nutrition

Top 8 Things Your Child Should Be Doing To Prevent Obesity

Although this is an older study published in a 2008 edition of BMC Public Health all of the points are still valid today. This study looked at a wide range of preschool regulations in 50 American States. This study reviewed the eight particular characteristics that the authors notes as key to preventing obesity. 8 Things …

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Managing Cravings…Can you Retrain your Brain?

With the rising obesity epidemic, researchers are actively trying to determine what role neurological pathways and reward mechanisms play. Studies have looked at the hyperactivation of reward centres in the brain, and find that high calorie foods provide more rewards than low calorie foods. What happens after years and years of eating high calorie foods? …

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Intermittent Fasting – When History Meets Research

Intermittent fasting is anything but a new concept.  Whether it be for religious reasons, or because of food scarcity humans have fasted for most of history.  What is new, is the clinical research on the health and longevity benefits of intermittent fasting. Articles published out of the Salt Institute in San Diego California state that, …

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