Who is causing childhood obesity, child day-care centers or parents? Children that attend full-time daycare are more likely to be obese than children who are home cared. But a new study indicates it may be the parents fault for obesity in full-time day-care children. Obesity among children attending daycare compared with home cared children suggests… Continue Reading
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Love your veggies… Love your liver!
We are always told to eat our vegetables. There are endless health benefits along with disease prevention when we eat a vegetable rich diet. Even though it has been engraved in our minds, does that mean our vegetable eating habits are up to par? In an observational study recently done by the Academy of Nutrition… Continue Reading
Could Yogurt Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes?
In the United States nearly 26 million people have type 2 diabetes (T2D). That means that 1 in 10 adults (20 and older) and 1 in 4 seniors (65 and older) suffer from this disease.[1] The most common form of diabetes is known as Type 2 which is characterized by imbalanced blood sugar levels due… Continue Reading
Yogurt fights against Diabetes
Type II diabetes is a disease that is plaguing the world we live in. With approximately 26 million people in the United States currently suffering from this disease, and about 366 million people throughout the world. This disease has a huge impact on these individuals’ lives as it decreases their quality and freedom of life.… Continue Reading
Are Artificial Sweeteners Good for Your Gut? (Waistlines and Intestines)
Artificial sweeteners have been a staple in the diet of diabetics and in diets of people trying to lose weight by cutting back on sugar. Artificial sweeteners provide a fix for the sweet tooth without consuming the added calories of sugar. In a study done on both mice and human subjects, researchers looked at what… Continue Reading
Weight Loss with Probiotics
The latest study suggests not only can probiotics help you lose some weight; they also regulate inflammation that is caused by extra weight and regulate some hormones to help lose extra weight. The Journal of American College of Nutrition recently published an article “Effects of Probiotic Yogurt on Fat Distribution and Gene Expression on Proinflammatory… Continue Reading
The Easiest Way to Lose Weight and Stop Night Cravings!
What if there would be a way to lose some weight without exercise, supplementation or dieting? What if you could “melt” your body fat by simply eating at the “right time” of the day? Recent research suggests people who eat their most energy of the day during the first part of the day may reduce… Continue Reading
Childhood Obesity Linked to Maternal Vitamin D Status
Vitamin D is an important fat-soluble vitamin; it is also a hormone that is responsible for enhancing intestinal absorption of some minerals, such as Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphate and Zinc. Vitamin D can be found in fatty fish, but how many of us consume fatty fish every day? The good news is we don’t have… Continue Reading
The Simple Truth about Simple Sugars – Comparing High Fructose Corn Syrup and Sucrose
A recent peer-reviewed article in the Nutrition Research Journal titled, “High-fructose corn syrup and sucrose have equivalent effects on energy-regulating hormones at normal human consumption levels,” authors Zhiping Yu, Joshua Lowndes, and James Rippe hypothesized that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose have essentially the same effect on human metabolism. 1 The results of… Continue Reading
Some Not So Sweet News About Sugar
Added sugar has infiltrated the food industry because of its ability to mask other, less desirable flavors. The average American consumes about 130 lbs. of sugar a year (1). When we compare how much we were eating back in 1822 to how much we eat now, we find that on average we eat 725 grams… Continue Reading
