Isn't It About Time For Healthy Food?

If you're sick and tired of being overweight and truly want to remedy the situation, then it's time for healthy food. If your diet has consisted of either an enormous amount of fast food or excessive portion sizes at home-cooked meals, this is the area you need to address first in an effort to get things turned around and moving in a more positive direction. One of the most difficult things about being successful with transitioning over to...

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What Should I Choose at the Canteen?

When it comes to making good lunch choices, it's not always about the lunch that you pack at home. While you have control on what ends up in your packed lunch, when you have to choose from the available options at the tuckshop, canteen, cafeteria or local cafe, it sometimes becomes a little more difficult. Whether you're thinking of your own choices at the cafeteria at work or coffee shop down the road or of the choices that your child needs...

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Helpful Advice On Nutrition

Good nutrition is required for good health. When you consult with a doctor or nutritionist, he/she will offer helpful nutrition advice. If the doctor has talked with you about a risk factor or a medical condition, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, foods that contain lots of vitamins and minerals (including vegetables, fruits, and non-fat dairy and whole grains) will be recommended for you. If you have cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis...

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Butter and the Saturated Fat Issue

Often misconceptions arise when it comes to the health attributes of certain fats. Over time we've taken foods such as butter and eggs, foods that for a large part of human history have been staples in the diet, and suddenly decided that they cause heart attacks. In our attempt to make for a healthy diet we often listened to so-called experts that are misguided in the way they analyze data from testing, and soon that information is taken as...

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Total Body Health - Your Body Needs Bacteria

Our bodies require a balance of good bacteria and bad bacteria. In moderation, each has its own task to keep our bodies healthy. The ideal ratio of good to bad bacteria is 80% good and 20% bad. The good keeps the bad under control, so they only to the good tasks to keep you healthy. What are good bacteria? Probiotics are one of the most important good bacteria that the body needs to function properly and maintain health. They are similar...

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15 Tips for Better Family Nutrition

This list of tips for better family nutrition is a compilation that have worked with numerous patients over the years in a variety of settings with a myriad of backgrounds. Not every tip may work for you but focusing on one or two will still help you to stay healthy. (1) Know yourself, find out how many calories you need for a day. 2,000 calories a day is an average, you may be more or less. (2) Enjoy your food but pay attention to what you...

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Powerful Health Benefits of Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a nutrient-dense fruit. They are often referred to as a functional food because they provides more than just nutrition for the body. They can actually prevent illness and disease. A Rocky Start About 200 years ago, the tomato was thought to be poisonous. Since the tomato plant belongs to the nightshade family, people believed that the leaves and fruits could not be consumed. Fortunately, that was not the case. It's one of the...

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