Diet and Health - How Foods Affect Your Health

The foods you eat may have a big impact on your health and that's both bad news and good news. The bad news is poor food choices may increase your risk for certain disorders, but the good news is good foods may improve your health. Learn more about how the foods you eat make a difference in your health.

1. Diet and Your Heart
2. Foods and Other Health Conditions
3. Nutrition and Children
4. Diet and Aging

Diet and Your Heart

Heart problems, along with other cardiovascular conditions, can be affected by the foods you eat. Learn how the right choices can help protect your heart.

• Eating For a Healthy Heart
• Top Foods For Your Heart
• Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease With Diet

• What Are The Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
• Best Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Plant or Animal Sources?
• Do Vitamins E and C Raise Blood Pressure?

Foods and Other Health Conditions

Eating a healthy diet may help to prevent some health conditions from occurring. If you are already ill, making dietary changes may improve how you feel. Learn about how the foods you eat can impact various health conditions and disorders.

• Foods and Eye Health
• Foods That May Prevent Cancer
• Eat Right To Prevent Colds and Flu
• Diet and Multiple Sclerosis
• Foods and Rheumatoid Arthritis

• What Is Night Eating Syndrome?
• What Is a Gluten-Free Diet?
• Anti-inflmmatory Foods
• Favorite Healing Foods

Nutrition and Children

Good nutrition is important for normal childhood growth and development and following a balanced diet (including a good breakfast) may help kids do better in school. Here are some articles to help you feed your kids a good diet, whether they happily eat their vegetables or not.

• Why Kids Won't Try New Foods
• Hating Vegetables May Be Genetic
• Can Children Take Probiotics?
• Should Children Take Vitamins?
• Back To School Nutrition
• Sack Lunch Tips
• Boost Nutrition With After-School Snacks

• Healthy After-School Snacks For Teens
• Getting More Omega-3 Fats Into a Child's Diet
• Quick and Painless Ways To Sneak Good Nutrition Into Any Kid's Diet
• Introduce Your Child To Cooking
• Is Soy Safe For Children?
• Can Hotdogs Cause Brain Tumors?

Diet and Aging

As the body ages, nutritional needs change and sometimes eating good foods isn't as easy as it once was. Elderly people who are alone may not eat as well as they should and maybe it's more difficult to chew or swallow. Following a healthy diet is an important part of aging gracefully, so here's some help.

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• Mediterranean Diet For a Longer Life
• Curry May Prevent Alzheimers
• Soy Foods Do Not Cause Dementia
• Learning To Eat With Dentures