Recent Posts Tagged With 'essential fatty acids'

• Going Down the Wrong Path to Fight Children's Obesity

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 10:16 in milk, healthy eating, children's health, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  The other day I was thumbing through a parenting magazine and came across some disturbing news: the medical community is rethinking its recommendation that children under two should drink whole milk and instead may decide to encourage parents to off...

• Cheap Feed Makes Farmed Salmon Less Healthy

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 14:07 in fish, toxins, healthy eating, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  Yes, that farmed Atlantic salmon at the grocery store may be a deal compared to the wild kind, but in addition to containing more toxins, the fat in the farmed fish isn't as healthy.In fact, farmed salmon is increasingly eating cheaper food, namely v...

• Cool Hot Flashes with Flax

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 13:42 in menopause, healthy eating, hot flashes, flaxseed, omega-3 fatty acids, phytoestrogen, essential fatty acids

  If hot flashes have you up at night and you'd prefer to steer clear of hormone replacement therapy, you may want to try eating a few scoops of flaxseed a day.A recent small study published in the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology found ...

• 10 Superfoods to Fight Inflammation

  Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 at 13:42 in Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, inflammation, healthy eating, alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  While inflammation is the body's healthy response to fight off foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses, many people today are walking around with an unhealthy dose of chronic, low-level inflammation. If you are overweight, eat poorly, rarely e...

• Moisturize Your Lips From Within

  Posted on Thursday December 13th, 2007 at 13:39 in skincare, healthy eating, omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids

  The wintry winds may leave your lips chapped, but don't just rely on a natural lip balm to keep them moisturized. Instead, make sure you drink eight glasses of water a day to keep them replenished.In addition, eat foods rich in essential fatty acids...

• Organic Milk & Dairy Linked to Healthier Breast Milk

  Posted on Wednesday December 12th, 2007 at 14:01 in breastfeeding, healthy eating, children's health, essential fatty acids

  Nursing mothers may want to make sure they're eating organic meat and dairy now that a recent study has found such a diet improves the quality of breast milk.The research published in the British Journal of Nutrition compared mothers eating a convent...

• An Orange a Day May Keep Wrinkles Away

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 14:01 in skincare, antioxidants, healthy eating, essential fatty acids

  If you want younger looking skin, you may want to beef up on vitamin-C rich foods. A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that women who had a higher dietary intake of vitamin C had fewer wrinkles than women who...