For most women, pregnancy is a rollercoaster ride of joy punctuated by crippling doubt, countless Google searches and perpetual risk assessment. Suddenly everything is measured in weeks (or fruit – the baby is compared to everything from a blueberry to a mango), a whole host of anatomical words enter the vernacular, and a woman’s entire…

WESTERN BUREAU: THE SECOND person in her family to have achieved the century landmark, Keturah Headley-Campbell has set an example for generations in the family to follow by eating healthy foods and making a living off raising chickens. Born in the community of Waterworks, Westmoreland in 1923, Headley-Campbell celebrated her 101st birthday surrounded by some…

Increase the level of minerals in your body by including the best calcium supplements for women in your diet. Strong bones and joints are particularly essential for women as they have a lower bone density than men. The structural differences, thinner and smaller bones make it vital for women to keep a check on their…

Once considered the lifestyle choice of the few, plant-based diets have grown significantly in popularity over the past two decades, taking them firmly into the mainstream. Global data and business intelligence platform, Statista, looked at 18 of the 27 EU member states, finding that there was an estimated 6.62 million vegans, as of 2023, with…

Vevey (Switzerland): Nestle SA is facing a formal demand from some shareholders, including Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), to significantly improve the amount of healthy food the Swiss consumer group sells. A coalition of investors, led by ShareAction, has filed a resolution asking the maker of Kit Kat chocolate to set targets to increase…

Even as Amitabh Bachchan is show enthusiastically digging into his pack of Bhikaji namkeen and refusing to share it with anyone, people are increasingly beginning to let go of calorie and fat rich snacks and going for healthier options, thus propelling a burgeoning healthy snacking industry. While this shift to more mindful eating has been…

Even as Amitabh Bachchan is shown enthusiastically digging into his pack of Bhikaji namkeen and refusing to share it with anyone, people are increasingly beginning to let go of calorie and fat rich snacks and going for healthier options, thus propelling a burgeoning healthy snacking industry. While this shift to more mindful eating has been…

Summary: Researchers linked healthier diets to a reduced risk of dementia and a slower pace of biological aging, unveiling the partial mechanism behind this protective effect. Researchers applied the DunedinPACE epigenetic clock to data from the Framingham Heart Study’s Offspring Cohort, revealing that adherence to the MIND diet significantly slowed aging and lowered dementia risks.…

Who among us has not sought to examine our eating habits in the interest of being healthier or losing a few pounds here and there? As is the wont of our keenest satires, Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner starts her dieting-gone-awry tale innocuously enough, with a perfectly reasonable premise. Club Zero introduces us to a program…