Healthy diets such as the Mediterranean diet are associated with lower rates of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline and a new clinical trail puts polyphenol-rich foods to the test

aging, fruits and vegetables, preventionAyala Laufer-CahanaMay 25, 2022aging, Alzheimer's disease, brain, brain atrophy, dementia, fruit, green tea, healthy aging, herbs, plant based, polyphenols, spices, vegetable, wellnessComment

The secret to college healthy eating

Learning how to cook is a valuable life skill that enables kids to eat healthier and is a great tool to help them eat their veggies. Don’t leave home without it!

diet, fruits and vegetables, parentingAyala Laufer-CahanaJuly 22, 2021calories, college, cooking, diet, fruit, life skills, obesity, plant based, salad, soup, stir fry, vegetableComment

Can you lower your blood pressure with food?

To maintain healthy blood pressure what you do eat (plant foods) is as important as what you limit in your diet (alcohol, salt, highly processed food). Food, however, is only one modifiable variable that affects your blood pressure. Exercise, and maintaining a healthy weight are also important, as is controlling stress.

diet, exercise, fruits and vegetablesAyala Laufer-CahanaNovember 6, 2020apples, berries, blood pressure, calories, cocoa, Covid-19, DASH diet, herb, Hypertension, Mediterranean diet, obesity, plant based, salt, spice, stroke, tea, weight lossComment

Can you flatten your belly without losing weight?

Abdominal obesity is serious risk factor and certain food choices and lifestyle changes affect where fat is deposited

exercise, weight lossAyala Laufer-CahanaJuly 9, 2020Belly fat, obesity, plant based, calories, fruit, vegetables, soda, sugar, sugary drinks, fructose, flat bellyComment

Upgrade Your Wellbeing This New Year

It’s a new year, a good time to improve upon old habits, but most resolutions are hard to keep, because resolve is in short supply. Instead, I suggest picking a goal that will enhance your life and elevate your sense of wellbeing almost straightaway.

5 upgrades for 2020 that will make you feel great

plant based diets, trends, weight lossAyala Laufer-CahanaJanuary 15, 2020Time restricted eating, Intermittent Fasting, nature, weight loss, calories, obesity, wellness, sugary drinks, climate change, yoga, down dog, plant based, new year resolution, 2020 Comment

Who says healthy isn't delicious?

"So good it’s addicting,” now why isn't healthy food promoted this way? Appealing to people with information about health has limited success, especially when messages about those other, less healthy foods appeal viscerally.

weight loss, fruits and vegetables, food psychologyAyala Laufer-CahanaFebruary 23, 2017delight, epicurian, fruit, vegetable, parenting, plant based, sugar, fat Comment

Dos and don’ts for the millennial that wants to be thin and healthy

Millennials are the first cohort to be born into an obesogenic world, they are fatter than their parents at the same age, and are projected to gain 35 pounds in the first 15 years after they finish high school.