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The researchers only observed an association between protein distribution and muscle strength, not a direct cause-and-effect relationship.
The study was published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Source: Protein at All 3 Meals May Help Preserve Seniors’ Strength
Source: Substituting Beans for Beef Would Help the U.S. Meet Climate Goals – The Atlantic
This article link is for all of my militant Vegan readers.
Enjoy.
If you read only one research article on nutrition this year read this one.
Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically fit, but they also could keep consumers cognitively fit, according to a new study. The study, which included 60 adults aged 25 to 45, found that middle-aged participants with higher levels of lutein — a nutrient found in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and kale, as well as avocados and eggs — had neural responses that were more on par with younger individuals than with their peers.
Source: Lutein, found in leafy greens, may counter cognitive aging — ScienceDaily
Today I made a warehouse club run. I needed mineral water, coffee, and…spinach. Seriously, I just bought a huge tub of organic spinach. I have no clue what I’m going to use the spinach for but at least I’ll be improving my neural responses.
Kale? No thanks.
Eating foods included in two healthy diets — the Mediterranean or the MIND diet — is linked to a lower risk for memory difficulties in older adults, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Source: Mediterranean-style diets linked to better brain function in older adults — ScienceDaily
People often call my mother’s recovery a miracle. And while I understand the sentiment, I believe the miraculous thing may be that so much illness could be avoided if people could only move from foods that hurt to foods that heal.
Source: From Hospice to Healthy: How a Plant-Based Diet Saved My Mom’s Life
Great story about love and plants.
A long term healthy, quality diet can reduce the risk of cardiometabolic conditions. Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology at University of Hawaii Cancer Center said, “The message that diet quality, not just quantity, matters is important for everyone who wants to maintain both a healthy body weight and a healthy metabolism.”
Source: Diet quality matters not just quantity in mid-to-late-adulthood — ScienceDaily
“It’s moving people along a continuum, whether people are eating red meat every day and you ask them to start eating a little more white meat, or they’re already on a white meat kick and it’s a little bit more seafood, or moving even further along to alternative proteins or produce. You can’t expect everyone to start loving lentils day one,” Giambastiani says. “Some do, most don’t. What you’re trying to do instead is get people to think about that continuum.”
Source: Google’s Quest To Develop A Plant-Based “Power Dish” More Popular Than Meat
Google? Wow.
Source: Improving Diet Over Time May Reduce Risk of Death | Medpage Today
“I just work at it like everybody else. I think everybody can develop good habits. I think you start with one good habit at a time.”
Dr. Ellsworth Wareham
Source: Food & Watch Watch Wants USDA to Halt Chinese Chicken
Source: Chinese Chicken Shipments Already Endangering Public Health | Food & Water Watch
This blog started as a repository for family recipes. Over the years since inception this thing has become a mash up. I’ve spent the better part of my working life learning about what kills people. My other blog didn’t feel like the right place for stories like this. So if we’re passing along article links about food you’ll find plenty here.
I hope readers find this type of information useful. I’m not going to discourage anyone from eating nasty fried fast food chicken nuggets processed in China from unsanitary chickens raised and slaughtered in Chile.
It’s your personal choice.
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