Posts by Jen
Eating a Healthful Diet Lowers Risk of Repeat Heart Attack or Stroke
All to often people rely too heavily on medication alone to treat disease. It has previously been shown that consuming a healthful diet and exercising in addition to taking cholesterol medication can significantly reduce risk of heart disease as compared to taking medication alone. More recently a large study published in the American Heart Association’s medical journal, Circulation, looked at people with an established history of disease and found that those who ate the most healthful diets had a significantly reduced risk of dying from a repeat heart attack or stroke compared with those who consumed the least healthful diets. Here is a link to an article in...
Read MoreThe NSG partners with The Fertility Centers of New England
The Nutrition Solution Group is very excited to be joining the team at the Fertility Centers of New England. We will be working hand-in-hand with their fertility team to help clients reach their ideal body weight and nutrition goals to achieve healthy and successful pregnancies. Being underweight or being obese can contribute to infertility. Women should aim to keep their Body Mass Index (BMI) between 20-24 to maximize fertility. Being underweight or having very low body fat can make it more difficult to conceive. Women who are underweight may have very low estrogen levels or they may have irregular or absent periods making it harder for them to become...
Read MoreVegetable Garden
I figured it was time for an update on my vegetable garden. My wonderful husband did somehow find the time to build our garden earlier this summer. We used organic soil and planted an array of herbs and vegetables including tomatoes, celery (which I mistook for parsley when I planted it), strike peas, cucumber, green peppers, arugula, dill, chives, cilantro, basil and a mix of lettuces. This was our first attempt at a vegetable garden and we learned several lessons for next year. The herbs we planted in the vegetable garden did not do well. Perhaps they were planted too closely to the other vegetables and/or they didn’t get enough sun. We will have to do some...
Read MoreSummer Salads
Now that we are in the summer months and the weather is warmer I tend to make a lot more salads. It is fun to be creative when putting together a salad. Adding beans, nuts, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and cheeses can boost flavor and will provide important nutrients and fiber. With this salad I uses a base of organic mixed greens. I then added left over grilled chicken along with a Tuscan Bean Salad mix and some cut up tomatoes and peppers. For dressing I added a little red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. It was delicious and very...
Read MoreBlood Pressure
I just saw a headline in the BBC news stating that about half the people with diabetes in the UK are failing to control their blood pressure, which puts them at greater risk of heart disease, kidney failure, and stroke (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17626129). People with diabetes often focus on controlling their blood sugar, but it is just as important to maintain a healthy blood pressure. The numbers may look better in the US but I thought it was an important message to highlight. For some people controlling blood pressure can be a matter of lowering their salt (sodium) intake, but only some people are salt-sensitive. For others it is important to make...
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