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The term “functional foods” has become more popular, especially among marketing professionals in the food industry.

Plant-forward eating styles and plant-based diets focus more on foods that come from plants and less on foods of animal origin.

Soon after birth, infants are skilled at eating when they are hungry and stopping when they are full. But somewhere along the path to adulthood many of us lose the ability to manage our internal hunger cues.

Asking for help can be difficult, especially if you’re used to managing everything on your own. However, not asking for support when you need it can lead to compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout.

Caregivers frequently experience high rates of burnout, which is why regular self-care is essential. Self-care helps ensure you are healthy enough to continue offering support to loved ones.

Compassion fatigue, sometimes called empathy overload, occurs when caregivers take on the suffering of those they care for.

This month’s Live Well theme is “Caring for Caregivers”—a topic of special relevance for midwives and others in the professional care community.

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is one way to help reduce blood pressure.

Ready to try it out? Here are a few recipes to get you started!

Your daily choices can have a big impact on your blood pressure. Here are some ways you can support your blood pressure through healthy lifestyle changes:

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is an eating style that has been around since 1997. Its claim to fame is that it helps reduce blood pressure, but the diet may also promote weight loss and lower the risk of cancer, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and heart disease.