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Aug, Mon, 2024

Can food be medicine? And other questions about a new push

WASHINGTON — After nearly forty years of obscurity, the “food is medicine” movement is having a moment.

Multiple federal agencies are working on food is medicine projects, major organizations have pledged hundreds of millions in research funding, and billions more are being invested in food-focused startups. Even the White House has publicly announced its support for the movement, which focuses on the use of healthy food as a medical intervention for certain chronic and diet-related diseases.

“We are at the inflection point,” said Dariush Mozaffarian, the dean for policy at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

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Tari
Jul, Sat, 2023

Healthy Food

Heart disease risk can be reduced by ‘eliminating’ certain foods – expert

Heart and circulatory diseases are among the biggest killers in the UK, accounting for around a quarter of all deaths.

Of these, coronary heart disease is the most common type.

It can be caused by a number of factors including diet and lifestyle.

Eating certain types of food in excess, for example, leads to a build-up of cholesterol in the blood which in time can result in dangerous blockages.

Shona Wilkinson, lead nutritionist at supplement brand Dr. Vegans, which shared foods should be avoided to lower your risk of heart disease.

She said: “Heart disease is the leading cause of

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Tari
Jul, Fri, 2023

Healthy Life

Study: healthy lifestyle, green diet could slow brain aging

A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev found that a healthy lifestyle based on a green Mediterranean diet could slow down the aging process in the brain.

The green Mediterranean diet differs from the regular Mediterranean diet due to high amounts of dietary polyphenols (phytochemicals, secondary metabolites of plant compounds that offer various health benefits) and lower quantities of red and processed meat.

The researchers examined 102 individuals who met the criteria for obesity, which is believed to age the brain faster than normal. The researchers calculated the subjects’ “brain age” before the start of the

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Tari
Jun, Sun, 2023

Healthy News

Barack Obama Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About The Titan Sub

Former US president Barack Obama spoke about the Titan sub this week in Athens, Greece.

Barack Obama hit the nail on the head when he spoke about the “untenable” way the Titan submersible tragedy received more attention than the recent deaths of hundreds of refugees near Greece.

The former US president was speaking during a conference held by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Athens on Thursday, when he discussed the struggles which asylum seekers face around the world.

Obama called for people to think about

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Tari
Jun, Fri, 2023

Healthy News

Study shows nut consumption boosts memory and brain health in seniors

A recent study published in Clinical Nutrition evaluated the long-term effects of the consumption of different nuts on brain vascular function and cognitive performance.

Study: Longer-term mixed nut consumption improves brain vascular function and memory: a randomized, controlled crossover trial in older adults. Image Credit: umaruchan4678 / Shutterstock.com Study: Longer-term mixed nut consumption improves brain vascular function and memory: a randomized, controlled crossover trial in older adults. Image Credit: umaruchan4678 / Shutterstock.com

The health benefits of nuts

Nutritional interventions are effective approaches to reduce the burden of or prevent age-related conditions, including cognitive decline and cardiovascular disease. To this end, previous studies suggest that nut consumption is protective against cognitive impairment.
Studies that include nuts in the Mediterranean diet have also reported cognitive

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Tari
May, Sun, 2023

Healthy News

Jewish pupils eating just a bagel for lunch amid a kosher crisis, Parliament told

Abbie Llewelyn, PA political staff

May 25, 2023 13:57

Some Jewish children are surviving on just a bagel for lunch due to school meal funding problems, the Government’s anti-Semitism adviser told Parliament.

News emerged this week that a second kosher caterer has withdrawn its services from 18 Jewish schools in London due to spiraling costs.

As hundreds of pupils from deprived areas went without hot meals, bakeries stepped in to provide them with lunchtime bagels.

Independent peer Lord Mann told peers in Westminster: “There’s currently some Jewish children having to survive, due to the funding formula, on a bagel every

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Tari
May, Thu, 2023

Healthy News

Older women with clogged arteries need better treatment

An older woman sits in a chair outdoors — Researchers say older women may need better treatments for clogged arteries. Dimitrije Tanaskovic/Stocksy

Atherosclerosis is a condition in which the arteries narrow due to a sticky buildup of plaque deposits.
Researchers say women over the age of 55 with this condition are at a higher risk of a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack than men in the same age group.
Experts say women of all ages can improve their cardiovascular health by maintaining healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels as well as by not smoking.

Postmenopausal women who have clogged arteries are at higher risk

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