nutrition

Do You Know What’s in Your Child’s Food?
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Do You Know What’s in Your Child’s Food?

It can be difficult to know exactly what you’re feeding your family these days. There are confusing food-labeling terms that are often mere marketing ploys rather than helpful tools. While labels like ‘reduced fat,’ ‘low calorie,’ and ‘low sugar’ may sound enticing, it oftentimes doesn’t mean the food is any healthier. Let’s take a look…

New Study Shows One Glass of Alcohol a Day Can Increase the Risk of Cancer
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New Study Shows One Glass of Alcohol a Day Can Increase the Risk of Cancer

What Constitutes as ‘Moderate’? A study from Japan shows a notably strong connection between four types of cancer and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol.  Researchers evaluated the drinking habits of 63,000 Japanese cancer patients and found a 5% increased risk of developing cancer if they had one drink a day for 10 years. For patients…

Health Benefits of Nutritional Yeast
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Health Benefits of Nutritional Yeast

Nutritional yeast is the same species of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used to make beer, bread, or kombucha. Nutritional yeast is inactive. Nutritional yeast is made by growing S. cerevisiae on a sugar-rich molasses medium. Then, it is deactivated with heat, washed, pasteurized, dried, and crumbled. Excellent Source of Vitamin B-12 Vitamin B-12 is crucial for…