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Why You Should Think Twice Before Eating An Undressed Salad – Health Digest
Salad dressings aren’t just for show and taste. They also serve an important function when it comes to helping you absorb the vitamins and minerals present in your leafy greens, shared APD dietitian and nutritionist Rachel Scoular. “Adding salad dressing helps our bodies absorb the fat-soluble nutrients (Vitamin A, D, E, K) that are found in the vegetables […]
Eating Avocado Has An Unexpected Effect On Men’s Sexual Health – Health Digest
Avocados are a fruit, which means we’re already off to a good start, according to findings of a 2018 study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine which outlined how greater fruit consumption (as well as veggies and flavonoids) has been linked with a lower risk of erectile dysfunction. Avocados are also a great source […]
Eating Onions Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Cholesterol – Health Digest
Some of the different nutrients you’ll find in 1 cup of cooked onions free of salt include 349 milligrams (mg) of potassium, 73.5 mg of phosphorus, 46.2 mg of calcium, and a little over 23 mg of magnesium (per U.S. Department of Agriculture). Onions also contain a flavonoid known as quercetin. Researchers from a 2017 study […]
Eating Fruit Every Day Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Immune System – Health Digest
Fruit-only diets aside, there’s no discounting the nutritional benefits of consuming fruit every day. The recommended minimum amount of fruits and veggies you should eat every day is five portions of 80 grams each of an assortment of the stuff (via National Health Service). How this looks might vary from person to person and what […]
Avoid Eating Avocados If You Have This Medical Condition – Health Digest
Not everyone with the medical condition has to completely avoid avocados, according to registered dietician nutritionist Kellsey Reed (via Patients Like Me). “Avocados are packed with fiber, healthy fats, and potassium. Fiber and healthy fats are great additions to a kidney-friendly diet because they help to manage your blood sugars, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and gut […]
Eating Peanut Butter Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Sex Drive – Health Digest
Believe it or not, this creamy spread may help kick-start libido. “Nuts and seeds contain L-tyrosine, often referred to as tyrosine, and when tyrosine is broken down, it converts to dopamine,” registered dietitian nutritionist Kylene Bogden told Well+Good; and the same article lists peanuts as also being a good source of tyrosine. According to 2010 […]
Turns Out Eating This Popular Carb Can Help You Drift Off To Sleep With Ease – Health Digest
It seems the Japanese studies were mainly focused on the sleep-friendly properties of white rice, as that’s the more popularly consumed type of rice in Japan. White rice has a glycemic index (GI) of 72, which is considered high. The researchers of the 2014 study hypothesize that high-GI foods boost the presence of the amino acid […]
Eating The Same Foods Every Day Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Sleep – Health Digest
The 2013 article in Appetite said that a deficiency in certain nutrients was linked to specific sleep durations. Shorter sleep was linked to a lower intake of vitamin C, tap water, lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene, and selenium. Longer sleep (more than 9 hours) was associated with lower intake of theobromine and choline. Alcohol was linked to […]
Can Eating Too Much Chocolate Actually Kill You? Here’s What We Know – Health Digest
It’s not likely that you could eat so much chocolate to suffer from theobromine toxicity. A toxic dose in humans is 1,000 milligrams (or 1 gram) of theobromine for each kilogram of body weight. For someone weighing 150 pounds, that’s 68,000 milligrams (68 grams) of theobromine. An ounce (28 grams) of dark chocolate with 70 […]
Eating Too Much Fruit Has An Unexpected Effect On Your Muscles – Health Digest
According to a 2020 study done by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and published in the Journal of Nutrition, the vitamin C content found in fruits and vegetables could improve skeletal muscle mass as we get older. The study employed 13,000 people aged between 42-82 years and looked at their skeletal muscle mass, vitamin C intake, and vitamin C […]