Heart Healthy

Fishing for Information on Omega-3 Fatty Acids




We have all heard that consuming fish is good for us, but some persons simply do not like the taste of fish, while others worry about polluted waters. Regardless of your opinion of fish, it is important to know about omega-3 fatty acids and ensure your diet is properly balanced to include the right mix and right amount of these fats. To whet your appetite for information on omega-3s, Table 1 lists some of their benefits. Many of these are especially applicable to your elderly patients and residents. Are they getting enough of these essential fatty acids?

How a low salt diet can help you lose weight




Almost all processed foods contains a lot of salt. The addition of salt in processed food is more for use as a preservative and less for taste. So if you are eating a lot of processed food, you are probably getting much more salt than you need. Researchers have pinpointed a higher intake of salt as one of the main causes of obesity, which has spread nowadays to epidemic proportions.

Eating a Plant Based Diet Provides Nutrition and Antioxidant Effects




White it is certainly better to take a whole foods diet that is as plant-based as possible, it is not necessary to become a complete vegetarian and eliminate meats and other animal foods altogether from the diet.

Don’t Be Fooled by Fad Diets and quick weight loss schemes




With the rising number of weight-conscious people around the world, fad diets are in full swing. A fad diet, as its name implies, is a diet that is usually promoted heavily through books, magazines, or even in television shows. They all say that the diets have amazing results that require very minimal effort. They usually provide before and after photos of people who claim to have tried their diet to convince people to try it too.

The Cabbage Diet for weight loss and inhibiting Cancer




One of the most important types of food for those who want to lose weight quickly is cabbage soup. Both as food and medicine, cabbage has been used for a long time. Wild cabbage, a vegetable that was more similar to kale and collards than to the ordinary cabbage with a head that we see, gave way to these developments.


Many believe that around 600 B.C., wild cabbage was taken to Europe by Celtic groups. Ancient Romans and Greeks grew these, and had great belief in it being able to treat many health conditions.

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