What to eat - No magic food causes weight loss and no food is inherently fattening. Eat a variety of foods from meat, legumes, dairy, grains, fruits, vegetables and small amount of fat daily. Vegetables and fruits are a great source of vitamins and minerals. Carbohydrates in fruits, milk, grains and legumes will give you quick energy for the first 2 hours while protein in milk, meat and legumes will keep you satisfied for 4 hours. The fat in meat and milk as well as fat added to foods will keep you satisfied for 6 hours.
Where to eat - Eliminate eating in the car, bus, train, walking, standing or on the phone. Make time to eat meals and snacks by sitting down at a table. Read about the dangers of driving and eating.
When to eat - Eat breakfast and two other meals each day. People who eat breakfast are less likely to snack in the evening. Eat at least every 4 to 6 hours when awake rather than waiting until your stomach starts growling.
How much to eat - Calories count. Choose smaller portion sizes. Forget those super sizes as they are expensive to your waistline.
Shopping & eating out - If you don't buy it or make it, food has a hard time finding its way into your mouth. Shop from a grocery list and after a meal when you are not hungry to limit impulse buying. In restaurants, if you aren't sure how a food is prepared ask. When your food is served, divide off what you are going to eat and take the rest home for the next meal. Just because food is presented to you at a buffet doesn't mean you have to eat or sample everything just because it is included in the price of a meal. Make food and portion sizes before you start eating.
Record your eating - Keep a written record of what you eat or drink, when and where to see what triggers your eating. Do you eat when you are tired, bored or upset?
Weigh in - Weigh yourself daily and record it. It helps keep track of your weight so that when your weight varies by more than 5 pounds you can make small eating and exercise changes before 5 pounds turns into 10 or more.
Pay attention & slow down - Don't get distracted by multitasking while eating. Activities like watching TV or reading takes your focus off how much you are eating and your sense of fullness. Stop when you pause while eating or sense that you are full no matter how much food is left on your plate. Eat slower and drink water with a meal. Food takes 20 minutes for a message to get from your stomach to your brain that you are full so meals should take at least 20 minutes and preferably longer. Chew each mouthful thoroughly. If you eat food that isn't on your plan, don't get down on yourself. Get immediately back on your plan rather than waiting for the next day or New Years to start again.
Get moving - Take a look at your daily schedule and figure out how you can walk, bike or run more. Get 30 - 60 minutes of exercise each day and wear a pedometer to keep track. Aim for 10,000 steps a day.
Drink water - Drink enough water so that your urine is colorless and odorless during the day. People who drink sufficient water are more likely lose weight.
Friday 30 September 2011
Top 25 Up and Coming Nutrition Blogs
2009
DevinGlage.com: Devin distills health, fitness and nutrition information into easy to understand language for people who find diet and exercise overwhelming. He hopes to show you that your personal well-being is an easily attainable goal (March).
Nutrition Evolution: Nutrition evolution is getting an overhaul as this blogger will offer videos, classes, workshops, and beyond in a mission to educate and inspire people to take charge of their health. This blog focuses on the adage that you are what you eat (March).
Cafe Yumm! Founders Mark and Mary Ann Beauchamp have created a welcoming atmosphere and from the basics of rice and beans, developed a menu balancing a combination of elemental foods with a lighthearted sense of fun (May).
Rain Newsroom Blog: Rain Nutrition began business operations in 2009; building and delivering nutritional products dedicated to aiding modern societies that lack ample nutrition to support and sustain long term health (June).
Food Insight Blog: The International Food Information Council Foundation is dedicated to the mission of effectively communicating science-based information on health, food safety and nutrition for the public good (September).
Darin’s Naturals: Darin’s Naturals has successfully sourced over 300 unique, sustainable herbs and superfoods throughout the world. Darin’s Naturals has been formulating and consulting for many private companies and professionals (November).
Appetite for Health: Two busy working women who are registered dietitians (RDs) are just as stressed, work too much, have killer cravings, struggle with emotional eating, and do have to watch what they eat or they’ll pack on pounds — just like everyone else. They try to show that healthy eating is delicious, satisfying and always possible, no matter the circumstances (December).
Around the Plate: This blogger’s dream job (now that she is a registered dietitian) is to write nutrition articles for nationwide publications. Her blog, hopefully, will reach an international audience, as it’s clever, interesting and fun to read (December).
2010
Eat Well Thymes: The founder of Eat Well Meal Plans, Jennifer Cohen Katz R.D., is a registered dietitian with a passion for food and cooking. In her private practice, she teaches individuals make the right food choices to help control their weight and prevent or control nutrition-related diseases and still provide enjoyable culinary experiences with a nutritious diet (January).
Eating Simple: In conjunction with starting her own nutrition consulting business, several people have told this blogger to start a blog. She includes healthy recipes, nutrition advice, and reviews of the latest and greatest diets on the market (January).
Fit to Eat: Chris Rosenboom is a professor emerita of nutrition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. As a nutrition consultant, she works with companies and organizations to promote healthy living in adults — from athletes to baby boomers (January).
The Perfect Pet Food Blog: What list about nutrition would be complete without a pet food blog about healthy pet food, treats and nutrition? This blog fits the bill for dog and cat owners along with other health news (January).
Peace, Love, and Food: Kara Lydon, Registered Dietitian, believes that nutrition is a fundamental piece in achieving health and wellness. The purpose of her blog is to inspire a peace of mind around what you eat and a love for nutritious food. A reflection of her life based around food, nutrition, and wellness, her blog also provides tips along the way on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. (February).
Dietitians Online Blog: This blog was created to acknowledge the dedication and talents of the registered dietitian on the Internet and to provide reliable on-line food and nutrition information to the media, consumer, health professional and educator (March).
Nutrition for the Future: This blog examines topics related to child nutrition and food in schools. Dayle Hayes, Chair of School Nutrition Services DPG, focuses on positive, creative solutions to childhood weight and health concerns in this blog (March).
Radio Nutrition: Donna Psiaki Feldman, MS RD, has been a registered dietitian for more than 30 years, and consults on nutrition information management, food product development and individual counseling for food allergy, eating disorders, weight management, heart health and childhood nutrition (April).
Nutrition Blog Network: The Nutrition Blog Network is a collection of blogs written by registered dietitians. If you want to learn how you can safely lose those last 5 pounds, find healthy recipes for your family, lower your cholesterol, jump start a healthy lifestyle, seek solutions for your picky preschooler or learn what to eat when you’re pregnant, you can find what you’re looking for in their Nutrition Blog Directory (May).
Skinny Eats Cleveland: “Sue The Caring Foodie” is a lover of healthy foods and cooking and a registered dietitian. She loves to explore her home of Cleveland, Ohio, in search of great food and creative ways to prepare it (May).
The Gluten-Free RD: This blogger’s mission is to provide those on a gluten-free diet with the information and resources they need to strike a balance between eating gluten-free and healthfully, while doing it happily. A registered dietitian and experienced food and nutrition communications professional with Celiac Disease writes this blog (May).
Nutrition Warehouse: Nutrition Warehouse provides customers with access to the most sort after quality sports bodybuilding supplements and General Health supplements available at the best price with a professional approach to service and quality (June).
The Best Pickle: A registered dietitian living in Portland, Oregon hopes that by sharing her weekly meal plans, she can inspire others to prepare more home-cooked meals, leading to a resurgence in family dinners, mealtime conversation, and neighborly connections (June).
Foodies Not Fatties: This blog was created to take recipes that are delicious and amazing and tweak them to make them a little bit healthier. In other words, these two registered dietitians have made it a mission to make Paula Deen’s recipes healthier to eat (July).
Nutritiously Happy: Torey Jones is a registered dietitian and nutrition writer and speaker in Chicago who currently works in medical nutrition therapy as a clinical dietitian. She subscribes to a simple and basic approach to nutrition, doesn’t dwell on the nutrient composition of foods, and doesn’t count calories (July).
Little Green Blog: If you’re looking for topics such as environmental issues, eco-conscious, sustainable living, gardening, self sufficiency, real food, frugality, reducing energy usage, reusing, reducing, recycling, recipes, repairs, fair trade, organic, making your own cleaning products and natural healing methods, this is your blog (August).
The Nutrition Twins: Tammy Lakatos Shames and Elysse (“Lyssie”) Lakatos share more than identical features; they share identical success in the competitive field of nutrition and wellness. Tammy and Lyssie have become known for their unique approach to nutrition counseling, corporate lecturing, writing, making media appearances and consulting to multinational food companies (October).
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Obsession: Fresh Foods (Blog: Pinch My Salt)
What set PinchMySalt apart from thousands of other food blogs and recipe sites is the founder's true obsession to cooking fresh, whole foods. From recipe development, to photography, to final editing, Nicole Hamaker does it all. Stationed in a US Navy base in Sicily for three years, Nicole fell in love with cooking meals made with fresh, local ingredients. Be sure to try Nicole's recipes - you'll understand why healthy, wholesome meals can be easy to make.
Obsession: Diet Foods (Blog: I Ate A Pie)
Bombarded by "diet" foods sold in local supermarkets, Tanya Patrice, then Food Science and Nutrition Ph.D. student, started I Ate A Pie in October 2004 to look for truly healthy diet foods. Ranging from Diet Trash to 5 stars ratings, this blog has reviews on just about any diet foods out there.
Obsession: Ethical Foods (Blog: The Ethicurean)
Heard a lot about sustainability, but don't know what it really means? We've found a blog for you. On a quest to look for tasty things that are also sustainable, organic, local, and ethical, Bonnie Powell started the ethicurean movement when she started her blog in May 2006. This blog is very informative - you will learn everything from food policies and safety alerts, to finding local farm markets and even food humor!
Obsession: Helping Patients (Blog: Eat Right, Stay Well)
An outpatient dietitian working at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Christine McKinney's passion in helping her patients is contagious even through the phone line. In fact, her blog postings are all inspired by questions asked by her patients! Most (but not all) of her patients' questions are diabetes-related, so be sure to check out her blog if you are struggling with the same issues.
Obsession: Staying In Touch with Dietetics (Blog: Dietriffic)
A Northern Irish dietitian temporarily relocated in South Australia, blog founder Melanie Thomassian brings north to the south, and west to the east. Unable to find a dietitian job in Australia, Melanie started her blog in March 2007 as a means to keep herself "active" in the profession. If you would like healthy food ideas that are truly global in nature (like Chinese choy sum, whole wheat English muffin, or Swiss muesli), make sure to check out Melanie's blog.
The following blogs concentrate on basic nutrition facts and data. The bloggers include doctors, trainers, advisers, schools, clinics, industry experts and more.
About: Nutrition: Shereen has a master’s degree in human nutrition and she was previously certified as a Certified Nutrition Specialist. She now is a health and nutrition writer and a member of the American Dietetic Association. She also is co-author of Superfoods for Dummies.
Balanced Health and Nutrition: Rebecca Scritchfield balances healthy living with nutrition in a blog that focuses on the latest food, nutrition and exercise information for maintaining health or for reaching a health goal.
Better Living with Whole Foods: Alexander Morentin is well known in Southern California as an expert in fitness and whole foods nutrition. He is a living example of how to turn an unhealthy life into a healthy goal.
Brad Pilon’s Nutrition Help: Brad Pilon is a nutrition professional with over seven years experience in the nutritional supplement industry. He also is the author of Eat Stop Eat.
Dr. Michael R. Eades: Dr. Eades is the author of Protein Power and a health care expert in nutritional science, low carb diets and other health issues.
Fresh Squeezed Living: Learn how a fitness, health and wellness coach advises busy professionals in the arts of healthy living, well-being and vitality.
Integrative Nutrition Blog: The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the largest nutrition school in the world, sponsors this blog. The blog provides a platform for the writers to discuss health, healthy food and empowerment. Look for blog entries by Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Katz.
