Pickle Juice & Acid Reflux

Acid reflux can affect anyone, from infants to adults. If you experience acid reflux often, more than twice a week, you may have a chronic condition referred to as gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, and may consider any treatment to help you manage the discomfort.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Yogurt

The health advantages of yogurts that contain live bacterial cultures are so impressive that many people choose to make these tangy foods part of their daily diet. Greek yogurt is especially nutritious, given its higher protein and lower complex carbohydrate content.

Karen Curinga
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What Are the Benefits of Digestive Biscuits?

Don't judge a food by name alone. While the digestive biscuit originated in the early 19th century as a food to aid in digestion, according to the website The Foods of England, the modern-day version may not be as effective.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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The Benefits of Pomegranate Juice Dried Powder

Pomegranate juice is often sold as a bottled drink, but it is also sold as a powder. As a powder, pomegranate juice can be added to foods as a flavoring agent, or it can be mixed with water and drunk.

Lana Billings-Smith
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Oranges & Weight Loss

Eating oranges more often can help you get the vitamins you need because they provide significant amounts of folate and vitamin C. They can be a good choice if you are on a weight-loss diet, since they are fat-free, low in calories and energy density, and high in filling fiber.

Jessica Bruso
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How to Stop Night Eating Syndrome

Many people find themselves wandering into the kitchen for a late-night snack, and that's not usually something to worry about as long as you're making healthy choices.

Sara Ipatenco
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Detox Drinks to Lose Weight

Detox drinks, like most fad diets, often come with outrageous health claims attached. They promise not only to help you lose weight, but to rid your body of harmful toxins and fix all your health ailments.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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Foods to Avoid With a Belly Button Hernia

A belly button hernia, also known as an umbilical hernia, is a bulge of either intestines, fat or fluid that pushes through a weakened area of your stomach muscles. Some people may not even know it's there without their doctor pointing it out; for others, it causes pain and discomfort.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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List of Foods that Contain Lectin

Lectins, a type of protein found in many plant foods, can cause damage to the lining of your gastrointestinal tract or your organs and interfere with metabolism when consumed in large amounts, according to a study published in "Toxicon" in September 2004. However, they may also have some health benefits.

Jessica Bruso
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List of Wheat-Free Bread & Cereal

You may feel as though a wheat allergy is a tough one to manage, considering that wheat ranks as the most predominant grain in the United States. But there are a number of alternative grains that you can substitute for wheat, including ones that make good wheat-free cereal and bread options.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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What Is the Sugar in Diet Sprite?

Currently marketed in the United States as Sprite Zero, Diet Sprite is described as a no-sugar, no-carb version of the popular lemon-lime soft drink. Although the Coca-Cola website describes Sprite Zero as "not a significant source of sugars," it does contain the artificial sweetener aspartame.

Jennifer Byrne
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Foods With Naturally Occurring Digestive Enzymes

You know eating right is good for your health, but without digestive enzymes you wouldn't be able to get all the good stuff food has to offer.

Jill Corleone, RDN, LD
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