Tag Archives: healthy eating

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New 2025 US Dietary Guidelines

Every 5 years around June, I write an article about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This is because they are reviewed every five years to advise on what Americans should eat to prevent chronic disease. They were first released in 1980, yet the U.S. obesity rate has tripled since then.The recommendations were designed primarily for […]

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The Death of BMI (Hopefully)

Under recommendations released two weeks ago, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist circumference, plus evidence of health problems tied to extra pounds.IT IS ABOUT TIME!The Body Mass Index (BMI) has been controversial for a long time and finally […]

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Latest on Alcohol. How much is healthy?

I’ve always been curious about how society views alcohol. There are many mixed messages out there around what amount of alcohol consumption is unhealthy or if some amount is even healthy! I often think that people look for excuses to continue doing what they have always done and tell themselves they are doing something good. […]

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Fatty Liver Disease. It’s not just from Alcohol.

The liver, located on the upper-right side of the abdomen, is the largest internal organ of the human body. The main functions of the liver are to remove toxins and process food nutrients. Blood from the digestive system filters through the liver before traveling anywhere else in the body.A meta-analysis was released in May of […]

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The Scoop On The New Weight Loss Drugs

The FDA has now approved multiple medicines for weight loss.The drug company Novo Nordisk, headquartered in Denmark has created two injection-type drugs. The first is known as Wegovy. It is given as a once-weekly injection. The other is known as Ozempic and contains the same key ingredient as Wegovy, called semaglutide.Eli Lilly’s injectable drug named […]

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Link to Cooking Oils and Brain Health

Unfortunately, neurological conditions are back in the news due to several celebrities making public their struggles with disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, ALS, Dementia and Aphasia. Neurological disorders are medically defined as disorders that affect the brain as well as the nerves found throughout the human body and the spinal cord. Structural, biochemical or electrical […]