Nutrition and healthy eating: This blog, provided by the Mayo Clinic, is written by Mayo Clinic nutritionists Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D.
Performance Nutrition Blog: This blog is a collaboration of fitness and nutrition experts located in the New England area. While most of the contributors are affiliated with existing industry businesses, they strive to provide unbiased information for health and fitness.
The Nutrition Data Blog: The information in Nutrition Data’s database comes from the USDA’s National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and is supplemented by listings provided by restaurants and food manufacturers.
Diet Blogs
If you’re seeking a diet blog, you can find hundreds of those type of blogs on the Internet. The following list is a sampling of diet and fitness blogs, communities, single dieters and a pair of men who are trying to lose weight together. This short list provides a taste of what you can find online for yourself.
Daily Diet Blog: This blog covers a lot of territory, including herbal supplements, hypnotherapy, fat reduction and more. They also talk about nutrition and include health and fitness tips.
Diet & Fitness: This blog, sponsored by eDiets, actually is a community for dieters who want to get in shape as well. The audience includes menand women and the information includes recipes, videos and more.
Diet Blog: This blog covers body image, fast food, diet pills and much more in a blog that is easy to read. They also host a forum.
Diet Tired: This blog approaches dieting with advice on how to diet. From their perspective, it takes more than eating better and more exercise to lose weight – they also tackle the feelings that come with the diet-binge cycle.
Diets in Review: This blog reviews various diets, including news about how these diets failed or succeeded.
Do You Have an Extra Large in This? A young woman, who calls herself Marshmallow, is on a journey to lose weight, to get fit and to fall for the occasional ice cream or two.
Get Fit Slowly: J.D. Roth and Mac Smith are close friends, and they’re both fat. This blog chronicles their efforts to get thin and fit.
Healthy Eating and Diet: This blog is sponsored by WebMD, and it offers nutritional information for dieters, fitness facts and food and cooking ideas for a healthy lifestyle.
The Diet Naked Blog: This housewife lost over 60 pounds since she began a low-glycemic diet. The “naked” part of this site translates to transparency, honesty and “no-hiding” philosophy.
The Token Fat Girl: Tipping the scales at 320 pounds, this 25-year-old woman is on a mission to lose weight and to gain a healthy lifestyle. In the process, she shares food (not literally), recipes and her struggles.
Vegetarian and Vegan Blogs
Eggs or no eggs? That’s the question…no matter if you’re a full-fledged vegan or a vegetarian on the edge, the following list includes some of the hottest blogs around:
About: Vegetarian Food: Jolinda has been vegetarian for over 17 years and made the transition to a vegan diet seven years ago. She provides easy recipes, cooking tips, food and product reviews on her blog.
Almost Vegetarian: A writer and a cooking school student learns how to eat without meat – sometimes. But, this blog moves forward as a predominately healthy, vegetarian food with a side order of green, healthy, and organic lifestyle topics.
Eat Air – A Vegan Food Log: Chris and Darlene lead readers into voyages that include vegan restaurants, sites and recipes for stay-at-home health fiends.
Get Sconed! Jess lives in Portland and is a huge fan of farmer’s markets and seasonal produce. She’s the author of StumptownVegans Podcasts and she shares her love of healthy food on her blog.
Nourish Me: This Australian woman is an artist who loves fennel and who wants to grow her own fruits and vegetables. Her greatest achievement? Teaching her step-sons to love bitter greens.
The Blooming Platter: A baker offers a growing collection of recipes for creative appetizers, beverages, snacks, soups, salads, sides and entrees with a tendency toward ethnic fusion dishes, lightened-up comfort foods and updated classics with a twist.
Urban Vegan: Vegan life in the big city. And, this blogger is totally vegan – down to her bath scrub. Her cookbook, The Urban Vegan: 250 Simple, Sumptuous Recipes, From Street Cart Favorites to Haute Cuisine, will hit the bookstores in late 2009.
Vegan Lunch Box: A stay-at-home mom, cookbook author, and blogger shares new and exciting ways to eat your vegetables. She won PETA’s Proggy Award for Blog of the Year 2005; the 2006 VegWebby Award for “Best Family Blog” from VegNews magazine; and the 6th Annual Bloggy Award for Best Food Blog.
Vegan Planet: Robin Robertson has worked with food for 25 years as a chef, vegan cookbook author and a food columnist.
Vegan Yum-Yum: Lolo quit her day job and is busy writing a cookbook. Although not a chef, her artistry and her vegan knowledge both go a long way in this blog – and on a Martha Stewart show as well.
Organic Blogs
You can eat organic and include meat and fish in your diet. The blogs listed below cover organic eating, but they also broach food policies and sustainable living.
American Feast’s Sustainable Food Blog: Enjoy recipes, shop for foods, learn about food policies and catch up on the latest sustainable news at this blog.
ChewsWise: If you want to learn more about organic and sustainable food, read this blog. Samuel Fromartz, a long time journalist, grows food, speaks at industry-sponsored events and provides factual information as well as strong opinion. Enjoy.
Civil Eats: This site focuses on sustainable agriculture and food systems in an effort to build economically and socially just communities. Although this blog may appear way too serious, you also can expect humor and conversational topics as well.
Eat. Drink. Better. Incredible recipes, notes about restaurants, information on what to watch for and what to embrace for a healthy and organic diet. This is a Green Options site.
Home Grown: Farm Aid created this blog as a place to connect to the land and to each other. Start here to learn how to live a simpler, healthier and more “home grown” life with other people who love to eat, grow and cook good food.
Organic To Be: Learn more about everything from how to eat your flowers to the answer about whether sex is better on a farm at this blog. Entertaining, educational and eye-candy pretty, this site can make you yearn for the hills.
Smitten Kitchen: Start simple with a blog that presents food that is not fussy and that does not contain pretentious ingredients. Food is accessible – even organic food – and Smitten Kitchen provides a warm place to learn how to cook and eat.
The Daily Table: This blog is an extension of the Sustainable Table Web site, and the focus is on local harvests, organic growing methods and community building.
The Ethicurean: A freelance writer, a farmer/school lunch activist, an engineer, an activist, a nonprofit research analyst, a former newspaper reporter, a former lawyer, and a librarian all contribute to this blog, which includes something for everyone – except processed food freaks.
The Green Fork: The blog is for those who want to stay on top of food policies, and the rest of the site is for research. The writers believe that ecologically sound, community-based food choices are essential to solving environmental degradation, climate instability, economic inequality and the myriad adverse health effects of industrialized food production.
Raw Food Blogs
The raw food movement is growing, and the blogs listed below show the wide range of professionals and families who have become involved in this food preparation method:
Adventures of Raw Goddess Heathy: Scroll quickly through this blog to get an eyeful of gorgeous food that couldn’t possibly be raw – but it is.
Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Ani’s the host of the award winning most popular uncooking show on YouTube, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Show, and is the author of internationally acclaimed best-seller Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable, Living Food Recipes.
Awesome to be Rawsome: A baby boomer gets healthy and loses weight with raw foods – learn about her adventures at her blog.
Choosing Raw: A book editor who currently works as a raw foods lifestyle coach blogs about her life as a faw foodist in New York City.
Julie’s Raw Ambition: Julie Kalivretenos was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2003, and since then has become an advocate for raw foods. She shares her recipes, travels, restaurant experiences, culinary events, inspirations of any kind, and my amateur photography in this blog.
My Raw Food Blog: This site is about becoming, maintaining, and thinking about being a “rawfoodist.”
Raw Food, Right Now! Helping people go raw since 2006, RFRN is for health conscious people who are passionate about raw food. This site offers information and inspiration to help you easily bring raw foods into your lifestyle in a way that works for you.
Raw Food with Jessica: Savor the photos and snatch the recipes available on this raw food blog.
Rawdorable: Join a 32-year-old wife and mom who enjoys working out, preparing raw foods, spending time with my family and sharing her healthy lifestyle with others.
We Like it Raw: Dhrumil Purohit is a 26 year old blogger and entrepreneur who’s all about raw food and the present moment. He leads the team in this blog and at Give it to me Raw, a community site.
Consumer Sites
There are a number of medical research sites that focus on news with the consumer in mind. These sites can be useful in finding the latest headlines, and getting some analysis.
WebMD: This is the granddaddy of consumer medical research news sites, offering stories about the latest research headlines.
Healthline: Another great consumer site offering medical research news. A great research for summaries of the latest research.
SciCentral: Offers a look at different headlines related to health science and medicine.
Medical News Today: Research headlines and links to the latest studies, as well as information on devices and happenings.
PhysOrg: This science web site includes a look at medical research headlines. Includes a look at medical technology.
ScienceDaily: Medical research headlines for the science of human health.
MedicineWorld.org: Considers different medical research headlines and news.
Medical Device Daily: Looks at the latest research news related to medical devices and technology.
medtechinsider: Updates, headlines and news on the development of medical devices, technology and more.
Dr. Weil: Offers a look at different research headlines. Especially focused on natural and complementary medicine.
Medical Breakthroughs: Provides access to interesting research headlines related to the latest breakthroughs in medicine and health.
Medgadget.com: Research and news related to interesting new medical technology and gadget designed to make our lives healthier.
BioSpace: Includes research news and information especially related to pharma.
eMedicineHealth: Offers a look at research headlines, and study summaries. Includes the latest happenings.
Consumer Health Digest: A look at the research news making headlines. Includes information to help you be a better health consumer.
HealthScout: Offers news, headlines and more involving the latest medical research.
Bio-IT World: Medical research headlines and information. A wide range of research subjects and news from around the biology and technology fields.
Government Sites
Medical research news and information web sites offered by government organizations can be of great help. These sites are often reliable, and offer an official view of medical advancements.
NIH Research Matters: Offers a weekly round up of medical research headlines from the National Institutes of Health.
CDC: If you are looking for headlines, news and research, the Centers for Disease Control site is a great place to go.
Health Canada: The Canadian government offers a site that allows you to find news about medical research and happenings. A great place to start if you are interested in learning more about health.
National Health and Medical Research Council: Australia’s government offers this helpful look at different medical research headlines.
European Commission Research: Consider the research projects of the EU, including medical and health research.
Medical Research Council: This council is funded by the U.K. government, and provides helpful news headlines on the latest research.
ClinicalTrials.gov: A great site that offers information on clinical trials, and medical research.
World Health Organization: Includes medical research news, and other headlines related to the state of health around the world.
Universities, Clinics and Other Organizations
A number of universities and clinics offer good, reliable information about health and medicine. Additionally, there are a number of non-profit and for-profit organizations that offer medical research news. Find research updates and more on these sites.
Mayo Clinic: This respected clinic offers research news and more.
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Research headlines from Johns Hopkins renowned medicine program.
Harvard Health: News headlines and research from Harvard.
Duke Medicine Health News: Includes stories on studies, research and more.
University of Utah School of Medicine: Includes research news and highlights that can provide you with interesting insight.
Stanford School of Medicine: Find out about the latest medical research from Stanford and around the world.
Tufts University School of Medicine: Learn more about what is happening with medical research, as well as other interesting subjects.
Oxford University Medical School: Look at the research going on at Oxford, and around the world.
UCL Medical School: Includes information on research and more.
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine: Offers information on research headlines at Cambridge.
Kaiser Family Foundation: This non-profit organization offers helpful medical research headlines and other health news.
Society for Women’s Health Research: Interesting medical research headlines and studies with a special focus on women’s health.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research: Look at the different medical research headlines posted on this site.
Medical Research Publications
If you are looking for peer reviewed information about medical research and breakthroughs, consider visiting these sites regularly.
PubMed: Access to the latest articles and studies related to medicine.
Medscape: Get full access to medical research journal articles, news headlines and more.
