Being malnourished and overweight seems contradictory. Usually, we associate the word ‘malnourished’ with thin, less fortunate people than ourselves lacking enough food and nutrients to be healthy. If we have enough food to be overweight then we can’t possibly lack anything, right? Wrong! In fact, the opposite is true. It’s very easy to be overweight and […]
Category Archives: Mood
Brain Health, Food & Nutrition, Mood, Nutritional Supplements
Nutrients and Foods that Support Your Mood
05
Dec
Dec
If you’ve ever found yourself in a bad mood (and who hasn’t?), you may have attributed it to a poor night’s sleep, the weather, stress, hormones or just having a bad day. And while it’s true, our moods can be influenced by many factors, a growing body of evidence says that poor nutrition may also be to […]
Food & Nutrition, Health Tips, Inflammation, Kids Health, Mood, Nutritional Supplements, Obesity, Sugar
That Halloween Sugar Rush and Your Body
26
Oct
Oct
With Halloween right around the corner, it’s almost impossible to escape all that sugar-laden candy, so it’s a good time to think about sugar and its effects on our bodies. We all know that eating too much sugar isn’t good for us. Sugar contains no nutrients, it only contains calories that can lead to a […]
Antioxidant, Brain Health, Food & Nutrition, Health Tips, Memory, Mood
Physical Fitness Linked to Lowering Alzheimer’s Risk
13
Sep
Sep
People who are more physically fit are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study. The study involved 649,605 military veterans with an average age of 61 who didn’t have Alzheimer’s disease at the start of the study. The participants were divided into five groups, from least fit to most fit. When […]
Food & Nutrition, Health Tips, Immune System, Inflammation, Metabolism, Mood, Nutritional Supplements, Skin Health, Sleep, Weight loss
Signs of Bad Gut Health
16
Jun
Jun
When your gut is functioning properly, you have a healthy balance of beneficial bacteria, your body produces digestive enzymes, absorbs nutrients effectively, fights against bacteria and infections, and eliminates waste and unwanted substances efficiently. But what happens when your gut is not functioning as it should be and you have an imbalance of bacteria? Here […]
Anxiety, Digestive Health, Health Tips, Heart Health, Immune System, Inflammation, Memory, Mood, Nutritional Supplements, Weight loss
How Gut Health Impacts Our Bodies
09
Jun
Jun
You may think our digestive system is relatively simple. Food goes in, is broken down into nutrients that are absorbed, and then the waste is excreted. While that is true, emerging research has found that our gut has far-reaching effects on our entire body. In fact, gut health is so important that some medical professionals […]