Lifestyle

It’s the little things — like a shake or two of cinnamon or oregano — say the herbs and spices experts at McCormick & Company, Inc. that can put you on the path to a healthier diet.

Of all the ills plaguing the U.S. economy, perhaps no single factor is as responsible for our current malaise as the cost burden of health care, and the attendant results of a poorly functioning health system.

Calling Safeway president and CEO Steven Burd one “of the best practitioners of prevention and wellness programs in the private sector,” President Barack Obama met with top executives from the retail sector and other industries to discuss innovative ideas that are being implemented in the workplace to improve the health of workers and reduce the rising rate of health care spending.

Redner’s Warehouse Markets has unveiled a new program -- “HealthCents” -- to help improve the wellbeing of its consumers. Led by a new staff addition, manager Meredith Mensinger, the new health-and-wellness program offers consumers practical nutrition and healthy lifestyle tips and information that will be easy to apply to everyday life.

Eating just one-and-a-half servings of tart cherries could considerably increase antioxidant activity in the body, according to new University of Michigan research reported at the 2009 Experimental Biology meeting in New Orleans. In the study, healthy adults who ate a cup-and-a half of frozen cherries had higher levels of antioxidants, specifically five separate anthocyanins, the natural antioxidants that give cherries their red color.

Pamela Knous, Supervalu’s EVP/CFO, received the Award of Meritorious Achievement from the American Heart Association (AHA) Monday during the association’s lobby day activities in Washington.

It's no surprise that with the current economic conditions, three-quarters of what people eat comes from their home and healthy eating is largely dependent on what food families keep in their kitchens.

The dietary supplement industry is worth $25 billion yearly, but there are so many products out there now that it's hard to make sense of it all.