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Category: Health and Nutrition
The 7 main principles of the Mediterranean diet
Over the last fifty years or so, there has been growing scientific data on the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet to prevent heart attacks, strokes as well as diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer-type dementia and even depression. Here are the 7 main features of this diet, which is usually represented graphically by a pyramid:
How to Maintain a Vegetarian Diet
Here’s a second capsule dedicated to all those who have opted for vegetarianism. In Canada, one in 20 have. Although proteins and nutrients can be readily obtained from sources other than meat, vegetarians should be careful, because if they are not properly informed or monitored, they may have deficiencies with long-term implications on their health.
What are common consequences of diabetes?
Over time, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. 50% of people with diabetes die of cardiovascular disease (primarily heart disease and stroke). Combined with reduced blood flow, neuropathy (nerve damage) in the feet increases the chance of foot ulcers, infection and […]
What are the risks of diabetes in children?
The frequency of diabetes is rising around the world, and studies are showing children are at increasing risk of developing the disease. About 350 million people worldwide have the illness, a number likely to more than double in the next 20 years. Over time, diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves […]
How to Become a Vegetarian – the Challenges of the Beginners
Once you have decided to adopt a vegetarian diet, either by ethical concern, to improve your health, to help the environment or any other reason, many questions are coming to mind. For example: Should I radically change my diet or should I change progressively? Where do I start? Which resources do I have access to? […]
Stop Comparing Yourself with Others, and Reach Your OWN Goals
No one can dispute that we often like to make comparisons between ourselves and others. In order to save time and money, many people use pre-made programs or believe hearsay from their brother-in-law who heard about a new fad diet or training program.
4 good reasons to use interval training
You have probably heard about it, but when it comes to cardio, it is often recommended to try interval training. Please note that this type of training can also be used by beginners. WHAT IS INTERVAL TRAINING? Interval training is made of two distinct phases: the period for intensity, and the rest period.
Run to Prevent Osteoporosis
After menopause, women with no prior history of prolonged amenorrhea and those who regularly exercise, generally have a greater bone mass than other menopausal women. Moreover, there is a positive relation between muscular exercise and bone density in menopausal women, which could help to prevent osteoporosis. In fact, muscular exercise helps maintain bone density in […]
5 healthy alternatives to your favorite foods
As the warmer weather approaches, you’re probably thinking about taking charge of your health and improving your lifestyle. When wanting to introduce such changes, you need to set up strategies to make them sustainable. A common mistake in the healthy food arena is to rule out many coveted foods, that supposedly contain too much fat, […]
5 Basics of Clean Eating
Detoxify your diet! Over the past few years, it has become glaringly obvious that our grocery stores are crammed with processed food. However an increasingly popular movement is, in some way, an antidote to this problem: clean eating, i.e., a simple and natural diet. Its principles will result in improving the quality of what you […]
Keep foods safe to eat
Young children (ages five and under) are at an increased risk of food poisoning. Older kids can get sick because of harmful foodborne bacteria too. Here are a few food safety tips on packing school lunches to help keep all your children happy and healthy.
9 tips to avoid evening snacks!
You eat the right foods all day long, but can’t help nibbling on snacks when you come home from work? Or maybe you are the type of person who keeps on eating after supper, wolfing down one or even two desserts? And then another snack in front of the TV?
