Tag: healthy foods

What to eat and what to avoid

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People with jaundice can consume foods and drinks that help improve digestion and metabolism, protect the liver from further damage, and improve liver health. Jaundice is a buildup of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment released during the breakdown of red blood cells. Too much of this pigment causes the skin, eyes, and gums to turn yellow. The liver typically filters bilirubin out of the blood, so jaundice indicates the liver is not working correctly. This article discusses what people with jaundice can eat, drink, or avoid to help protect the liver. A person’s diet plays a…Continue Reading

Participants in Abbott’s Food as Medicine Program Showed Clinically Significant Improvements in Managing Diabetes

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Study by Public Health Institute shows people with diabetes were able to lower A1C levels, better self-manage diabetes, and improve overall diet and food security at 12 months Abbott’s Healthy Food Rx program provides home-delivered healthy food boxes to help address diabetes; part of broader collaboration to address social barriers and expand access to health in Stockton, Calif. ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A study of Abbott’s (NYSE: ABT) Healthy Food Rx, a food as medicine program that provides home-delivered medical prescriptions of healthy food to help address diabetes, showed clinically important benefits for…Continue Reading

Healthy food, people and planet – UKRI

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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) adds £14 million funding into research that puts improved health outcomes for people and the natural environment at its core. The funding, which has been awarded to 11 research projects, is the latest investment made by UKRI as part of its Transforming UK Food Systems Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) programme. To date, the SPF program has awarded a total of £29 million funding to four large consortia projects, as well as a Center for Doctoral Training (CDT). A whole food system approach Each spanning between two and three years in total, the 11 new research…Continue Reading