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Battle of the Sexes: How Foods Affect Women & Men Differently
Insomniac? You Could Be Trashing Your Health
Top Weight Loss Tips for Getting Your Body Summer Ready
Pregorexia: The Pregnancy Eating Disorder
How to Maintain a Healthy Weight During Pregnancy
Essentials of Hypertension: How to Gain Control
Why Does Your Weight Loss Diet Always Fail?
Sugar Myth: How Much Are You Really Eating?
The Biggest Success of the Proposed Nutrition Facts Label: Added Sugars Will Mean Less Chronic Disease & More Jobs For America
The United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) proposed changes to one of the most iconic, well-recognized designs to all Americans, were presented by First Lady Michelle Obama Thursday.
The changes are much more than a new design and adding a few numbers to the panel.
From a broader perspective, the FDA's proposed changes reflect a shift in the chance that health care changes in the future will be a tailwind rather than a headwind to American jobs and prosperity. After 30 years of US obesity rates climbing, there is a shift towards creating solutions that are in favor of American consumers, rather than the powerful food industry.
The FDA estimates that the changes will mean a one-time cost of $2.3 billion to the food industry for labeling, reformulation, and record keeping, plus small annual costs for recurring record-keeping. However the FDA also predicts that over the next 20 years, these changes will save an average of $21.1 billion to $31.4 billion in healthcare costs.
Two key changes : Calories per container and per more accurate portions and Added Sugars.
Sugar Cravings: 5 Ways to Break the Cycle
Reclaim Your Hormonal Balance
Truth About Fat & Weight Loss
Dietary Fiber: Insoluble vs. Soluble
Oh No... I Gained the Freshman 15! Now What?
Avoiding the Dreaded Freshman 15
New FDA Food Label Proposal: Bigger is Better
Adrenal Fatigue: When Your Stress Hormone Levels Are Too High
Omega-7 Fatty Acids Decrease Hunger
The Sea Buckthorn plant has an unusual concentration of the essential omega-7 fatty acid. Some nutritionists even believe it's the best source of Omega-7 fat that exists.
But why is this important to you?
Well, for starters, omega-7 helps your body maintain itself in a variety of ways, including counteracting weight gain. The discovery of this fact has obviously produced a great amount of interest among medical researchers, and initial surprising research has many predicting that omega-7 may ultimately become a powerful tool in the weight loss battle.
Below, we'll explore the details.
Winter Blues? Don’t Let SAD Make You Fat
The Pill Problem: Is Your Health at Risk?
Unbalanced Hormones: Feeling Crappy is NOT Normal
Modern Day Thyroid Disease: Taking a Closer Look
Food as the Enemy: A Real Addiction
Tricks to Jumpstart Your New Year's Resolutions
Loving Yourself is Better for Your Health
Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
Health Resolution: Lose the Soft Drinks!
Why Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat
Overweight Kids: Are Corporations to Blame?
Diabesity: How to Stop the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic
Tired, Weak, Depressed? You May Have Hypothyroidism
Hungry? Feel Full on Fewer Calories
A New Lifestyle for the New Year
End New Year's Resolutions for Good
Thanksgiving Eating: You Don't Have to Gain 10 Pounds
Science of Binge Eating: Why You Can’t Stop
The Lesser Known Thyroid Test
Are You a Virgin to Dieting?
Estrogen Dominance: Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be BAD
Estrogen dominance is a multi-factorial situation and is caused by such things as exposure to excess environmental xenoestrogens, use of synthetic estrogens such as the birth control pill and hormone replacement therapy (HRT), anovulation (lack of ovulation during menstrual cycle, which is not uncommon among women older than 35), digestion issues (which tax the estrogen-detoxification process in the liver), unrelenting stress (which strains the adrenals and the thyroid), unresolved emotional issues, poor diet and negative lifestyle factors such as smoking and alcohol use.
How does estrogen dominance specifically alter women's health?