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Nutrition Information from Dr. Joel Fleischer
Research on healthy lifestyle and nutrition is constantly
emerging, as
scientists all around the world work to learn how to promote health and
prevent disease. Here's some
information on what to eat ... morning, noon and night ... so you can feel your best and stay healthy.
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Whole Grains Work Hard the Whole Day Long
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Swedish researchers have found that eating the right whole grains for breakfast can, quite
literally, make your day. Boiled or in breads (but not ground), barley and rye help maintain concentration throughout the morning
... and regulate blood sugar all day long. This helps protect against diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Other grains, including wheat and oatmeal, are also healthy though the measurable benefits were not as notable.
For more information click
on...Whole Grains.
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Colors Guard Against Disease
A colorful salad mid day delivers important health-promoting nutrients - and unlike in fashion circles it's best to
avoid the monochromatic look. Brightly colored vegetables are rich in antioxidants and other health-promoting
ingredients. Recent studies have found avocados, grapes and tangerine peels all kill cancer cells in the laboratory setting
... scientists are working to further understand how we can put these properties to work in bolstering immunity and staving off debilitating
diseases like cancer. For more information click on... Immune.
It's
widely known that cranberry juice is helpful to women with urinary tract infections, but their bacterial-busting capabilities go further. For
more information click on ...Cranberry
Institute.
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Insights for Nutrition & Vision
Your eyesight can be helped or harmed by what you eat - recent reports
note that bright yellow vegetables, such as zucchini and yellow squash appear to help protect against age-related macular degeneration, which is
the most common cause of blindness in adults. Also, eating lots of high-glycemic carbs (that's white bread and junk food) increases
risk for the disease by about 20%. Click on Nutrition
and Vision and Medical
News.
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Sweet Slumber
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have discovered that a gene responsible for
controlling the flow of potassium is what helps maintain normal sleep. This adds up to yet one more reason why a banana is the
perfect bedtime snack ... not only are bananas a rich source of potassium, they also contain melatonin, serotonin and magnesium, which is a
muscle relaxant. For more....potassium.
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