February Is Heart Health Month
Written on in Heart Disease, Preventative Health.

Dr. John Dylewski, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Larkin Community Hospital had an important and educative talk with Gabriel Peralta, LarkinTv News reporter, about Heart Health. February is Heart Disease Awareness Month and Larkin Community Hospital is with you all the time. 

Check out the videos and learn about heart disease, the illness that claims thousands of ...

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¿Por qué el azúcar es tan irresistible?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

Sugar

Por Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN

No hay duda: ingerir azúcar puede hacernos sentir felices de la misma forma que en el centro de recompensa del cerebro se estimula al consumir cocaína u opiáceos. No es sorprendente que, ahora, tengamos investigaciones que muestren las propiedades adictivas de azúcar. Por ejemplo, en un estudio realizado en el ...

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What’s cooking?!
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

I’m tired of being the only one that cooks.” 

“Let’s just go out for dinner.”

“I don’t feel like cleaning the dishes, let’s just order take out.”

By: Rebecca Goodrich, MS, RDN  

Sound familiar? We’ve all been there.  We’ve all been too tired to cook up something for our families, let alone for ourselves.  ...

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Foods that boost your brain power!
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

Food for thought

LET THESE FOODS BOOST YOUR BRAIN POWER!
By Rebecca Goodrich, MS, dietetic intern.

It is often said that “you are what you eat.”  We can say that there is definitely some truth in this, as health and nutrition can be defined in numerous ways.  Food has always been impactful to our health and contributes to how ...

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Ready for something yummy!
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

The good ol' days:

Remember your parents telling you how important it is to eat breakfast and how it is the "most important" meal of the day?  Well, there's definitely some truth in that!

Why breakfast?

Breakfast has the power to jump-start your metabolism while decreasing cravings throughout the day. Breakfast is so important ...

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Why is sugar so irresistible?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

Sugar

By Su-Nui Escobar, MS, RDN

There is no doubt; eating sugar can make us feel happy as the reward center in our brain lights up in a similar way as it does when consuming cocaine or opiates. Not surprisingly, we now have research showing the addictive properties of sugar.  For example, a study conducted at ...

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Coffee: Is it Healthy or Not?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

Medical Staff Chatting In Modern Hospital Canteen

By: Nina Talamas, Dietetic Intern

As one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, coffee consumption is second only to water. In spite of this popularity, coffee and its effects on our health are hotly debated in the worlds of medicine and nutrition. Current research has been slowly answering the questions we have concerning ...

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Can Sun Exposure Prevent Diabetes?
Written on in Healthy Living, Nutrition and Wellness.

 

By Joel Exebio, PhD Candidate, dietetic intern, MBRS Fellow, vitamin D expert

The incidence of diabetes has increased dramatically over the last 30 years. It is widely known that Scandinavian countries such as Finland and Sweden have the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world due to the limited amount of sunlight ...

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