Cookies, brownies and cakes don’t have to wait at mom Caitlin Kiarie’s house. Sweets get a front-row seat alongside the veggies, starches and meats she serves her brood of three each night. “Giving my kids dessert with their dinner normalizes dessert,” Kiarie, 40, a registered dietician from Montclair, New Jersey, told The Post. “Sweets are … Read more
It’s berry good news for nutrition. An obscure berry that’s native to Canada, northern Europe and Asia is the “superfood” that can revolutionize your diet, new research shows. Sea buckthorn, rich in vitamins along with omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, can make a huge splash in the North American market as a widely available healthy … Read more
In a medical breakthrough, NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead man who has now survived on the organ for over a month. “This represents the longest period that a gene-edited pig kidney has functioned in a human, and the latest step toward the advent of an alternate, sustainable supply of … Read more
New weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have radically changed the lives of dieters worldwide. And that revolution in weight loss is about to take another dramatic turn now that drugmakers have developed a pill form of semaglutide, the active ingredient in those drugs. Currently, semaglutide must be injected on a weekly basis — an … Read more
“CBS Saturday Morning” featured a segment suggesting adding insects into a diet could provide benefits for a growing world affected by climate change. To counter meat, soybean-derived proteins, or other high-carbon foods, the segment described efforts by climate experts and scientists to explore farming bugs to protect the planet. “We all know how important insects are … Read more