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Is Palm Oil Bad for You? Here’s What to Know About This Food Ingredient

9/29/2024

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If you ate packaged food today — like cookies, frozen pizza, or crackers — you may have had some palm oil. In fact, about half of all packaged goods sold in grocery stores contain palm oil. Why do food manufacturers love this oil so much, and what's it doing to your health?  Find out in my GoodRx article.
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How ultra-processed food harms the body and brain

9/29/2024

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What are ultra-processed foods—soda, candy, energy bars, fruit-flavored yogurt, frozen pizza, and frozen meals—doing to your body and your brain? Get the scoop with my National Geographic story.  
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Want to Eat Healthier? Read the label!

9/29/2024

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Not sure what the numbers on a food label mean? Only 28 percent of Americans find nutrition labels easy to understand, and more than half don’t regularly check the ingredient list, according to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) survey.  But read my article in Consumers' Checkbook and you'll become a label-reading pro--and I bet you'll start eating healthier as well!
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Yes, Sweet Potatoes Have Leaves--and They're Good!

6/12/2023

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A beautiful bunch of greens caught my eye at the farmers market the other day: sweet potato leaves. I’d never heard of them before, and decided to give them a try.

I nipped the leaves off their stems, roughly julienned them (cut into half-inch-thick strips), sautéed them in olive oil flavored with garlic halves and added a very light sprinkle of coarsely ground salt. (They take about three times as long spinach leaves to melt down, but not as long as kale or collards.) The result: The most delicious greens I’d had in recent memory. Mild like spinach, but not as metallic, and meatier, with a consistency you can sink your teeth into. But a warning—they don’t last long in the fridge, so prepare them the day you buy them.

Sweet potato leaves aren’t all that popular here in the United States. That’s too bad, because research shows they are higher in protein and omega-3s than most greens. They’re teeming with disease-fighting phytonutrients as well, including quercetin, an antioxidant that may  fight not only cancer, but inflammation and obesity, too.
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Have you ever tried sweet potato leaves? If so, how did you prepare them? 
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Foods That Fight Inflammation:  Choices that can help prevent everything from heart disease to type 2 diabetes

6/12/2023

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Name any common disease associated with aging — cancer, dementia, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes — and chronic inflammation will play a role.  Read more on AARP.com
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What's the Real Beef with Red Meat?

6/12/2023

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If you're a steak and burger lover, this week's headlines might have seemed too good to be true: Keep eating red meat — no reason to cut back. That's the upshot of a series of articles published in the prestigious... read more on AARP.com

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Overcoming Obstacles to Weight Gain When You Have a Neurological Disorder

6/12/2023

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Weight loss is a serious problem for some people with neurologic disorders such as Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and stroke, says Nikolaus McFarland, MD, PhD, FAAN, chief of the movement disorders division in the department of neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville.
 
How to gain weight if you have a neurologic condition?  Read the article on Brain&Life.com.
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Eat Healthfully at These Fast-Casual Chains

6/12/2023

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​Our dietitian lines up the best food choices at Chipotle, Panera and other popular restaurants
 
by Janis Jibrin, AARP, April 23, 2019

“Can I eat healthy at Subway or Chipotle?” As a dietitian, it’s a question I get asked a lot. I’m happy to report that yes, you can — but it takes some not-so-casual scouring of the so-called “fast casual” chains’ menus. Otherwise, your meal could be awash in sodium with little fiber or vitamins to show for it.
Want to know what are the healthiest meals at your favorite fast casual chains? Read the article on AARP.com.
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4 Brain-fueling recipes to keep you sharp all day long

6/12/2023

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Story by Janis Jibrin, MS, RD  Recipes by Jennifer Iserloh

Like intellectual stimulation or meditation, the right diet can make a dramatic difference in smarts and mood--today, and years down the road. Here’s how to fuel your way to clearer, happier thinking.

Read the full article on YogaJournal.com

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5 Anti-Inflammatory Diets You Should Try

1/3/2023

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Inflammation is a big buzzword in nutrition these days—and for good reason: About 60% of Americans have a condition caused by or complicated by chronic inflammation. However, an anti-inflammatory diet, which is a simple eating plan consisting of common foods found at the grocery store, can help tamp down those flames.  Read more on Forbes.com
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