Nutrition News

WITH a starring role in popular soap Emmerdale and a young daughter to care for, Sammy Winward knows the importance of keeping fit and healthy.

Epicurious' Around the World in 80 Dishes takes you to Puerto Rico with a demonstration of a recipe for Mofongo prepared by Chef Sergio Remolina of The Culinary Institute of America.

The "paleo diet," which has become popular over the past year or so mainly through books, the Internet and social media buzz, is based on a premise that eating like our hunter-gatherer ancestors in the Paleolithic period will help us lose weight and live longer, while minimizing heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Supplements of iron were associated with increases both maximal and sub-maximal exercise performance, as demonstrated by increases in oxygen consumption and a lower heart rate, respectively, according to findings published in the Journal of Nutrition .

The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report.

The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report.

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BURLINGTON, Vt.- Changes are coming to WIC, a Federal Nutrition Program that helps women, infants, and young children stay healthy.

If Thanksgiving is all about the sides, Easter is all about the main. While we agonize over styles of stuffings, whole or smooth cranberry sauces, sweet potatoes with or without marshmallows, and so many other Turkey Day dilemmas, we tend to just cobble together a what-have-you assortment of sides to accompany the beloved Easter ham or lamb.

Fitness and wellbeing expert Jessie Pavelka will bring his "Pavelka Health Revolution Seminar" to the Bushey Academy on Saturday, April 26. Mr Pavelka has graced British and American TV screens in Sky's Obese: A Year to Save my Life; Lifetimes DietTribe; and FAT: The Fight of My Life, and motivated the masses on Oprah's Wake-up Workout.

If you've resolved to amp up exercise in the new year, you might be wondering how to optimally fuel your workouts.

Thankfully, there are many different things you can do to help them achieve that goal, including encouraging more water, more produce and less junk food.

It's hard to avoid hearing references to the juicing craze. Stores and juice bars advertise their latest creations; a friend talks about how juicing cleared her skin or helped her lose weight; Dr. Oz promotes juice cleanses, then warns of risks.

The Howard County Board of Education adopted a revised Policy 9090 Wellness Through Nutrition and Physical Activity on April 10th, 2014.

Budding chefs have the chance to cook up a storm with a relaunched school programme from Hemel Hempstead's Toby Carvery.

It was late, almost 9 at night, when Justin Holden pulled the icy pizza box from the refrigerator at the Brookville Supermarket in Washington, D.C. A close relative had recently had a heart attack, and in the back of his mind there was this idea stalking him: If he put too much salt in his body, it would eventually kill him.

Are you ready for a reality check about how many calories you're eating or drinking? The proposed new nutrition facts are here to help.

Often times when egg consumption is discussed in the topic of nutrition , many negative implications are brought up, but a recent report that lists numerous amazing health benefits from eating eggs serves as a great reminder and quashes a lot of the negative labels.

The calorie counting that defined dieting for so long is giving way to other considerations, like the promise of more fiber or natural ingredients.

Many West Virginia public schools have changed the way they serve breakfast to students ahead of a requirement that goes into effect in September.