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Nutrition with a Side of Psychology

Dec 17, 2021 · Denise Webb · Digestive Health

Weight-loss apps are designed to help you lose weight and keep it off and improve your health through nutrition, all with virtual assistance. There are quite a few apps to choose from, and they all share some common functions, but Noom stands out as a way to lose weight using … Read More

Holiday Apps, Sides, and Sweets

Nov 17, 2021 · Heidi McIndoo · Digestive Health

[caption id="attachment_139599" align="alignleft" width="102"] © jchizhe | Getty ImagesYes, you can find healthier holiday foods. © jchizhe | Getty Images[/caption] Holidays can be tough when it comes to healthy eating. Some people throw nutrition plans out the window while others avoid holiday foods as much as possible. However, the most … Read More

Spotlight on Supplements: Spirulina

Nov 17, 2021 · Bridget Cassady · Digestive Health

Long before it was proclaimed a modern-day superfood, spirulina was reportedly cultivated and consumed in Aztec culture. Today, EN explores the popularity and proof behind spirulina. Background: Spirulina is a microscopic, cyanobacterium (blue-green pigmented) whose name originates from its spiral shape. Spirulina naturally grows in mineral-rich freshwater lakes or ponds … Read More

Ask the Experts: Myasthenia gravis; Vitamin D and Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Magnesium Supplements

Oct 29, 2021 · UHN Staff · Digestive Health

My husband has been told he has myasthenia gravis. Can you tell us more about it? Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that most commonly affects women ages 40 and younger and men ages 60 and older. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakes cells and body tissues for … Read More

Protect Against Peptic Ulcer Disease

Oct 29, 2021 · Kate Brophy · Digestive Health

Within one to two hours of eating, you develop a burning sensation in your upper to mid-abdomen. Or perhaps you’ve been experiencing intermittent or constant pain that feels like a dull, gnawing ache and decreases after you eat a meal. Or, how about pain that strikes in the middle of … Read More

High Quality Diet Linked to Healthy Aging

Oct 19, 2021 · Kristen N. Smith, PhD, RDN, LD · Digestive Health

A higher quality diet—one filled with vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and fewer processed foods, added sodium and sugar—is associated with healthy aging and longevity, researchers say. The study measured the effects of food on gene expression as we age, specifically DNA methylation, a process that helps the body … Read More

At-Home Colon Screening Becoming More Popular

Aug 24, 2021 · Kate Brophy · Digestive Health

A recent study suggests that many people are opting for at-home tests when it comes to getting screened for colorectal cancer. The tests are easy, and don’t require the inconvenient and unpleasant “bowel prep” that is required for colonoscopy. But Mount Sinai gastroenterologist Brijen J. Shah, MD, cautions that at-home … Read More

Gallstones Can Cause Serious Complications

Jul 26, 2021 · Kate Brophy · Digestive Health

If meals tend to cause discomfort in the upperright quadrant of your abdomen, and the pain radiates to your shoulder blade and back, you may have gallstones. These are particularly common in older adults, with older women especially vulnerable. Fortunately, the stones often don’t cause symptoms—you may not even be … Read More

Newsbites: Inflammatory gut microbes; Vitamin D; Dementia

Jun 23, 2021 · UHN Staff · Digestive Health

Food Choices May Increase Inflammatory Gut Microbes The bacteria that live in our gut have a critical role in helping or hurting our health. A new study found intake of some foods was consistently associated with the presence of “bad” bacteria, and others with “good” bacteria. The researchers examined bacteria … Read More

Frontline: Risk of dementia; Risk of falls: Decrease gut inflammation

Jun 23, 2021 · Dawn Bialy · Digestive Health

Getting Enough Sleep May Cut Your Risk of Dementia People in their 50s and 60s who reported getting six hours or less of sleep each night are at higher risk of developing dementia later in life, according to research published in Nature Communications, April 20, 2021. The researchers collected data … Read More

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