Category: Healthy Eating

  • The 12 Healthiest Dried Fruits to Include In Your Diet

    Fruits are an essential part of a well-balanced diet. They are packed with fiber, vitamins, and minerals. However, while raw fruit is refreshing and nutritious, it’s not always as portable. Dried fruits, on the other hand, are sweet, snackable, but do they offer the same health benefits as their raw fruit origins? Once the water…

  • 3 High-Fat, High-Sugar Pantry Items No One Should Be Buying In 2024—And What To Replace Them With

    3 High-Fat, High-Sugar Pantry Items No One Should Be Buying In 2024—And What To Replace Them With

    If you’re looking to lead a healthier life in 2024, one of the first places to start (aside from the gym) is right in your own pantry. In our fast-paced world, it can certainly be convenient to keep processed foods stocked on your shelves for those times you’re looking for a quick meal or snack.…

  • The #1 Drink to Limit to Improve Your Memory, According to a Dietitian

    When it comes to our memory and cognition, what we eat matters. While certain foods and drinks can bolster brain health—we’re looking at you leafy greens and salmon—others may harm it. Among all the beverages out there, there’s one that stands out that experts advise limiting specifically to improve your memory, and that’s alcohol. Keep…

  • 3 Snack Foods To Supercharge Focus At Work In 2024

    There’s a secret to turbocharging our brainpower and boosting our energy — it’s the foods we eat. Functional foods are everyday foods packed with nutrients our bodies need. What we put in our bodies has a lot to do with how we feel throughout the day, which makes a big difference in how much we…

  • Low- and no-calorie sweeteners: clearing the path for improved dietary health in Europe

    REFERENCES 1 https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2019-09/2019_initiatives_npa_en_0.pdf  2 https://www.worldobesityday.org/assets/downloads/World_Obesity_Atlas_2023_Report.pdf  3https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2229   4https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/1775   5https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/sweeteners   6https://www.sweeteners.org/latest-science-post/benefits-of-low-no-calorie-sweeteners-in-long-term-weight-control-confirmed-in-new-study/  7 Low and no calorie sweeteners: their usefulness in managing carbohydrate and calorie intake has been recognized and supported by numerous public health organisations, including Public Health England, Diabetes UK, the American Diabetes Association, Diabetes Canada, among others 8https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3 

  • Michael Mosley’s red lentil soup is packed with nutrients and keeps you full

    Michael Mosley’s red lentil soup recipe promises to leave your “tummy full and taste buds tingling”. We all know how important it is to eat healthily, but it isn’t always easy to do, especially if you’re tight for time and need to make yourself something to eat that doesn’t take hours to cook. Thankfully though,…

  • Does Eating Papaya Boost Weight Loss?

    <!– –> Papaya has high water content, making it a hydrating fruit Papaya is a tropical fruit with a sweet, orange-coloured flesh and black seeds at the centre. It is rich in nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin A, fibre, and folate. Papaya also contains enzymes called papain, which aid in digestion. Papaya is considered…

  • Are Baked Chips Healthier for You? Here’s What a Dietitian Says

    Chips are undeniably one of the most popular munchable snacks, and their crispy, crunchy and salty flavors are well worth the finger dust. Traditional chips can be high in unhealthy fats, and they have a reputation as being an unhealthy food, prompting many to search for chip alternatives. To make chips, manufacturers thinly slice potatoes…

  • Keeping with your 2024 healthy eating resolutions with a Mayo Clinic dietitian

    LA CROSSE (WKBT) — 2024 is well under way and many Americans may have added eating healthier to their New Year’s resolutions, but keeping with your resolutions is often harder then you think.

  • Eating locally purchased red meat could be beneficial to your health

    RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – There are many health benefits to eating less meat in your diet, but if cutting it out isn’t for you, there are ways to eat meats that are made better. According to the Mayo Clinic, eating less meat is proven to lower your risk of heart disease and high blood…