In a recent editorial published in Nutrients, researchers described the health benefits of regular exercise, a healthy diet, and adequate sleep. Study: Effects of Healthy Lifestyles on Chronic Diseases: Diet, Sleep and Exercise. Image Credit: Nok Lek Travel Lifestyle/Shutterstock.com Background The most impactful and controllable element influencing overall health and disease resilience is lifestyle. Chronic illness cases…

You’ve heard the saying: “You are what you eat.” But what about when you eat? Advertising Policy Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy Your schedule is jam-packed with school drop-off, work meetings, after-school activities and…

When you’re trying to achieve a lower number on the scale, one of your first orders of business is reevaluating your go-to food choices and overall diet. Take yogurt, for example. It’s marketed as a “healthy” snack or grab-and-go breakfast, but many varieties contain a sneaky amount of sugar. So, can eating yogurt help you…

Food is indeed medicine, according to a large new study, and a prescription for produce could be a game changer. The study, which was conducted on 4,000 people from clinics serving low-income neighborhoods, examined the effect of produce vouchers given to people with diet-related diseases. The participants of the study had either diabetes, obesity or…

This combination of banana, milk and dates is a hit among people looking for healthy meal alternatives, but do you know why? This is because of the high protein, carbohydrates and potassium content, which when combined with iron rich dates and healthy fat loaded milk, makes for a nutritious and wholesome combination, which helps boost…

If there’s one thing that the Europeans got right, it’s the Mediterranean Diet. Shared for generations among a range of otherwise quite different countries, the pro-oil, fish, lean protein, and vegetable lifestyle has been tied to several health benefits from cutting fat to neurological advances in battling dementia to promoting heart health. The diet —…

01 Nov Healthy Eating: Top 5 Best Diets to Follow US News & World Report announced  that the Mediterranean style of eating is the best overall diet for 2023.  Only 24 diets were ranked instead of 40 that were analyzed in the past years. Vegan, vegetarian, Nordic, traditional Asian and the glycemic index were integrated into the Mediterranean because…