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Preventing Malnutrition in Older Adults

Older adults are more vulnerable to malnutrition. Learn ways to prevent it.

Health Effects of Added Sugar

Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that provides calories for your body to use as energy. There are two main types…

A young girl surrounded by plates of hamburgers and pizza.

Emotional Eating

Emotional eating is when you eat to make yourself feel better or because you are bored. It is different than…

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Low-Calorie Diets

Eating fewer calories typically results in weight loss. If you add exercise, you may not need to lower your daily…

Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern. You fast during a certain period of time each day. You then eat during…

Person’s mouth consuming fast food, junk food, and baked goods, which contain bad trans fats.

Trans Fats (Bad Fats)

Trans fats are a type of fatty acid found in the foods we eat. Trans fats are bad types of…

Keto Diet

The keto diet, or ketogenic diet, is one that is high in fat intake and low in carbohydrate intake.

The paleo diet, often known as the "caveman diet," focuses on lean meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and healthy fats.

The paleo diet is sometimes nicknamed “the caveman diet,” as it is tied to the diets of our ancestors. It’s based on food sources for humans during the Paleolithic area — or the “Stone Age.” The staples of the paleo diet are lean meats…