Boosting Your Immune System Tips to fight disease and strengthen immunity On the whole, your immune system does a remarkable job of defending you against disease-causing microorganisms. But sometimes it fails: A germ invades successfully and makes you sick. Is it possible to intervene in this [...]
Harvard to USDA: Check out the Healthy Eating Plate Back in June, federal authorities unveiled MyPlate, an icon designed to help Americans follow healthy eating patterns. It’s a nice, colorful image that was a welcome successor to the misguided MyPyramid. But it doesn’t offer much in [...]
What You Need To Know About "Gluten Free" After being confined to health-food stores for years, gluten-free foods now show up everywhere. Supermarket aisles abound with products proudly labeled “Gluten free,” and many restaurants now offer gluten-free options. For people who can’t tolerate gluten, a protein found in [...]
Consequences of Developing Sugar Free Product Using Artificial Sweetener By offering the taste of sweetness without any calories, artificial sweeteners seem like they could be one answer to effective weight loss. The average 12-ounce can of sugar-sweetened soda delivers about 150 calories, almost all of them from sugar. [...]
Benefits of Prebiotics The benefits of prebiotics and probiotics would not have the credibility they do now without the extensive medical research that has occurred over the past 15 years. Indeed, it is precisely these well-documented articles in the medical literature that demonstrated the health benefits of [...]
‘Carb Counting’ for better blood sugar control What is Carb? Carb is short for Carbohydrates, one of macronutrients that is source of energy to our body. Grains, starches, potatoes, legumes, fruits and dairy products, these foods contain carbs in different amounts and compositions. When our body [...]
3 most common questions about diabetes In my career, I often get questions from diabetic patients and their family about dieting to control blood sugar. People often understand that when ones have diabetes, starchy foods, sweet and dessert are strictly prohibited. When they are not able to [...]
3 most common myths about diabetes Though Diabetes is one of the most common NCDs (Non Communicable Diseases) with an estimate prevalence of 642 Million people with diabetes in 2040 globally, Many still have misconception about Diabetes. Let’s see … Most common myths about Diabetes and learn [...]
