Control high blood pressure? Getting there. Prevent it in the first place? Eh…

Category : Nutrition

As a population, we may be slow to grasp the importance of watching our blood pressure, but we can eventually get the message. That’s one upshot of a new report assessing U.S. progress in treating and controlling hypertension.

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Encouraging Children to Become Healthy Eaters

Category : Kids Fitness

If you’re a parent, you want your children to be healthy. To accomplish this goal, you encourage them to be active, avoid too many fatty and sweet foods, take baths and wash their hands. However, you may have a picky eater. Here are some do’s and don’ts of encouraging children to become healthy eaters.

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Lowering blood cholesterol by lifestyle changes

Category : Lifestyle

Q. I would like to ask you a question regarding lowering cholesterol. I am 39 years old. When I had my annual blood examination (c/o our office) my cholesterol was 220. My doctor told me to watch my diet. I brought it down to 204 in 5 weeks, but he still told me to take pravastatin. I do not feel comfortable doing this. I think I can lower my blood cholesterol some more by adopting lifestyle changes watching my diet some more and adding exercise to my routine and that I don’t need medications. Of course, I will talk to my doctor about this, but don’t you think this is the right step? Incidentally, I am not overweight.

– “Mario Salcedo”

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Obesity in children on the increase

Category : Childhood Obesity

“Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century,” reports the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“The problem is global and is steadily affecting many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings…Globally, in 2010 the number of overweight children under the age of five, is estimated to be over 42 million. Close to 35 million of these are living in developing countries.”

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Green Lifestyle Protects Against Cancer

Category : Lifestyle

At some point in our lives, cancer will rear its monstrous head — either to us directly or to the people we love.

With 40% of Americans expected to get some form of cancer, the threat is a disarming and harrowing one.

And according to a new report, American are swimming in a deadly, toxic stew of carcinogenic chemicals which threaten to drag ever more of us into cancer’s waiting jaws.

Who could have guessed that industrial chemicals and pesticides could do such serious damage to the human body?

While this news may not be a shocker to Green Chip Living readers, what you might find shocking is that this report didn’t come from an environmentalist organization, a natural health guru, or an organic farming committee… It came from one of the most mainstream medical coalitions in the country: the President’s Cancer Panel.

The report is called “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now” and its content echoes the title…

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Nutrition: Study Finds Eating Nuts Helps Cholesterol

Category : Nutrition

Eating about two and a half airplane snacks’ worth of nuts every day helps lower total cholesterol and “bad” LDL cholesterol, and improves the ratio of total cholesterol to “good” HDL cholesterol, a study reports.

Jillian Michaels Talks About ‘Losing It’, Literally

Category : Lifestyle

It’s not just pounds that are shed on the upcoming reality series featuring The Biggest Loser‘s Jillian Michaels; she’s also shedding some tears. During a conference call, the fitness trainer talked to reporters about Losing It with Jillian, and how emotional the whole show was.
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Waterford kids find out good nutrition’s not so hard to swallow

Category : Nutrition, Uncategorized

There they were on this bed of crispy greens along with a cucumber slice and a carrot — a half-dozen tiny, beige orbs.

An obviously suspicious Abby Graham scrunched up her face, sliding one between her teeth. The 5-year-old chewed slowly, then grinned.

“It’s okay,” she said, reaching for another.

Chalk up another win for the garbanzo bean.

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Herb-Spiced Tuna Steak

Category : Recipes

Herb-Spiced Tuna Steak

When you’re recovering from an injury, one thing your muscles definitely need to help them rebuild and grow strong is some high-quality protein.

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Task force tackles children’s dining

Category : Childhood Obesity

Want to see healthier options on kids’ menus at restaurants and tired of seeing nothing but chicken fingers, burgers and fries? Your concerns are part of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity.