All Entries in the "HEALTHY EATING" Category
High Fructose Corn Syrup Is Not Good For You But Barbecue Sauce Is
We have known for a while that snacks and foods loaded with high fructose corn syrup are really bad for us, since they really up the calorie content of the food. This fact is now reinforced by researchers at Princeton who conducted a study on rats to find the link between obesity and high fructose [...]
How Many Calories Do You Really Need Daily To Maintain A Healthy Weight?
Women and men all over the world are trying to lose weight. The majority of these people are trying to lose all of their weight through taking in far fewer calories than they are used to taking in. When this happens and your body doesn’t have as many calories as it is used to, your [...]
How To Find The Right Food For Dieting?
We all know raw fruits and vegetables are keys to a healthy diet, but one cannot simply eat raw fruits and veggies all day, every day. How do you diversify your options? Vegetable terrines, light soufflés, and steamed meat and vegetables are delicious, healthy options that will add variety to your diet. Vegetable terrines are [...]
Things To Consider When You Eat To Lose Weight
Any nutritionist or dietician will tell you that the basic formula for safe and effective weight loss is good old diet and exercise. However, most of us who want to lose weight have the notion that while we try to lose weight, we have to give up tasty food in place of non-filling, bland food. [...]
Fight Fat With Fat Burning Foods
Many of us are constantly trying to beat the bulge but don’t have the time to hit the gym, or the money to spend on all sorts of dietary supplements. More often than not, you starve yourself to death trying to keep a few inches off your waistline. Studies have shown that instead of helping, [...]
Childhood Obesity Could Increase Risk Of Heart Disease
As the country’s first lady works tirelessly to do something about reducing childhood obesity, there is more and more attention being given to possible future problems that could be caused by being overweight early in life. According to the new study, overweight children as young as three years of age displayed the kind of inflammatory [...]
Food Helping Pain Is Generally Healthy
Many foods in their natural state have pain-relieving benefits. All the foods discussed here not only help relieve pain, but they are also healthy foods that can be eaten on a daily basis with no side effects. Omega-3 fats (also known as fish oils) are not only known to relieve migraines but are also converted [...]
Fruit Fly Tongue To Offer Clues To Fight Obesity
A new study speaks about a rather unusual factor that has now entered into the fight against obesity; the tongue of the common fruit fly. What, one may well ask, does the fruit fly’s tongue have to do with fighting obesity? Well researchers have now examined the taste organs on the tongue of the fruit [...]
Green Olives And Black Olives: Are They Helping Your Diet Plan?
What is an olive? An olive is a fruit (yes, a fruit) grown mainly in Greece and Spain. Although olives are technically fruits, they are used more like a vegetable in cooking. The difference between green and black olives is simple. Ripe olives are black. Unripe olives are green. Due to their ripeness, black olives [...]
Jamie Oliver’s Anti Obesity Movement Wins TED Prize
This is a fun, non-didactic and easily accessible philosophy of healthy eating that one may wish for; and it is in the shape of the ‘Naked Chef’ Jamie Oliver, internationally known chef and food educationist. Now his efforts to put cooking and healthy eating at the center of people’s personal as well as the national [...]
