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Want to live longer? Try these six foods

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A new study shows that people who eat certain foods have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality than those who don’t.

The study was published in the Oxford University Press’s European HeartJournala peer-reviewed medical journal of cardiology.

The relationship between diet and mortality and CVD is well known. “Diet scores” provide quantitative, empirical information showing this relationship. Indeed, as the study notes, previous studies revealed “a higher diet score being associated with lower mortality [and lower] CVD.”

One study from Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) created a diet score that, according to the European HeartJournal study,

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15 Best Foods for Gut Health, According to Experts

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Eating the best foods for gut health is vital to your overall wellness—research points to the importance of the gut-brain connection. What we feed our bodies can impact not only the way our bellies feel but how our whole body feels and functions. In fact, crafting a nutritious menu full of vitamins, fiber, probiotics, and prebiotics can go a long way toward better digestive health and gut health.

“Having the appropriate amount of bacteria in the gut helps to process foods and keeps your body nourished and healthy in every aspect,” explains Rudolph Bedford, MD, gastroenterologist at Providence Saint John’s

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Eating healthy is hard. It’s even harder for people who can barely afford to eat at all

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Canned pudding and fruit on a food bank shelf
It’s becoming more expensive to eat healthy, and food banks are having trouble keeping up with the demand. (Nicola MacLeod/CBC)

Household food insecurity is directly linked to health issues, including heart disease and diabetes. For someone living with a food ailment like celiac disease or diabetes, going to the grocery store is a big expense, and specialty foods are not usually available through food charities. That means their nutritional needs are often not met.

More than 26,000 Newfoundlanders and Labradorians rely on food banks regularly, but many of these stopgap measures can’t meet an increasing demand.

Julie Greene, assistant executive

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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Prioritizes Improved Access to Healthy Food Through Food System Transformation Initiatives

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Today, the Provincial Government is announcing support of approximately $386,000 to Food First NL. This one-time funding will support Food System Transformation initiatives and advance collaborative efforts through four interrelated community food projects, and will open up opportunities for future investments from national partners.

These community food projects include:

  • Great Things in Store: Working with a cohort of eight food retailers across the province to develop and pilot partnerships and programs that improve food access for lower-income Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
  • Rethinking Food Charity: Supporting the implementation of recommendations developed through a year-long consultation process that engaged people with a lived
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5 Healthiest Fast Food Items, Ranked By Best-Tasting

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Fast food and healthy meals go together like mayo and Root Beer, which is to say, they don’t go together at all. It’s no secret that fast food isn’t healthy, there are certainly relatively healthy dishes to be had, but fast food does big decadent bacon cheeseburgers a lot better than it does good, well-rounded sensible meals. But that doesn’t mean healthy meals don’t exist in the fast food space and sometimes, whether you’re eating fast food every day and need a change up or you just didn’t have time to meal prep at home, you’ re going to want

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6 Ways To Challenge Your Own Restrictive Food Rules

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Ever heard a voice in your head saying you can’t eat past 8 pm, can only have one dessert a day, must wait until noon for lunch, or need a vegetable with every meal? As convincing as those thoughts can be—especially in our toxic, diet-centric society—those rigid rules come from the “food police,” which are neither helpful nor accurate.

While the name sounds kind of silly, this is a very real phenomenon. “Food policing” can look like judging what you eat or crave, thinking you “can’t” eat something because it’s “bad” or “wrong,” or telling yourself you can only

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Eli Rallo on How She Overcame an Eating Disorder

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When the pandemic sent her home from college mid-semester in 2020, Eli Rallo, a podcast host and content creator based in New York City, realized that she was finally ready to ask for help for an eating disorder.

It wasn’t a quick fix—most things aren’t—but it was definitely a step in the right direction for Rallo, now 24 and author of the upcoming book I Didn’t Know I Needed This, out in December.

Even now, several years later, she’ll have a “bad body day” here and there, when she makes a point of not staring at herself in the mirror

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Estero veterinarian on which food will keep your dog healthy

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WINK News looks at the rise in dog food designed to keep our fur babies happy and healthy.

Winston is an 8-month-old Merle French bulldog with a drool-worthy multi-colored coat. His doctor says he’s the picture of health: “He’s not too overweight, not too thin. His hair coat is really nice and shiny.”

Owner Shelby Welbes pays a premium to keep Winston in tip-top shape, beginning with carefully curated cuisine. She pawed around and picked up a Florida-based pet food that offered customized meal plans.

“Rather than making my own food for him, I just thought it was very convenient

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