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Cottage cheese is a creamy, soft, white cheese made from pasteurized cow’s milk curds. It has many health benefits—it is relatively low in calories yet packed with protein, B vitamins, and other good-for-you nutrients. Additionally, low-sodium and lactose-free options make cottage cheese suitable for many diets. Here’s everything you need to know about cottage cheese, including its nutrition, benefits, risks, and ways to incorporate it into your diet. Cottage cheese has long been a popular choice among athletes and gym goers, thanks to its cost-effectiveness, ease of use, and high protein content. When paired with strength training, protein has proven…
Gary Netter is a chef with a mission. Now, he’s about to lift the lid on an ambitious new project in Central City that will bring back what was once a neighborhood market and change the prospects for healthy food in its surrounding communities. The old co-op market at Jackson and Simon Bolivar avenues in Central City is now home to Wholistic Culinary Market from chef Gary Netter. (Staff photo by Ian McNulty, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) The Wholistic Culinary Market has quietly been taking shape in a metal building at the corner of Jackson and Simon Bolivar avenues. The…
Temple University Health System has adopted a new way of watching costs that allows it to tap into patients’ electronic medical records and track each drug and supply used in their care — down to the type of screw inserted in an ankle repair. Even the amount of time required to perform an imaging scan can now be tracked as a cost.Such accounting sophistication has the power to bring more financial clarity to an industry notorious for its lack of price transparency. In health care, consumers have not been alone in their struggle to know what treatments and procedures cost.…
WASHINGTON — Sen. J.D. Vance, who was tapped to be former President Trump’s running mate on Monday, has a history of investing in health care companies — and of pursuing health care policies that are sometimes at odds with his party’s base. Vance, as a Yale-educated venture capitalist, has invested in biotech startups developing new therapies, companies that aim to aid in drug discovery, health data companies, and health tech platforms, according to his federal financial disclosures. Vance rose to prominence after his book “Hillbilly Elegy” about his impoverished childhood in Appalachia was published in 2016. He’s found friends in…
New Zealand mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has won an appeal against her exclusion from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after a tribunal found selectors used incorrect medical evidence about her eating disorder to exclude her. Maxwell, 22, was initially denied a place at the Games by Cycling New Zealand’s (CNZ) nominations panel despite earning a quota spot.The panel said the Kiwi had not “discharged the burden of demonstrating that she did not have any mental or physical impairment” from an eating disorder, which she has suffered from since the age of 15. Maxwell appealed the decision and the New…
New Zealand mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has won an appeal against her exclusion from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after a tribunal found selectors used incorrect medical evidence about her eating disorder to exclude her. Maxwell, 22, was initially denied a place at the Games by Cycling New Zealand’s (CNZ) nominations panel despite earning a quota spot.The panel said the Kiwi had not “discharged the burden of demonstrating that she did not have any mental or physical impairment” from an eating disorder, which she has suffered from since the age of 15. Maxwell appealed the decision and the New…
When it comes to your health, research is beginning to show it’s more complicated than calories in vs calories out.Increasingly, scientists are learning that how much ultra-processed food someone eats has a bigger impact on whether they’ll be diagnosed with a disease or die young than previously thought.There is still some debate around what is defined as ‘ultra processed’ – considered the most dangerous – and simply ‘processed,’ but many doctors advise sticking to foods that has fewer than five ingredients.With this in mind, DailyMail.com has analyzed the ingredients lists of nine of the most-loved fast food items from chains…
A rare health condition could be causing some people to eat while they’re sound asleep.Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED) is an abnormal behavior called parasomnia that occurs during sleep.The condition causes a person to eat — and in some cases even prepare food — while asleep, according to experts.GOING TO BED AFTER THIS TIME COULD LEAD TO POORER MENTAL HEALTH, A STANFORD STUDY FINDSKara Becker, a certified eating disorders specialist and national director of eating disorder programs for Newport Healthcare in California, told Fox News Digital that people who experience this sleepy snacking usually have no recollection of it the next…
Do food headlines sometimes leave you saying “Wait! Can that be true?”Whether you see or hear claims on your social feed, in the news or from a podcast, it’s worth understanding how to decide what news to trust — especially when it comes to what you eat.Does the food news:Promise to be a quick fix?Sound too good to be true?Warn of danger from a single product or regimen?List “good” and “bad” foods?State that research is “currently under way”? (That means there is no current published research.)Tell you to cut out an entire food group?You’re right to be skeptical. But what…
No one ever claimed that ultra-processed foods were good for you, but new research finds that regularly consuming foods like hot dogs, sugary sodas, and refined grains may shorten your life. The study, which was presented in June at the Nutrition 2024 conference, followed more than 500,000 people and tracked their eating habits for three decades. The researchers found that people who ate higher amounts of ultra-processed foods were 10% more likely to die from all-cause mortality during the follow-up period of 23 years compared to people who ate minimally processed food. While the study participants who ate more ultra-processed…