We need a certain amount of food to stay alive. But beyond that, we tend to eat more than we need. Anthropologists call this “overeating.” It seems obvious that overeating is bad for you, but anthropologists have been puzzled for ...
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has published a new milk-related study. Researchers investigated the effects and impact of whole fat dairy compared to the low-fat options in children ages 4 to 6. The current public health guideline recommends that ...
Diet industry “disruptors” such as Joan Breibart, CEO of PhysicalMind Institute, are tapping into a growing consumer anger against diet advice that “just doesn’t work”. If the diet advice of the New York Times’ wellness writers — Gina Kolata, Tara ...
A lot of people don’t eat mindfully. They eat mindlessly, without really paying attention to what they’re eating. They eat on the go, they snack mindlessly, they eat while watching TV or checking their social media. Mindful eating means taking ...
Nuts are high in calories, and it’s pretty easy to eat more than you bargained for. But nuts also offer a host of health benefits, including protection against heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. In 2010, the ...
The Covid-19 infection began to spread in 2019, and since then, children have been deeply affected by lockdowns, restrictions, online school, and lack of physical exercise. Many children and adolescents gained weight due to school disruption and closure, stress and ...
A research study on mice and humans proved that exercises such as resistance training or weight lifting promote changes in the level of fat cells. This is good news for those who love to hit the gym and those who ...
Organic food is healthy. There is no doubt about it. Many of today’s popular processed foods are not necessarily healthy and often loaded with unnecessary sugars and fats. There are many benefits to eating organic food and ranking organic as ...
A diet is something you follow to lose weight. To some it may sound like a fun way to get in shape, however, most people think of diets in terms of how they affect their body and the way it ...
Identifying small changes in diet could help you live healthier, more sustainably—a matter of personal responsibility rather than permission from doctors or the government. As a society, we’ve become more health-conscious—taking reasonable steps to protect our bodies from the ravages ...
What does it get to in a superhero shape? What does a superhero eat? Well, for those questions, Chris Hemsworth may have the best answers. The star’s diet and workout routine to get in shape for his role are quite ...
Eating a plant-based diet has its ups and downs sometimes, mainly because getting enough protein can be challenging. Not all plant-based proteins contain the necessary nutrients your body needs, so you end up wondering what’s actually best for you. We’ve ...
It’s a pretty widespread bias that too much chocolate isn’t good for your health, but you know what they say: the more you live, the more you learn. A new study comes to contradict a bit that age-old claim, saying ...
The processed food trend is stirring quite the buzz lately. We now have hundreds of food items that have been cooked, frozen, canned, packaged, and pasteurized. But did you know that some of them are loaded with sugar, additives, salt, ...