Guy wearing fitness tracker on arm and reading data about heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure on a phone screen.Image: PeopleImages (Getty Images) Obesity rates have been steadily rising around the world for decades. Globally, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, reaching 1 billion people in 2022 — that’s one in…
Packaged foods and frozen meals are ubiquitous in US diets, with recent research revealing that a shocking 60% of Americans’ daily caloric intake comes from ultra-processed foods. UPFs often contain high levels of sodium, refined sugars, cholesterol-spiking fats and other lab-based ingredients. A recent study linked exposure to UPFs to 32 poor health outcomes, including…
It takes guts, and gastroenterologists are sharing the simple, daily lifestyle choices to ensure their gut health is top-notch. A September 2022 survey by the American Gastroenterological Association found that nearly 40% of Americans avoid routine activities — such as exercising, running errands and spending time with loved ones — due to uncomfortable bowel symptoms. Experts…
Eat like your life depends on it. While some factors that influence cancer risk — like age, gender and family history — are beyond our control, others can be managed. Among those is proper nutrition, which experts agree is paramount to prevention. While no foolproof plan or single ingredient guarantees cancer prevention, every bit —…
Who moved their cheese? A pivotal new study that subjected mice to a variety of diets found that genetic factors had a far greater effect on their life span than eating habits. “If you want to live a long time, there are things you can control within your lifetime such as diet, but really what…
Eating right and still not losing weight? Registered dietitian and nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein says the reason could be a gap between what we perceive as a healthy diet and one that supports weight loss. Muhlstein told Fox News Digital this week, “There’s definitely a big difference between healthy and healthy for weight loss. I see so…
This eggs-pert wasn’t yolk-ing around. Harvard medical student, Dr. Nick Norwitz ate 720 eggs in a month to study the effects the “fowl” diet had on his cholesterol and saw that his levels dropped nearly 20 percent. Norwitz “hypothesized” before his experiment that consuming the 60 dozen eggs would not increase his LDL (low-density lipoprotein)…
CHESTER SPRINGS, PA – In a world where sustainable weight loss solutions are often elusive, Dr. Joohong Son, an esteemed 8th Dan Taekwondo master, has introduced an innovative program combining martial arts training with nutritional science. The “60-Day Taekwondo Diet” is gaining traction among health enthusiasts and weight loss seekers, promising not just a reduction in…
Working out, eating healthy and still not moving the needle on weight loss? A fitness specialist says there may be a covert reason why. Experts agree that weight loss happens when the body is in a calorie deficit, meaning you’re expending more calories than you consume. However, as UK personal trainer and nutritional coach Chloe…