Treatment Includes Healthy Diet There is simply no doubt that diet impacts health, sometimes remarkably. Why is it that “eat a healthy, balanced diet” is too often the best we can get during a physician visit? These are smart people who can drill down to specifics of anatomy or many pharmaceuticals. Yet so few physicians […]
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Preparing For Menopause As a Society it is perhaps time that the US stop leaving the conversation of menopause to comedians. It is a natural (and healthy) progression for women, not just “hot flashes” and “mood swings”. Ancient medical systems like Traditional Chinese Medicine have treated menopause not as an illness or a condition to
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Plant-Based Diet Boosts Mental Health It has become commonly accepted in recent years that a plant-based diet promotes health. Plant-based practitioners do not necessarily exclude meat and dairy but certainly reduces (or eliminates) them. Newer to the scene, however, is that a plant-based diet boosts mental health. In a modern world riddled with stress and
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Healthy Hummus Once relegated to Middle Eastern restaurants, Hummus has made its way into many mainstream restaurants as well as significant shelf space in American grocery stores. Why? Sure it tastes good but is there more? Perhaps we see hummus as a health addition to our lifestyle? Hummus, the chickpea-based dip that’s a staple in
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Plant-Based Product Growth Consumers continue to flex their wellness muscles and plant-based food producers are responding. As plant-based product growth continues to skyrocket, billions of dollars in new and growing markets are ready for harvest. Burgeoning consumer interest in health, sustainability and ethics is spurring the popularity of plant-based ingredients and products, according to a
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Plant-based Diet Health Benefits An upcoming nutrition conference plans to highlight the numerous plant-based diet health benefits. At HealthCare Too, we keep finding, posting, and commenting on such research. What we haven’t found is evidence that so much of our conventional modern Western diet promotes health. Occasionally there is something that bacon or milk or
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Eliminating Trans Fats Worldwide There are perfectly tasty and perhaps even healthy oils we can use to prepare and flavor food. However, we have continued to use trans fats. The World Health Organization has issued guidance for eliminating trans fats worldwide. The only thing we will likely notice is better health. The World Health Organization
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Not All Calories Are Equal For decades many of us have worked under the assumption that all calories are equal. Perhaps it was just wishful thinking that calories for a soda, burger and fries were the same as anything else. Research is showing that, in fact, not all calories are equal. Healthy, balanced eating involves
Prescribe Food As Medicine The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates left us many important thoughts on health, including Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. While physicians around the world still pledge the Hippocratic Oath, too few receive any training in nutrition. As a result, the healthcare system overlooks the vital nature of
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Lifestyle Medicine Promotes Cost Savings So simple yet so hard to change. We know lifestyle medicine promotes cost savings. There is decades of research already available and more coming every day. This article from noted holistic health advocate, John Weeks, looks at a simple experiment that produced remarkable results. Using the well-known book / movie
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