Healthy Food

Best places for healthy eating in 2023

Violin16/01/2023 79 Views

Raw fish from Poke Poke is one of our healthy-eating staples.

Here it is. The great reboot. The chance for a clean slate.

“Today, I started eating better,” you tell yourself. You and me both, friend.

Eating a more healthy diet requires more than discipline. You need to cook more; gotta limit those portions; more greens, fewer carbohydrates. You also need a plan for eating out, a cheat sheet to turn to when you’re hungry. When those hunger pangs hit, if you’re anything like me, your brain can drift into some unhealthy places.

So, it’s good to have a list to point you in a healthier direction. Below are some great

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Improving Patient Care Through Technology Orchestration

Violin15/01/2023 79 Views

As healthcare shifts towards a more patient-centric approach, health providers across the world are looking for innovative ways to enhance the patient care journey. The infusion of software solutions into the healthcare industry has helped providers improve the overall patient experience. One of these solutions is Care Orchestration, a method that uses Information Technology (IT) to improve the care journey. Care Orchestration can be defined as the coordination of many complex computer systems, servers and applications in a way that enhances the care journey. In a clinical setting, Orchestration allows for a simplification of patient workflows and an overall improvement

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7 ‘Healthy’ Foods That Are Worse Than Candy, Say Dietitians

Violin15/01/2023 47 Views

It feels like a million different types of food get marketed as “healthy” nowadays. Many of these items have tangible lifestyle benefits and come packed with vitamins, minerals and other positive nutrients that make a huge difference in your diet. Other foods find ways to cut down on calories, salt, sugar, and fat, offering up a more wholesome alternative to traditional versions. You might never guess that some of these foods marketed as “healthy” are actually worse for you than candy.

To figure out which foods do less nutritionally good for our bodies than candy, it’s important to understand why

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Increasing Patient Retention and Revenue with Referral Management

Violin14/01/2023 45 Views

The ratio between the number of dentists and the population in the USA is 61:100000. More than one in five (21.3%) said that they had not visited the dentist in the last few years. One of the top reasons adults cite for avoiding the dentist is the inability to find a convenient location or appointment time. Specifically, 19% of adults have not visited the dentist in a few years because they cannot find a convenient location or appointment time. As a dentist or dental practice manager, it is crucial not only to manage existing patients but to account for lost

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Salmon Arm food forest recognized nationally as healthy urban green space

Violin14/01/2023 71 Views

Salmon Arm’s Lighthouse Community Food Forest has been recognized as a shining example of a healthy, climate-resistant urban green space.

Located at the Salvation Army property at 441 3rd St. SW., the food forest took root in 2021 after discussions occurred between the Shuswap Food Action Network and the Salvation Army Lighthouse Community Ministries food bank around food security and the availability of locally produced healthy food. The project was designed and managed by Coldstream’s Keli Westgate of Lekker Land Design, and was recently recognized by the Society for Organic Urban Landcare (SOUL) as one of its Greener Greenspaces of

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Healthy eating patterns may lower mortality risk | News

Violin13/01/2023 51 Views

For immediate release: January 9, 2023

Boston, MA—A variety of healthy eating patterns are linked to reduced risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health researchers. They found that participants who scored high on adherence to at least one of four healthy eating patterns were less likely to die during the study period from any cause and less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or respiratory disease, compared to people with lower scores. The findings are consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend multiple healthy eating

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Meet Keith Lee, the pro fighter with social anxiety who became TikTok’s ‘food godfather’ and savior of local Las Vegas restaurants in a matter of months

Violin13/01/2023 59 Views

Ronni Lee (left), Keith Lee (right) with their daughters Riley Lee (left) and Carter Lee (right). — Keith Lee’s (center) TikTok content mostly consisted of family-related videos before he shifted his focus to food reviews.Courtesy of Keith Lee

Keith Lee, 26, rose to new heights of TikTok at the end of 2022 as his videos gained exposure.
He started 2022 with one million followers and now has more than 8.6 million.
Lee uses his platform to help struggling Las Vegas businesses gain visibility.

Keith Lee started 2022 with one million TikTok followers, a number that stayed near constant until November, when his food review videos reached a level of virality that helped him gain over seven

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CMS’s Journey To Value-Based Care

Violin12/01/2023 47 Views

Most people think of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) as an insurance company that covers individual services provided by physicians, FQHCs, hospitals, and other health care providers. Some people even think of it as a policy-writing agency for Medicare. It is true that CMS reimburses providers for services to millions of individual beneficiaries. However, since the Affordable Care Act came into action in 2010, CMS has been developing focused payment strategies that shift from fees for services to value-based care and a focus on population health.

Today, CMS’s second-highest strategic priority is prevention and population health. To this

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