How Diet Affect Your Health
By Shereen Jegtvig, About.com Guide
Diet and Your Heart
Heart problems, along with other cardiovascular conditions, can be affected by the foods you eat. Learn how the right choices can help protect your heart.
- Dark Chocolate and Heart Health
- Top Foods For Your Heart
- What Are The Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
- Best Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Plant or Animal Sources?
- Is Sea Salt Better Than Regular Table Salt?
Foods and Other Health Conditions
Eating a healthy diet may help to prevent some health conditions from occurring. If you are already ill, making dietary changes may improve how you feel. Learn about how the foods you eat can impact various health conditions and disorders.
- Foods and Eye Health
- Foods That May Prevent Cancer
- Eat Right To Prevent Colds and Flu
- Foods and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- What Is Night Eating Syndrome?
- What Is a Gluten-Free Diet?
- Anti-inflammatory Foods
- Favorite Healing Foods
Nutrition and Children
Good nutrition is important for normal childhood growth and development and following a balanced diet (including a good breakfast) may help kids do better in school. Here are some articles to help you feed your kids a good diet, whether they happily eat their vegetables or not.
- Why Kids Won't Try New Foods
- Hating Vegetables May Be Genetic
- Should Children Take Vitamins?
- Back To School Nutrition
- Sack Lunch Tips
- Healthy After-School Snacks For Teens
- Introduce Your Child To Cooking
- Is Soy Safe For Children?
- Can Hotdogs Cause Brain Tumors?
Diet and Aging
As the body ages, nutritional needs change and sometimes eating good foods isn't as easy as it once was. Elderly people who are alone may not eat as well as they should and maybe it's more difficult to chew or swallow. Following a healthy diet is an important part of aging gracefully, so here's some help.
