The Mediterranean Diet
Here’s a one-week menu to try the Mediterranean diet The Mediterranean diet focuses on fresh, natural, and minimally processed foods, emphasizing fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, legumes, nuts, and healthy fats like olive oil. Here’s a sample one-week menu: MondayBreakfast: Plain yogurt with fresh fruits (such as strawberries or blueberries), oats, and a handful of […]
Why do I frequently get sick?
Once we catch a virus, our immune system weakens while fighting it. After the virus, we should be careful not to catch another one because we no longer have defenses. We need to recover these defenses, and this is why we tend to catch infection after infection: our immune systems are not able to recuperate. […]
Foods that help you Sleep & foods that disrupt sleep
Victor Acosta, Nutritionist, RD, Ms. ED, CDN, TVIUCCBoston Road Medical Center In Greek, the word “apnea” means “without breath,” Sleep apnea is a condition that causes precisely that – More than 18 million American adults have it, many of whom are obese or overweight. Our brain produces a hormone called MELATONIN. Melatonin’s job is to […]
Don’t be fooled by fruit juices and smoothies
Victor Acosta, Nutritionist, RD, Ms. ED, CDN, TVI with more than 20 years serving the community in NY Fruits are part of a nutritional diet for human beings. Fruits give us four very important elements that are synonymous with health: fibers, vitamins, water, and antioxidants. Diabetes is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of glucose (sugar) in the blood. […]
The benefits of the pineapple
When we see a watermelon we only think about it as a refreshing fruit to calm thirst, but watermelon is full of surprises, it is loaded with nutrients and vitamins A and C; it also contains potassium, magnesium, lycopene, beta-carotene, a substance with high potential of preventing cancer and while it’s the most ripe, its nutritional […]
Plan Your Diet
A few extra pounds can put you in the group of people at high risk for heart disease, diabetes, urine and kidney problems, among other conditions. You should consider dieting as an option, but before deciding on one diet among the many out there, talk to your doctor, to help guide you in choosing the […]
Beware of Sugars
Those chocolates people give us with so much love we should eat very carefully. Let’s take a look at the increasing sugar consumption over time and how diseases such as arthritis, heart and respiratory problems, cancers, vision, circulatory, and kidney problems have increased. Also, the high consumption of sugar is related to the loss of […]