Category: Diet & Nutrition
Monday’s health tip: De-stress through diet
Alcohol, caffeine, and high-sugar foods can contribute to mood changes, excessive stress, and blood sugar disruption.
Foods rich in the vitamin B complex, on the other hand, may help you stabilize your mood and avoid stress, while those rich in antioxidants may help combat the free radicals released when your body’s stressed.
Teens overeat at Subway, too
Adolescents are just as likely to consume too many calories at Subway, which they considered a healthy dining option, as at McDonald’s.
FDA to investigate caffeine-laced products
Caffeine is being added to jelly beans, marshmallows, sunflower seeds and other snacks for its stimulant effect. An instant oatmeal on the market boasts that one serving has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. One brand of gum is like having four cups of coffee in your pocket.
Inexpensive ways to stay healthy – CDC
Learn free or low-cost ways to be healthy. Making healthy choices may help prevent injury, disease, and disability. Stay healthy on the cheap by including smart choices that are low-cost or free. Many are simple too.
FDA wants your opinion on dairy-product labels
If you’re a lover of chocolate milk, but want to watch your weight, you might reach for the carton labeled “reduced calorie.” But dairy manufacturers would rather that the carton simply say “chocolate milk.”
Believe in your buds
We all had that one vegetable we refused to eat as a child, but times (and taste buds) change!
Don’t let the past prevent you from getting the nutritional benefits of asparagus, Lima beans, peas, Brussel sprouts, or your personal veggie villain.
Walking while you work
Treadmill desks range in cost from $400 to $5,000, but the hope is that the state could recoup its expenses through lowered health care costs over the long run.
Vilifying food – How fad diets are affecting our children’s health
Just as quickly as one diet is “out,” another diet emerges to take its place. With so many options, celebrity endorsements and websites full of misinformation, how can parents know which diets are safe – especially for kids?
One in three US adults has prediabetes, yet few aware they have the condition
Only one in ten Americans with prediabetes are aware they have elevated blood sugars that put them at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the CDC reports.
Monday health tip: Go the whole way
Don’t depend on multivitamins to cover gaps in a poor diet.
These isolated vitamins and minerals don’t provide the complex nutrient interactions of whole, unrefined foods.
Healthy eating tips for babies and toddlers – From Seattle Children’s
For parents, the task of reinforcing healthy habits around the dinner table can cause a bit of apprehension. Mollie Grow, MD, MPH, with Seattle Children’s Hospital, warns the old adage “you are what you eat” is pretty spot-on – especially for babies and toddlers who need a variety of nutrients for their growing minds and bodies.
Americans living longer but less healthy lives, UW-led research finds
Americans are living longer lives, but we are living out these longer lives with chronic illnesses in large part due to our lifestyle choices, including eating unhealthy diets, failing to exercise, smoking, and using alcohol and drugs.
What will the impact of sequestration be on Washington health programs?
Less money for vaccinating children, providing HIV testing, treating substance abuse and preparing for biological, chemical and radiological disasters.
Monday health tip: Love some legumes
Who says healthy food has to be expensive? Legumes are one of the cheapest ingredients you can buy and are packed with fiber, protein iron, potassium, magnesium and other nutrients
5 tips for raising heart-healthy kids and teens
For National Heart Month, five Seattle Children’s providers share their tips for helping kids and teens build strong, healthy hearts.
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