Category: Nutrition

  • ‘I was overeating’: the Zoe nutrition app founders on diet, raising millions and the perfect microbiome

    ‘I was overeating’: the Zoe nutrition app founders on diet, raising millions and the perfect microbiome

    Tim Spector, professor of genetics and co-founder of the Zoe personal nutrition company, is recovering from a mild illness when the Observer meets him and the firm’s other founders. “People expect Tim to have the immune system of perfection,” jokes co-founder and chief executive Jonathan Wolf, “but even he, with his almost perfect microbiome, occasionally…

  • Optimum Nutrition Doubles Down on Delicious with New Flavors Across Gold Standard 100% Whey and AMIN.O. ENERGY

    The world’s best-selling1 protein powder Gold Standard 100% Whey adds two breakfast-inspired flavors alongside the brand’s new AMIN.O. ENERGY tropical-infused flavors DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Optimum Nutrition, the world’s #1 sports nutrition brand1 and part of Glanbia Performance Nutrition, announces four new, limited-edition flavors across the brand’s Gold Standard 100% Whey and…

  • Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee, Eating Health on a Budget

    Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee, Eating Health on a Budget

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  • Why nutrition is the missing piece in postpartum care

    Giving birth is a transformative experience that can have a profound impact on a woman’s physical and emotional well-being. In many cultures around the world it is believed that how a woman is cared for and nourished postpartum can impact the future of her health. As a doula and new mother, I have seen firsthand…

  • Audit of state board finds lack of oversight for senior nutrition program

    Audit of state board finds lack of oversight for senior nutrition program

    Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. MPR News reports an audit of the Board of Aging did not have proper legal oversight of a nutrition program that around 40,000 Minnesotans use. Executive director Kari Benson said that the board struggled to  “to administer the significantly increased funding level that Minnesota received…

  • I’m A Nutritional Psychiatrist: The Brain-Healthy Drink I Sip Every Morning

    Steep, stir, sip. Repeat. Tea and its preparation may seem mundane, but as a nutritional psychiatrist and tea lover myself, the beverage means so much to me. If I could describe the essence of tea making, I’d borrow a page from my roots in Africa and use the word itutu—a Yoruba phrase that denotes a…

  • Congress Must Fully Fund Nutrition Programs For Women, Infants And Children

    Congress Must Fully Fund Nutrition Programs For Women, Infants And Children

    There are 25,000 WIC participants in Hawaii, but federal budget cuts are looming. More than ever before, WIC is a critically important program to the people of Hawaii. WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children and is a federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It was developed during the first White House Conference on Hunger and…

  • ‘Hungry-belly children can’t learn’

    ‘Hungry-belly children can’t learn’

    School nutrition specialist Dr Patricia Thompson has re-emphasised to parents that the first order of business daily is breakfast, noting that hungry children cannot focus on their lessons in school. She was speaking at the relaunch of Project STAR’s school-feeding programme at the Jamaica Food and Drink Kitchen on Saturday, as parents and sponsors converged…

  • Nutritional Tales for Children

    Nutritional Tales for Children

    Santa Barbara County Foodbank CEO Erik Talkin is a loud voice in the crusade for food security. With appearances on the California Association of Food Banks’ Board of Directors, Feeding America’s National Advisory Council, and at Feed the Children’s regional advocacy conference, where he gave the keynote speech last month, the anti-hunger maven speaks with…

  • How to Increase Hemoglobin: A Guide

    How to Increase Hemoglobin: A Guide

    Ways to increase hemoglobin levels can include consuming more iron or folate and getting regular physical activity. However, other factors, such as what other foods you include in your diet, may also have an effect. An underlying condition, such as anemia, may cause low hemoglobin levels. If your doctor has recommended increasing your hemoglobin levels,…