Healthy diet
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A Healthy Diet and Food Variety
Food variety entails consumption of a wide range of foods across and within each of the food groups, in the right amounts. Eating a variety of foods helps in maintaining an interesting and healthy diet that provides sufficient nutrition. Additionally, consuming different foods can help in preventing diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Each…
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Sweet Snacks Linked to Bowel Cancer
A new study has found out that cakes, fizzy drinks, desserts, and crisps may heighten the risk of bowel cancer. In the study, scientists considered a number of factors including physical activity levels, smoking, and diet in Scottish bowel cancer patients. In addition to the risk factors such as physical activity and family history of…
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Tips for Choosing Healthier Fast Food Options
Following a healthy or weight-loss diet does not necessarily mean that one has to swear off fast foods. Having fast food on an occasional basis can still be part of a healthy diet. However, one has to be careful about the food orders. Some of the tips worth keeping in mind for choosing healthier options…
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How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays
Eating a healthy diet while having busy schedules can be an extremely changeling task. Virtually everyone clearly understands that eating junk foods would eventually sap our energy, lead to indigestion and cause piling up of weight. It is not really difficult to have delicious and nutrient-rich meals for yourself, your family and friends during the…
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Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks
The recent move by the American Medical Association to throw its support behind the tax imposed on sugar-sweetened beverages has stirred uproar from the public. The tax is supposed to make consumers think twice before spending that extra cent on these products that are bound to increase their weight. But is this tax justified? Research…