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Western Diet: How it affects health, risks, and complications
The Western dietary pattern includes high intakes of saturated fats and refined carbohydrates and low intakes of plant-based foods. Evidence links this with various chronic diseases. The Western diet, also known as the standard American Diet (SAD), is the dietary pattern of many people in the United States. Eating a diet high in fruits and…
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Healthy Eating Cuts Checkout Costs, Study Reveals
Health and Wellbeing Queensland New research has found choosing a healthy diet can save families $150 a fortnight at the checkout Most Queenslanders do not meet the recommended daily serves of any of the five food groups An affordable healthy diet can have the biggest impact in regional areas where rates of chronic conditions are…
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Ways you can eat healthier for the holidays
Making flavorful recipes that are healthy and still crowd pleasers. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Eggs are whipped, onions are chopped and the collards are being prepared for what might look like thanksgiving dinner. “Food can actually make diseases go in the other direction, if you eat right,” said Howard Warren. Warren is the Executive Chef at…
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15 Delicious, Sugar-Free Breakfast Recipes
Sugar may be sweet, but the effects it can have on your health are decidedly not. While some foods naturally contain sugar — fruit and milk, for example — many foods have sugar added to enhance their flavor, including some you might not suspect because they don’t taste overly sweet. Processed foods, baked goods, and…
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Can the planetary health diet save your life and the planet? Study finds mixed results
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers evaluate the impact of planetary health diet (PHD) adherence on environmental and human health. Study: Adherence to a Planetary Health Diet, Environmental Impacts, and Mortality in Chinese Adults. Image Credit: Created with the assistance of DALL·E 3 Background PHD is characterized by an increased consumption of plant-based…
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Food pantry opens in East Gainesville with focus on ‘healthy eating’
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – People in East Gainesville now have access to a new program to help people eat better. Volunteers with the new Pleasant Street Civil Rights and Cultural Arts Center held a soft open and a food giveaway on Thursday. The program is a pharmacy prescription food program, meant to prioritize healthy foods…
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This High-Protein Chick-fil-A Salad Is My New Favorite Lunch
Lunch has always been my least favorite meal to prepare. While I value a nutritious and convenient meal, it’s tough to align that with the realities of a hectic schedule. Luckily, in the age of digital discovery, I’m constantly finding the latest tricks and life hacks on social media. So when I kept seeing a…
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Eating healthily can save families $150 at the checkout a fortnight, study finds
Eating healthily can be less expensive than the unhealthy diet many Australians currently live on, a new study has found. Key points: There’s a perception that healthy food costs more, but it can save you money, research finds A trolley of healthy food costs $150 less a fortnight than what the average Australian family buys The takeaway message? Try to eat five serves…
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‘Small swaps’ to climate-friendly diet can significantly reduce carbon footprint, improve health: Study
Realistic, simple dietary swaps can help Americans make a difference in the country’s carbon footprint, a new study found. If all consumers swapped their higher-carbon food products for lower-carbon alternatives—things like swapping cow products to plant-based or poultry products—just once a day, models show it could reduce their personal dietary carbon footprint significantly and the…
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A pound of cure
Posted on: October 26, 2023; Updated on: October 26, 2023By Chris Horn, [email protected] If a little prevention is truly worth a lot of cure, the three decades of work by the Arnold School of Public Health’s Prevention Research Center have helped make the Palmetto State a healthier place. Since 1993, the center has collaborated with…