New England Journal of Medicine: Research, studies, commentary and more related to medicine and health.
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is a great place to look when you are interested in the latest medical research news.
Journal Watch: A great site that offers access to the latest medical research news from journals around the world.
British Medical Journal: Articles, news and more related to the world of medical research.
The Lancet: One of the premier medical journals in the world, you can read medical research news, and learn about the latest peer reviewed findings.
Free Medical Journals: Find different medical research news headlines, and articles, from different journals from around the world. Free to read the latest articles.
Annals of Internal Medicine: Learn about the latest medical research news related to internal medicine. Access to a great deal of interesting information.
Pediatrics: As you might imagine, this medical research news site focuses on pediatric medicine.
Canadian Medical Association Journal: A look at medical research, and the latest happenings and breakthroughs.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: Interesting studies, articles and medical research news.
These studies look at how a patient’s faith might actually help in the healing process. It’s more than just going to a place like Lourdes to become healed. How someone feels about a higher power, and how he or she communes with that higher power, might affect the outcome of an illness or surgery.
God’s headquarters: Dr. Michael Persinger has done studies on what happens to the brain when people are in the attitude of prayer and faith, and he links to the ways that personal faith can help the way someone feels, and how they interact with God.
Cancer patients: The Southern Medical Journal featured a study from Andrew Weaver and Kevin Flannerly describing how the spirituality of cancer patients determined quality of life during care. Those with faith had a better quality of life than those with out it.
Quality of life: Another study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, shows that patients with cancer can experience better quality of life when their spiritual needs are supported by a medical team.
Helping patients with faith: “Physicians and Patient Spirituality: Professional Boundaries, Competency, and Ethics,” from the Annals of Internal Medicine, looks at how faith and spirituality can help with coping during times of illness and injury.
Depression and faith: Rush University Medical Center published a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology looking at how faith can actually help protect patients against the symptoms of depression.
Faith to fight depression: At MIT, a psychoanalyst gave a talk about using faith to fight depression.
Intercessory Prayer and Healing
A number of studies have been done that seem to show that intercessory prayer can work to help patients overcome illness. These studies look at what happens when others pray for those who are ailing in some manner.
Prayer helps heart patients: A Duke University study showed that cardiac patients receiving intercessory prayer in addition to stenting appeared to recover better than those who received coronary stenting alone.
Social work and intercessory prayer: At Arizona State University, a review of different studies of intercessory prayer among social workers showed that small positive effects could be produced with the practice.
Scientists and intercessory prayer: Brandeis University offered an analysis of decades of research on intercessory prayer and presented, in the Journal of Religion, a study that shows that studies about the practice say more about scientists than whether prayer “works.”
Intercessory prayer and belief: This interesting study from The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine looked at how the belief in intercessory prayer affected patients, and found that even though patients didn’t know they were being prayed for, those with belief in prayer saw different results than those with less belief.
Intercessory prayer coronary care: Dr. William Harris and his colleagues performed a study in a coronary care unit, and found that those who had been prayed for did better than those who had not been prayed for.
Hernia patients and prayer: A study was done that appeared to show that intercessory prayers helped produce better outcomes in some variable related to hernia operation recovery than taped messages of suggestions of accelerated recovery.
AIDS and intercessory prayer: Dr. Elisabeth Targ, daughter of a physicist who had studied ESP, published a study alleging that HIV/AIDS patients had better outcomes when prayed for.
Faith, Prayer and Long Life
Does following a faith tradition help lengthen your life and improve your health? Some studies seem to show that if you believe with, and attempt to commune with, a higher power, you might enjoy better health and longer life.
Every day life: The University of Toronto conducted a study about how people believe God influences them — and their health and other decisions — in every day life.
Prayer and relationships: There are studies that link long life and good health to good relationships. A recent study from Florida State University suggests that praying for someone else can better those relationships.
Meditation and health: Stress relief and meditation can aid in your health, and suggests a study from George Mason University, published in Psychological Science, it can also enhance some of your mental abilities.
Controlling diabetes with mindfulness: Mindfulness meditation, based on Vipassana Buddhism was shown to help some improve their health, including helping diabetics control their own blood sugar.
Senior health and religious involvement: High levels of religious involvement among the elderly were associated with lower levels of depression and disability.
Blood pressure and prayer: A study at Duke University found that those who pray regularly and attend religious services often have lower blood pressure than those who don’t.
Studies Suggesting No Link Between Faith, Prayer and Healing
While there are studies that suggest a link between belief in a higher power and healing, there are others that seem to show that such connections do not exist. Here are some studies that might cast doubt on the direct connections between faith, prayer, healing and long life.
Cardiac bypass patients and prayer: A study at Harvard found that those who were certain of receiving intercessory prayer during a heart bypass actually had more complications.
Faith healing studies are dangerous: Dr. Bruce Flamm writes about his findings that putting to much…faith…in faith healing studies and their dubious outcomes can harm more than help.
Child fatalities and religious healing: A study published in Pediatrics looked at the instances of child fatality in sects devoted to faith healing, and found those that shunned medical help in favor of prayer and faith only saw higher deaths.
Kings and prayer: Sir Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, conducted a prayer study, concluding that God doesn’t answer intercessory prayers after discovering that kings who are prayed for live shorter lives than well-to-do, but not royal, people.
No scientific basis for intercessory prayer: This study looks at different instances of intercessory prayer, and finds that in controlled trials, the effects of distance intercessory prayer can’t be substantiated.
Prayer doesn’t help heart patients: A study at Duke found no benefit from intercessory prayer on heart patients, seeming to contradict an earlier study they claimed showed a difference.
Learn weight loss nutrition tips and healthy ways to stay fit from these blogs.
1. Nutrition Data–Weight Loss Blog A source of inspiration and current news about nutrition and weight loss. Learn how Nutrition Data’s powerful tools can make it easier and more fun to eat healthy. Get helpful tips, support, and insights to safely lose the weight you need and keep it off.
2. Feminine Fit Blog Written by a body sculpting and weight loss specialist teaches women how to decrease their body fat and increase their metabolism. His specialty is solving problems about weight loss and helping women their desired goals.
3. Dietriffic An empowering blog that helps you get a better understanding of what it takes to live a healthy lifestyle. There information is evidence based which provides readers with reliable advice.
4. Workout BoxDaily fitness and health advice from a professional team of personal trainers and nutrition consultants. Offered are resources on a broad range of topics.
5. Fitness and Nutrition CenterArticles and other information on health and fitness. Subjects include nutrition, strength training, weight management and cardiovascular exercise.
6. Performance Nutrition BlogA compilation from fitness and nutrition experts located in the New England area. They provide unbiased answers to many nutrition and fitness questions posted.
7. Healthy Food Chart for Everyone Learn how to eat more and weight less. There are healthy food tips, and multiple posts regarding weight loss.
8. Body Incredible A selection of useful articles on nutrition. Explanations of your nutritional needs are translated in a practical way aimed at to get you in great shape and improve your body both inside and out.
9. Weight Loss Center Devoted to providing quality facts on the issues of diet, nutrition, exercise and healthy living. Here you will find helpful reviews, tips and much more.
10. StrongLifts.com Build muscle and lose fat through strength training, nutrition, and attitude. You’ll learn on this site what to eat and how to get stronger using weight lifting & body-weight exercises to get the physique you want.
Organic & Raw Foods Nutrition
Organic and Raw foods contain higher nutritional value than commercially grown foods.These blogs will provide you with details, recipes and information to help you start eating organically.
11. The Green Nutrition Blog Find out about the how eating processed food can affect your health. You will receive a plethora of information on nutrition and eating organically.
12. It’s All About Nutrition Get educated by a registered and licensed dietician with a passion for nutrition and organic food. Posts are filled with organic gardening, healthy cooking and baking, and fitness
13. Raw Food, Right Now! A group of health conscious people helping others go raw since 2006. This site offers motivation and advice to help you easily bring raw foods into your lifestyle in a way that works for you.
14. Organic Food Now. Think Green This blog is all about Organic food and nutrition. Hear world news and stories from the Organic food industry.
15. The Go Diet A new blog growing with tips and tricks for making the switch over to organic foods for both yourself and your family. Eat healthier and get the latest recipes and current events.
16. Organic Food Info Receive health benefits and nutrition on organic foods. There are several informative articles on the chemicals used in conventional food processing.
17. Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Ani’s the host of the award winning show on YouTube, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Show. She is also the author of a best-selling book about easy, delectable, raw food recipes.
18. Organic Test Kitchen This blog deals with all things related to organic food and living. They review products and provide recipes while discussing environmental issues and conventional food nutrition.
19. Eat. Drink. Better Incredible recipes, notes about restaurants, and what to watch for when starting a healthy and organic diet.
20. The Hot Potato With a focus on food, nutrition and community, this blog will start you on a nutritious lifestyle with the best organic foods one can possibly eat.
21. Choosing Raw Written by a book editor who currently works as a raw foods and nutritious lifestyle coach. She blogs about her experiences as a raw foodist in New York City.
Blogs Written by Experts
Get professional advice about the nutrition you need from these blogs written by experts with years of experience on the subject.
22. Celebrity Diet Doctor Marc Lawrence is a board certified Physician Nutrition Specialist who specializes in weight loss and anti-aging nutrition. He has based his discussions on the successful habits and behaviors of individuals who have lost over 65 lbs.
23. CalorieLab Blog A blog written by several doctors and nutritionists. They offer the most current health news on weight loss, diet, nutrition, fitness, and food.
24. Nutrition with Amy Amy Boltz, RD is a Registered Dietitian, a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist and a Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise. She currently runs a wellness and nutrition program at the Rothman Institute.
25. Ryan Zielonka Shares his knowledge of training and nutrition after defeated a life-long struggle with obesity five years ago. He has since spent countless hours researching, analyzing, and applying all he knows to physique and nutrition.
26. Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield, RD A place to discuss the latest food, nutrition and exercise information. Learn strategies for maintaining health and to explore political and societal issues that stand in the way of getting the nutrition your body needs.
27. Diana Dyer, MS, RD A multiple-time cancer survivor who focuses on nutrition information for cancer patients. She shares her scope of thoughts about life as a cancer survivor, food and nutrition, recipes, our environment and the need for developing food systems that promote health not disease.
28. Mark’s Daily Apple After Mark Sisson was injured in the Olympic trials; he has been dedicated to investigating new research into health, nutrition and fitness. He believes in a set of simple instructions explaining how to control your genes and get the healthiest, strongest, leanest body possible.
29. Marie Spano, MS, RD, FISSN, CSCS Marie is a nutrition communications expert specializing in sports nutrition. She translates Nutrition and Science into real life explanations we can all understand.
30. The Nutrition Blog by Shereen Jegtvig After seeing how eating healthy unhealthy foods impacted her patients’ well-being every day, this blogger decided to give advice and tips to people with her practice as a nutritionist and as a chiropractic physician for 16 years.
31. Nutrition and healthy eating Brought to you by Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D. They provide a specialty program at the Mayo Clinic’s Food & Nutrition Center, bringing you healthy recipes and meal planning.
32. Dr. Johnny Bowden Jonny Bowden, PhD, C.N.S. is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition and health. He is a contributing editor for both Clean Eating magazine and Total Health Magazine.
Family
Following these blogs will help you promote healthy foods and motivate the entire family to work as a team to establish good nutrition at home.
33. Nourishing Thoughts A healthy family nutrition blog with useful information on family and children’s nutrition. Get tips and receive the knowledge to make healthy choices for a lifetime.
34. Kids Nutrition Blog A place for fellow moms to get ideas and tips on making healthy changes for the family without breaking the bank. Share news and advice on the ever changing world of health and nutrition.
35. Nutritional Health News Nutritional and Health News covering children, nutrition, diet. Articles are filled with topics like fats in your food, nutritional facts, dietary supplements, and weight loss.
