor just visited and left us with a great big bag of fresh cucumbers. He didn’t realize how much each plant would produce and he planted way more than his family could possibly eat. So, we were the lucky recipients of the overflow.
I love cucumbers, especially mixed with some fresh tomato, vidalia onion and [...]

Zinc is one of the minerals that you don’t hear much about. But, it’s vitally important to your health. In fact, zinc can actually make the common cold last less time and can reduce the severity of the symptoms. That means you won’t feel as bad while you have a cold and you’ll get better [...]

The best thing you can nutritionally to maintain healthy eyesight or repair age related macular degeneration is to get plenty of lutein in your diet.
What’s lutien? It’s a carotenoid that’s found dark green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale. Research has proven that it has a major effect on eye health and can improve your [...]

Now here’s something I’m sure will surprise you. A new study has confirmed that preschool children who are given sugary drinks between meals on a regular basis are more likely to be overweight than children who don’t consume the sugary drinks.
What? They actually spent money to find this out?
I’m sorry, but in this day and [...]

It’s everywhere you don’t expect it to be. High fructose corn syrup is the sweetener of choice in most things you encounter, rather than actual sugar. And it has increased the amount of empty calories Americans consume every day:
HFCS has not replaced sugar consumption in the US, it has merely added to it. In other [...]

BBC Health has a section up on journaling your food intake. What they’re stressing is not tallying up every calorie and becoming crazy about it, but just being able to look over everything you ate that day.
The benefit is that you become more aware of your food intake, and can begin to monitor what and [...]