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Category Archives: Nutrition
Carbohydrate & Fat quality, Salt
Below is a chart from “Components of a cardioprotective diet: new insights” by Dariush Mozaffarian at Harvard University, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the departments of Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition. It gives you a good idea of … Continue reading
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Outrageous: experts who say whole wheat flour no better than White Flour?
Bread is called the staff of life because it has more nutrients per weight that fruit, vegetables, meat, milk, and potatoes. Whole wheat flour is better than refined white flour for four reasons according to Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, Associate Professor … Continue reading
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Michael Pollan on fiber and how gut bacteria affect our health
Michael Pollan. May 15, 2013. Some of My Best Friends are Germs. New York Times. In this article, Pollan explores the new science of how our gut flora influence our health. A lot is unknown at this point, but it … Continue reading
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Best Nutrition Book you can buy: Nutrition for Health and Health Care by Whitney
Eleanor Noss Whitney, et. al. Nutrition for Health and Health Care. I looked through hundreds of nutrition textbooks at the University of California Public Health and Life Sciences libraries, and thought this was by far the best textbook. I’m not … Continue reading
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Nutrient Balance of Vegetables
You can see Swiss Chard, Green Beans, Corn, potatoes, lentils, split peas in Overview of the Nutrient Balance Indicator at NutritionData Leafy and Salad vegetables 90 Brussels sprouts raw 1 cup 88 g … Continue reading
Why you can’t survive on only swiss chard
Part 1: How to interpret the Nutrient Balance Indicator Very few foods contain all the essential nutrients; and the ones that come close don’t provide enough calories — that’s why you need to eat a variety of food. These visual … Continue reading
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Leading causes of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY)
In North America, these are the leading causes of DALY (defined in Diet and having a long and disability-free life): Leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) 2010 North America Global Heart disease (ischaemic) 1 1 COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary … Continue reading
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American risks factors of premature death and disability (DALY)
The table below is derived from the World Health Organization’s “Global Burden of Disease 2010”. Diet and having a long and disability-free life explains what a DALY is at greater length. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) Risk Factors. DALY = years of … Continue reading
Diet and having a long and disability-free life
I’d never even heard that nuts and seeds were so essential to a long and disability free life. To prevent heart disease, it outranked being a couch potato, and eating enough fruit, vegetables, and whole grains! And it was 8th … Continue reading
Eating enough nuts & seeds is very important for good health
13 Dec 2012. Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet. According to the 2010 “Global Burden of Disease”, the 12th highest risk factor, globally, for the greatest “loss of health” is low nut and seed consumption (8th in North … Continue reading