Study by Public Health Institute shows people with diabetes were able to lower A1C levels, better self-manage diabetes, and improve overall diet and food security at 12 months
Abbott’s Healthy Food Rx program provides home-delivered healthy food boxes to help address diabetes; part of broader collaboration to address social barriers and expand access to health in Stockton, Calif.
ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A study of Abbott’s (NYSE: ABT) Healthy Food Rx, a food as medicine program that provides home-delivered medical prescriptions of healthy food to help address diabetes, showed clinically important benefits for…
Dr. Chris van Tulleken took part in a month-long experiment. He ate 80% of his calories from ultra-processed food. He explains what happened in his new book, Ultra-Processed People.
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Dr. Chris van Tulleken took part in a month-long experiment. He ate 80% of his calories from ultra-processed food. He explains what happened in his new book, Ultra-Processed People.
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Eating processed food is nothing new. Humans have been crushing grains to make bread for thousands of years. But in recent decades, our food supply has shifted, with an increasing number of…
People with jaundice can consume foods and drinks that help improve digestion and metabolism, protect the liver from further damage, and improve liver health.
Jaundice is a buildup of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment released during the breakdown of red blood cells. Too much of this pigment causes the skin, eyes, and gums to turn yellow.
The liver typically filters bilirubin out of the blood, so jaundice indicates the liver is not working correctly.
This article discusses what people with jaundice can eat, drink, or avoid to help protect the liver.
A person’s diet plays a…
Toodle-oo, Timbits: NL’s health authority cuts sweets from some facilities under healthy food policy
NL Health Services has banned the sale of donuts and Timbits from the Tim Hortons location at the Health Sciences Center in St. Louis. John’s as part of a new healthy food policy. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
NL Health Services has banned the sale of donuts and other sweets in some of its facilities — including the Health Sciences Center in St. Louis. John’s — under the first phase of its new healthy food policy, and chips and chocolate bars are up next.
The authority’s health food policy was adopted in 2022, according to Natalie Moody, NL Health Services director of public…
George Chow, MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview –
“Local groups understand the needs of our communities and do such valuable work. This fund will go a long way to help community organizations create long-term solutions to meet the demand for their services for more healthy food and better programming. I look forward to seeing the good results of this funding!”
Sonja Everson, lead spoke volunteer, Peace Church –
“Having more cold storage would mean we could host more community dinners for South Vancouver Food Hub families. It would also increase our collective capacity to build more relationships and support neighbors with holistic…
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There may be a simple way to convince meat eaters to consume vegan food, according to a new USC study: Don’t call the food “vegan.”
Americans were far less likely to choose a gourmet gift basket without meat or dairy if it was labeled “vegan” or “plant-based,” according to a nationally representative survey of more than 7,500 US adults. By contrast, labeling…
National Nutrition Month, celebrated every year in March, is a nationwide information and nutritional education campaign encouraging people to make informed and healthy lifestyle and dietary choices. The 2024 National Nutrition Month theme, “Beyond the Table,” examines food production, farm-to-table, and resources, and Black dietitians are particularly digging into further causes of disparities in healthy nutrition.
With Black women leading at disproportionate rates for various chronic illnesses, healthy lifestyle practitioners are using nutritional education and empowerment as a means of improving overall wellness and combating racial and gender health disparities.
Across the United States, people are suffering from a multitude…
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Disease prevention starts in the kitchen, according to one cancer doctor.
Andre Goy, MD, chief physician of Hackensack Meridian Health’s John Theurer Cancer Center in New Jersey,…