Eating Red Meat Linked To Breast Cancer
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 9 2007 - 11:44am
Eating red meat increases a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
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Food and Health
The relationship between food and health is intimate and fascinating, and a thorough understanding of this association is necessary to help restore, support, and maintain optimal health. Stay in touch with the latest research and advice on food and its impact on your health and that of your family with well-researched articles from Emaxhealth.
Eating Healthy For People On The Go
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 9 2007 - 11:26am
Mairlyn Smith presents Eating Healthy for People on the Go, an evening of practical suggestions and menus for people on the go.
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How Easily Soy Foods Fit into a Healthy, Active Lifestyle
By Armen Hareyan G+ Apr 5 2007 - 11:13am
These are exciting times for soy foods because breaking scientific developments bring us closer to better understanding the nutrition of soy foods.
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Rhode Island Launches National 'Fruits and Veggies--More Matters'
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 21 2007 - 2:06pm
To encourage Rhode Island State Employees to eat more fruits and veggies, Get Fit Rhode Island, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Health.
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Join the County Executive's No Junk Food Week
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 20 2007 - 1:37pm
No Junk Food Week is an effort to get students to pledge to give up junk food and eat only healthy snacks for one week in March.
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Is your food full of salt?
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 19 2007 - 8:13am
The FSA's salt campaign is back with a new phase, including a series of TV ads, plus press and poster advertising.
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FSA research reveals a drop in British salt consumption
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 19 2007 - 8:09am
People in Great Britain are consuming less salt than they were five years ago.
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Apple consumers reap heart-health benefits thanks to flavonoid content
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 15 2007 - 4:29pm
Eat more fruit, vegetable. Apples may prove to be a winner when it comes to reducing the risk of heart disease.
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Strong Evidence Links Soft Drink Consumption to Obesity, Diabetes
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 7 2007 - 11:53am
A large systematic review reveals clear associations between consumption of nondiet soft drinks and increased calorie intake and body weight.
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Start Eating Green for Your Health This St. Patrick's Day
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 5 2007 - 2:05pm
In addition to the regular festivities surrounding St. Patrick's Day this month, consider adding a new tradition: more green foods to your diet.
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Drug-Enriched Salt Could Prevent Devastating Tropical Disease
By Armen Hareyan G+ Mar 2 2007 - 2:47pm
The disease called lymphatic filariasis wreaks havoc on millions of people by causing their limbs and genitals to fill with fluid and swell monstrously: the symptom commonly known as elephantiasis. \n
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Getting New Food Guide as Easy as Going to Store
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 27 2007 - 1:06pm
The Middlesex London Health Unit is making it easy to get a copy of Canada's new food guide.
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Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 26 2007 - 9:21am
A diet rich in black soya beans could help control weight, lower fat and cholesterol levels, and aid in the prevention of diabetes.
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Canada's New Food Guide Now Available
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 23 2007 - 10:57am
Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide" is now available at the County of Lambton Community Health Services Department.
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Avoiding fish, seafood is a bigger health risk despite mercury
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 15 2007 - 7:59pm
The harm from mercury in fish is unlikely to be greater than the overall benefits of nutrients at the concentrations usually found in seafood.
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Australia-New Zealand Collaboration on Transfats Launched
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 13 2007 - 1:46pm
The Dietitians Association of Australia and the Australian Food and Grocery Council had got together to form collaboration with the important role of reducing damaging transfats in the food supply.
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Grape expectations for healthier wine
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 12 2007 - 9:13am
A new technique that uses ozone to preserve grapes could help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time. The same technique could be used in the wine making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites.
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New potential health benefit of olive oil for peptic ulcer disease
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 12 2007 - 9:08am
Extra virgin olive oil, Already fabled for an array of health benefits and a centerpiece of the Mediterranean Diet, may have a new role in helping to prevent and treat Helicobacter pylori.
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'Eat Smart' Healthy Meeting Guide Released
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 10 2007 - 9:38am
The Eat Smart Healthy Meeting Guide aims to increase opportunities for healthy eating by providing practical guidelines for anyone who is in charge of food served at events.
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The tangerine: Top tomato?
By Armen Hareyan G+ Feb 5 2007 - 9:25am
Research involving tomato sauce made from an heirloom tomato variety named the tangerine tomato has established that a specific chemical form of lycopene is more effective in increasing the levels of antioxidant in people's blood.
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Buying Local Fruit and Veg Can Lead to a Healthier 2007
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 30 2007 - 6:58am
Helping lead a healthier life with a pledge to buy more local fresh fruit and vegetables
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Salt Awareness Week: Salt Reduction
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 30 2007 - 6:33am
The focus will be on progress made over the past 10 years in terms of salt reduction and improvements in labelling.
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Practice Active Supervision
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 24 2007 - 2:28pm
Accidental injury is still the leading killer of Kansas kids
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Kansas Issues New Fish Consumption Advisories
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 24 2007 - 2:18pm
Species of fish should be eaten in limited quantities, or in some cases, avoided altogether because of contamination found in tested fish
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Management Professor Uncovers Fast-Food Business Lessons
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 17 2007 - 8:24pm
What really happens after you place an order for a Big Mac or a Whopper with Cheese?
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The Recipe for Eating Well and Weighing Less
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jan 10 2007 - 8:41am
Studies show choosing foods high in water and fiber content is key for good health and weighing less.
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'Mindless autopilot' drives people to underestimate food decisions
By Armen Hareyan G+ Dec 26 2006 - 1:52pm
People make more than 200 food related eating and beverage related drinking decisions daily.
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Being a vegetarian is apparently the clever choice
By Armen Hareyan G+ Dec 22 2006 - 8:23am
People with higher IQs at the age of ten are more likely to be vegetarians as adults, they carefully choose what food they eate and are less likely to suffer from heart disease.
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Gene silencing technology yields a better French fry potato
By Armen Hareyan G+ Dec 18 2006 - 8:37am
In addition to being tastier, for instance, French fries made from the new Ranger had lower levels of acrylamide, a compound that has been a source of health concerns about fried foods.
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New Year's resolution No. 1: Prevent cancer, use olive oil
By Armen Hareyan G+ Dec 11 2006 - 3:07pm
Olive oil has a significant impact on cancer rates.
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