MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'balanced diet'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139642&cid=t_129986_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F17%2Fnational-diet-and-nutrition-survey-ndns-headline-results-from-years-1-and-2-combined%2F Title: National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Headline Results from Years 1 and 2 (combined) Scan or click to download ‘National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Headline Results from Years 1 and 2 (combined)’ The Skinny: Key findings The findings show that the overall picture of the diet and nutrition of the UK population is broadly similar to previous surveys in the NDNS series carried out between 1994 and 2001. The analyses presented in this report do not identify any new nutritional problems in the general population. Adults (aged 19 to 64 years), consumed on average 4.2 portions of fruit and vegetables per day and older adults (aged 65 years and over) consumed 4.4 portions. Thirty per cent of adults and 37 per cent of older adults met the ‘five-a-day’ recommenda... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139642 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:16:01 +0100 5139642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130650&cid=t_129986_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F15%2Fcommissioning-healthier-catering-and-hospitality-investing-in-a-healthy-workforce-%25e2%2580%2593-guidance-to-help-specify-healthier-catering-and-hospitality%2F Title: Commissioning healthier catering and hospitality: Investing in a healthy workforce – guidance to help specify healthier catering and hospitality Click or scan to download Commissioning healthier catering and hospitality: Investing in a healthy workforce - guidance to help specify healthier catering and hospitality The Skinny: Report from the North West Food & Health Taskforce that offers guidance in specifying healthier catering and hospitality with in the NHS. It also considers issues of sustainability and fair trade. Publisher: North West Food & Health Taskforce Published: March 2006 Size: 136p. Published: May 2011 Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Balanced diet, Catering, Commissioning, Contract catering, Food preparation, Food purchasing, Grey Literature,... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130650 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:57:43 +0100 5130650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724050&cid=t_129986_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FZkidvf57iq0%2F In the past few days you may have come across headlines claiming that weight loss can improve memory. If so, you may be wondering what to make of this. Let’s take a brief look at the study at the origin of these articles. Participants were 109 bariatric surgery patients and 41 obese people (controls) who had not undergone surgery. Bariatric surgery refers mostly to gastric bypass surgery, which creates a smaller stomach and bypasses part of the small intestine. The bariatric patients were enrolled in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery project conducted, among others, by researchers at Kent State university and Columbia University. The memory of the 150 participants was assessed before the surgery as well as 12 weeks after. Results showed that the memory of the surgery patie... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724050 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:02:03 +0100 4724050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780580&cid=t_129986_160_f&fid=36189&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skinmdblog.com%2F231%2Fantioxidants-nutritional-supplements-facial-wrinkles%2F Some fine lines on the face may be unavoidable if we live long enough.   But, the visible signs of age can be minimized in the same way that aging inside of the body can be kept to a minimum.   Good nutrition is the key. You do not need large amounts of vitamins.  You just need a balanced diet and good anti aging natural supplements to help you along.   It’s very difficult , if not impossible, to get every nutrient that you require every day from the foods that you eat.  Studies (conducted in the US and Canada) have proven that vegetables contain less nutrients than they had in the past, due mainly to soil depletion. Some of the most helpful antioxidants cannot be found in common every day foods.  For example, curcumin is one of the most potent antioxidants and na... Skin MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780580 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:31:47 +0100 3780580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592212&cid=t_129986_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-eaters-guide-to-food%2F2010.05.23 Michael Pollan has become one of our most important writers about human nutrition. His book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma (2006), spelled out why the almost eight billion humans on this planet had better balance what we eat – for our own health and the health of the planet. He published a small book in 2009 (Penguin Books) called Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. His rules are around seven words in three brief statements: “Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants.” How simple and wise is that? These three statements make up the three parts of this small book, with lots of practical “rules.” (more…) *This blog post was originally published at eDocAmerica* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592212 Sun, 23 May 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3592212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2192790&cid=t_129986_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FDUQj2Ic9Q5U%2F No. But, let’s discuss this further.  I’ll be brief.  Consider, say, Medifast. It’s popular among teenage girls and, apparently, some Chinese medicine students.  Perusing the website, it seems like a perfectly reasonable diet plan.  Things seem balanced, on the whole.  Great, great. Let me ask you a question - is there something wrong with a basic whole foods diet consisting of whole grains, legumes and/or lean organic animal products, vegetables and fruits?  Maybe some exercise?  In the form of gentle Qigong, Taiji, walks outside, hiking, playing team sports and the like?  Are contemporary people so different from ancient people that we can’t engage in the same activities that they did and manage to stay fit? No.  No, no, no, no, NO. Medifast, like many of... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2192790 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:39:38 +0100 2192790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2022186&cid=t_129986_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F476789893%2F A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to give a talk to one hundred or so staff members at New York Public Library. As you would expect, it was a very stimulating group, and one of the participants, Brigid Cahalan, just wrote a fun blog post on her impressions from the event: Brain Fitness at New York Public Library: - "After attending a recent staff training session offered by the library's Office of Staff Development, I decided to return to a habit of my childhood--eating sardines." - key pillars for brain health ...are... "1) A balanced diet; 2) Cardiovascular physical exercise; 3) Stress management; and 4) Brain exercise: Novelty, Variety, Challenge (as long as it doesn't stress us out)." Read full article: here. Comment: A very interesting trend of observe - the growi... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2022186 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:30:13 +0100 2022186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1301858&cid=t_129986_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fknow-your-onions.html The campaign to increase food intake and variety is wearing me out. I foolishly decided that if we never eat the same thing twice, then everything will always be new, then there will be no safe harbour. It is now a given that every mealtime results in collective squalks of horror.He takes one glance at his dinner plate, clutches his throat and makes retching noises. I nudge the plate towards him, Asparagus spears, caramelized onions with crumbled bacon and a side of Dauphinoise potatoes. This child has to eat some, that child has to eat more and the other child just has to tolerate the food being on the table.“I am hate!”“You’ve never had it before so you don’t know if you hate it yet.”“I hate celery!”“It’s not celery dear.”“What it is den?”“Asparagus.”“I ha... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1301858 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:44:00 +0100 1301858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1147157&cid=t_129986_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F215632839%2F Last week, the US Car Care Council released a list of tips on how to take care of your car and “save big money at the pump in 2008.” You may not have paid much attention to this announcement. Yes, it’s important to save gas these days; but, it’s not big news that good maintenance habits will improve the performance of a car, and extend its life. If we can all agree on the importance of maintaining our cars that get us around town, what about maintaining our brains sitting behind the wheel? A spate of recent news coverage on brain fitness and “brain training” has missed an important constituency: younger people. Recent advancements in brain science have as tremendous implications for teenagers and adults of all ages as they do for seniors. In a recent conversation with neuroscie... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147157 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:27:18 +0100 1147157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=719399&cid=t_129986_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F07%2Fdoes-this-look-swollen%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Diet, Lifestyle, Exercise, SupportWhat is the purpose of body fat? We all have it, some of us a little more than others. As we grow older, some of our diets fall out of balance with our energy needs causing our white fat cells to become swollen. White fat cells secrete leptin, adiponectin and resistin. Leptin and adiponectin work together in suppressing appetite. Resistin is the newest discovered - and has been found to participate in the inflammatory response and resistence to insulin. It also triggers an immune response to irritation, so it may be the fat cells attempt to shut your piehole because we're not gonna take it. As the white fat cells take on excessive calories they begin swelling, resulting in an inflammatory response. Inflammation, by defin... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=719399 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 719399