Nutrition

  • How to Improve Memory — Interview With Jill Kubala, Registered Dietician and Wellness Expert

    How to Improve Memory — Interview With Jill Kubala, Registered Dietician and Wellness Expert

    TUN sits down with Jill Kubala, a registered dietician and wellness expert, to discuss steps you can take to improve memory.  TUN: Jill, thanks so much for joining us.  KUBALA: Of course! Thanks for having me.  Research supports that one of the best ways to improve and preserve your memory is by having a healthy… Read More

  • There’s a New Key to Avoiding The Freshman 15

    There’s a New Key to Avoiding The Freshman 15

    Want to avoid the freshman 15? The key may be keeping a regular eating schedule, as new research suggests eating meals later on the weekends than during the week could lead to weight gain.  Nutritionists and health nuts have long known that when it comes to keeping off extra weight, “when” you eat can matter… Read More

  • How People Manage Their Intake of Tempting Foods

    How People Manage Their Intake of Tempting Foods

    It’s happened to most of us – we walk past a restaurant, cafe or bakery and something catches our attention. A delicious smell wafts out the door and our tastebuds start tingling. With so much cheap and easily accessible food in the Western world, it’s almost unavoidable. Sometimes we don’t even need to have seen… Read More

  • Eggs and Health: Unscrambling the Message

    Eggs and Health: Unscrambling the Message

    It’s hard to keep up with the message on eggs. Are they good for you or not? In the 1960s, people were told: “Go to work on an egg”. But in the 1970s the public was advised to avoid eggs because they were linked to high blood cholesterol. The negative press on eggs continued in… Read More

  • Food Allergies: What You Need to Know About the Role Your Skin Plays

    Food Allergies: What You Need to Know About the Role Your Skin Plays

    Food allergies are on the increase worldwide, ranging from minor inconvenience to possible sudden death, and leading to warnings of an “allergy epidemic”. The most severe form of allergic reaction – anaphylaxis – can occur repeatedly or without warning. The reasons for the rise in allergies are complex, but the skin is now recognised to… Read More

  • 4 Simple Food Choices That Help You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy

    4 Simple Food Choices That Help You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy

    It’s difficult to lose weight. And it’s even harder to keep it off. Many people achieve short-term weight-loss only to return to their previous lifestyle choices – and their previous weight – over time. This can lead to yo-yoing between weight loss and weight gain. One of the problems is that weight-loss diets aren’t sustainable.… Read More

  • Top Five Ways to Boost Your Health in 2019 – Based on the Latest Research

    Top Five Ways to Boost Your Health in 2019 – Based on the Latest Research

    It’s the start of a new year and there is no doubt that 2019 will be as saturated with nutritional nonsense as 2018. From appetite suppressant lollypops to activated charcoal, the wellness industry was worth $4.2 trillion in 2017 and this figure is set to keep rising. With this in mind, the start of the… Read More

  • Want to Improve Your Mood? It’s Time to Ditch the Junk Food

    Want to Improve Your Mood? It’s Time to Ditch the Junk Food

    Worldwide, more than 300 million people live with depression. Without effective treatment, the condition can make it difficult to work and maintain relationships with family and friends. Depression can cause sleep problems, difficulty concentrating, and a lack of interest in activities that are usually pleasurable. At its most extreme, it can lead to suicide. Depression… Read More

  • Mindful Eating: The Victorian Food Trend That Could Help You Lose Weight And Transform Your Health

    Mindful Eating: The Victorian Food Trend That Could Help You Lose Weight And Transform Your Health

    In recent years, mindfulness – defined as “a mental state or attitude in which one focuses one’s awareness on the present moment” – has become embedded into our everyday language. Mindfulness has helped many people to develop the skills necessary to manage chronic pain, depression, anxiety, stress and sleeping disorders. It has also become a… Read More

  • Simple, Healthy Dietary Choices Can Relieve Depression

    Simple, Healthy Dietary Choices Can Relieve Depression

    A healthy diet, rich in fiber and vegetables, can improve symptoms of depression, even in people without diagnosed depressive disorder, a new study led by researchers from the University of Manchester confirms. This research comes at a pivotal time, as depression is widespread throughout the United States and at universities. In fact, major depressive disorder… Read More

  • Eat Veggies! It Will Make You and The Earth Healthier

    Eat Veggies! It Will Make You and The Earth Healthier

    Eating a diet of poultry, whole grains and vegetables isn’t just beneficial to your health; it is also better for the environment! By assessing the carbon footprint of what more than 16,000 individuals consume in a day, researchers from Tulane University and the University of Michigan have found that environmentally-conscious eaters also have healthier diets.… Read More

  • What Is the Carbon Footprint of Your Diet?

    What Is the Carbon Footprint of Your Diet?

    Before buying an item at the grocery store, people often pause to check its price and nutritional value, but they rarely consider how their meal and snack choices impact the environment. Although it has become widely known that the production of some foods, primarily meat, is bad for the environment, consumers have significantly underestimated just… Read More

  • High Intake of Fruits and Vegetables May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

    High Intake of Fruits and Vegetables May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

    Eating high amounts of fruits and vegetables each day may lower the risk of breast cancer and aggressive tumors in women, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that yellow and orange vegetables and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, in particular, are significantly associated with lower breast… Read More

  • Are You Feeling Hangry?

    Are You Feeling Hangry?

    When you’re hungry, it’s not only low blood sugar level, but also context and self-awareness of your emotion that can make you either more or less angry, a new study suggests. The study is published in the journal Emotion. Becoming “hangry” Everyone knows what it feels to be hungry. Some may also know what it… Read More

  • Algorithm Shows Right Amount of Coffee to Drink for Peak Alertness

    Algorithm Shows Right Amount of Coffee to Drink for Peak Alertness

    Drinking the right amount of coffee can be a tricky task. If you don’t drink enough, you could sleepwalk through the day, but if you drink too much, you can become wired and lightheaded. Those days may be behind us. Researchers have developed an algorithm that is pivotal to maximizing alertness with caffeine. The technique… Read More

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