PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A new program at participating grocery stores in South Jersey is incentivizing low-income families to put healthier food on the table. The Good Food Bucks SNAP and EBT rewards program benefits users at participating ShopRite stores when they purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. “So if they go and they purchase the […]
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BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — If you can’t help but scroll through Instagram staring at delicious foods and selectable recipes, do yourself a favor and find some posts depicting appetizing and healthy dishes. Researchers from Aston University found viewing social media posts with lots of “likes” showing healthy foods promote nutritious dietary choices in the real […]
Our lives have become incredibly busy and increasingly demanding in today’s fast-paced world. While this hustle offers numerous conveniences and opportunities, it also poses significant challenges to our health. We skip meals to take that one important call and extend working hours only to compromise on sleep. We rely heavily on unhealthy foods. These poor […]
Roughly 60 percent of the calories in the average American diet come from highly processed foods. We’ve known for decades that eating such packaged products — like some breakfast cereals, snack bars, frozen meals and virtually all packaged sweets, among many other things — is linked to unwelcome health outcomes, like an increased risk of […]
Whether you’re still on a New Year’s health kick or just trying to clean up your diet, certain “healthy” foods are already likely at the top of your grocery list: leafy greens, nuts, olive oil, avocados…we know you know the rest. But even if you stick to these foods religiously, you could still be sabotaging […]
There’s a ton of incredibly promising intermittent fasting (IF) research done on fat rats. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugars improve… but they’re rats. Studies in humans, almost across the board, have shown that IF is safe and effective, but really no more effective than any other diet. In addition, many […]
Do you feel like buying everything you see on the supermarket shelves? Well, most of us love the way supermarket shelves are packed with food. According to a recent study by the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing fruit and […]
