Category: Healthy Eating

  • How Plant-Based Eating Can Reduce Your Cancer Risk — and Easy Ways to Start

    How Plant-Based Eating Can Reduce Your Cancer Risk — and Easy Ways to Start

    My path to plant-based nutrition began when I first learned of my BRCA1 genetic mutation, and how it carried an 87 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer and a 50 to 60 percent risk of ovarian cancer for me. I started eating a plant-based diet with the goal to reduce my risk, but it has…

  • Healthy eating mistakes

    Healthy eating mistakes

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  • 25 Healthy Midnight Snacks for Late Night Munching

    25 Healthy Midnight Snacks for Late Night Munching

    In the context of weight loss, there’s a lot of mixed advice about not eating after a certain hour of the evening. Some studies have shown that the type of midnight snack is more important than the time it’s consumed. According to 2015 research in Nutrients, “when the food choice is small, nutrient-dense, low energy…

  • Health Check: Go “Beyond the Table” this National Nutrition Month

    Health Check: Go “Beyond the Table” this National Nutrition Month

    By MARY LOU POMPEII FRESH FOOD Photo by Deborah Smith on Flickr National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign to help people make informed food choices and develop healthy habits. It was created 50 years ago by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), a trusted source of food and nutrition information. This year’s theme…

  • Student’s View: My School Helped Me With My Eating Disorder. Now, I Help Others

    Student’s View: My School Helped Me With My Eating Disorder. Now, I Help Others

    Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter When I was 11 years old, I started severely restricting my diet and became intensely preoccupied with food. I found myself worrying about gaining weight constantly, and I started pulling away from friends and family.  My grades started slipping, and…

  • 8 Healthy Night-Time Snacks That Are Satisfying and Sleep-Promoting

    8 Healthy Night-Time Snacks That Are Satisfying and Sleep-Promoting

    It’s all too common to feel nagging hunger pangs in the hours between dinner and bedtime. But night time snack foods and drinks are notorious for being less-than-healthy—it’s so easy to reach for the most convenient and tastiest foods you’ve been craving after making more nutritious choices all day. And while certainly delicious, certain midnight…

  • The 10 Healthiest Drinks To Sip, According to Dietitians

    The 10 Healthiest Drinks To Sip, According to Dietitians

    Staying hydrated is one of the most important things you can do to support your overall health, but choosing the right drinks to sip is key. Some drinks can bolster your well-being whereas others can do the complete opposite. While water should be your go-to for hydration, there’s a whole world of healthy beverages out there…

  • Veggie-filled sausage rolls are part of this social enterprise’s plan to entice children to eat healthy at school

    Veggie-filled sausage rolls are part of this social enterprise’s plan to entice children to eat healthy at school

    Inside Clunes Neighbourhood House in central Victoria, children are hands on learning the basics of healthy eating.  They are making Vietnamese rice paper rolls, packed with freshly chopped carrot, lettuce, cucumber, and mint. A volunteer helps nine-year-old Chloe cook rice paper rolls.(ABC News: Rochelle Kirkham) The popular cooking class is run by social enterprise Healthy…

  • First year spread and 3 healthy eating tips from the experts

    First year spread and 3 healthy eating tips from the experts

    The start of university can be a jam-packed time for first-time students, leading to unhealthy eating habits. Photo: Getty Images Adolescents’ bodies are in the late stages of puberty where weight fluctuations are still common. In between class schedules, university activities and socialising, healthy eating can end up taking a back seat. Being educated on…

  • Beware – Sleeping Too Little Increases Your Risk of Diabetes

    Beware – Sleeping Too Little Increases Your Risk of Diabetes

    A study highlights that adults sleeping three to five hours nightly face a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, a condition that cannot be offset by healthy eating alone. Led by Uppsala University’s researchers, the findings underscore sleep’s critical role in health management. A recent study from Uppsala University, published in <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="…