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 after eating a meal you experience symptoms of feeling dizzy or light-headed to the point of fainting or making you afraid you might fall, you may be experiencing a condition called postprandial hypotension.
Read MoreOur food choices also play a vital role in keeping teeth in tip top shape giving us that effervescent smile. Here are some foods that will do just the trick to keep you grinning from ear to ear.
Read MoreYou cannot eliminate fat from your diet, and more importantly, you should not. Fats are what make your hair glossy and your skin smooth and promote a healthy nervous system.
Read MoreHerbs, those fragrant culinary delicacies, offer so much more than just flavoring and garnishing our food.
Read MoreFill your plate with fiber-rich foods we’re told and yet the average intake of this nutrient in the United States is only 14.8 grams a day.
Read MoreEating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers from the University of Connecticut and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine have discovered.
Read MoreBreak the routine, dig yourself out of the rut and bring some excitement to your plate and taste buds.
Read MoreDieters often avoid pasta because it is loaded with carbohydrates. So make the switch to whole grain and be sure to keep the portions small. Studies indicate that people who eat several servings of whole-grain foods per day are more likely to slim down and maintain healthy weights, and eating whole grains rather than refined grains can also help burn belly fat.
Read MoreKiwi fruits’ brown, fuzzy exterior is deceptive. It may not look like much of health food or even that appetizing.
Read MoreOmega-3 fatty acids are a must in everyone’s diet but many of us are failing to achieve the amounts required for good health.
Read MoreMedicine has been cautioning us from enjoying too much salt for a long time now. Sodium, salt's main elemental component, raises our blood pressure, and opens us up to any number of ailments attendant upon hypertension.
Read MoreNext time you sit down to a meal notice how many fruits and veggies you have on your plate. Is half of it filled with these disease fighting foods?
Read MoreThe Food and Drug Administration has been involved in developing changes by consulting with and using recommendations from nutrition groups such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Read MoreVitamin D most famously is found in sunlight, and we've all been told to get at least ten minutes of sunshine to score our recommended daily dose of it. With the bar so low, how can anyone be deficient?
Read MoreChances are all of us have ingested a vitamin supplement at some point in our lives, and nearly half of U.S. adults continue to do so today.
Read MoreWhen it's midnight at the oasis and time for the Bedouins to bed down, we've no doubt a warm cup of camel's milk sits atop their desert nightstand.
Read MoreWhen we think of inflammation we may conjure up images of swelling, bruising or redness visible to the naked eye.
Read MoreIt is well documented, the negative effects stress has on your body, but what if exercise, vacations, relaxation techniques or taking breaks isn’t enough?
Read MoreThis tender perennial stem vegetable belonging to the Asparagaceae family, was considered a prize delicacy by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Read MoreA study from Harvard School of Public Health found that those who ate the most rice were more than 1.5 times as likely to have diabetes as those who ate the least amount of rice.
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