36. Littlestomaks Written by Mom and Dad PhD engineers. Get the skinny on the science of nutrition and practical information on the internet.
37. Food Politics Receive daily post on current events in food and nutrition politics and policy, mainly those related to agriculture, food, nutrition, and health. The author is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University.
38. Free Nutrition Guides and Articles Guides on nutrition, health, and disease prevention through correct nutrition, vitamins and minerals. There are also comments on protein, water, carbohydrates, lipids, malnutrition, and eating disorders.
39. Diet Blog This blog will help you get your family healthy. There is an emphasis on children and the prevention of obesity in today’s society.
40. Baby Nutrition Care Read these essential nutrition tips for pregnant women, babies and toddlers. The goal is to help pregnant women get a better comprehension of the importance of nutrition for them and their children.
41. Kelly the Kitchen Kop Kelly will help you find the best deals on the best foods for you and your family, and as well as teach you what to watch for on ingredient labels. Learn about healthier options and find out what to look for on ingredient labels and how to save time in the kitchen.
Nutritious Lifestyles
These blogs features an array of health topics, nutrition for the mind and body, and help for maintaining an overall healthy and well-balanced lifestyle.
42. Basil & Spice Through interviews, guest blogs, and reviews you are provided with specific health and nutrition information covering all aspects of your daily life. By directly linking authors and their views with the public, you will know a little more about the author and their thoughts on nutrition today.
43. Nutrition Fitness Life Take the stress away by focusing on improving overall health and not just getting skinny. Read individuals’ personal health, fitness, and nutrition battles and triumphs for encouragement.
44. Integrative Nutrition Blog Brought to you by The Institute for Integrative nutrition. Get curious about your food and lifestyle choices. The better you feed yourself, the better you feel and the bigger impact you will have on the world.
45. The Food Medic Learn about specific foods that can help with a number of illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
46. Nutrition Wonderland Provides an in-depth analysis of major issue in the world of nutrition. They cover the latest developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine and also explanations of some of the myths heard over the years.
47. The Ethicurean A quest to look for tasty things that are also nutritious, local, and ethical. You will learn everything from food policies and safety alerts, to finding local farm markets in your area.
48. Nutrition A to Z Nutrition A to Z is a blog that gives you the facts on understand your body better. Know about the modern illnesses such as heart attacks and hypertension and how you can use nutrition to prevent it.
49. Healthstar24.com These articles provide links to how to stop drinking alcohol, reduce stress, reduce fat intake. There are also posts on nutrition and proper quantities of exercise.
50. Nutrition Tips For You Designed to provide high quality information about nutrition, dietary supplements, diet plans and other related topics. Find the best nutrition plan to help you achieve your goal
51. Metabolic Plan This blog main focus is the necessity in today’s world to become knowledgeable about nutrition. Disease illness and obesity are just some of the topics included.
52. Nutrition Unplugged This registered dietitian and mom takes the confusion out of nutrition. She does think that taste and health can happily co-exist.
53. Health, Nutrition, and our Kitchen personal blog about her kitchen, nutrition and health issues. Share with her and her family her struggle to lose weight and maintaining a healthy body.
54. Healthy Perspective Feel your best, work productively, and enjoy life with some help from this blog. Posts are updated frequently with useful content.
Food, Cooking, and Recipes
Eating is one of life’s greatest pleasures. These blogs provide nutritious recipes, tips on the best foods to eat, and the best ways to prepare them.
55. Healthy Eating & Diet A new blog brought to you by WebMD. This is a must read for those of you that have been trying to cook and eat more nutritious foods.
56. Healthy Cooking Tips Blog Professional chef Tim Johnson gives information about good food choices and serving sizes. His recipes are filled with nutritious foods with an abundance of taste.
57. Nutrition & Healthy Cooking A cooking and fitness related blog focusing on nutrition. There are ideas on diet plans, healthy meal ideas, cooking videos, and a lot more.
58. Fat Head Blog You’ll come away with more practical knowledge than a whole college course in regular nutrition from this blog. You will be served plenty of stunning facts about nutrition with a dose of laughter on the side.
59. Power to the Bauer A food lover cooks and bakes in her cramped studio apartment with a commitment to local and nutritious ingredients. Shares her adventures with beautiful photographs, encompassing writing, and recipes.
60. Edible Nutrition This blogger provides you with five years of nutrition expertise. She keeps you up to date with the most up-to-date nutrition approach to health and culinary options.
61. Healthy Eats All about the latest tips, nutrition news, low-calorie recipes and easy ideas for adding fresher, more wholesome foods to your life. A dedicated team of culinary and nutrition professionals give you the smartest and healthiest of choices.
62. Cheap Healthy Good A blog promoting the advancement of frugal, nutritious, ethically-minded food in our everyday lives. All recipes on this site relate to this subject matter.
63. The Nutrition Help Blog If you have questions t regarding common nutrition wisdom such as eating multiple meals than this is a must read blog for you. Get definitions of words like “metabolism” and find out the meaning of the word health.
64. Nutrition Facts, Information and Deficiency Diseases This is a blog about nutrition information, facts and deficiency diseases. There is detailed nutrition information on various fruits like Apples, Mangos and Bananas.
65. The Healthy Food Review find out how to eat healthy and nutritious foods deliciously as possible. Check out regular healthy food reviews and thought on healthy eating and lifestyle issues
Vitamins & Supplements
There are thousands of vitamins and supplements available out there and at times it can be a bit overwhelming. Learn about which ones offer the best health benefits with these blogs.
66. Nutrition Information Learn how to live a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition. This blog focuses on optimal body performance with Fish oil and Omega 3.
67. Best Vitamin Supplement’s blog This blog gives you specifics on supplements either taken alone or combined with other vitamins in a multi-vitamin product. Read about how to regulate your body functions and achieve health.
68. Nutrition Plan for Better Health Care Provides information about ways of getting some extra nutrition to complement your body needs. These supplements can even help with stress related issues such as migraines and even high blood pressure.
69. Vitamins and Supplements A resource for the best data on vitamins and supplements. A great way to find out which vitamins are suited for your body’s needs.
70. Pharmacy Technician Certification A resource for the health community. Their blog covers everything from nutrition, to pharmaceuticals, to general health.
71. The Protein Review Free articles and reviews on protein supplements and products. Maximize your training success with straight forward nutritional information.
72. Nutritional Supplement Truths There are several myths and misunderstandings out there about nutritional supplements. Post your questions and receive open and honest answers.
73. Vegetarian Vitamins Without meat in your diet, your body will probably be nutrient-deficient in some areas. Learn about vegetarian foods that contain iron, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B12, zinc and protein.
74. Health Supplements 1.com It is said that vitamins and supplements can help prevent diseases. This blog serves as a guide to healthy supplement choices.
75. Vitamins for Wellness Information about the various vitamins, what they are used for, their benefits, food sources, dosage and toxicity.
76. Best Vitamin Blog Get sound advice on the best vitamins and supplements for your body. This blog offers reviews and helpful tips to help you find the supplement you need.
Gluten Free
Depending on the foods selected, a gluten free diet can meet the required Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s) of the Institute of Medicine. These blogs will let you know about foods you can supplement to receive the nutrition you need.
77. Sure Foods Living With pages of information and a weblog with current medical news, this blogger raises awareness about celiac disease and food sensitivities.
78. Gluten Free By Nature This blog focuses on a seasonal approach to gluten–free living. Chronicle this mom’s culinary journey to help her daughter eat nutritious gluten free food.
79. Karina’s Kitchen After learning she had celiac disease, Karina launched this gluten free recipe blog. Get creative recipes and cooking tips from this experienced gluten free chef.
80. Gluten Free Blog Achieve satisfaction in your gluten free diet. This blog includes Celiac Disease news plus gluten free recipes, foods, products and services.
81. Switch 2 Gluten Free Mike is a struggling gluten-holic! He shows very little signs of having celiac, so has had a hard time motivating himself to stay away from his favorite foods: pizza, Chinese, buffalo chicken tenders, pasta, and Bud Light.
82. Gluten Free Vegan Get tasty, liberating, gluten freedom with these vegan recipes and experiments with cooking.
83 Gluten Free Goodness It is possible to eat delicious food without gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, or corn. These whole Food kitchen experiments will make a believer out of you.
84. Gluten Free Baking with Tiffany Find nutritional analysis of gluten-free flours and baking tips to help you design a healthy gluten-free diet.
85. Simply Gluten Free I used to love gluten but it did not like me back so we broke up. Now I celebrate the abundance and simplicity of gluten free living.
86. G is for Gluten Enjoy the gluten free lifestyle by exploring recipes, different foods and helping other gluten-free people enjoy the lifestyle too. There are some helpful tips also to eat on a budget.
87. Gluten Free: The Celiac Site Designed for people with Celiac Disease for enrichment of the community. Find restaurants, resources, and products that can make it easier.
88. The GFCF Experience A forum for parents, doctors, and educators to write about their experiences with a gluten free diet. This blog was started by a father of a child with autism.
Antioxidants & Anti Aging
There is a great focus on looking young and healthy in today’s society. Reading these blogs on anti-aging and antioxidants can help you learn about increasing longevity, reducing aging and overall good health.
89. Natural Superfoods for Optimal Nutrition & Other Natural Health Solutions Read about foods that can nourish and rejuvenate your body naturally. There is interesting and detailed information on natural foods, serving suggestions and recipes.
90. Jus Antioxidant This site is focused on examining the many health and nutritional benefits of “Jus”, a new antioxidant dietary supplement. Listen to what health experts are saying about its help in counteracting the negative effects of aging.
91. Vibrant Glow Reports on the latest news in natural health and beauty, offers tips for better nutrition, fitness & wellness. This blog gives people the opportunity to live a healthier life.
92. Antioxidant Zone Find balanced in your life when a healthy body is joined with a healthy mind and spirit.
The main point is to focus on antioxidants, health food and an occasional reminder of the whole person.
93. Ladd McNamara, M.D. Updates and discussion regarding antioxidants and the correlation to reduced risk of chronic disease and improved longevity.
94. Ulterior Health Find unseen ways to manage aging with diet, supplements, exercise and avoiding unhealthy foods. Learn about Glutathione and its importance to human health.
95. Antioxidants Explained Read about new studies on antioxidants and how they affect hearing abilities of animals. Scientist are saying that antioxidants may guard animals from hearing loss due to heavy noise exposure which may also be relevant to humans.
96. Acai Berry Garden.com The bloggers research and write about the benefits of the Acai berry. It has been proven to reduce some of the effects of aging and improve longevity.
97. Real Age Food Bites: Food Bites offers a look at foods that will help you make your body look & feel younger. The posts on this log are informative and updated frequently.
98. Antioxidant Benefits Learn everything there is to know about all the beneficial effects of antioxidants. There are numerous articles from experts and medical professionals.
99. Diets and Anti Aging This blog is about weight loss plans and how to keep your body looking youthful. Learn about food combinations to help on the inside and out.
100. Anti Aging Nutrition News: Check out this blog to find out how you can make nutrition work with you as you age. Helpful hints about water intake and food guidelines will help you to feel your best.
Choosing which foods to eat on a regular basis can affect our health either negatively or positively. With these blogs, we all have the opportunity to improve the lives of ourselves and our loved ones by engaging in foods rich in nutrition.
NutritionUnplugged.com
When I want to know what’s trendy in nutrition, this is where I head. Fried chicken is the new pork belly? Registered dietitian Janet Helm is often the first to report on new brand offerings, top chefs, and the restaurant world.
MealMakeoverMoms.com
This website is run by registered dietitians Liz Weiss and Janice Newell Bissex. They provide practical solutions for busy parents on how to improve everyday meals. You’ll find simple substitutions and ideas for can-do recipes that the entire family will love. These ladies also do a weekly podcast full of recipes, mealtime tips, and good humor.
