Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Edition

Archive of: Feature and Food As Medicine and NAPC

Title Issue
Edible Hormones

Edible Hormones

Eating appropriately nutritious foods is a natural way to balance hormones that helps relieve symptoms of menopause, protect against breast cancer and preserve bone health. These four powerhouse foods top the drug-free approach.

May 2013
The Better Brain Diet

The Better Brain Diet

Many brain health experts are now focusing on food as a critical defense against dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Promising clinical trials suggest that nutritional changes may stave off cognitive impairment.

March 2013
Improve Your Snooze

Improve Your Snooze

Can what we eat help us enjoy better sleep? Yes, says our panel of experts—see which foods, drinks and supplements they recommend to ease your zzz’s.

February 2012
Berry Good

Berry Good

Full of flavor and flavonoids, each type of berry offers a particular health protection.

July 2011
Foods that Feed Our Follicles

Foods that Feed Our Follicles

Experts say that including certain nutrients in our diet can help prevent, and even reverse, hair loss.

June 2011
Foods for Ageless Beauty

Foods for Ageless Beauty

Studies tell us that skin can absorb up to 60 percent of what we apply to it. So, feeding skin high-quality nutrients may be as important as the foods we eat.

May 2011
Foods that Fight Pain

Foods that Fight Pain

Nature provides a rainbow of healing through these nutrient-rich foods. Ditch the side-effects of drugs and experience the benefits provided by these flavorful favorites.

January 2011
Spice of Life

Spice of Life

Members of the chile pepper family have added a kick of flavor to otherwise bland food for hundreds of years. These spicy dynamos not only make our tongues sizzle and our faces sweat, they also deliver an array of health benefits.

September 2009
Keys to Heart Health

Keys to Heart Health

Eat these eight foods, take a fiber supplement and add a short walk to your daily routine to significantly and quickly lower bad LDL cholesterol levels and decrease risk of developing heart disease.

February 2009
Nutrition for Breast Health

Nutrition for Breast Health

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, prompting many studies about the possibilities for preventive breast health through a healthy lifestyle that incorporates good nutrition and regular exercise.

October 2008