The Key to a Healthy Body: Eating Right & Moving More
It isn’t sexy, but it’s making headlines: Some obese people achieve successful weight loss using the old-fashioned method of eating less and moving more.
It isn’t sexy, but it’s making headlines: Some obese people achieve successful weight loss using the old-fashioned method of eating less and moving more.
Today kicks off National Celiac Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness of a condition that affects about one percent of Americans. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder and those suffering from it experience intestinal damage when they consume gluten, a type of protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Because of this, the only treatment for celiac disease is a strict gluten-free diet for life. We’re sure many of you have read about this diet in the media, and with all the misinformation out there, we want to use today’s post to share some important facts with you.
In response to the recent report from CDC on sodium consumption in the U.S., the Grain Foods Foundation would like to stress it supports the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendation to decrease dietary sodium intake. We also recognize the importance of sodium reduction in the food supply and the efforts by consumers to reduce their daily sodium intake. However, the approach to sodium reduction efforts must incorporate both industry and individual responsibility.
Today kicks off American Heart Month and in recognition, we’d like to discuss some of the simple steps you can take to keep your ticker healthy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 27 million American adults are living with heart disease, making it the leading cause of death in the United States.
A study published this month in the journal Nutrition Reviews confirms what the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) have been saying all along: Americans should choose half of their daily grain servings from whole grain sources, leaving the other half for enriched grains, an optimal combo for good health.
FACT: Of the four million women who give birth in the U.S. each year, some 3,000 babies are born with neural tube birth defects, affecting the brain and spinal cord. That means eight babies born in this country each day have spinal bifida or another neural tube defect.
Grain Foods Foundation advisory board chairman Dr. Glenn Gaesser appeared on The Dr. Oz Show yesterday to challenge the host on a variety of topics ranging from eating right to what is the best indicator of good health.
During the recent All Things Baking conference, we hosted the “Grains Nutrition Update: The Issues Affecting Our Industry” panel, during which our advisory board chairman, Glenn Gaesser, PhD presented the latest research surrounding grains and weight control. He discussed grains’ place in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and shared recent peer-reviewed studies from leading academic publications that show the role of carbohydrates in maintaining a healthy weight. He also reminded the audience why fad diets, such as the one proposed in the diet book, Wheat Belly, aren’t supported by sound science.
You’ve heard it before; everybody is unique in their own way… and that’s true even when it comes to digestion. Researchers have shed new light on a controversial diet, the Glycemic Index.
A recent study found that women who eat diets rich in fruits, vegetables and grains one year before pregnancy have a decreased risk of having a baby born with birth defects compared with women who do not.