Is there such a thing as a good sugar?
Q: When is sugar a good thing? A: When it's a glyconutrient. Recently a reader named Bob wrote in and asked: Please explain what glyconutrients are and why I would need them? T...
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Diet and nutrition form part of the foundation of lasting optimum health. Yet, there is a lot of confusing information about what a healthy diet consists of. For instance, we’ve been told to avoid saturated fat and yet more and more research is beginning to show that saturated fat is an essential component of a healthy and balanced diet.
The Daily Health will help you make sense of these confusing dietary guidelines and show you how optimal nutrition can support and protect your health. For example, the latest research is showing that probiotics can help combat autism. Studies have also shown that eating red meat can help protect your brain against Alzheimer’s disease and dementia – these findings contradict current guidelines saying that we should eat less red meat.
Latest Articles in Diet & Nutrition
Pancreatitis – Nutrients That Can Offer Relief
Pancreatitis is a condition that involves inflammation of the pancreas a large gland that lies behind your stomach. It is an essential organ that produces the hormone insulin, whic...
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Could a gluten-free diet strengthen your bones?
When the time comes to discuss the use of dietary supplements to prevent or treat osteoporosis, naturally calcium will be at the top of the list. But as I've mentioned in previous...
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Dietary Calcium Reduce the Rise in Childhood Obesity?
Obesity is on the rise... among children as well as adults. But a new study shows that parents may be able to help obese children control their weight by increasing one important m...
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The full lowdown on drinking water
There was a time when you could probably find clean water that was unadulterated. But today, almost all drinking water is at least partially contaminated by pesticides, herbicides,...
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How grapefruit can help you lose weight
The idea that grapefruit servings may help dieters lose weight is not news. But until last year there were no studies to actually support this claim. Researchers at Scripps Clinic...
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