KTK-Nutrition

Who doesn’t want to slow down the aging process? Are there foods you can eat to slow down Father Time?   WebMD has an article called, Best Foods for Your Anti-Aging Diet .    In this article, dietitian Manuel Villacorta is quoted, “ What you eat makes a huge difference in how you age and how you feel.”   An aging expert, Dr. Pontius states, “ Even your skin will stay younger-looking if you eat right ”.   So what are these foods that can help us stay younger longer?         1.          Fruits and vegetables – yes, back to at least 5 A DAY and aim for even more.   It is not just the vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegetables that are good for us but the color – and the more colorful the better.   Each color provides a different array of antioxidants.   It is the antioxidants that slow the aging process and help stop the damage to your healthy cells.       ...

As the cold weather approaches a hot chocolate with marshmallows sounds tasty.   Are there any health benefits from drinking hot chocolate?   Apparently so.   Numerous articles have been written and research done on the health benefits of cocoa and hot chocolate.   So this winter when you are drinking your hot chocolate by the fire, think of these great health benefits:   Cocoa Boosts Brain Power - The November 2013 issue of the Tufts University Nutrition Letter,   notes that drinking hot chocolate can boost brain power among the elderly ( Drinking Cocoa Boosts Cognition and Blood Flow in the Brain ).    A new study has shown that as little as 2 cups of cocoa a day can improve brain function by improving cognitive function and blood flow to the brain.   It seems the flavonoids in cocoa and in dark chocolate help the brain by improving blood vessel function and thus blood flow.   Harvard researchers gave 2 cups of hot chocolate to 60 ...