Category Archives: Healthy eating

Eat Better to Improve Your Metabolic Health

Eat Better to Improve Your Metabolic Health
Limit carbohydrate intake Keep your blood glucose in a healthy range The medical establishment has long advocated a low-fat diet to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Yet, accumulating evidence supports limiting carbohydrate intake leads to equal or better results. Researchers at the University of Connecticut tested the idea that the biological markers of…
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Advanced Glycation End Products

Advanced Glycation End Products
They predict higher risk of chronic diseases They’re common in Western diets, but you can limit them Advanced glycation end products is a mouthful! What does it mean, anyway? Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are complex organic molecules produced from the reaction of certain sugars (such as glucose and fructose) and amino acid groups attached…
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Eat More Foods With Lower Energy Density

Eat More Foods With Lower Energy Density
Eat the same amount of food but fewer calories Priority foods have high water content (fruits and vegetables) Losing weight is often difficult but keeping the weight off over the long term is even more difficult. Researchers at the University of Alabama – Birmingham developed the EatRight Weight Management Program. Its cornerstone is a low…
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Environmentally Sustainable Healthy Food Production

Environmentally Sustainable Healthy Food Production
Healthy foods have less environmental impact than unhealthy foods We’ll need to change what we eat to have a livable planet Nine of the top 15 risk factors for illness globally arise from poor quality diets. Diseases linked to poor diets account for 40 percent of deaths globally. Food production creates about 30 percent of…
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