Eating For Health

     Who doesn’t want to slow down the aging process? Are there foods you can eat to slow down Father Time?   WebMD has an article called, Best Foods for Your Anti-Aging Diet .    In this article, dietitian Manuel Villacorta is quoted, “ What you eat makes a huge difference in how you age and how you feel.”   An aging expert, Dr. Pontius states, “ Even your skin will stay younger-looking if you eat right ”.   So what are these foods that can help us stay younger longer?         1.          Fruits and vegetables – yes, back to at least 5 A DAY and aim for even more.   It is not just the vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables that are good for us but the color – and the more colorful the better.   Each color provides a different array of antioxidants.   It is the antioxidants that slow the aging process and help stop the damage to your healthy cells....

Well the World Health Organization (WHO) has once again taken the joy out of the American diet.   They made headlines recently for their proclamation about the health risks of eating meat.   The Time headline is, The War on Delicious which is very appropriate when an organization wages war on the foods so many Americans eat.   So what are the health risks with red meat, processed meats and what meats are they talking about?   How much can you eat before you are at risk?   As a person who enjoys a bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich, a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin with Canadian bacon, I did not take the news lightly that processed meats are bad for one’s health. Health Risks and Processed Meat WHO attributes about 34,000 cancer deaths each year to diets high in eating processed meats.   For red meat, they attribute 50,000 deaths a year.   But as Time points out, tobacco-related cancer is linked to 1 million deaths a year.   How much raises your risk, ...

What nutrients are missing in your diet?   Last week we focused on 4 nutrients that you may be missing or deficient in.   This week we look at 3 more nutrients of concern and mention fiber since it is oh so important to your health.   This information is from WebMD’s slide show, The 7 Missing Nutrents in Your Diet .   This week we focus on nutrients good for your bones, calcium, vitamin D and even vitamin C helps your bones.   Also, many of us have diets low in fiber so this is needs special attention in most people’s diets. 1.        Vitamin D –many Americans, adults and children, are deficient or have low vitamin D levels.   Bones need vitamin D as do our muscles and our nerves.   Like vitamin A, vitamin D helps our immune system. Good sources – milk and yogurt are usually fortified with vitamin D.   Milk or yogurt at meals is a great way to ensure you and your kids are getting the vitamin D needed.   ...