Can vegetarian kid get proper nutrition?
Stephanie Elliot’s 9-year-old daughter is a vegetarian by happenstance, she says. “What I mean is she hates meat — won’t even try it — so getting her to have the protein she needs in...
Monthly Archive: March 2012
Vitamins by the glass
PARIS — I actually wanted to start juicing last summer, when I was in the throes of testing three, sometimes four different cakes, cookies, tacos or tarts each day for my cookbook, which comes...
Are Vitamins Worth Taking?
I often receive questions about vitamin therapy. Some wonder if they should take vitamin supplements to prevent illness. Others ask if they still need vitamins if they are eating a well-balanced diet, and some...
Vitamins And Supplements Provide Healthy Gains For Herbalife
Fitness, medicine and wellness in general are hot topics on the Web and it’s becoming more common to compliment your diet in the U.S with vitamins or other supplements. In fact, 69 percent of...
All about Elsie
While a good percentage of our food supply is global, the cow’s milk you drink hails from America, probably from a local dairy. Here’s what you’ll find in the carton. Varied fat content In...
Surprising Bacterial Hideouts
While perpetually dousing your hands in alcohol sanitizer or washing obsessively with antibacterial suds may be excessive (experts warn the hygienic craze may be backfiring on our health), there are some things you’d be...
Vitamin A Supplements Might Cut Melanoma Risk: Study
People who take vitamin A supplements might be cutting their risk of developing the deadly skin cancer melanoma, a new study suggests. Supplements of a type of vitamin A called retinol could be a...
Foods that keep you hydrated
You’re supposed to drink 8 glasses of water a day but how many of us actually do that? Here are some ways you can eat your water content and deliciously hydrate your body by...
Equal Footing
When winter hands off the seasonal baton to spring, synchronize your own equilibrium, both on the job and in the home: Remove dead branches. Even a beautiful flower withers under winter’s frost. To give...
Keep your head with fruit and veg!
In addition to vitamins and minerals, many fruits and vegetables contain polyphenols, which protect the brain’s neurons. So let’s have a closer look as these anti-ageing foods… Keeping your head’s neurons healthy and happy...
Vitamins may lower risk of melanoma
US researchers found a high dose of retinol supplements, a form of vitamin A, could hold promise as a chemoprotective agent against melanoma. Experts say more research is needed and that comprehensive sun protection...
Prairie Fare: Supplement like nutrition insurance
“She’s the only one who took her vitamin all week,” my husband noted. He was referring to our 8-year-old daughter. I looked in the pill dispenser marked letters corresponding to the days of the...
Vitamin D even more necessary for some
I think I’m in love with vitamin D. I’m generally fond of all vitamins and minerals, but I have a special affection for vitamin D. I’ve always assumed I could get enough vitamin D...
Vitamin supplements needed in fast-food era
Vitamin pills are good, but check their source. Should I take vitamin supplements to prevent illness? Do I need them if I eat a balanced diet? What is the best dosage of vitamin D...
You should know more about vitamins
This week’s lesson is about vitamins. Before you let out a big yawn, let me assure you that eating foods rich in a variety of vitamins can make your life pretty darned exciting. After...
Antioxidants Studies
As everyone knows, eating and drinking are necessary for life. Less well known, however, is the fact that the body generates what are called free radicals in the process of turning food into energy....
Yoga Basics
Think yoga is only for people who can twist themselves into a pretzel? Actually the ancient practice that combines meditation with movement is designed to improve physical, mental, and spiritual well–being for anyone. And...
How to Get the Vitamins You Need
A healthy diet is the first and most important step. While multivitamins can certainly help, they should not be a replacement for fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and healthy oils. Keep your diet...
Are multivitamins Worth the Price?
Some individuals may be wondering if multivitamins are worth the cost and the effort. Not surprising when one considers all the bad press multivitamins are getting lately. For instance, in the Harvard Men’s Health...
Vitamin D Supplements
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) the majority of US citizens have an acceptable level of vitamin D within their blood levels. This was rated at 20 nanograms per milliliter. Even so, there...
Luck of the Optimist
Studies find that “lucky” people are actually just more optimistic than their doom–and–gloom counterparts. Individuals who believe in their abilities are more apt to work them to their advantage — whether it’s in achieving...
Low Vitamin D: A Global Concern
Recent studies suggest that vitamin D is much more important in fighting off disease than previously thought. Being deficient in this vitamin puts one at risk of diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis, and multiple...
Eggcelent Choice
For years eggs were blacklisted for their cholesterol–rich yolks. But a Harvard study that found no increased risk of heart disease in egg–eaters helped lift the ban and restore their good name. Nutritionally, the...
Folate and Cancer
Focus on Folate One of the biggest breakthroughs in vitamin research was when researchers discovered that a woman with a deficiency in folate, a B vitamin, was at an increased risk of having a...
B Vitamins and Heart Disease
Can B vitamins keep your heart healthy? Sadly, the death of two young children who had died of massive strokes were the catalyst for a 1968 investigation. The Boston pathologist who investigated the death...
Beware the Ides
A soothsayer cautioned Julius Ceasar to beware the Ides of March — a prophetic pronouncement given his assassination that date in 44 B.C. But you don’t need superstition to be vigilant against potential health...
The New Vegetarians
Whether it’s to save the earth, money or their waistlines, more Americans are cutting back on meat. Should you elevate vegetables from sidekick to leading role? Here’s all you need to know to make...
Veggie Swap
While your palate may crave a tender steak, research suggests you could be jeopardizing your health. An extensive study concluded that consuming 4 ounces of red meat a day can increase heart disease and...
Why Take a Multivitamin?
Do you take a multivitamin? If you’re like 40 percent of adults in the United States you do. Most people who take multivitamins do so to ensure they are getting adequate amounts of vital...
What Makes a Good Multivitamin
Choosing a multivitamin: Everything you need to know What are multivitamins? Multivitamins are designed to be a “catch all” to fill in the nutritional holes in the typical diet. They are a combination of...