Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cancer, Diet and Nutrition, Health Tips
Did you know that eating a plant-based diet filled with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and other plant foods can help lower your risk for many cancers? In addition to cancer-fighting minerals and vitamins, plant foods contain thousands of beneficial natural chemicals called phytonutrients.
Phytonutrients (also referred to as phytochemicals) serve various functions in plants, helping to protect the plant’s vitality. For example, some phytonutrients protect the plant from UV radiation while others protect it from insect attack. Not only do phytonutrients award benefit to plants, but they also provide benefits to people who enjoy plant foods. That’s because of their health-boosting properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and liver-health-promoting activities. (more…)
Mar 31, 2014 | Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Exercise, Health Tips
This post originally appeared on Healthline.
If you live with diabetes and exercise regularly, you might have asked yourself, “What am I supposed to eat after my workouts?” Some gyms have a conveniently placed juice bar right at the entrance, making it seem like everybody should be “refueling” post-workout with a super-sized smoothie. Health food stores will sell protein shakes and bars that claim to help “rebuild muscle” and “enhance performance.” So what is a person living with diabetes to do? (more…)
Mar 24, 2014 | Allergy, Diet and Nutrition, Health Tips
It seems as if you can’t go anywhere today without encountering the words “gluten-free.” Every grocery store, restaurant, food package and friend seems to be boasting about all the gluten-free possibilities that exist. This latest food trend may be everywhere, but before you think of jumping on the GF bandwagon, I urge you to read on.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Community Outreach, Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Health Tips, Heart Disease, Vascular Health
Chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, are responsible for seven out of every 10 deaths among Americans each year, and many of the risk factors that contribute to the development of these diseases are preventable. Healthy People 2020, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aims to improve the health of all Americans by providing science-based, 10-year national objectives. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition, Health Tips
By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, and Michael Cioroiu, MD
Nutrition is an important component of a plan for wound healing. At the Beth Israel Center for Advanced Wound Care, we see all types of wounds, including pressure ulcers, arterial and venous wounds, non-healing surgical wounds and others. Although we have many surgical options and topical treatments, wounds will not heal if the patient is not well nourished. Incorporating a nutritional plan helps achieve the goal of wound healing in the shortest time possible, with minimal pain, discomfort and scarring.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Diet and Nutrition, Health Tips
Truth or Myth: Vegetarians are always healthier than their meat-eating counterparts?
Research suggests that people who follow an appropriately planned vegetarian diet often are slimmer, have lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure. Vegetarian diets also have long been associated with decreased risk for such chronic diseases as obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The magic word in all this is “appropriate.” (more…)
Did you know that eating a plant-based diet filled with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and other plant foods can help lower your risk for many cancers? In addition to cancer-fighting minerals and vitamins, plant foods contain thousands of beneficial natural chemicals called phytonutrients.
