Category Archives: Healthy eating

Whole Grains Can Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Whole Grains Can Lower Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Eat more whole grains Oats and barley may be especially beneficial Increased consumption of whole grains predicts reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and certain cancers. The presence of dietary fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals in whole grains may account for their health-promoting properties. Researchers at Harvard studied the health benefits of selected…
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Eat Vegetables Before Carbs to Lower Post-meal Blood Sugar

Eat Vegetables Before Carbs to Lower Post-meal Blood Sugar
Eat your vegetables first at mealtime Keep your blood sugar in a healthy range The amount and type of carbohydrate eaten at a meal affects post-meal blood glucose levels. Keeping blood glucose levels in check after meals helps prevent or manage type 2 diabetes. Would the order in which meal components, as expressed in terms…
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Veggie Burgers vs. Beef Burgers

Veggie Burgers vs. Beef Burgers
Are veggie burgers nutritionally complete substitutes for beef burgers? Do veggie burgers have a smaller ecological footprint than beef burgers? Evidence suggests that diets high in red meat predict greater risk of adverse health outcomes including cardiovascular disease and mortality. Contrarily, high-quality omnivorous diets (including meat and lots of selected plant foods) do not show…
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Beans Don’t Get No Respect

Beans Don’t Get No Respect
But they should! Give beans and other legumes a try Plants that produce beans occur in the legume plant family. Beans are seeds and, as such, contain everything a sprouting plant needs (except water and sunlight) to germinate and create a new plant. The seeds of legumes occur in pods of various sizes and shapes.…
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