Nutrition & health advice--aargh!
I probably look at too much health and nutrition advice--what with daily WebMD emails, interesting and sometimes spurious information via Facebook, and television and radio, especially NPR--I am either a serious hypochondriac or perhaps just looney.
The thing we shouldn't eat is now the thing we should and vice versa!
Some recent Headlines:
And alcohol! "The research on alcohol's effect on health suggests both harm and benefits, says Gary Rogg, MD, an internal medicine specialist at Montefiore Medical Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. 'The studies show links to breast cancer [and] links to liver cancer [with alcohol intake],' he says, as well as to other cancers.'If you reduce alcohol intake you can reduce the incidence of head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer. Having said that, there seems to be a benefit with [alcohol] and heart disease.'"
The rest of the article - https://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/faq-alcohol-and-your-health#5 - continues in the same light. Moderate is always best if you drink but some people should not drink at all. I am sticking to one beer a week.
We don't eat a lot of beef or pork. We do eat a lot of fish but now have to worry about mercury levels in fish. Except for grouper (and tilefish that I saw on another list), I don't like most of the higher-mercury-level fish.
We both eat yogurt for breakfast, and I thought I was smart eating Fage's zero-fat, zero-sugar yogurt. Zero and low-fat yogurts, however, are lower in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which has been shown to be an effective supplement for reducing fat mass in animals, whereas results in humans have been inconsistent. Meanwhile, it's Fage Zero for me--it is an acquired taste.
After reading lots of nutrition labels on cereals and grains, I now eat ground flaxseeds with my breakfast blueberries, walnuts, and yogurt. It is also an acquired taste!
I am waiting for the latest research that says flaxseed is bad for you.
We also like our salads. We just have to worry about salmonella, etc.!
I guess I will keep reading and eating!
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