WeeklyBite.com
Registered dietitian Estela Schnelle’s site is based on this motto: “Eat when you’re hungry…and eat REAL food.” If we all could do this, we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic and we’d live longer, healthier lives. Look out for her tasty recipes—she helps “veganize” chocolate chip cookies—and sound nutritional advice.
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MohrResults.com
Written by Chris Mohr, PhD, and Kara Mohr, PhD, this site provides a lot of useful nutrition and fitness information, and it also covers controversial topics. As parents of a baby daughter, Chris and Kara provide advice that most busy parents and professionals can relate to. Look at this nugget of wisdom: “New Year’s resolutions are merely excuses for what you don’t want to start today.” You’ll love their matter-of-fact tone and helpful tips.
DietDetective.com
Charles Stuart Platkin, PhD, provides a tough-love approach that shows how many calories we mindlessly eat and how much exercise it would take to burn them off. Did you know you’d have to shop for more than three hours to burn off a Starbuck’s Venti Peppermint Mocha? You’ll also find meal plans, menus, and step-by-step guides for long-lasting weight loss.
DevinGlage.com: Devin distills health, fitness and nutrition information into easy to understand language for people who find diet and exercise overwhelming. He hopes to show you that your personal well-being is an easily attainable goal (March).
Nutrition Evolution: Nutrition evolution is getting an overhaul as this blogger will offer videos, classes, workshops, and beyond in a mission to educate and inspire people to take charge of their health. This blog focuses on the adage that you are what you eat (March).
Cafe Yumm! Founders Mark and Mary Ann Beauchamp have created a welcoming atmosphere and from the basics of rice and beans, developed a menu balancing a combination of elemental foods with a lighthearted sense of fun (May).
Rain Newsroom Blog: Rain Nutrition began business operations in 2009; building and delivering nutritional products dedicated to aiding modern societies that lack ample nutrition to support and sustain long term health (June).
Food Insight Blog: The International Food Information Council Foundation is dedicated to the mission of effectively communicating science-based information on health, food safety and nutrition for the public good (September).
Darin’s Naturals: Darin’s Naturals has successfully sourced over 300 unique, sustainable herbs and superfoods throughout the world. Darin’s Naturals has been formulating and consulting for many private companies and professionals (November).
Appetite for Health: Two busy working women who are registered dietitians (RDs) are just as stressed, work too much, have killer cravings, struggle with emotional eating, and do have to watch what they eat or they’ll pack on pounds — just like everyone else. They try to show that healthy eating is delicious, satisfying and always possible, no matter the circumstances (December).
Around the Plate: This blogger’s dream job (now that she is a registered dietitian) is to write nutrition articles for nationwide publications. Her blog, hopefully, will reach an international audience, as it’s clever, interesting and fun to read (December).
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Eat Well Thymes: The founder of Eat Well Meal Plans, Jennifer Cohen Katz R.D., is a registered dietitian with a passion for food and cooking. In her private practice, she teaches individuals make the right food choices to help control their weight and prevent or control nutrition-related diseases and still provide enjoyable culinary experiences with a nutritious diet (January).
Eating Simple: In conjunction with starting her own nutrition consulting business, several people have told this blogger to start a blog. She includes healthy recipes, nutrition advice, and reviews of the latest and greatest diets on the market (January).
Fit to Eat: Chris Rosenboom is a professor emerita of nutrition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. As a nutrition consultant, she works with companies and organizations to promote healthy living in adults — from athletes to baby boomers (January).
The Perfect Pet Food Blog: What list about nutrition would be complete without a pet food blog about healthy pet food, treats and nutrition? This blog fits the bill for dog and cat owners along with other health news (January).
Peace, Love, and Food: Kara Lydon, Registered Dietitian, believes that nutrition is a fundamental piece in achieving health and wellness. The purpose of her blog is to inspire a peace of mind around what you eat and a love for nutritious food. A reflection of her life based around food, nutrition, and wellness, her blog also provides tips along the way on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. (February).
Dietitians Online Blog: This blog was created to acknowledge the dedication and talents of the registered dietitian on the Internet and to provide reliable on-line food and nutrition information to the media, consumer, health professional and educator (March).
Nutrition for the Future: This blog examines topics related to child nutrition and food in schools. Dayle Hayes, Chair of School Nutrition Services DPG, focuses on positive, creative solutions to childhood weight and health concerns in this blog (March).
Radio Nutrition: Donna Psiaki Feldman, MS RD, has been a registered dietitian for more than 30 years, and consults on nutrition information management, food product development and individual counseling for food allergy, eating disorders, weight management, heart health and childhood nutrition (April).
Nutrition Blog Network: The Nutrition Blog Network is a collection of blogs written by registered dietitians. If you want to learn how you can safely lose those last 5 pounds, find healthy recipes for your family, lower your cholesterol, jump start a healthy lifestyle, seek solutions for your picky preschooler or learn what to eat when you’re pregnant, you can find what you’re looking for in their Nutrition Blog Directory (May).
Skinny Eats Cleveland: “Sue The Caring Foodie” is a lover of healthy foods and cooking and a registered dietitian. She loves to explore her home of Cleveland, Ohio, in search of great food and creative ways to prepare it (May).
The Gluten-Free RD: This blogger’s mission is to provide those on a gluten-free diet with the information and resources they need to strike a balance between eating gluten-free and healthfully, while doing it happily. A registered dietitian and experienced food and nutrition communications professional with Celiac Disease writes this blog (May).
Nutrition Warehouse: Nutrition Warehouse provides customers with access to the most sort after quality sports bodybuilding supplements and General Health supplements available at the best price with a professional approach to service and quality (June).
The Best Pickle: A registered dietitian living in Portland, Oregon hopes that by sharing her weekly meal plans, she can inspire others to prepare more home-cooked meals, leading to a resurgence in family dinners, mealtime conversation, and neighborly connections (June).
Foodies Not Fatties: This blog was created to take recipes that are delicious and amazing and tweak them to make them a little bit healthier. In other words, these two registered dietitians have made it a mission to make Paula Deen’s recipes healthier to eat (July).
Nutritiously Happy: Torey Jones is a registered dietitian and nutrition writer and speaker in Chicago who currently works in medical nutrition therapy as a clinical dietitian. She subscribes to a simple and basic approach to nutrition, doesn’t dwell on the nutrient composition of foods, and doesn’t count calories (July).
Little Green Blog: If you’re looking for topics such as environmental issues, eco-conscious, sustainable living, gardening, self sufficiency, real food, frugality, reducing energy usage, reusing, reducing, recycling, recipes, repairs, fair trade, organic, making your own cleaning products and natural healing methods, this is your blog (August).
The Nutrition Twins: Tammy Lakatos Shames and Elysse (“Lyssie”) Lakatos share more than identical features; they share identical success in the competitive field of nutrition and wellness. Tammy and Lyssie have become known for their unique approach to nutrition counseling, corporate lecturing, writing, making media appearances and consulting to multinational food companies (October).
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Top Herbivore Herbivoracious
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Obsession: Fresh Foods (Blog: Pinch My Salt)
What set PinchMySalt apart from thousands of other food blogs and recipe sites is the founder's true obsession to cooking fresh, whole foods. From recipe development, to photography, to final editing, Nicole Hamaker does it all. Stationed in a US Navy base in Sicily for three years, Nicole fell in love with cooking meals made with fresh, local ingredients. Be sure to try Nicole's recipes - you'll understand why healthy, wholesome meals can be easy to make.
Obsession: Diet Foods (Blog: I Ate A Pie)
Bombarded by "diet" foods sold in local supermarkets, Tanya Patrice, then Food Science and Nutrition Ph.D. student, started I Ate A Pie in October 2004 to look for truly healthy diet foods. Ranging from Diet Trash to 5 stars ratings, this blog has reviews on just about any diet foods out there.
Obsession: Ethical Foods (Blog: The Ethicurean)
Heard a lot about sustainability, but don't know what it really means? We've found a blog for you. On a quest to look for tasty things that are also sustainable, organic, local, and ethical, Bonnie Powell started the ethicurean movement when she started her blog in May 2006. This blog is very informative - you will learn everything from food policies and safety alerts, to finding local farm markets and even food humor!
Obsession: Helping Patients (Blog: Eat Right, Stay Well)
An outpatient dietitian working at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Christine McKinney's passion in helping her patients is contagious even through the phone line. In fact, her blog postings are all inspired by questions asked by her patients! Most (but not all) of her patients' questions are diabetes-related, so be sure to check out her blog if you are struggling with the same issues.
Obsession: Staying In Touch with Dietetics (Blog: Dietriffic)
A Northern Irish dietitian temporarily relocated in South Australia, blog founder Melanie Thomassian brings north to the south, and west to the east. Unable to find a dietitian job in Australia, Melanie started her blog in March 2007 as a means to keep herself "active" in the profession. If you would like healthy food ideas that are truly global in nature (like Chinese choy sum, whole wheat English muffin, or Swiss muesli), make sure to check out Melanie's blog.
The following blogs concentrate on basic nutrition facts and data. The bloggers include doctors, trainers, advisers, schools, clinics, industry experts and more.
About: Nutrition: Shereen has a master’s degree in human nutrition and she was previously certified as a Certified Nutrition Specialist. She now is a health and nutrition writer and a member of the American Dietetic Association. She also is co-author of Superfoods for Dummies.
Balanced Health and Nutrition: Rebecca Scritchfield balances healthy living with nutrition in a blog that focuses on the latest food, nutrition and exercise information for maintaining health or for reaching a health goal.
Better Living with Whole Foods: Alexander Morentin is well known in Southern California as an expert in fitness and whole foods nutrition. He is a living example of how to turn an unhealthy life into a healthy goal.
Brad Pilon’s Nutrition Help: Brad Pilon is a nutrition professional with over seven years experience in the nutritional supplement industry. He also is the author of Eat Stop Eat.
Dr. Michael R. Eades: Dr. Eades is the author of Protein Power and a health care expert in nutritional science, low carb diets and other health issues.
Fresh Squeezed Living: Learn how a fitness, health and wellness coach advises busy professionals in the arts of healthy living, well-being and vitality.
Integrative Nutrition Blog: The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the largest nutrition school in the world, sponsors this blog. The blog provides a platform for the writers to discuss health, healthy food and empowerment. Look for blog entries by Deepak Chopra and Dr. David Katz.
Nutrition and healthy eating: This blog, provided by the Mayo Clinic, is written by Mayo Clinic nutritionists Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D.
Performance Nutrition Blog: This blog is a collaboration of fitness and nutrition experts located in the New England area. While most of the contributors are affiliated with existing industry businesses, they strive to provide unbiased information for health and fitness.
The Nutrition Data Blog: The information in Nutrition Data’s database comes from the USDA’s National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference and is supplemented by listings provided by restaurants and food manufacturers.
Diet Blogs
If you’re seeking a diet blog, you can find hundreds of those type of blogs on the Internet. The following list is a sampling of diet and fitness blogs, communities, single dieters and a pair of men who are trying to lose weight together. This short list provides a taste of what you can find online for yourself.
Daily Diet Blog: This blog covers a lot of territory, including herbal supplements, hypnotherapy, fat reduction and more. They also talk about nutrition and include health and fitness tips.
Diet & Fitness: This blog, sponsored by eDiets, actually is a community for dieters who want to get in shape as well. The audience includes menand women and the information includes recipes, videos and more.
Diet Blog: This blog covers body image, fast food, diet pills and much more in a blog that is easy to read. They also host a forum.
Diet Tired: This blog approaches dieting with advice on how to diet. From their perspective, it takes more than eating better and more exercise to lose weight – they also tackle the feelings that come with the diet-binge cycle.
