Tag: diet
Don’t Gorge Yourself: Yogurts, Lean Meat Tell Your Brain You are...
High protein diets are not a new phenomenon. These regiments promote eating large amounts of high protein foods and smaller amounts of low carbohydrate...
Former Olympian Turned Doc: Have a Relationship with Food and Lose...
Evelyn Tribole, M.S., R.D., may be one of the only dietitians to tell you to eat French fries and chocolate cake. But her advice...
Pro-Inflammatory Foods Can Wreak Havoc on Your Overall Systemic Health
Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, 34, didn't look at all sick when she found out. "I was in amazing shape. I was a happy, busy, thin 23-year-old when...
What to Pick and Avoid at the Salad Bar
In general, I'm not a picky eater, but I am choosy when it comes to salads. I have absolutely zero interest in eating tired-looking...
FDA Approved Weight-loss Pill: The “Quick Fix” That Won’t Work
Last week the FDA approved Belviq, or lorcaserin hydrochloride, for treatment of chronic weight problems. The pill, to be combined with a reduced-calorie diet...
5 Foods That Can Help Protect Against a Stroke
Canny as it is, the brain deploys a number of ways to preserve its functions over time. Brain cells turn out a variety of...
Disney Promoting Children’s Health with Fruits, Vegetables, Whole Grains and more
The Walt Disney Company announced new plans on Tuesday to help combat children obesity. In their efforts to regulate food marketing, they are mandating...
Doc: Prevent Major Diseases with Whole, Local Foods
Soon after Daphne Miller, M.D., began practicing medicine in San Francisco, Calif., she realized that so many of her patients' woes--heart disease, diabetes, cancer--could...
Naturally Lower Your LDL’s and Boost HDL’s With These 7 Superfoods
If you have high cholesterol, you're certainly not alone; nearly half of all American adults have high cholesterol. Not all cholesterol is bad, though....
New Insight on the Fight Against Child Obesity
A recent study in the journal Pediatrics caught my eye as it related to childhood obesity. I spend a good deal of time discussing...
