Greek Salad on Greek Food TV☼ - Greek Food - Mediterranean diet Recipes from Greece: GREEK SALAD By Diane Kochilas 6 SERVINGS for Greek Salad 4 medium firm, ripe tomatoes 1 medium cucumber 1 medium red onion 1-2 bell or long peppers, seeded and cut into rings Salt to taste on Greek Salad 3 - 4 oz. Greek feta, crumbled or sliced 1 tsp. dried Greek oregano 3 tablespoons extra virgin Greek olive oil Great Greek Salad 1. Wash, core and cut the tomatoes into wedges. Place in serving bowl. 2 …

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Learn about the ingredients to make a healthy breakfast cereal recipe for a raw food diet in thisfree cooking video on making raw food breakfast recipes. Expert: Denise Bennett Bio: Denise Bennett, is the owner of Gentle Soul Cafe in LA CA, and a partner in Light &Love Cafe in Sedona, Arizona. Filmmaker: Danniel Fishler

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I performed my first low carb cooking demonstration and showed the world the wonders of the mock danish. Mock danishes were one of the new comfort foods that I learned how to cook and was used to kill cravings that threatened the diet early on. Some qualifications for Kent's comfort foods were it had to be both easy and quick to make, and it could not have a lot of ingredients to prep. Most of the recipes, I will be demonstrating have my seal of approval for taste and ease in preparation …

In this video, I demonstrate that good Italian is indeed possible on Atkins or a low carb diet. The unique ingredient in this Low Carb Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is the cream cheese in the sauce. As I mentioned in the video, there are lots of different options for to place the sauce on — Spaghetti Squash (demonstrated in the video), Dreamfield Pasta, or one of my favorite, Riced Cauliflower. INGREDIENTS (Nutrition) * 1/2 cup butter * 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (low fat acceptable) * 1 …

Learn how to make healthy breakfast recipes for a raw food diet with an introduction to raw food breakfast ideas in thisfree cooking video on making raw food breakfast recipes. Expert: Denise Bennett Bio: Denise Bennett, is the owner of Gentle Soul Cafe in LA CA, and a partner in Light &Love Cafe in Sedona, Arizona. Filmmaker: Danniel Fishler

Are you a yo-yo dieter?  Do you love the results you get right away but get bummed out when the weight comes back after almost no time?  If your diet is characterized by periods of near starvation diets, missed meals, or very low calories you should know that you’ll be vulnerable to the yo-yo diet effect.

You see, while good results may appear to be achieved quickly at first, your body detects that less calories are coming in, consequently adapts and decides that energy must be conserved.  What happens then?  Your metabolism starts slowing down, leading to a 'plateau' and the weight loss initially achieved starts to slow or stop completely.   At this point, people often hit a wall and as they struggle to maintain the diet, the weight begins to come back on. Some people with the lowered metabolism end up with more weight than what they started at!

So one of the problems with fad dieting is that the body's metabolism becomes less efficient with each dieting period and the severe calorie restriction causes loss of muscle tone, meaning a slower metabolism.  To avoid the mental and emotional blow of going through all that dieting, it is better to take a more sustainable for the long term. Aim for modest weight loss and if lowering calories do it slowly such as a few hundred calories a day not in the thousands.  Your diet should be a healthy eating plan and you should look to change your lifestyle including activity levels and what, when, why you eat.  Break the weight loss plateau so you can give your metabolism a boost. Increase physical activity and if you are missing meals or eating too few calories you need to take a serious look at your diet and aim to eat more often (every 3 hours).   Make sure those snacks are healthy and include protein and complex carbohydrates.  And of course, something you already have heard and should know: never skip breakfast!  This can end up slowing your metabolic rate for the day and the longer term as well.

Feeding your children is probably one of the most challenging and most important roles that you play in their lives as a parent.  It would be so much easier to give in and let them eat what they like but healthy eating is critical for their physical and mental development, not to mention for preventing obesity later in life.  Here are some tips to guide parents in healthy eating habits for kids:

• Don’t give up on feeding vegetables. Sometimes an older sibling can encourage your younger child.  Be sure to keep repeating exposure little and often, up to 10 times.

• Offer vegetables and fruits raw and sliced on a colorful plate or cut into fun shapes which kids will like.  Keep dressings and sauces in a separate bowl so picky kids won’t have to eat them.

• Don’t “ban” any food as it will only reinforce the child’s desire for unhealthy foods.  Instead have healthy snack foods at home such as Terra Chips and whole grain pretzels

• Use non-food rewards such as sticker charts for good eaters.

• Feed foods containing natural sugars such as fruits, vegetables, honey, milk products, cereals as opposed to added sugar and artificial sweeteners

• Offer healthy, fruit-based desserts such as strawberries dipped in honey and almond butters-yum!

• For an extra edge in the morning make sure you eat a breakfast of complex carbohydrates and protein whole grain breads and cereals, beans, and eggs.

• Parents play a direct role in children’s eating patterns; eat at the table with your children and save the TV until after dinner

FYI: Here’s a guide to how many calories per day your child needs, so you can be sure you’re not overfeeding!

1-3 years: (boys) 1,230 - (girls) 1,165

4-6 years: (boys) 1,715 - (girls 1,545)

7-10 years: (boys) 1,970 - (girls) 1,740

11-14 years: (boys) 2,220 - (girls) 1,845

14-18 years: (boys) 2,755 - (girls) 2,110

In seeking to understand the mysteries of diet and weight loss, scientists often turn to take a look at the people of France, who are probably one of the biggest lifestyle paradoxes around.  Known for their slim and attractive population, you’ll rarely see an obese person in France.  And it is hard to imagine how when you consider that the French drink red wine regularly, eat a high-fat diet and yet have the lowest heart-attack rate in Europe.  Plus, what’s more, only 7% of the population is obese, compared to 23% in Britain and likewise for the U.S.  So what is the answer to this great dietary enigma?  Studies show that it is all about eating small amounts of food at regular intervals, combining fat with fresh foods and working out a lot, plus, always eating breakfast and avoiding skipped meals.

So overall, the approach here is about quality, not quantity.  The French eat high-fat foods, in small portions, snack less and eat a healthy mix of fats in the form of heart-healthy unsaturated oils and nuts. Their diet is rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, then grains and a wide variety of nutrients and they adhere to serious portion control. A recent study found that French portions were, on average, 25% smaller than those in the US, and meals were eaten more slowly. And the French are more active, which keeps their calorie intake and output in balance.

Here is a sample 1-day eating plan that combines some of the principles mentioned above. Add in least an hour of exercise every day (swimming, jogging), half an hour of aerobics and regular weekend hikes for even more satisfying results.

Breakfast: Organic home-made yogurt, granola (rolled oats, nuts, seeds, honey, rice and dried fruit), fresh chopped fruit, coffee (no sugar)

Lunch: Vegetable soup, roasted chicken, goat's cheese and walnut salad, yogurt, honey and strawberries

Dinner: Green salad, chicken casserole with vegetables, raspberries