Category: healthy diet

Attaining Optimum Health in Today’s World

Commentary Have you ever wondered what outstanding health feels and looks like? If you reside in a fast-paced urban environment or a slower-moving rural setting, your health ought to be a high priority to successfully navigate the slings and arrows of life. Not only do I pen this essay for the readers, but I must…


Top 10 Healthiest Foods Voted by Japanese Doctors

A healthy diet is critical to a healthy body. However, many people often ignore nutritional values for better taste or convenience. Great Doctor The TAIKOBAN, a popular TV program in Japan, invited 300 famous doctors to select the 10 most beneficial food ingredients found in typical grocery stores. 1. Natto Natto is a multi-benefit food….


Five Food Resolutions That Are Easy to Keep

By Ebony Williams From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution While New Year’s resolutions flood social media at the end of every year, 80% of people won’t keep their resolutions past February. Having goals in mind for a better you can be a little tough to manage if you aren’t properly set up for success. Here are five…


The Best Diet for Healthy Aging

Aging–that’s the subject of my book, How Not to Age. This video will give you just a taste of the vast body of evidence I’m covering in the book. Check it out. Based on a study of more than 400,000 people, replacing just 3 percent of calories of animal protein with plant protein was associated…


How Useful Is Personalized Nutrition?

Perhaps it should be less about personalized nutrition and more about taking personal responsibility for your health. Personalized nutrition is rooted in the concept that one size does not fit all, and who doesn’t want to think they’re special? The concept of personalized nutrition is inherently appealing to the human ego. Simple messages recognizing individuality…


Looking at Heart Health With Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cardiovascular disease is the world’s deadliest disease. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people die from it each year. What does Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) say about cardiovascular disease? The Epoch Times looked at TCM and its relation to heart health. It’s no secret that dietary habits are a big factor in cardiovascular…


Easy, No Sugar Raspberry Vinaigrette Recipe

I wrote recently about the raspberry overload going on in our refrigerator and how we were using my favorite lassi recipe (Indian yogurt smoothie) to use them up. During that time, I also made raspberry vinaigrette. Fresh raspberries blended into a salad dressing works well as the vinegar portion very effectively preserves the berries for…


Spouse’s Diet Affects Health of Pregnant Women and Future Children: Study

Researchers from the University of Queensland have raised concerns over the influence a spouse’s diet has on a woman’s food choices during pregnancy, as the expecting mother’s diet and health will also impact the health of their future children. “Better education and support for partners could help improve the eating habits of expectant mums, which…


Is It Better to Advise More Plants or Less Junk?

It may be more expedient politically to promote an increase in consumption of healthy items rather than a decrease in consumption of unhealthy items, but it may be far less effective.


4 Healthy Goals for the New Year

It’s that time again. With the new year comes another New Year’s resolution, which is often viewed as something to be stated and then thrown away. However, giving up so quickly may be doing yourself a disservice. The motivation of making a change in 2021 can be enticing, especially with all that’s happened in the…