February is American Heart Month, but heart health is important all year round. Elizabeth Jackson, M.D., a cardiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cardiovascular Institute, says making small lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of heart disease and the use of medications to regulate health. A healthy lifestyle is about making small changes…

Purdue University’s Consumer Food Insights Report The latest Consumer Food Insights Report from Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability provides an in-depth snapshot of consumers’ diet-related plans for 2024. According to the report, there was a significant increase in the number of consumers making food or nutrition-related New Year’s resolutions in 2024…

Food or nutrition-related New Year’s resolutions were more popular among consumers going into 2024 compared to last year, according to the January Consumer Food Insights Report. This year 25% of consumers responded “yes” when asked if they had any food or nutrition-related New Year’s resolutions, up 6 percentage points from the response to the same question last…

Packed with nutrition and versatility, kale, a non-starchy cruciferous vegetable, is often referred to as a superfood. That said, superfood is a marketing term (not scientific), and not one food provides all the nutrients we need. Key nutrients found in this veggie include vitamin C, plant-based calcium, glucosinolates and antioxidants like beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin. …

AHDB’s Let’s Eat Balanced campaign is proving successful but, please, ‘let’s be balanced’ in the commentary and reporting that follows. Last week’s article gave a voice to an unbalanced and unchallenged opinion piece. Author Liam Lysaght, a campaigner for diets and climate change at Feedback Global, argued our campaign promoted increased consumption of meat and dairy.…

“The grocery store is indeed becoming an increasingly important and accessible destination for health and wellbeing in the community, providing everything from feeding assistance to preventive care, nutrition, guidance, and all while helping customers shop for and prepare nourishing practical meal solutions for themselves and their families. The industry, and particularly the grocery store, is…

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While no one food alone can prevent or cure diseases, flaxseeds can pack a powerful and nutritious punch when incorporated into a healthy diet and lifestyle. Flaxseed health benefits The tiny omega-3 fatty acid and fiber-rich seeds, which most experts recommend eating ground rather than whole for easier digestion, are an easy and versatile ingredient…

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) contain more calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt than minimally-processed foods – but not all UPFs are unhealthy, according to new research from UCL. For the study, published in The British Journal of Nutrition, scientists wanted to investigate whether food processing information could be a useful indicator of what is healthy…

Answering the call to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity | The Hill Skip to content The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill iStock President Biden convened the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in over 50 years, bringing experts from…