Tag: nutrition
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How bad is all that sugar?
Sugar makes foods sweet and for many of us makes them delicious. It’s an important energy source for our bodies. It’s what we use when we’re doing vigorous activities and it’s the primary source of fuel for our brain. We need it to live. But eating too much sugar can lead to health problems over…
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What does your weight really tell you?
Many people have a love/hate relationship with weigh scale. Approximately one third of adults weigh themselves at least once per week (that includes me). And a similar number are trying to lose weight at any given time. Even a visit to the doctor may result in you getting weighed. So there must be some value…
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The Importance of Lifelong Prevention
My research career began focusing on the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation programs. As I spent more time with the patients and learned more about heart disease, I realized two things. First, many cardiac rehab patients enthusiastically indicate at the end of the program they’re in the best shape of their lives. The second, heart disease…
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Foods for Your Brain and Mental Well-being
You are what you eat. And not only that, you think based on what you eat as well. We’re learning more and more about the effect foods have on mood, how we think, and whether one gets dementia in later life. Most of us have a go-to comfort food or reach for certain foods when…