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Consuming a variety of nutritious foods and beverages keeps you performing and looking your best, whether you are 8, 18, or 80. Discover how to eat well and find some easy, great tasting, and great-for-you recipes by visiting the sites listed below:

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Stimulants – Are you up to speed?

Article

5/19/2016

Operation Supplement Safety has a new infographic about stimulants

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Public Health, Human Performance Resource Center, Nutrition

Dietary supplements and women’s health

Article

5/10/2016

Intense daily physical training, such as during basic training, increases your calcium and iron needs and has been associated with lower levels of vitamin D in the blood.

Military training and pregnancy, both increase women’s nutritional needs, specifically for vitamin D, calcium, iron, folate, and iodine

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Nutrition, Human Performance Resource Center, Women's Health

FDA says no to methylsynephrine

Article

4/26/2016

If you’re considering taking a dietary supplement with methylsynephrine or oxilofrine on the label, you might want to think twice.

The FDA recently announced that methylsynephrine does not meet the statutory definition of a dietary supplement ingredient

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Nutrition, Human Performance Resource Center, Operation Live Well

Healthcare to Health program aims to enhance the diet, activity level of military children

Article

4/20/2016

A group of children play inside of a bounce house.

Initiative designed to encourage military children to become more active, and make healthy lifestyle choices

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Nutrition, Physical Activity, Children's Health

Army's Research Institute conducts MRE study to improve gut health

Article

4/19/2016

For the first time, researchers from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine are finding ways to leverage gut bacteria, like in the picture above, in warfighters to help prevent gastrointestinal illnesses during deployment and training.

The Army is is studying ways to improve gut health and prevent gastrointestinal illness among Soldiers operating in austere environments

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Health Readiness, Nutrition

Eat to succeed in your training envIRONment

Article

4/5/2016

Iron is essential to form hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood

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Operation Live Well, Nutrition, Human Performance Resource Center

Nootropics on your mind?

Article

3/30/2016

Two Marines shop for dietary supplements.

Nootropics are substances marketed to improve mental performance

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Operation Live Well, Nutrition, Human Performance Resource Center

What’s your cholesterol score?

Article

3/23/2016

To help with cholesterol numbers choose vegetables from all 5 groups – dark green, red/orange, dried beans and peas, starchy, and others (light green, purple, yellow, and tan).

The number one killer of men and women in the U.S. is heart disease

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Taking dietary supplements? Think safety first

Article

3/17/2016

The Food and Drug Administration advises that dietary supplements are not approved as safe and effective

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Nutrition

Eating right, reduce the risk of chronic disease

Article

3/14/2016

Navy Culinary Specialist Seaman Peng Yan, from Los Angeles, prepares oranges in the galley aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale.

March is National Nutrition Month and this year's theme is “Savor the flavor of eating right”

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Nutrition, Operation Live Well

Fuel up with Go for Green

Article

3/2/2016

The Department of Defense’s G4G program promotes nutritious foods and beverages to optimize your fitness, strength and health

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Prevention key to improving heart health

Article

2/25/2016

A blue 3D drawing of a human heart with large red blood cells flowing out

When it comes to having a healthy heart, Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Eugene Soh, says there are different means of preventing cardiac related diseases, as well as some simple steps, that can greatly reduce the chances of a cardiac event.

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Nutrition, Public Health, Heart Health

Healthy hearts part three: Eat better and move more

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2/16/2016

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Megumi Gudino (left) and Seaman Brian Holst (right) both attached to the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge, run on the main deck during sunset. The National Institutes of Health recommends at least 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week or 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jordan Kirk Johnson)

During February, the Military Health System recognizes the need for good heart health. In the third article in our series, a healthy diet and regular exercise are explored in how each affects the heart’s health.

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Heart Health, Nutrition, Physical Activity

New dietary guidelines for Americans

Article

2/11/2016

Shown here are portion control plates to assist in healthier eating practices.

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services released the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

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Operation Live Well, Nutrition, Human Performance Resource Center

Healthy hearts: It all starts with lifestyle

Article

2/1/2016

Army Maj. Roger Williams, a flight surgeon from the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, listens to his patient's blood circulation with a stethoscope at the Troop Medical Center on Camp Humphreys, South Korea.

February is Heart Health Month for the Military Health System. In the first in our series, we look at the risk factors that affect heart health, including the things we can affect and those we cannot.

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Nutrition, Physical Activity, Tobacco-Free Living, Heart Health

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