DASH Diet May Cure Depression

You could stay away from depression by a mere change in diet! Dietary modification emphasizing consumption of more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains may be helpful in preventing the late onset of depression, according to a study. Researchers from Rush University Medical Center have found that Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, is also linked to reducing the risk of depression. The DASH diet limits foods that are high in saturated fats and sugars and emphasizes eating vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, beans, and seeds. The DASH diet was originally developed to…

What Is Clean Eating?

In the language of nutrition, it’s very easy to get your wires crossed. Master cleanses, detox diets, low-carb diets, high-protein diets and the like usually lead to more questions than answers. So how do you sift through them all? This piece is the first in a series of articles where all must attempt to translate the prevalent beliefs or attitudes towards particular foods or diets. Today, we get up very close and personal with a hot new fad clean eating. In a nutshell, clean eating is less of a diet…

Traditional Indian Diet Helps Cut Alzheimer’s Risk

While consumption of meat,sweets,and high fat dairy products that characterize a western diet significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, traditional Indian diet is associated with reduced risk of the most common form of dementia “although the traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with about half the risk for Alzheimer’s disease of the western diet, the traditional diets of countries such as India, Japan, and Nigeria, with very low meat consumption, are associated with an additional 50% reduction in risk of Alzheimer’s , from sunlight, nutrition and health research center, in…