Diets in Review: This blog reviews various diets, including news about how these diets failed or succeeded.
Do You Have an Extra Large in This? A young woman, who calls herself Marshmallow, is on a journey to lose weight, to get fit and to fall for the occasional ice cream or two.
Get Fit Slowly: J.D. Roth and Mac Smith are close friends, and they’re both fat. This blog chronicles their efforts to get thin and fit.
Healthy Eating and Diet: This blog is sponsored by WebMD, and it offers nutritional information for dieters, fitness facts and food and cooking ideas for a healthy lifestyle.
The Diet Naked Blog: This housewife lost over 60 pounds since she began a low-glycemic diet. The “naked” part of this site translates to transparency, honesty and “no-hiding” philosophy.
The Token Fat Girl: Tipping the scales at 320 pounds, this 25-year-old woman is on a mission to lose weight and to gain a healthy lifestyle. In the process, she shares food (not literally), recipes and her struggles.
Vegetarian and Vegan Blogs
Eggs or no eggs? That’s the question…no matter if you’re a full-fledged vegan or a vegetarian on the edge, the following list includes some of the hottest blogs around:
About: Vegetarian Food: Jolinda has been vegetarian for over 17 years and made the transition to a vegan diet seven years ago. She provides easy recipes, cooking tips, food and product reviews on her blog.
Almost Vegetarian: A writer and a cooking school student learns how to eat without meat – sometimes. But, this blog moves forward as a predominately healthy, vegetarian food with a side order of green, healthy, and organic lifestyle topics.
Eat Air – A Vegan Food Log: Chris and Darlene lead readers into voyages that include vegan restaurants, sites and recipes for stay-at-home health fiends.
Get Sconed! Jess lives in Portland and is a huge fan of farmer’s markets and seasonal produce. She’s the author of StumptownVegans Podcasts and she shares her love of healthy food on her blog.
Nourish Me: This Australian woman is an artist who loves fennel and who wants to grow her own fruits and vegetables. Her greatest achievement? Teaching her step-sons to love bitter greens.
The Blooming Platter: A baker offers a growing collection of recipes for creative appetizers, beverages, snacks, soups, salads, sides and entrees with a tendency toward ethnic fusion dishes, lightened-up comfort foods and updated classics with a twist.
Urban Vegan: Vegan life in the big city. And, this blogger is totally vegan – down to her bath scrub. Her cookbook, The Urban Vegan: 250 Simple, Sumptuous Recipes, From Street Cart Favorites to Haute Cuisine, will hit the bookstores in late 2009.
Vegan Lunch Box: A stay-at-home mom, cookbook author, and blogger shares new and exciting ways to eat your vegetables. She won PETA’s Proggy Award for Blog of the Year 2005; the 2006 VegWebby Award for “Best Family Blog” from VegNews magazine; and the 6th Annual Bloggy Award for Best Food Blog.
Vegan Planet: Robin Robertson has worked with food for 25 years as a chef, vegan cookbook author and a food columnist.
Vegan Yum-Yum: Lolo quit her day job and is busy writing a cookbook. Although not a chef, her artistry and her vegan knowledge both go a long way in this blog – and on a Martha Stewart show as well.
Organic Blogs
You can eat organic and include meat and fish in your diet. The blogs listed below cover organic eating, but they also broach food policies and sustainable living.
American Feast’s Sustainable Food Blog: Enjoy recipes, shop for foods, learn about food policies and catch up on the latest sustainable news at this blog.
ChewsWise: If you want to learn more about organic and sustainable food, read this blog. Samuel Fromartz, a long time journalist, grows food, speaks at industry-sponsored events and provides factual information as well as strong opinion. Enjoy.
Civil Eats: This site focuses on sustainable agriculture and food systems in an effort to build economically and socially just communities. Although this blog may appear way too serious, you also can expect humor and conversational topics as well.
Eat. Drink. Better. Incredible recipes, notes about restaurants, information on what to watch for and what to embrace for a healthy and organic diet. This is a Green Options site.
Home Grown: Farm Aid created this blog as a place to connect to the land and to each other. Start here to learn how to live a simpler, healthier and more “home grown” life with other people who love to eat, grow and cook good food.
Organic To Be: Learn more about everything from how to eat your flowers to the answer about whether sex is better on a farm at this blog. Entertaining, educational and eye-candy pretty, this site can make you yearn for the hills.
Smitten Kitchen: Start simple with a blog that presents food that is not fussy and that does not contain pretentious ingredients. Food is accessible – even organic food – and Smitten Kitchen provides a warm place to learn how to cook and eat.
The Daily Table: This blog is an extension of the Sustainable Table Web site, and the focus is on local harvests, organic growing methods and community building.
The Ethicurean: A freelance writer, a farmer/school lunch activist, an engineer, an activist, a nonprofit research analyst, a former newspaper reporter, a former lawyer, and a librarian all contribute to this blog, which includes something for everyone – except processed food freaks.
The Green Fork: The blog is for those who want to stay on top of food policies, and the rest of the site is for research. The writers believe that ecologically sound, community-based food choices are essential to solving environmental degradation, climate instability, economic inequality and the myriad adverse health effects of industrialized food production.
Raw Food Blogs
The raw food movement is growing, and the blogs listed below show the wide range of professionals and families who have become involved in this food preparation method:
Adventures of Raw Goddess Heathy: Scroll quickly through this blog to get an eyeful of gorgeous food that couldn’t possibly be raw – but it is.
Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Ani’s the host of the award winning most popular uncooking show on YouTube, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Show, and is the author of internationally acclaimed best-seller Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable, Living Food Recipes.
Awesome to be Rawsome: A baby boomer gets healthy and loses weight with raw foods – learn about her adventures at her blog.
Choosing Raw: A book editor who currently works as a raw foods lifestyle coach blogs about her life as a faw foodist in New York City.
Julie’s Raw Ambition: Julie Kalivretenos was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2003, and since then has become an advocate for raw foods. She shares her recipes, travels, restaurant experiences, culinary events, inspirations of any kind, and my amateur photography in this blog.
My Raw Food Blog: This site is about becoming, maintaining, and thinking about being a “rawfoodist.”
Raw Food, Right Now! Helping people go raw since 2006, RFRN is for health conscious people who are passionate about raw food. This site offers information and inspiration to help you easily bring raw foods into your lifestyle in a way that works for you.
Raw Food with Jessica: Savor the photos and snatch the recipes available on this raw food blog.
Rawdorable: Join a 32-year-old wife and mom who enjoys working out, preparing raw foods, spending time with my family and sharing her healthy lifestyle with others.
We Like it Raw: Dhrumil Purohit is a 26 year old blogger and entrepreneur who’s all about raw food and the present moment. He leads the team in this blog and at Give it to me Raw, a community site.
Consumer Sites
There are a number of medical research sites that focus on news with the consumer in mind. These sites can be useful in finding the latest headlines, and getting some analysis.
WebMD: This is the granddaddy of consumer medical research news sites, offering stories about the latest research headlines.
Healthline: Another great consumer site offering medical research news. A great research for summaries of the latest research.
SciCentral: Offers a look at different headlines related to health science and medicine.
Medical News Today: Research headlines and links to the latest studies, as well as information on devices and happenings.
PhysOrg: This science web site includes a look at medical research headlines. Includes a look at medical technology.
ScienceDaily: Medical research headlines for the science of human health.
MedicineWorld.org: Considers different medical research headlines and news.
Medical Device Daily: Looks at the latest research news related to medical devices and technology.
medtechinsider: Updates, headlines and news on the development of medical devices, technology and more.
Dr. Weil: Offers a look at different research headlines. Especially focused on natural and complementary medicine.
Medical Breakthroughs: Provides access to interesting research headlines related to the latest breakthroughs in medicine and health.
Medgadget.com: Research and news related to interesting new medical technology and gadget designed to make our lives healthier.
BioSpace: Includes research news and information especially related to pharma.
eMedicineHealth: Offers a look at research headlines, and study summaries. Includes the latest happenings.
Consumer Health Digest: A look at the research news making headlines. Includes information to help you be a better health consumer.
HealthScout: Offers news, headlines and more involving the latest medical research.
Bio-IT World: Medical research headlines and information. A wide range of research subjects and news from around the biology and technology fields.
Government Sites
Medical research news and information web sites offered by government organizations can be of great help. These sites are often reliable, and offer an official view of medical advancements.
NIH Research Matters: Offers a weekly round up of medical research headlines from the National Institutes of Health.
CDC: If you are looking for headlines, news and research, the Centers for Disease Control site is a great place to go.
Health Canada: The Canadian government offers a site that allows you to find news about medical research and happenings. A great place to start if you are interested in learning more about health.
National Health and Medical Research Council: Australia’s government offers this helpful look at different medical research headlines.
European Commission Research: Consider the research projects of the EU, including medical and health research.
Medical Research Council: This council is funded by the U.K. government, and provides helpful news headlines on the latest research.
ClinicalTrials.gov: A great site that offers information on clinical trials, and medical research.
World Health Organization: Includes medical research news, and other headlines related to the state of health around the world.
Universities, Clinics and Other Organizations
A number of universities and clinics offer good, reliable information about health and medicine. Additionally, there are a number of non-profit and for-profit organizations that offer medical research news. Find research updates and more on these sites.
Mayo Clinic: This respected clinic offers research news and more.
Johns Hopkins Medicine: Research headlines from Johns Hopkins renowned medicine program.
Harvard Health: News headlines and research from Harvard.
Duke Medicine Health News: Includes stories on studies, research and more.
University of Utah School of Medicine: Includes research news and highlights that can provide you with interesting insight.
Stanford School of Medicine: Find out about the latest medical research from Stanford and around the world.
Tufts University School of Medicine: Learn more about what is happening with medical research, as well as other interesting subjects.
Oxford University Medical School: Look at the research going on at Oxford, and around the world.
UCL Medical School: Includes information on research and more.
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine: Offers information on research headlines at Cambridge.
Kaiser Family Foundation: This non-profit organization offers helpful medical research headlines and other health news.
Society for Women’s Health Research: Interesting medical research headlines and studies with a special focus on women’s health.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research: Look at the different medical research headlines posted on this site.
Medical Research Publications
If you are looking for peer reviewed information about medical research and breakthroughs, consider visiting these sites regularly.
PubMed: Access to the latest articles and studies related to medicine.
Medscape: Get full access to medical research journal articles, news headlines and more.
New England Journal of Medicine: Research, studies, commentary and more related to medicine and health.
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is a great place to look when you are interested in the latest medical research news.
Journal Watch: A great site that offers access to the latest medical research news from journals around the world.
British Medical Journal: Articles, news and more related to the world of medical research.
The Lancet: One of the premier medical journals in the world, you can read medical research news, and learn about the latest peer reviewed findings.
Free Medical Journals: Find different medical research news headlines, and articles, from different journals from around the world. Free to read the latest articles.
Annals of Internal Medicine: Learn about the latest medical research news related to internal medicine. Access to a great deal of interesting information.
Pediatrics: As you might imagine, this medical research news site focuses on pediatric medicine.
Canadian Medical Association Journal: A look at medical research, and the latest happenings and breakthroughs.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: Interesting studies, articles and medical research news.
These studies look at how a patient’s faith might actually help in the healing process. It’s more than just going to a place like Lourdes to become healed. How someone feels about a higher power, and how he or she communes with that higher power, might affect the outcome of an illness or surgery.
God’s headquarters: Dr. Michael Persinger has done studies on what happens to the brain when people are in the attitude of prayer and faith, and he links to the ways that personal faith can help the way someone feels, and how they interact with God.
Cancer patients: The Southern Medical Journal featured a study from Andrew Weaver and Kevin Flannerly describing how the spirituality of cancer patients determined quality of life during care. Those with faith had a better quality of life than those with out it.
