Search Results for 'Health'

Eating Healthy Myths Destroyed

All Refined Carbohydrates are Hazardous to Your Health. The average American eats over 300 pounds of sugars each year. Most of this is because of all the sugar that is added to the everyday foods most people eat. Sugars are refined carbo [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Selecting the best nuts for your health

A new review of 25 trials published in the American journal Archives of Internal Medicine on May 10 found that snacking on nuts daily could help blood cholesterol levels. Here is a healthy guide to help you select the best nuts [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Tips for a healthy pregnancy

Eat five or six well-balanced meals each day. Drink plenty of fluids, at least eight to ten glasses a day, avoiding caffeine and artificial coloring. Take a pregnancy exercise class or walk at least 15 to 20 minutes every day at a [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy food from healthy soil

Local food growers want people to get better acquainted with how the edibles they consume are actually produced. During a panel discussion at Illinois Valley Community College to celebrate Earth Day Thursday, growers discussed their busi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy diet lowers Alzheimer's risk

Eating a diet high in vegetables, fish, fruit, nuts and poultry, and low in red meat and butter may reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease. To assess the association between food combination and Alzheimer’s disease risk, resea [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Study - Healthy Diet May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center say what people eat plays a role in whether they get Alzheimer's disease. According to a new study, eating foods like fish, fruit and nuts appear to be linked to a reduced risk of con [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy habits

The Taylor Family YMCA will host a community event to promote the health of local children and educate parents about how to keep their kids in shape. The Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day will be held at the Taylor Regional Park and Spor [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

World Health Day 2010 - ‘Urbanism and Healthy Living’

The bedrock for economic growth and social progress is HEALTH and despite technological advancement in all fields, including the medical field, many areas of the world still reel under health disparities especially among rich and poor na [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy diet and exercise could prevent 80,000 cancers - cha...

Britain's record on so-called lifestyle cancers is as bad as America's and around one in three cases of some of the most common cancers could be avoided with healthier diet and exercise, the World Cancer Research Fund has said. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

A high-fat breakfast of bacon and eggs may be the healthiest...

For the first meal eaten after a night's sleep appears to programme the metabolism for the rest of the day, the researchers found. And the age-old maxim "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a paup [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2010 | Comments : 1

Healthy Eating - Conference encourages tastier tactics

Imagine a day when your doctor hands you a recipe instead of a prescription and you’ll share the vision of health professionals gathered recently at the Culinary Institute of America’s campus in Napa Valley. The Healthy [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy Red Wings' lineup raises thoughts of 'what if'

A strong post-Olympics push has put the Red Wings in realistic position to finish as high as fifth in the Western Conference -- and made it hard not to wonder where they'd be if they'd been healthy all season. The Wings are 11- [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Obsession with too much healthy food may be lethal

Experts are ringing warning bells for those dangerously obsessed with eating healthy, adding they may have a disorder called orthorexia. Cynthia Bulik, director of the eating disorders program at the University of North Carolina at [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Healthy Kids Day

The Johnston YMCA will host a Healthy Kids Expo and Field Day in conjunction with the nation's largest health day for children and families. The Expo will feature local businesses and provide hands on demonstrations and samplings. Th [...]