Diet & Nutrition
Almonds… you’d be nuts not to eat them
Despite its high fat and calorie content, the almond is starting to emerge as one of nature’s so-called ’superfoods’.
‘Most of the fats in almonds are monounsaturated. It has been shown this can lower cholesterol and so reduce the risk of heart disease,’ explains Dr Joanne Lunn, of the British Nutrition Foundation.
According to the University of [...]
Detox diets: Flushing toxins or good sense?
Tammy Koby, 44, hadn’t felt healthy in a long time. She was bogged down and overweight. Within a period of just a few years, doctors diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome, allergies, liver problems, and Type 2 diabetes.
She wanted a holistic solution, but the Main Line resident said her doctors focused solely on treating her individual symptoms.
Then [...]
Morning Banana Diet: The weight loss wonder food
The Morning Banana Diet is possibly the world’s easist diet to follow – except in Japan where its intense popularity has led to the nation’s worst-ever banana shortage.
Banana importer, Dole Japan Company, has increased supplies by 25 per cent over the corresponding period last year but is still struggling to meet demand.
Consequently, banana prices are [...]
MUFAS Pizza that combats your belly fat
Everywhere you turn you see articles on the “flat belly diet.” If you are constantly watching your weight you must be curious about this new weight-loss concept.
It is based on eating mini-meals of specific food groups that will encourage your metabolism to burn calories aggressively and then go after fat tissue.
Since many of us “house” [...]
Olive Oil May Hold the Key to Weight Loss
A”good” fat found in abundance in olive oil may provide one of the keys to appetite control and weight loss.
Oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fat, suppresses hunger pangs and so can help prevent snacking between meals, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
In a study involving lab mice, the researchers found that [...]
Consumer Report ranks kid’s cereals
Consumer Report published a ranking of kid’s cereals which revealed the shocking fact that some kid’s cereals may contain the equivalent of a doughnut in sugar. For example, the report states that Kelogg’s Honey Smacks and Post Golden Strip get almost 60% of their calories from sugar. This is certainly not healthy for kids and [...]
High Fiber Diet – are you getting enough fiber?
Understanding fiber may be the single most important step you can take in improving your health. Fiber is sometimes also called roughage. A healthy diet should have a high component of fiber food intake. A high-fiber diet may also help reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Age old thumb rule lays down [...]
Low Fat, Low Carb, or Mediterranean cooking?
Obesity is a worldwide problem and is getting worse. Losing weight is difficult for most people. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports fewer than 25 percent of Americans who try diets actually lose weight and a majority who do lose weight have difficulty maintaining the loss. Billions of dollars are spent on weight loss programs. VOA’s Melinda Smith has more on recent findings that may put to rest the argument about which diet works the best.
Tea-Diets – is not your everyday diet tea
Tea-Diets based on Vancouver has taken the dieting world by swirl and has introduced the revolutionary concept of consume more to lose more which is against the basic principle of dieting. The company markets a wide range of slimming teas and diet teas which give requires a new word to describe it-TEAVOLUTION.
Gone are those days [...]
10 Volumetrics Tricks to Help You Lose Weight
Volumetrics – the term Barbara Rolls, professor and Guthrie chair of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University, has coined to describe the method, which is based on a simple principle: People tend to eat the same weight, or amount, of food from day to day. Since some foods are less energy dense-that is, they have fewer [...]
