Just about every packaged food item in any grocery store sports a label with “Nutrition Facts.” Learning how to interpret all the different numbers and percentages is an important skill. When you know what to look for, you can avoid unhealthy foods, lower your sodium intake, and work toward keeping your blood sugar levels steady.
Healthy eating helps keep off unwanted pounds, wards off diseases…
If you’re feeling zapped of energy, you’re not alone. We’ve been enduring the global pandemic for over a year now, and it’s tiring, both physically and mentally. And the recent switch to Daylight Savings Time might have thrown your biological clock out of whack. So, it seems a good time to talk about various ways to put a spring back in your step.
First things…
March is National Nutrition Month, and Dr. Craig B. Frey and Dr. Megan L. Oltmann of Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland ask important health questions about nutrition. What does adequately nourished mean? Is it all just about the food you eat?
What does proper nutrition have to do with your feet and ankles?
Let’s take those questions one at a time.
First, what does…
In many ways, social distancing has changed how we eat. We’re off-schedule, routines out of whack. We don’t go to the grocery store as often. We’re at home, reaching for food that’s convenient, not necessarily maintaining a balanced diet. But of course, ask just about anybody, and they’ll tell you that a diet rich in a variety of foods is best for our bodies, from…
Is there anything more delicious than a fresh tomato still warm from the sun, plucked off the vine, sliced into a salad, and tossed with some great olive oil and fresh herbs? A home garden yields delicious, healthy foods like these. But not everyone has the space for a garden. Thumbs aren’t always green. If we’re singing your song, we’ve got an answer: container gardening.…
Life seems to be changing rapidly as the United States responds to the threat of the new coronavirus. We’ve been asked to hunker down at home as much as possible. And with schools in Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, and Geauga counties closed for the foreseeable future, kids are home and parents are looking for ways to keep them occupied.
Podiatrists Dr. Craig B. Frey and Dr.…