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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]