Osteoporosis risks and ways to support healthy bones
How Healthy are Packaged Grocery Foods?
A new study is claiming that packaged grocery foods may not actually be as healthy as you think. According to the researchers, more than fifty percent of food items contained too much salt and exceeded the FDA healthy food guidelines for sodium. Too much salt is bad...
The Role of Fiber in Your Diet
Whenever we hear about the role of fiber in our diet, it is mainly associated with digestion, which can be an uncomfortable topic that many of us would rather not discuss. But the health of our digestive system often affects the health of our other bodily systems and...
Eating Healthy When Eating Out
Even though children are able to enjoy the relaxing days of summer vacation, the summer months can be a little more hectic for us adults. It’s tempting during a busy workweek to simply cut yourself some slack and go out to eat, which is an understandable reality for...
Lower Your Colon-Cancer Risk with a Vegetarian Diet
Vegetarian diets have become increasingly popular over the last few decades. On a simple level, a vegetarian diet is one that avoids meat, but there are many different types of vegetarians. A new study may have found how a vegetarian diet can decrease the chance of...
Healthy Diet Reduces COPD Risk
As we are now in the year 2015, it should come as no surprise that smoking cigarettes causes irreparable damage to our bodies. It makes no difference whether it is firsthand or secondhand smoke – you will experience the effects of smoking either way. One of the most...