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Posts tagged with ‘nutrition’
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Organic Foods: What You Need to Know
Description: Organic is a label, production and harvest term. It doesn’t guarantee better nutrition.
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After 50: Nutritional Needs
Don’t ignore your nutritional needs as you get older.
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Vegetarian Diet: How to Get the Nutrients You Need
A look at the types of vegetarian diets and how they can improve your health and lifestyle.
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When Your Toddler Doesn't Want to Eat
Get creative and clever to help your toddler eat healthy.
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Artificial Hydration and Nutrition
Patients who can’t swallow because still need nutrition and fluids. Getting these other than by mouth is called artificial hydration…
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Diabetes and Nutrition
What you eat is closely connected to the amount of sugar in your blood. The right food choices will help…
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After 40: Women’s Nutrition and Metabolism Needs
Nutritional needs (food and water) and metabolism (how fast your body converts food to energy) change for women as they…
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Added Sugar: What You Need To Know
Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that provides calories for your body to use as energy. There are two main types…
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Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is eating in response to your emotions or boredom. It’s different than true hunger. But how do you…
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Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a mental health condition characterized by an obsession with food and weight. It harms a person’s…
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Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
Dietary supplements are any substances you take to improve your health or wellness. This includes vitamins, minerals, and herbs.
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Dietary Fats: What’s Good and What’s Bad
There are good fats, which your body uses for energy and other health benefits, and there are bad fats, which…
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Nutrition and Mental Health
Keeping a healthy diet isn’t just good for your body, it might benefit mental health, as well.
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Nutrition: How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label
Every packaged, or processed, product should have a label called a nutrition facts label. It tells you what’s in the…
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Nutrition: How to Make Healthier Food Choices
Making healthier food choices allows you to have more control of your weight and your cholesterol and helps to prevent…
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Nutrition and Exercise When You Have HIV
Good nutrition and exercise can improve your health and slow down your HIV infection.
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Nutrition: Determine Your Calorie Needs
Your gender, age, and level of activity influence how many calories you need each day. This is an important part…
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Nourish Your Brain
A healthy brain is just as important as a healthy body. Many of the things you do to keep your…
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Men’s Guide to Preventive Health Care
Focusing on physical and mental health and positive lifestyle changes, like improved diet and exercise, can prevent serious injury and…
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Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet can help you to lose or maintain weight and also helps to manage blood pressure, blood sugar,…