Quality of life: Another study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, shows that patients with cancer can experience better quality of life when their spiritual needs are supported by a medical team.
Helping patients with faith: “Physicians and Patient Spirituality: Professional Boundaries, Competency, and Ethics,” from the Annals of Internal Medicine, looks at how faith and spirituality can help with coping during times of illness and injury.
Depression and faith: Rush University Medical Center published a study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology looking at how faith can actually help protect patients against the symptoms of depression.
Faith to fight depression: At MIT, a psychoanalyst gave a talk about using faith to fight depression.
Intercessory Prayer and Healing
A number of studies have been done that seem to show that intercessory prayer can work to help patients overcome illness. These studies look at what happens when others pray for those who are ailing in some manner.
Prayer helps heart patients: A Duke University study showed that cardiac patients receiving intercessory prayer in addition to stenting appeared to recover better than those who received coronary stenting alone.
Social work and intercessory prayer: At Arizona State University, a review of different studies of intercessory prayer among social workers showed that small positive effects could be produced with the practice.
Scientists and intercessory prayer: Brandeis University offered an analysis of decades of research on intercessory prayer and presented, in the Journal of Religion, a study that shows that studies about the practice say more about scientists than whether prayer “works.”
Intercessory prayer and belief: This interesting study from The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine looked at how the belief in intercessory prayer affected patients, and found that even though patients didn’t know they were being prayed for, those with belief in prayer saw different results than those with less belief.
Intercessory prayer coronary care: Dr. William Harris and his colleagues performed a study in a coronary care unit, and found that those who had been prayed for did better than those who had not been prayed for.
Hernia patients and prayer: A study was done that appeared to show that intercessory prayers helped produce better outcomes in some variable related to hernia operation recovery than taped messages of suggestions of accelerated recovery.
AIDS and intercessory prayer: Dr. Elisabeth Targ, daughter of a physicist who had studied ESP, published a study alleging that HIV/AIDS patients had better outcomes when prayed for.
Faith, Prayer and Long Life
Does following a faith tradition help lengthen your life and improve your health? Some studies seem to show that if you believe with, and attempt to commune with, a higher power, you might enjoy better health and longer life.
Every day life: The University of Toronto conducted a study about how people believe God influences them — and their health and other decisions — in every day life.
Prayer and relationships: There are studies that link long life and good health to good relationships. A recent study from Florida State University suggests that praying for someone else can better those relationships.
Meditation and health: Stress relief and meditation can aid in your health, and suggests a study from George Mason University, published in Psychological Science, it can also enhance some of your mental abilities.
Controlling diabetes with mindfulness: Mindfulness meditation, based on Vipassana Buddhism was shown to help some improve their health, including helping diabetics control their own blood sugar.
Senior health and religious involvement: High levels of religious involvement among the elderly were associated with lower levels of depression and disability.
Blood pressure and prayer: A study at Duke University found that those who pray regularly and attend religious services often have lower blood pressure than those who don’t.
Studies Suggesting No Link Between Faith, Prayer and Healing
While there are studies that suggest a link between belief in a higher power and healing, there are others that seem to show that such connections do not exist. Here are some studies that might cast doubt on the direct connections between faith, prayer, healing and long life.
Cardiac bypass patients and prayer: A study at Harvard found that those who were certain of receiving intercessory prayer during a heart bypass actually had more complications.
Faith healing studies are dangerous: Dr. Bruce Flamm writes about his findings that putting to much…faith…in faith healing studies and their dubious outcomes can harm more than help.
Child fatalities and religious healing: A study published in Pediatrics looked at the instances of child fatality in sects devoted to faith healing, and found those that shunned medical help in favor of prayer and faith only saw higher deaths.
Kings and prayer: Sir Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, conducted a prayer study, concluding that God doesn’t answer intercessory prayers after discovering that kings who are prayed for live shorter lives than well-to-do, but not royal, people.
No scientific basis for intercessory prayer: This study looks at different instances of intercessory prayer, and finds that in controlled trials, the effects of distance intercessory prayer can’t be substantiated.
Prayer doesn’t help heart patients: A study at Duke found no benefit from intercessory prayer on heart patients, seeming to contradict an earlier study they claimed showed a difference.
Learn weight loss nutrition tips and healthy ways to stay fit from these blogs.
1. Nutrition Data–Weight Loss Blog A source of inspiration and current news about nutrition and weight loss. Learn how Nutrition Data’s powerful tools can make it easier and more fun to eat healthy. Get helpful tips, support, and insights to safely lose the weight you need and keep it off.
2. Feminine Fit Blog Written by a body sculpting and weight loss specialist teaches women how to decrease their body fat and increase their metabolism. His specialty is solving problems about weight loss and helping women their desired goals.
3. Dietriffic An empowering blog that helps you get a better understanding of what it takes to live a healthy lifestyle. There information is evidence based which provides readers with reliable advice.
4. Workout BoxDaily fitness and health advice from a professional team of personal trainers and nutrition consultants. Offered are resources on a broad range of topics.
5. Fitness and Nutrition CenterArticles and other information on health and fitness. Subjects include nutrition, strength training, weight management and cardiovascular exercise.
6. Performance Nutrition BlogA compilation from fitness and nutrition experts located in the New England area. They provide unbiased answers to many nutrition and fitness questions posted.
7. Healthy Food Chart for Everyone Learn how to eat more and weight less. There are healthy food tips, and multiple posts regarding weight loss.
8. Body Incredible A selection of useful articles on nutrition. Explanations of your nutritional needs are translated in a practical way aimed at to get you in great shape and improve your body both inside and out.
9. Weight Loss Center Devoted to providing quality facts on the issues of diet, nutrition, exercise and healthy living. Here you will find helpful reviews, tips and much more.
10. StrongLifts.com Build muscle and lose fat through strength training, nutrition, and attitude. You’ll learn on this site what to eat and how to get stronger using weight lifting & body-weight exercises to get the physique you want.
Organic & Raw Foods Nutrition
Organic and Raw foods contain higher nutritional value than commercially grown foods.These blogs will provide you with details, recipes and information to help you start eating organically.
11. The Green Nutrition Blog Find out about the how eating processed food can affect your health. You will receive a plethora of information on nutrition and eating organically.
12. It’s All About Nutrition Get educated by a registered and licensed dietician with a passion for nutrition and organic food. Posts are filled with organic gardening, healthy cooking and baking, and fitness
13. Raw Food, Right Now! A group of health conscious people helping others go raw since 2006. This site offers motivation and advice to help you easily bring raw foods into your lifestyle in a way that works for you.
14. Organic Food Now. Think Green This blog is all about Organic food and nutrition. Hear world news and stories from the Organic food industry.
15. The Go Diet A new blog growing with tips and tricks for making the switch over to organic foods for both yourself and your family. Eat healthier and get the latest recipes and current events.
16. Organic Food Info Receive health benefits and nutrition on organic foods. There are several informative articles on the chemicals used in conventional food processing.
17. Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Ani’s the host of the award winning show on YouTube, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen Show. She is also the author of a best-selling book about easy, delectable, raw food recipes.
18. Organic Test Kitchen This blog deals with all things related to organic food and living. They review products and provide recipes while discussing environmental issues and conventional food nutrition.
19. Eat. Drink. Better Incredible recipes, notes about restaurants, and what to watch for when starting a healthy and organic diet.
20. The Hot Potato With a focus on food, nutrition and community, this blog will start you on a nutritious lifestyle with the best organic foods one can possibly eat.
21. Choosing Raw Written by a book editor who currently works as a raw foods and nutritious lifestyle coach. She blogs about her experiences as a raw foodist in New York City.
Blogs Written by Experts
Get professional advice about the nutrition you need from these blogs written by experts with years of experience on the subject.
22. Celebrity Diet Doctor Marc Lawrence is a board certified Physician Nutrition Specialist who specializes in weight loss and anti-aging nutrition. He has based his discussions on the successful habits and behaviors of individuals who have lost over 65 lbs.
23. CalorieLab Blog A blog written by several doctors and nutritionists. They offer the most current health news on weight loss, diet, nutrition, fitness, and food.
24. Nutrition with Amy Amy Boltz, RD is a Registered Dietitian, a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist and a Certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise. She currently runs a wellness and nutrition program at the Rothman Institute.
25. Ryan Zielonka Shares his knowledge of training and nutrition after defeated a life-long struggle with obesity five years ago. He has since spent countless hours researching, analyzing, and applying all he knows to physique and nutrition.
26. Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield, RD A place to discuss the latest food, nutrition and exercise information. Learn strategies for maintaining health and to explore political and societal issues that stand in the way of getting the nutrition your body needs.
27. Diana Dyer, MS, RD A multiple-time cancer survivor who focuses on nutrition information for cancer patients. She shares her scope of thoughts about life as a cancer survivor, food and nutrition, recipes, our environment and the need for developing food systems that promote health not disease.
28. Mark’s Daily Apple After Mark Sisson was injured in the Olympic trials; he has been dedicated to investigating new research into health, nutrition and fitness. He believes in a set of simple instructions explaining how to control your genes and get the healthiest, strongest, leanest body possible.
29. Marie Spano, MS, RD, FISSN, CSCS Marie is a nutrition communications expert specializing in sports nutrition. She translates Nutrition and Science into real life explanations we can all understand.
30. The Nutrition Blog by Shereen Jegtvig After seeing how eating healthy unhealthy foods impacted her patients’ well-being every day, this blogger decided to give advice and tips to people with her practice as a nutritionist and as a chiropractic physician for 16 years.
31. Nutrition and healthy eating Brought to you by Jennifer Nelson, M.S., R.D. and Katherine Zeratsky, R.D. They provide a specialty program at the Mayo Clinic’s Food & Nutrition Center, bringing you healthy recipes and meal planning.
32. Dr. Johnny Bowden Jonny Bowden, PhD, C.N.S. is a nationally known expert on weight loss, nutrition and health. He is a contributing editor for both Clean Eating magazine and Total Health Magazine.
Family
Following these blogs will help you promote healthy foods and motivate the entire family to work as a team to establish good nutrition at home.
33. Nourishing Thoughts A healthy family nutrition blog with useful information on family and children’s nutrition. Get tips and receive the knowledge to make healthy choices for a lifetime.
34. Kids Nutrition Blog A place for fellow moms to get ideas and tips on making healthy changes for the family without breaking the bank. Share news and advice on the ever changing world of health and nutrition.
35. Nutritional Health News Nutritional and Health News covering children, nutrition, diet. Articles are filled with topics like fats in your food, nutritional facts, dietary supplements, and weight loss.
36. Littlestomaks Written by Mom and Dad PhD engineers. Get the skinny on the science of nutrition and practical information on the internet.
37. Food Politics Receive daily post on current events in food and nutrition politics and policy, mainly those related to agriculture, food, nutrition, and health. The author is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University.
38. Free Nutrition Guides and Articles Guides on nutrition, health, and disease prevention through correct nutrition, vitamins and minerals. There are also comments on protein, water, carbohydrates, lipids, malnutrition, and eating disorders.
39. Diet Blog This blog will help you get your family healthy. There is an emphasis on children and the prevention of obesity in today’s society.
40. Baby Nutrition Care Read these essential nutrition tips for pregnant women, babies and toddlers. The goal is to help pregnant women get a better comprehension of the importance of nutrition for them and their children.
41. Kelly the Kitchen Kop Kelly will help you find the best deals on the best foods for you and your family, and as well as teach you what to watch for on ingredient labels. Learn about healthier options and find out what to look for on ingredient labels and how to save time in the kitchen.
Nutritious Lifestyles
These blogs features an array of health topics, nutrition for the mind and body, and help for maintaining an overall healthy and well-balanced lifestyle.
