Eating for Mental Health A Balanced Diet Simply put, a balanced diet is one that includes all the things our bodies need to function: water, carbs, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Where you get those things from, and their ratios, matter significantly. Too much of one and not enough of another throws your body … [Read more…]
People ate 500 more calories a day—and gained weight—when they were offered ultra-processed meals and snacks instead of unprocessed foods, says a new, carefully controlled study. Researchers measured every bite of food eaten by 20 adults who lived in a testing facility at the National Institutes of Health for one month. For two weeks they were … [Read more…]
HEY – SLOW DOWN ON THE SPARKLES Sparkling water has all the bubbly and none of the sugar of soda. But is there a downside? “Sparkling water is made by pumping carbon dioxide into water,” explains John Ruby, a retired professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. “The CO2 turns into carbonic acid, … [Read more…]