Posts Tagged ‘diabetes’

Cystic Fibrosis and a Different Kind of Good Nutrition

{ Posted on Dec 27 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Cystic Fibrosis, or CF, is the most common, lethal, inherited disorder among Caucasians and occurs in about 1 in every 2000 births. (Source: Papalia, Olds and Feldman, 2008) The disease was once thought to be an automatic death sentence because ...Read More »

Case Study: Gastric Bypass Surgery and Good Nutrition for Life

{ Posted on Dec 26 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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In the world of weight loss, there have always been many people who are eager to find a faster and easier fix. Diet and exercise are the first steps that are recommended by doctors, with weight loss pills usually being ...Read More »

Protein Needs in Heart Health

{ Posted on Dec 25 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Heart disease kills sixteen million people worldwide every year and accounts for about thirty percent of all deaths in that same time period. In the United States, cardiovascular disease accounts for forty percent of all adult deaths every year (Source: ...Read More »

Using Protein as a Source of Energy

{ Posted on Dec 23 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Many people think that in order to get a quick boost of energy, they need to have a cup of coffee or something else that is high in caffeine. What a lot of people don't know is that they can ...Read More »

Case Study: Eating Disorders and Nutritional Needs

{ Posted on Dec 23 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Although eating disorders have been around for a long time, the extensive research on them has existed for only about thirty years. It is known that there is a distinct and definitive correlation between a diagnosis of depression in the ...Read More »

All About Protein and Protein Supplements

{ Posted on Dec 20 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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There are a number of things that you need to have in your diet in order to survive, and protein is one of those things. The body does produce some proteins, but there are also many others that you need ...Read More »

Good Nutrition Can Help Depression

{ Posted on Dec 16 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Depression is not just a mood disorder. It does not simply affect the way you feel, emotionally. It may impact the way that you feel physically as well. Heart disease and depression are linked together as are depression and thyroid ...Read More »

High Protein Diets for Anorexia Nervosa Patients

{ Posted on Dec 16 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Studies show that one percent of all teenage girls and young women in their 20s will develop anorexia nervosa, and that 10 to 15% of those girls will die due to complications from this condition. Some men develop this condition ...Read More »

Getting the Right Protein in Your Diet

{ Posted on Dec 15 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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We all understand the importance of protein in the diet. Protein is one of three macronutrients that the body needs in order to survive. But did you know that there are different sources of protein, and that some are much ...Read More »

Eating Healthy in a Time-Starved World

{ Posted on Dec 13 2010 by Jim Duffy }
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Americans are literally running out of time. Achieving a work-life balance, which is still a luxury for tens of millions of working parents, has been overtaken by an even greater demand: a work-life-nutrition balance. Unfortunately, this increasing demand for nutrition ...Read More »
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