Barley is a cereal grain that people can use in bread, beverages, stews, and other dishes. As a whole grain, barley provides fiber, vitamins, and minerals. These offer various health benefits. Consuming a diet rich in whole grains may help reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, certain types of cancer, and other chronic health concerns. This article looks at barley’s nutritional content and benefits, …
In hospitals, nutrition may refer to the food requirements of patients, including nutritional solutions delivered via an IV (intravenous) or IG (intragastric) tube. Nutritional science studies how the body breaks food down (catabolism) and how it repairs and creates cells and tissue (anabolism). Catabolism and anabolism combined can also be referred to as metabolism. Nutritional science also examines how the …
Parties/Celebrations: Think ahead! Don’t set yourself up for failure: Eat something before: Shakes are perfect for taking the edge off.Bring something that you can share that also provides you an option to fall back on-i.e. a large salad, a tray of roasted veggies: These can serve as a base for whatever protein is available. Bring a healthy dessert if you’d …
Today in our “How to Cook” series we take on something a little more intimidating, but actually quite easy, poaching. Poaching is a type of moist-heat cooking that involves submerging food in a barely simmering liquid such as water, broth or milk. Compared to boiling which reaches high heats, poaching is done when the liquid reaches a temperature of 160-180°F. By cooking …
If you are 65 years old, you have a one in eight chance of suffering from significant cognitive decline. By age 80 the chances are that one in two of you will suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia. Conventional medicine has very little to offer for prevention and treatment of the aging brain. In fact, most of …
When clients ask me what they can do to avoid respiratory infections during the winter months, they are often surprised that the first thing I recommend is a good probiotic supplement. Probiotics have been an integral part of my protocol for treatment of respiratory infections for three decades. The use of probiotics has long been recommended in natural healing circles to …
Many studies have suggested that women who take aspirin may have a lower risk …
A family of longevity proteins has been examined in detail for the first time. …
Drug overdose deaths have reached unprecedented levels in the United States. Over the past two …
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