Nutrition Corner

Tracking the latest fats and oils trends: Today's shoppers not only want more for their dollar — they also want more for their calories.

Prominent Doctor Fears Impact of TikTok Diet Trends: Roughly two-thirds of American adults are overweight and/or obese. Are TikTok's "crash diet" videos to blame?

Recipe for The Day

Air-Fryer Cider Pork Chops with Apples: Enjoy this elevated take on pork chops and applesauce. Serve caramelized chops and apple slices with tender green beans drizzled with a cider syrup. Even better? It's ready in 25 minutes.

Lifestyle & Fitness Focus

Eat these 3 fruits for their anti-inflammatory benefit

• Berries: From strawberries and blackberries to cranberries and blue­berries, these gemlike fruits are particularly potent in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Along with fiber and vitamin C, berries possess plant pigment phytochemicals, such as anthocyanins and ellagic acid, which may be behind their health benefits.

• Apples: Maybe it's true what they say about an apple a day. A study of nearly 35,000 women, found that consumption of this fruit — along with its relative, pears — was linked with a lower risk of death from heart disease.

• Stone fruits: Cherries, peaches, apricots, and plums are all examples of stone fruits. These fruits contain fiber, vitamin C, potassium, and a variety of phytochemicals associated with their colors.

4 Health Benefits of Sleep

• Strengthens Your Heart: During sleep, your body releases hormones. Some of them keep your heart and blood vessels healthy. Lack of sleep deprives you of these hormones.

• Regulates Your Blood Sugar: Sleep helps regulate your metabolism. That's the way your body converts food to energy. Sleep deprivation can cause many problems with metabolism, including fluctuating blood sugar levels.

• Reduces Your Stress Levels: Sleep helps your mind and body relax and recover from your day. When you're sleep deprived, your body releases stress hormones. Stress can make you react in ways that aren't productive. You may act out of fear or make rash decisions.

• Decreases Inflammation: Sleep regulates your immune system. When you don't get enough, irregular immune system activity can cause inflammation. You may not notice excess inflammation. But it can have an effect on your body.

Top 3 Stretches If You Stand All Day

• Standing Lunging Calf Stretch: This stretch helps to promote flexibility in the calf muscles, since excess standing can lead to cramping in this region. Stretching the calf also promotes circulation in these muscles.

• Standing Quad Stretch: This stretch helps keep the quadriceps muscles loose and flexible. As the largest muscle group in the body, the quads are crucial to all movement types, including walking, jogging, sitting, and standing.

• Seated Lumbar Flexion Stretch: Standing for long hours can cause our back extensors to tighten and fatigue, often causing low back pain. The seated lumbar flexion stretch helps to increase your lower back flexibility and promotes circulation and blood flow to your lower spine muscles, helping to decrease tightness.

4 Best Ab Workouts With Weights For Defined Core, From Trainers

• Halo: Stand with feet hip-width apart holding the handle of a kettlebell with both hands in front of the face, elbows bent wide at the sides. Keeping both elbows bent and the rest of the body still, slowly circle the kettlebell around the head once, keeping the weight at eye level. That’s one rep. Complete 3 reps to the left and another 3 reps to the right for a total of 6 reps.

• Unilateral Dumbbell March: Stand up straight, with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in your left hand.Extend your right arm out to your side at a 45-degree angle from your body. Slowly lift your left leg up until you knee is at hip height. Then, with control, lower your leg down to the ground. Repeat with right leg.

• Single-Arm Overhead Press: Start standing with feet just wider than hips. Hold a kettlebell in your right hand while keeping your right arm bent with your elbow close to body, so that the weight rests on the shoulder, and place your left hand on your left hip. Sink hips slightly into a quarter-squat.Then, quickly push through feet to extend legs, simultaneously pressing kettlebell straight up until right arm is completely extended overhead. With control, lower kettlebell back down.

• Low To High Dumbbell Chop: Start standing with feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell with both hands in front of chest. Rotate body toward left foot, lifting right heel and pivoting on right ball of foot so your knee faces the other knee and your hips face the left side while bending over and lowering weight down outside of right foot. Reverse the movement, and continue rotating through center until body faces right side, pivoting on ball of right foot and raising weight up overhead at 45-degree angle. Reverse to return to start. That's 1 rep.

Get In The Inbox of 100K+ American Health Readers

Advertise with American Health to get your brand in front of thousands of Americans who are always looking for their next interesting product.

Why American Health? American Health is your go-to source for all things related to health and wellness. Our newsletter is dedicated to keeping you informed about the latest developments in healthcare, fitness, nutrition, and overall well-being. Whether you're looking for tips on leading a healthier lifestyle, staying up-to-date with healthcare policy changes, or exploring the latest trends in wellness, we've got you covered.

Help Share American Health

Wouldn’t the world be a better place if more people read fact-focused, health news? Take a minute to share this digest with your friends–they’ll thank you for it!

Send us your feedback at [email protected]. We’re ready to listen.