Vitamin D is a vitamin. It can be found in small amounts in a few foods, including fatty fish such as herring, mackerel, sardines and tuna. To make vitamin D more available, it is added to dairy products, juices, and cereals that are then said to be “fortified with vitamin D.” But most vitamin D [...]
Beans are about the best nutrition bargain going. Low in cost, they provide thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, iron, and calcium. When complemented by grains or dairy products, they are a main source of high-quality protein for vegetarians.
The simplest cooking directions are to sort through the beans and discard any bad ones, then rinse well, drain, and [...]
1. Ensure that your diet contains a wide variety of foods
2. Control your weight: avoid obesity
3. Cut down on total fat intake
4. Eat more high-fibre and micronutrient-rich foods (fruits, vegetables, wholegrain cereal products). Especially include leafy green and yellow vegetables such as spinach and carrots, and members of the cabbage family such as brussels sprouts [...]
Official cancer prevention campaigns have tended to shy away from advice about nutrition, preferring to focus on personal control of what enters the lungs and is absorbed through the skin. But the self-help anti-cancer strategy is entering a new age. A steady stream of studies, providing compelling evidence linking diet with various types of cancer, [...]
Official cancer prevention campaigns have tended to shy away from advice about nutrition, preferring to focus on personal control of what enters the lungs and is absorbed through the skin. But the self-help anti-cancer strategy is entering a new age. A steady stream of studies, providing compelling evidence linking diet with various types of cancer, [...]
Take a stroll through any large supermarket . . . shelves groaning, freezer cabinets piled high, aisles stretching into the distance. While the goods on display look appetising enough, it is the labels that attract attention – NO ADDED SUGAR; HIGH IN FIBRE; SALT REDUCED; LOW IN CALORIES; NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS, FLAVOURINGS, PRESERVERS OR ‘IMPROVERS’.
The [...]
In recent years, the message from medical research has become increasingly clear; a diet rich in high-fibre foods (such as fruits, vegetables and wholegrain cereals) protects against several common disease conditions. It also assists in controlling weight as high-fibre foods are ‘calorie bargains’, that is wholesome, low-calorie substitutes for fatty foods.
Several epidemiological studies have suggested [...]
Refined sugar is a major cause of dental decay, and foods containing sugar often also contain fat. Examples of such foods are biscuits, chocolate, pastries, desserts and cakes.
Refined sugar contains no nutrients other than carbohydrate.
Some practical steps:
Explain other members of the family, in particular children, that overeating of sugary foods affects the rest of our [...]
Poor or “fluff” foods clog up the sparkling, pure rivers of the blood, just as pollution will clog up any pond or lake. Toxic-bearing foods include: artificial sweets, white breads, pastries, crackers, macaroni, malted milks, ice cream sodas. As excess if sweets will deplete the vitamin B-complex store, so that sugars burns incompletely to pyruvic [...]
Progressively cut down on salt in your cooking and replace it with other seasonings. To start with, you may use seasonings that your family already knows and likes. Pinch of curry powder is especially effective in soups, vegetable dishes, casseroles and salad dressings. Mustard powder and sweet paprika go well with roasts, while a little [...]