42. Basil & Spice Through interviews, guest blogs, and reviews you are provided with specific health and nutrition information covering all aspects of your daily life. By directly linking authors and their views with the public, you will know a little more about the author and their thoughts on nutrition today.
43. Nutrition Fitness Life Take the stress away by focusing on improving overall health and not just getting skinny. Read individuals’ personal health, fitness, and nutrition battles and triumphs for encouragement.
44. Integrative Nutrition Blog Brought to you by The Institute for Integrative nutrition. Get curious about your food and lifestyle choices. The better you feed yourself, the better you feel and the bigger impact you will have on the world.
45. The Food Medic Learn about specific foods that can help with a number of illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
46. Nutrition Wonderland Provides an in-depth analysis of major issue in the world of nutrition. They cover the latest developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine and also explanations of some of the myths heard over the years.
47. The Ethicurean A quest to look for tasty things that are also nutritious, local, and ethical. You will learn everything from food policies and safety alerts, to finding local farm markets in your area.
48. Nutrition A to Z Nutrition A to Z is a blog that gives you the facts on understand your body better. Know about the modern illnesses such as heart attacks and hypertension and how you can use nutrition to prevent it.
49. Healthstar24.com These articles provide links to how to stop drinking alcohol, reduce stress, reduce fat intake. There are also posts on nutrition and proper quantities of exercise.
50. Nutrition Tips For You Designed to provide high quality information about nutrition, dietary supplements, diet plans and other related topics. Find the best nutrition plan to help you achieve your goal
51. Metabolic Plan This blog main focus is the necessity in today’s world to become knowledgeable about nutrition. Disease illness and obesity are just some of the topics included.
52. Nutrition Unplugged This registered dietitian and mom takes the confusion out of nutrition. She does think that taste and health can happily co-exist.
53. Health, Nutrition, and our Kitchen personal blog about her kitchen, nutrition and health issues. Share with her and her family her struggle to lose weight and maintaining a healthy body.
54. Healthy Perspective Feel your best, work productively, and enjoy life with some help from this blog. Posts are updated frequently with useful content.
Food, Cooking, and Recipes
Eating is one of life’s greatest pleasures. These blogs provide nutritious recipes, tips on the best foods to eat, and the best ways to prepare them.
55. Healthy Eating & Diet A new blog brought to you by WebMD. This is a must read for those of you that have been trying to cook and eat more nutritious foods.
56. Healthy Cooking Tips Blog Professional chef Tim Johnson gives information about good food choices and serving sizes. His recipes are filled with nutritious foods with an abundance of taste.
57. Nutrition & Healthy Cooking A cooking and fitness related blog focusing on nutrition. There are ideas on diet plans, healthy meal ideas, cooking videos, and a lot more.
58. Fat Head Blog You’ll come away with more practical knowledge than a whole college course in regular nutrition from this blog. You will be served plenty of stunning facts about nutrition with a dose of laughter on the side.
59. Power to the Bauer A food lover cooks and bakes in her cramped studio apartment with a commitment to local and nutritious ingredients. Shares her adventures with beautiful photographs, encompassing writing, and recipes.
60. Edible Nutrition This blogger provides you with five years of nutrition expertise. She keeps you up to date with the most up-to-date nutrition approach to health and culinary options.
61. Healthy Eats All about the latest tips, nutrition news, low-calorie recipes and easy ideas for adding fresher, more wholesome foods to your life. A dedicated team of culinary and nutrition professionals give you the smartest and healthiest of choices.
62. Cheap Healthy Good A blog promoting the advancement of frugal, nutritious, ethically-minded food in our everyday lives. All recipes on this site relate to this subject matter.
63. The Nutrition Help Blog If you have questions t regarding common nutrition wisdom such as eating multiple meals than this is a must read blog for you. Get definitions of words like “metabolism” and find out the meaning of the word health.
64. Nutrition Facts, Information and Deficiency Diseases This is a blog about nutrition information, facts and deficiency diseases. There is detailed nutrition information on various fruits like Apples, Mangos and Bananas.
65. The Healthy Food Review find out how to eat healthy and nutritious foods deliciously as possible. Check out regular healthy food reviews and thought on healthy eating and lifestyle issues
Vitamins & Supplements
There are thousands of vitamins and supplements available out there and at times it can be a bit overwhelming. Learn about which ones offer the best health benefits with these blogs.
66. Nutrition Information Learn how to live a healthy lifestyle with proper nutrition. This blog focuses on optimal body performance with Fish oil and Omega 3.
67. Best Vitamin Supplement’s blog This blog gives you specifics on supplements either taken alone or combined with other vitamins in a multi-vitamin product. Read about how to regulate your body functions and achieve health.
68. Nutrition Plan for Better Health Care Provides information about ways of getting some extra nutrition to complement your body needs. These supplements can even help with stress related issues such as migraines and even high blood pressure.
69. Vitamins and Supplements A resource for the best data on vitamins and supplements. A great way to find out which vitamins are suited for your body’s needs.
70. Pharmacy Technician Certification A resource for the health community. Their blog covers everything from nutrition, to pharmaceuticals, to general health.
71. The Protein Review Free articles and reviews on protein supplements and products. Maximize your training success with straight forward nutritional information.
72. Nutritional Supplement Truths There are several myths and misunderstandings out there about nutritional supplements. Post your questions and receive open and honest answers.
73. Vegetarian Vitamins Without meat in your diet, your body will probably be nutrient-deficient in some areas. Learn about vegetarian foods that contain iron, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B12, zinc and protein.
74. Health Supplements 1.com It is said that vitamins and supplements can help prevent diseases. This blog serves as a guide to healthy supplement choices.
75. Vitamins for Wellness Information about the various vitamins, what they are used for, their benefits, food sources, dosage and toxicity.
76. Best Vitamin Blog Get sound advice on the best vitamins and supplements for your body. This blog offers reviews and helpful tips to help you find the supplement you need.
Gluten Free
Depending on the foods selected, a gluten free diet can meet the required Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s) of the Institute of Medicine. These blogs will let you know about foods you can supplement to receive the nutrition you need.
77. Sure Foods Living With pages of information and a weblog with current medical news, this blogger raises awareness about celiac disease and food sensitivities.
78. Gluten Free By Nature This blog focuses on a seasonal approach to gluten–free living. Chronicle this mom’s culinary journey to help her daughter eat nutritious gluten free food.
79. Karina’s Kitchen After learning she had celiac disease, Karina launched this gluten free recipe blog. Get creative recipes and cooking tips from this experienced gluten free chef.
80. Gluten Free Blog Achieve satisfaction in your gluten free diet. This blog includes Celiac Disease news plus gluten free recipes, foods, products and services.
81. Switch 2 Gluten Free Mike is a struggling gluten-holic! He shows very little signs of having celiac, so has had a hard time motivating himself to stay away from his favorite foods: pizza, Chinese, buffalo chicken tenders, pasta, and Bud Light.
82. Gluten Free Vegan Get tasty, liberating, gluten freedom with these vegan recipes and experiments with cooking.
83 Gluten Free Goodness It is possible to eat delicious food without gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, or corn. These whole Food kitchen experiments will make a believer out of you.
84. Gluten Free Baking with Tiffany Find nutritional analysis of gluten-free flours and baking tips to help you design a healthy gluten-free diet.
85. Simply Gluten Free I used to love gluten but it did not like me back so we broke up. Now I celebrate the abundance and simplicity of gluten free living.
86. G is for Gluten Enjoy the gluten free lifestyle by exploring recipes, different foods and helping other gluten-free people enjoy the lifestyle too. There are some helpful tips also to eat on a budget.
87. Gluten Free: The Celiac Site Designed for people with Celiac Disease for enrichment of the community. Find restaurants, resources, and products that can make it easier.
88. The GFCF Experience A forum for parents, doctors, and educators to write about their experiences with a gluten free diet. This blog was started by a father of a child with autism.
Antioxidants & Anti Aging
There is a great focus on looking young and healthy in today’s society. Reading these blogs on anti-aging and antioxidants can help you learn about increasing longevity, reducing aging and overall good health.
89. Natural Superfoods for Optimal Nutrition & Other Natural Health Solutions Read about foods that can nourish and rejuvenate your body naturally. There is interesting and detailed information on natural foods, serving suggestions and recipes.
90. Jus Antioxidant This site is focused on examining the many health and nutritional benefits of “Jus”, a new antioxidant dietary supplement. Listen to what health experts are saying about its help in counteracting the negative effects of aging.
91. Vibrant Glow Reports on the latest news in natural health and beauty, offers tips for better nutrition, fitness & wellness. This blog gives people the opportunity to live a healthier life.
92. Antioxidant Zone Find balanced in your life when a healthy body is joined with a healthy mind and spirit.
The main point is to focus on antioxidants, health food and an occasional reminder of the whole person.
93. Ladd McNamara, M.D. Updates and discussion regarding antioxidants and the correlation to reduced risk of chronic disease and improved longevity.
94. Ulterior Health Find unseen ways to manage aging with diet, supplements, exercise and avoiding unhealthy foods. Learn about Glutathione and its importance to human health.
95. Antioxidants Explained Read about new studies on antioxidants and how they affect hearing abilities of animals. Scientist are saying that antioxidants may guard animals from hearing loss due to heavy noise exposure which may also be relevant to humans.
96. Acai Berry Garden.com The bloggers research and write about the benefits of the Acai berry. It has been proven to reduce some of the effects of aging and improve longevity.
97. Real Age Food Bites: Food Bites offers a look at foods that will help you make your body look & feel younger. The posts on this log are informative and updated frequently.
98. Antioxidant Benefits Learn everything there is to know about all the beneficial effects of antioxidants. There are numerous articles from experts and medical professionals.
99. Diets and Anti Aging This blog is about weight loss plans and how to keep your body looking youthful. Learn about food combinations to help on the inside and out.
100. Anti Aging Nutrition News: Check out this blog to find out how you can make nutrition work with you as you age. Helpful hints about water intake and food guidelines will help you to feel your best.
Choosing which foods to eat on a regular basis can affect our health either negatively or positively. With these blogs, we all have the opportunity to improve the lives of ourselves and our loved ones by engaging in foods rich in nutrition.
NutritionUnplugged.com
When I want to know what’s trendy in nutrition, this is where I head. Fried chicken is the new pork belly? Registered dietitian Janet Helm is often the first to report on new brand offerings, top chefs, and the restaurant world.
MealMakeoverMoms.com
This website is run by registered dietitians Liz Weiss and Janice Newell Bissex. They provide practical solutions for busy parents on how to improve everyday meals. You’ll find simple substitutions and ideas for can-do recipes that the entire family will love. These ladies also do a weekly podcast full of recipes, mealtime tips, and good humor.
WeeklyBite.com
Registered dietitian Estela Schnelle’s site is based on this motto: “Eat when you’re hungry…and eat REAL food.” If we all could do this, we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic and we’d live longer, healthier lives. Look out for her tasty recipes—she helps “veganize” chocolate chip cookies—and sound nutritional advice.
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MohrResults.com
Written by Chris Mohr, PhD, and Kara Mohr, PhD, this site provides a lot of useful nutrition and fitness information, and it also covers controversial topics. As parents of a baby daughter, Chris and Kara provide advice that most busy parents and professionals can relate to. Look at this nugget of wisdom: “New Year’s resolutions are merely excuses for what you don’t want to start today.” You’ll love their matter-of-fact tone and helpful tips.
DietDetective.com
Charles Stuart Platkin, PhD, provides a tough-love approach that shows how many calories we mindlessly eat and how much exercise it would take to burn them off. Did you know you’d have to shop for more than three hours to burn off a Starbuck’s Venti Peppermint Mocha? You’ll also find meal plans, menus, and step-by-step guides for long-lasting weight loss.
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