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Healthier eating—General articles
Tips on how to eat a healthier diet
Recommend this website for reliable dietary guidance
How to guide patients toward healthier eating, even if money is tight
How much of each nutrient should I consume each day to be healthy?
Eat MORE to lose excess weight
Specific dietary changes that we should recommend for elevated LDL cholesterol
Multiple specific dietary recommendations to give to patients with elevated LDL cholesterol
Tips on motivating and helping patients to drink more fluids
Healthier eating—Recommended books
The BEST books about nutrition and diet
BEST books about how to get to and maintain a healthy weight
Healthier eating—Diets
Mediterranean diet (MedDiet)
Tell patients why they should follow a Mediterranean diet (MedDiet)
Mediterranean diet (MedDiet): A simple and practical guide
DASH Diet
DASH diet: A simple and practical guide
Paleo Diet
A primer on the Paleolithic (“Paleo”) diet
Healthier eating—Macronutrients
Protein
Do you advise patients to consume more high-protein foods?
How to increase protein intake *without* increasing calories
Are you sure you know which foods are “red meat”?
Fats
Recommendations for dietary fats in a healthy diet
What to advise patients about saturated and unsaturated fats
Carbohydrates
Glycemic index
Fiber
Why and how to recommend increased intake of soluble fiber
How to choose and use a fiber supplement
Healthier eating—Micronutrients
Iron
Recommend these iron-rich foods to patients who need more iron
Healthier eating—Fruits
Do you tell patients that they should eat fruit regularly?
Which fruits have fewer calories and less sugar?
Healthier Eating—Miscellaneous Articles
Which supplements to recommend with a vegetarian or vegan diet
Which foods and beverages can cause excessive abdominal gas or bloating?
National Nutrition Month
Exercise
What is resistance exercise training (RT)?
Tell patients about the MANY benefits of resistance exercise training (RT)
How to start and progress in resistance exercise training
Does exercise work as a treatment for depressive disorders?
For depressive symptoms, aerobic exercise or resistance training?
How much exercise per day or per week should we recommend?
How MUCH exercise for treating depressive symptoms?
My favorite YouTube channel for tips related to physical therapy
Highly selected exercise videos for everyone, or specifically for seniors
BEST books on yoga
Fasting
There are three different types of intermittent fasting
How well does intermittent fasting work? And, for what?
What side effects can occur with intermittent fasting?
Who should NOT do intermittent fasting
How exactly to do time-restricted eating
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