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Nutrition Tag

THIRA Health / Posts tagged "Nutrition"

Pasta with Homemade Turkey Meatballs

September 25, 2019
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community, Education, Food & Mood, Health, Tips & Resources

Who doesn’t love a homemade pasta meal? THIRA Health’s team of dietitians has approved this healthy recipe, and elaborated on why substituting whole grain noodles or zucchini spiraled noodles and making your own homemade marina is such a great choice. Tomato sauce is not only delicious and versatile, it also contains lycopene which is the pigment in red fruits, including tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit.  Lycopene is plant-based antioxidant and studies have linked it to having decreased the risk of some cancers and contributing to heart health.  The mashed tomatoes in tomato sauce, as well as the presence of a fat (olive oil in this recipe), make it easier for the digestive system to absorb the lycopene. Whole grain noodles contain the entire grain kernel, meaning they contain a higher amount of dietary fiber versus white...

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Pumpkin Energy Bites

September 13, 2019
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Food & Mood, Health, Nutrition

Are you ready for it to be fall?  Do you love pumpkin spice lattes, comfy sweaters, and warm spices like cinnamon? Then this is just for you! THIRA Health is lucky to have a team of Diet Tech's and Registered Dietitians to monitor the nutrition of our patients and lead educational practices like Food and Mood groups. In Food and Mood groups clients learn how to make nutrient-rich meal and snack choices and how these choices will affect the way they feel throughout their day. This month, we are featuring one of the team's tasty fall favorites: Pumpkin Energy Bites! These energy bites make a great, nutrient rich snack for the fall. This recipe includes a mixture of carbohydrate and protein, a combination that provides our bodies with balanced...

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Understanding Hunger: Decoding Important Messages from your Body

March 29, 2018
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Education, Food & Mood, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition

By Emily Fitch, Resident Dietician    Food is among the greatest, simplest pleasures of being human. Every piece of food we digest offers our bodies something different, and personally understanding our relationship to food is the first step in building health and mental well-being. For example, upon tasting something naturally delicious—like an apple—the human tongue sends immediate sensory reward signals to the brain, and within 15 minutes the apple’s carbohydrates are converted to blood glucose that gives our body a burst of energy and endorphins. Apples are rich in a variety of phytonutrients (plant chemicals), and studies have linked the consumption of apples with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes, and some forms of cancers. Food is a fundamental fuel for our personal and collective mind,...

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How to Spot a Fad Diet — A Few Red Flags to Watch For

March 19, 2018
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Food & Mood, Health, Mental Health

The characteristics of a fad diet are built around the intense, contagious enthusiasm for a niche weight-loss strategy, and the general promise of a faster and easier pathway to results. These crazes seem to emerge without scientific credibility or precedent, and are most often accompanied by the toned abdomen of a popular, fast-talking swami. Unfortunately and predictably, the individuals who are most easily victimized by the false pretenses of a fad diet are those concerned with so dramatically altering their physical appearance that they resemble another person—and to make matters worse, they want a shortcut for doing so. The language of dieting diversions is meant to exacerbate these feelings of insecurity and inaction, and to prey upon the confusion felt by an unsupported individual in need...

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Healthy Brain Checklist: Different Ways to Feed Your Mind

March 7, 2018
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community, Education, Food & Mood, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Tips & Resources

Despite the fact that the hardest working part of the body is the brain, one is far more likely to hear commentary about nourishing only the visible parts of the body. Informed with new research, it’s clear that what we put into our guts—personally and collectively—has more influence on our brainpower and social wellness than previously thought possible. And while it’s admittedly harder to observe the gains of a well-fed brain than it is to appreciate the physical earmarks of time spent in the gym, nutrition is the key to getting the most from our work, our work-outs, and our brains in general. Here are four simple habits for building your brain up each day, and a friendly reminder that you’re a mental and physical by-product...

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The Many Benefits of a Well-Balanced Dietary Regimen

September 20, 2017
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Health, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nutrition, Partial Hospitalization Program

By Dr. Mehri Moore, M.D. At THIRA Health, much of what we do is guided by our commitment to holistic healing. When it comes to treating serious conditions like anxiety and depression, the best, most sustainable recoveries are achieved by fostering the wellbeing of the entire self, not just the mind. This is why many of our programs include components like yoga, art therapy, and, perhaps most importantly, communal meals. Though the clinical research community has yet to establish an undeniable direct link between eating certain foods and disorders like anxiety and depression, there is ample scientific evidence drawing connections between diet and what the average person might call “mood”  The Importance of Eating Well Considering that the human body – including the brain, of course – is little...

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