Food and Diet. Find daily health food tips and ideas from Dr. David Samadi. Discover healthy food for healthy living. Explore major food issues and debates related to health such as buying and cooking with organic food, genetically modified food (GMO versus Non-GMO), nutrition, dieting epidemic, obesity, disease prevention, best digestion foods.
If the dichotomy term of ‘healthy obese’ has always seemed to be a misnomer, new research is proving it to be most likely true. An as yet unpublished British study presented at the European Congress on Obesity puts into question the ‘fit but fat’ campaign which surfaced about two years ago promoting the mantra that anyone can be fit since weight doesn’t discriminate.
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever gone on a diet to lose some weight. Raise both hands if you have gone on more than one diet. Most likely, many of you raised both hands - not unusual considering there are dozens upon dozens of diets vying for our attention. From high protein to low fat to low carbohydrate, all of them will claim to be the latest and greatest way of eating to solve your weight loss woes.
Read MoreEmbracing the DASH diet may be the trick to avoiding the most common inflammatory arthritis condition – gout - affecting more than 8 million Americans. Over 25 years of analysis and follow-up of data published in the BMJ, a recent study found a significantly lower incidence of gout in men who consumed a dietary pattern similar to the DASH diet. The DASH diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension which emphasizes a higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products while minimizing the typical Western diet high in salt, sugar, unhealthy fats and meat.
Read MoreJuicing fruits and veggies has been a dietary craze storming across the country as a convenient approach to clean eating. From juice shops popping up in the neighborhood to celebrities jumping on the juice bandwagon, this trendy beverage infatuation looks to be around for a while.
Read MoreBerries are just about the perfect food to eat, whether fresh or frozen, and the variety to choose from is outstanding – blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cranberries, gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, and strawberries.
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