EATING RIGHT

Greek yogurt a popular and healthy snacking option

Health trends often come and go. What's healthy today might be considered detrimental tomorrow. And foods that are widely viewed as unhealthy today could very well be seen as beneficial down the road.

One food that has increasingly gained the support of fitness gurus and medical professionals alike is Greek yogurt. Yogurt itself is one of those foods that seems to have its strong supporters, who recognize its nutritional value, as well as its detractors, who find its texture too unappealing to stomach.
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Healthy and quick breakfasts for busy school mornings

Breakfast has long been referred to as the most important meal of the day. It is beneficial for students heading off to school to enjoy a meal before they catch the bus.
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Has milk become obsolete?

Most men and women can vividly remember those childhood moments when their parents insisted they drink their milk. Kids are often told milk helps create strong bones and healthy teeth and therefore should be an integral part of a healthy diet.

But does drinking milk offer such great benefits? While the consensus opinion toward milk and dairy products remains similar enough to that of yesteryear to keep milk and dairy in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's official food pyramid, alternative pyramids not produced by USADA are beginning to suggest that dairy is perhaps not as essential to human health as people have been led to believe.
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What's the healthier Bet? Chicken or turkey?

Doctors and nutritionists have increasingly advised patients that it's in their best interests to reduce their consumption of red meat. As an alternative to beef, individuals veer toward seafood and poultry in an effort to reduce cholesterol and fat intake. Of the popular poultry available, people may wonder whether chicken or turkey is the healthier option.
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Foods may trigger migraines

Many factors, including food, can contribute to the onset of migraine headaches. However, migraine headaches remain a mystery to migraine sufferers and medical professionals alike. Researchers have studied the effect of foods on the genesis of a migraine, and some foods have proven to be repeat offenders when it comes to triggering the headaches.

Chemical components of certain foods may play a role in why they cause headaches to occur. Also, the effect certain foods have on the body may also be instrumental. For example, alcohol tends to thin the blood, which can increase blood flow to the brain. Furthermore, alcohol is a diuretic and can dehydrate the body, another headache trigger. Although everyone reacts differently to alcohol, whiskey, red wine, champagne, and beer are the most common alcoholic migraine triggers.
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Does late-night eating cause weight gain?

The correlation between late-night eating and weight gain has been studied and debated for quite a while. Although common sense might suggest there is a connection, there is no statistical proof to confirm the claim.

Many of the studies involving late-night eating have been conducted on lab mice or on people who are deemed "late sleepers," not necessarily on people who routinely eat the biggest or most caloric meals late in the day.
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Men can drink to good prostate health

An apple a day may keep the doctor away for the general population. But men looking to avoid serious types of prostate cancer, a cup of coffee a day could be a good option.

A recent major study by Harvard researchers published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that men who drink 6 or more cups of coffee each day have a 60 percent lower chance of contracting lethal cases of prostate cancer. Those who drink 3 or more cups a day have a 30 percent lower risk. In general, heavy coffee consumption lowers men's risk of developing any type of prostate cancer by 20 percent over 20 years.
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