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The ingestion of even a small amount of gluten can cause intestinal damage. It is important that careful monitoring of ingredients and processing is a key part of the gluten-free diet.
It might surprise you to know that several fad diets have been studied in people with diabetes. Take, for example, intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet.
We can get iron from a variety of food sources, however; the body absorbs iron in different amounts depending upon the food source. There are two types of iron, heme and nonheme, and depending on the food source is how you can differentiate which is which.
While vitamin C usually wins the popularity contest for immune boosting supplements, zinc should be listed just as high on the list. But beyond immune health, zinc is present in every cell in the body, playing a role in many critical cellular functions from DNA synthesis to skin integrity.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" -Hippocrates. It’s a bold statement but offers an important answer to why eating healthy matters.
Today, there are many ways to monitor our food intake. We can keep a food journal, follow traditional diets, and count calories or macronutrients.
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