Westchester Health Tips

People under severe physical stress, such as people receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy for cancer, frequently struggle with eating, which makes getting adequate nutrition difficult.

Eat­ing health­i­er isn’t about de­pri­va­tion, but re­plac­ing low-​nu­tri­ent foods with healthy sub­sti­tutes. In­cor­po­rat­ing yo­gurt in­to ba­sic recipes is the pe­fect way to start.

By us­ing yo­gurt in­stead of sour cream, cream cheese, whipped cream or may­on­naise, meals be­come not on­ly low­er in calo­ries and fat, but al­so high­er in cal­ci­um and pro­tein

Con­tam­i­nat­ed food can cause prob­lems rang­ing from mild up­set stom­ach to death. Ex­perts es­ti­mate that 5,000 Amer­i­cans die from food-​borne ill­ness each year.

Pre­vent­ing food poi­son­ing in the first place, rather than hop­ing to catch con­tam­i­na­tion up­on in­spec­tion, could save thou­sands of lives. As new­ly ap­point­ed FDA head Mar­garet Ham­burg said, “Pre­ven­tion is the key to food safe­ty.

Your teenage ath­lete might be ac­tive and hap­py — but un­less she’s re­ceiv­ing ad­e­quate nu­tri­tion, she might be set­ting her­self up for health prob­lems lat­er in life. The Weight-​con­trol In­for­ma­tion Net­work (WIN) of­fers these tips to keep teenage ath­letes healthy…

Many restaurants are taking steps to accommodate America’s 12 million diners who have food allergies. Consumers can make informed decisions, whether they’re sensitive to shellfish or have celiac disease, a condition in which the body cannot process gluten.

Many of us know that a poor diet can wreck havoc on our bodies, but did you know that diet plays an even bigger role in cancer treatment? According to the National Cancer Institute, malnutrition is seen in as many as 40 percent of cancer-related deaths.

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Is your body a temple? Do you nourish it and treat it like a sacred place or do you abuse it and treat it like a trash receptacle? If you eat like more than 65 percent of American adults then you do not treat your body the way it deserves to be treated. More than [...]

Have you always believed massage therapy was just a luxury to help soothe achy muscles? Well, it’s common to think that and you are both right and wrong. It can do wonders for those sore muscles. But that is just the beginning. Massage also has many more wonderful health benefits. The most obvious health benefit [...]

A recent nutritional research study published in ‘Neurology’ 2008; 71: 826-832, suggests that having lower end levels of vitamin B-12, often considered to be within an acceptable range, could be damaging to normal brain size. Another study conducted at Tufts University in Boston in 2000 estimated that about 40 percent of the U.S. Population has [...]

With busy schedules and lifestyles, keeping your mind, body and soul healthy can be a major challenge. However, don’t let the hectic pace of life keep you from living yours to the fullest. There are simple steps you can take that will leave you feeling energetic and upbeat. Consider these 10 tips to help you [...]