Health

Some choice carb choices

(HealthDay)—Carbohydrates supply glucose, which your body converts to energy.

Ophthalmology

Eating leafy greens could help prevent macular degeneration

A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Diabetes

Using diet to stave off diabetes

(HealthDay)—Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic, but you can protect yourself with a healthier diet. And the same type of diet can help you manage diabetes if you already have it.

Ophthalmology

Healthy diet, healthy eyes

(HealthDay)—Healthy eating may help preserve your vision as you age, eye experts say.

Health

The dynamic duo: calcium and vitamin D

(HealthDay)—Your need for calcium gets a lot of attention, but your body can't use it without its partner, vitamin D, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Everything you need to know about fresh produce and E. coli

While the recent outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce has been declared over, Canadian public health officials are still working to determine the cause of the contamination.

Health

Beetroot fails to warm up those sensitive to cold

In people at higher risk of feeling the cold, and contrary to what scientists thought, beetroot juice doesn't appear to help re-warm the body after exposure to the cold, according to new research.

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