Eating takes on a new dimension during social gatherings and holidays. Besides our usual meals, we manage to fit in seasonal treats and party foods, which seem to tempt our taste buds everywhere we turn. Since food is one of the many pleasures of festive gatherings, having a few strategies like the ones below will […]
Category Archives: Nutrition
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about the Mediterranean diet and longevity, benefits of nitrates from vegetables, running to stay young, worrying about wheat, and more. Could a Mediterranean Diet Extend Your Life? Harvard Medical School researchers found that adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet was associated with longer telomeres in women. Telomeres are recently-discovered structures on the end of chromosomes that […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about fad diets, how supplements hurt exercise, why running may be the fountain of youth, yogurt and diabetes, how your muscles uses protein, and more. Why Do Fad Diets Persist? A main motivation for starting my website was to provide a resource for evidence-based nutrition information, and help dispel myths and fads. […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about the importance of omega-3 fats from plants (ALA), fasted cardio workouts to burn fat, cold remedies that don’t work, and more. Importance of Omega-3 Fats from Plants A growing body of research points to the critical importance of polyunsaturated fats, in particular omega-3 fats. These polyunsaturated fats are called “essential,” because our bodies cannot […]