Do you know how to reduce your risk of getting one of the chronic diseases that older Americans will often get and are responsible for the majority of deaths in our country such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer? ……

There are easy ways to help us choose the right foods to eat in your daily diet. The benefits of maintaining a healthy diet are so many as most of us already know. Benefits such as preventing disease, maintaining the correct weight for your body and most importantly, living a longer life. ……

Healthy eating is very important for all of us. We should try to be conscious of food nutrition and consume a nutritious diet of fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grain bread and low-fat dairy products. ……

The Paleo Diet may also be known as the Paleolithic, Caveman or Hunter/Gatherer Diet. The basic premise of the Paleo Diet would be that our bodies, in fact, our genes are programmed to accept and process certain foods and are not set up to accept others. ……

We are hearing more and more about the “Glycemic Index” in food these days. With the onslaught of Diabetes and obesity in our country, it’s important that we become aware of what the Glycemic Index is and how it can effect our overall health. ……