Category: Diet

We’ve all heard that “April showers bring May flowers.” What better time than during this abundance of flora to explore the delicious, nutritious delights of edible flowers From varieties such as impatiens and daylilies...

While they may seem like harmless flavor enhancers, many of your favorite condiments are packed with sugar, artificial ingredients, sodium, and fat. Try these healthy alternatives for avoiding blandness: Mustard — A lighter choice...

Look to the Mediterranean diet to help you blast through even the toughest of glutes workouts. Libido Booster Not only has the Mediterranean diet been linked with healthy hearts, but several studies have also...

The following is an ideal menu plan for a woman with gestational diabetes. BREAKFAST Organic oatmeal made with water rather than milk (instant oatmeal doesn’t count) and topped with ground mixed seeds; or scrambled...

While Americans enjoy freedoms others only dream about, we’re all vulnerable to habits that shackle self-mastery over health… and happiness. Gain control and liberation with these tips: Buddy up. Breaking a bad habit or...

Depending on what oils you buy and how you cook and store them, oils can change from being healthy to unhealthy. Free radicals, marauding cells that run riot through your body causing disease and...

There’s a breakthrough in the treatment of epilepsy that actually dates back to biblical times. Even back then, it was noted that people who were starving tended not to have seizures. Now, a diet...

Salads provide key nutrients for fighting cancer and lowering heart disease risk. And many dieters cuddle up to salads to reduce calorie intake without sacrificing nourishment. But not all salads are created equal. Many...

’Tis the season for indulging in springtime produce. But while spring specialties (like nutrient-rich strawberries, artichokes, and cherries) burst onto your palate with bold flavor, they often carry microbial passengers that could make you...

Bitter Chocolate Also known as unsweetened chocolate, although it often contains a small amount of sweetening. It is the chocolate best suited to baking and cooking and is valued by chocolate connoisseurs as its...

• If chocolate starts to melt in your hands then you are eating it too slowly. • Chocolate-covered raisins count as fruit. Eat as many as you like. • The problem: How to prevent...

Sugar can zap your energy. Initially, it gives you a quick rush as your blood sugar level peaks. Then, insulin rushes into your blood and quickly escorts that sugar out of your system —...

There exist certain carbohydrates that cause a large insulin release (insulinigenic foods) and subsequent fat storage potential, and conversely, there exist carbs that are more fibrous and higher in water (voluminous). Intake of the...

Though it may now seem that uninhibited consumption of carbs is quite fine, think again. In order to use carbohydrate effectively to obtain needed energy to fuel activity, while also burning fat and maintaining...

Canola oil is extracted from the seed of hybridized rapeseed. The hybridization is very important in canola’s case because rapeseed is quite high in erucic acid, which is toxic, as it contains high levels...

When you’re trying to lose weight, it seems like your stomach is growling more than ever. As you adjust eating habits, you may truly be experiencing more episodes of hunger or you may be...

If zoot suits came back in style, you wouldn’t go out and replace your entire wardrobe, would you? Nutrition advice comes and goes like the latest fashions. When an item is labeled “superfood” it...

What’s bigger — your car payment or your grocery bill? According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, grocery prices rose 3.9% in 2007. And it feels like they’ve been going up ever since....

One advantage the fast food industry has over its competitors in the stores is that there is very little transparency required compared to what must be put on a package in a store. Labeling...

Amazingly some good news has emerged from the mass food production industry – some large food producers are switching away from the use of high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has...

Administration allows claims to be made for the health benefits of consuming wholegrains in relation to both cancer prevention and heart disease. For example: Low-fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables...

Oats are a cool-season crop growing mainly in northern Europe (Russia is the main producer), probably since 1000 bc. Grown mainly as an animal feed, the grain has seen an upsurge in use as...

Protein is the most essential nutritional element for the body (after, of course, water) – its very name provides the essential clue. The root base of the word protein comes from the meaning. “of...