Healthy Food Chart

After promising results in an initial trial, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center are seeking Type 2 diabetics to participate in a study using a mild anti-inflammatory drug. The earlier trial found that the drug (salsalate), which is usually used…

I gave Mike a ride to work again today and combined it with a few errands. I actually like getting that kind of stuff done first thing in the morning because this time of year it gets dark so early that I end up not wanted to go out later in the day. Of course I like giving Mike a ride to work because I get my usual Starbucks reward but recently it’s been nice to do just so we have a little extra time together…he’s working so much these days! Today I hope to continue on my list of things that I started yesterday. As Will gets older he is spending a lot more time awake so my ability to do work during naps is getting harder…but I won’t complain because all his active play time during the day means he sleeps through the night which I enjoy very much! For breakfast I had some dry cereal, a banana, a yogurt and a nonfat latte. It’s Thursday already…this week is flying by!

This Meal Provides Approximately: Grains = 1.25 cup (+whole), Fruit = 0.66 cup, Milk = 2.25 cup, Discretionary Calories = 50 kcals

Oats Provide fiber that helps to lower blood cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease Regular consumption of oats may reduce insulin resistance and control blood sugar One cup of cooked old fashioned oats contains 4 grams of fiber!…

We’ve all heard the expression, “It’s like comparing apples and oranges,” suggesting that because these two foods are so dissimilar, a fair comparison simply cannot be made. Evidently, the folks at the Griffin Prevention Research Center/NuVal found this to be unacceptable, and this may partly explain why they created the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI)….

An intriguing study sheds some light on gender differences when it comes to abilities to resist temptation of food. In an exercise in cruelty, doctors asked 23 men and women of healthy weight to go on a three-day fast and then tempted them with morsels of their favorite foods and trips to buffets where study subjects were told they…