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Can what you eat affect the mood you are in?   Can eating better actually affect whether you get down in the dumps or not?   My sister sent me an interesting article, Eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains slashes depression risk by more than 10%.    Now 10% doesn’t sound much but eating more of certain foods can improve the mood you are in and can help you have more energy throughout the day.   So often we hear that to eat healthy we have to cut things from our diet.   A current fad is cutting gluten from our diet which is not really a healthy thing to do unless you have Celiac disease.    Now many people are on the Whole30 diet that cuts out grains and dairy.   One person on this diet told me how tired they were, too tired to exercise.   No wonder, cut out the grains from your diet and you are cutting out the carbs needed to energize yourself for the day and you are cutting back on the many B vitamins our bodies need to make energy...

Trying to drop those few pounds?   Are there tips and tricks one can use to help them be successful in taking off a few pounds?   Last week we reviewed the Best Diets for Weigh Loss as ranked by the U.S. News & World Report.    Time magazine has an excellent article on 8 Weight-Loss Strategies That Actually Work in their Feb. 5, 2018 issue.   There are numerous articles on helpful tips for weight-loss including 9 Habits of People Who Have Successfully Lost Weight .   What are some of these strategies and habits?      1.  Breakfast – we all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.   But what should you eat at breakfast and should you eat a big breakfast?   Skipping breakfast and you are more likely to be overweight?   Why?   Probably because you hit the candy bar or soda machine around 10 AM or so.   Not only can skipping breakfast routinely increase your chances of being overweight, it appa...

So many people make a resolution to lose a few pounds in 2018.   If you are one of them, what  would be a healthy weight loss diet? So many weight loss diets are “bad” diets as they are fads, diets that take away food groups and take away nutrients.   Last week we talked about the Whole30 diet which is ranked as one of the worst diets to be on.   These types of fad diets don’t change your lifestyle but offer a quick solution but for so many a temporary solution.   Yes, you may lose some weight but once you go “off” the diet, you gain the weight back.   US News & World Report not only ranks the Best Diets for Health 2018 , and the Worst Diets for Health 2018, but also the Best Weight-Loss Diets .    Why does US News & World Report rank a weight-loss diet a winner?   The experts ranking the diets not only look for fast weight loss, but also lasting weight loss.  They noted some diets did well in the short term, people lost weight...

Are you looking for a diet for good health?   Last week we talked about “eating healthy” and reviewed 3 diets that promote good health, the Mediterranean Diet , the   DASH Diet , and the Flexitarian Diet .    Mediterranean Diet- A healthy diet Unfortunately, some people choose diets that are actually bad for their health.   Why?   Maybe they are looking for a quick weight loss fix.   Maybe they are duped into thinking a diet is healthy when it is actually bad for their health.   When the US News & World Report ranks the Best Diets for health, they have diets that fall at the bottom of their rankings.   What diets are ranked the lowest and why?   Let’s review some of these not so good for you diets and provide you with some pros and cons of these diets.    Whole30 Diet   This diet is popular once again.   Even though it was created in 2009, many people are currently trying the Whole30 approach.   Whole30 cl...

What does “eating healthy” mean?   What are healthy diets to follow?   Not for weight loss or weight gain, but just a healthy eating pattern?   I recently heard a person say they were on a vegetarian fast diet.   For 4 weeks they were giving up meat and all animal products including dairy.   Not really a healthy diet choice.     Another person said they were eating healthy and following the Whole30 diet.   According to the Whole30 website, food groups like grains and dairy have a negative impact on health.   US News & World Report gives the Whole30 diet a poor rating and a low ranking.   Why?   The diet is quite restrictive and excludes grain (an important food group), legumes, even peanut butter, and dairy – another important food group.   Whole grains are hugely important in our diets for fiber, trace minerals and other nutrients.   Rather than excluding whole grains, Americans should be eating more whole grain...

Are you at risk of diabetes?   About 1 in 4 Americans have diabetes and don’t even know it.   About 23 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes and 7 million of us don’t even know it.   Another 79 million Americans have prediabetes.   We can take some steps to lower our risk of getting Type 2 diabetes.   The American Diabetes Association has a wealth of information on diabetes and even a Diabetes Risk Test you can take. There are two types of diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2.   They used to call these juvenile diabetes and adult diabetes.   However, so many Americans, even those at a young age are getting Type 2 diabetes that they no longer refer to this as adult onset diabetes.   Type 1 – Usually kids or young adults get this type of diabetes, that is why it used to be called juvenile diabetes.   This type affects about 5% of Americans.   The body does not produce the insulin needed to get sugar (glucose) into the cells so blood sugar rises...