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New FDA definition of ‘healthy’ sets up nuts, seeds for success
CHICAGO — The Food and Drug Administration issued its final rule in December defining the nutrient content claim “healthy.” Now more foods associated with healthy eating patterns qualify for the claim, which may make it easier for consumers to identify them when shopping. Ingredients that fall within the FDA’s updated definition include nuts and seeds,…
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Water and milk are the only recommended beverages for kids, according to a new expert panel
CBC Prof. Steffanie Strathdee, a Canadian working at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, says she was stunned to see NIH funding was paused. Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent pause on federal health spending could stall research on new drugs, vaccines, and treatments for cancer, dementia and…
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Healthy Eating: Pableaux Johnson’s Monday Night Red Beans and Rice
Rice and beans are often made to bring good luck to the new year. In New Orleans, red beans and rice are cooked and consumed with fervor on Mondays. Spicy Caribbean recipes for beans and rice were brought to the city in the late 1700s by French-speaking Haitians fleeing the revolution in Saint Domingue (modern-day…
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How to find a healthy hummus that tastes great, too
Hummus is a healthy-snacking staple. That’s no surprise, with its base of chickpeas (garbanzo beans), tahini (sesame seed paste), and largely unsaturated oils (like sunflower, soybean, canola, or olive). You’re getting legumes, healthy fat, and (usually) not too much salt. Nice! This article comes from Nutrition Action. We don’t accept any paid advertising or corporate or government…
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Healthy Food Hub Opens at Eastside YMCA
Families can access fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods for free at Fort Worth’s Eastside YMCA thanks to a partnership with Cook Children’s and Texas Health Resources. The renovated Eastside YMCA opened January 27 with new amenities including a Good For You Healthy Hub to help fight food insecurity in the surrounding neighborhood.…
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Ultra-processed foods and health risks
Ultra-processed foods. It’s not a term many of us heard 10, or even five, years ago. But that’s starting to change. We now see it in news stories and posts on social media. And there’s good reason for that. Even as more ultra-processed foods fill grocery store shelves, we’re also learning more about their possible…
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Would you try the new ‘primitive’ diet that rewrites the calorie rules?
Bad news for people who like milky coffees and ham sarnies – a new study has uncovered one of the healthiest diets in the world and there’s no dairy, wheat or beef in sight. The diet – known as the NiMe (non-industrialised microbiome restore) diet – has been developed by researchers who looked at the…
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Adding Bone Broth to Hot Chocolate Boosts Protein. But Is It Really Healthier?
Hot chocolate is meant to be a sweet treat. But now, social media users are attempting to give it a healthy, high-protein makeover with a surprising ingredient: bone broth. “While I was skeptical, I’ll admit it was pretty good,” cookbook author Arash Hashemi said in one video after tasting bone broth hot chocolate. In another…
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‘Eating Jet Lag’ Happens to All of Us Sometimes—Here’s Why You Should Avoid It, According to a Nutrition Scientist
Chances are most of us have experienced jet lag, the unpleasant effect of crossing multiple time zones in a relatively short amount of time (say, an eight-hour flight that catapults your body six hours into the future). Jet lag can take days to overcome, and in the meantime it can be harder to sleep at…
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Are Eggs With Orange Yolks Healthier? A Nutritionist Settles the Debate
There’s a lot of buzz about egg yolk colors. Some people claim that those deep orange-hued yolks are nutritionally superior when compared to the sunnier yellow ones, while others say the color difference will just make your scrambled eggs look a bit brighter. So who’s right? We turned to a registered dietitian to help settle…
