Archive for the 'Healthy Food' Category

Healthy Food: 8 Foods That Fight Fat

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Want to lose weight as you chow down? Your wish is granted! (I promise, this is no fairy tale.) Your supermarket is filled with foods that studies show have lipid-melting powers to help melt fat and keep you slim. Stock up on these fat-fighting super bites, and you’ll be trimmer even as you indulge. Read [...]

Anti Aging Food – 4 Foods to Help You Look Years Younger

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

A good face cream can work wonders, but it’s equally important to nourish your skin from the inside out. Below, I present four delicious foods packed with essential nutrients to keep your skin looking radiant and fresh!

Superfoods – Eat to Beat Stress

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Do you tend to reach for food when the pressure’s on? Relax—everyone does! When I’m under undue stress or edgy about something on the home front, I crave anything that’s sweet or chocolaty. For years, that meant munching cookies or ice cream at high-stakes moments. Then I realized there were far healthier ways to satisfy [...]

7 Super Snacks That Heal

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

If some doctors had their way today, Americans would be more medicated than industrial feedlot cattle. But what most people don’t realize is that the first line of defense against stress, fatigue, depression, and so many other maladies is found in supermarket aisles, not in the drug store.
Research shows that the vitamins, minerals, and active [...]

Healthy eating tips

Monday, November 16th, 2009

A healthy diet should include a good variety of nutritious foods. These include breads, pastas, fruits and vegetables. Eating breakfast is also an important part of a healthy diet.
Healthy diets contain a variety of foods
In general, we should all eat:
A wide variety of nutritious foods
Plenty of breads and cereals (particularly wholegrain), vegetables, legumes (such as [...]

Food and your life stages

Friday, November 6th, 2009

The nutritional needs of the human body change with different life stages. To be fit and healthy, it is important to take into account the extra demands placed on your body by these changes.
To meet your body’s regular nutritional needs, you should consume:
A wide variety of nutritious foods
Daily supplies of water
Enough kilojoules for energy, with [...]

8 Sleep Kind of Perfect low calorie foods

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Forget what your mom told you: A glass of warm milk before bed might actually keep you up, rather than lull you to sleep. See, the protein in the milk will boost alertness–and unless it’s skim, the fat will slow your digestion, making your rest more fitful. Not exactly the best shut-eye remedy. (Sorry, mom.)
Nothing [...]

Hidden Calories in “Healthy” Menu Items!

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Don’t believe everything you read–especially if it’s a health claim on a chain restaurant’s menu. See, restaurants often add supposedly healthy options because they believe there’s a market for them–not because they actually care about your health. A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that the majority of restaurant menu [...]

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