July 20, 2010

• Lower High Blood Pressure with these Easy Diet Tips

  The best way for anyone suffering from high blood pressure, also called hypertension, to feel better and get healthy is through diet and exercise. Don’t be held back just because of your high blood pressure, learn how a healthy diet can help you. Along with prescribed medications (like Orlistat for weight loss and Cordarone Generic [...]

April 11, 2010

• Chinese Food Doesn’t Need to be Off-Limits!

  That’s right—if you’re trying to lose weight fast, you don’t need to cut out Chinese food, a cuisine which is often criticized for being high in fat, MSG, sodium, and bad for your health. There is a way to keep Chinese food in your life, and healthfully!
  Here are some diet tips:
  1.    Make your own! This [...]

March 4, 2010

• Healthy Soup, Healthy Heart, Healthy Body

  Trying to lose weight, boost heart health, and lower cholesterol? There’s no better way to achieve all three of these things than by enjoying some hearty soups this winter. Soups provide the following benefits:
  •    They’re (usually) very easy to make.
  •    They’re (usually) hot, comforting, and filling.
  •    They’re (usually) healthy. Especially if you’re taking a [...]

January 11, 2010

• The Un-diet Diet: How to Lose Weight without Dieting

  The latest fad in dieting is to not diet at all. Learn and adopt 10 simple principles for healthy eating to lose weight, lower cholesterol, and stay fit; don’t count calories, don’t say goodbye to the foods you love. Learn to eat right and become a healthier you without ever feeling hungry, deprived, or out [...]

January 3, 2010

• An Apple A Day Keeps the Doctor Away: How Apples Can Help Lower Cholesterol

  Can it really be true? Can an apple a day really keep the doctor away? So it seems. Recent studies have found that apples are not only a great source of vitamins and antioxidants, but have specific health benefits as well. Besides being a great food for weight loss, apples can help reduce the risk [...]

November 23, 2009

• The Benefits of Dieting Together

  Dieting along can be tough, especially when you’re living with other people who are not dieting. Research shows that people who diet with a partner lose up to 30% more weight than people who diet alone. And it makes sense, if you think about it: You have someone to motivate you and someone to scold [...]

November 12, 2009

• Seven Reasons Why You Should Eat Fish

  1. It’s good for your heart. Fish is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, the newly discovered miracle nutrient. Consuming just one portion of omega-3-rich fish once a week reduces your chances of heart attack by 50%; imagine if you ate the suggested three portions a day! It can even help lower cholesterol.
  2. It’ll reduce inflammation. The omega-3 [...]

November 1, 2009

• Lose Weight and Lower Cholesterol by Eating Snacks!

  Are you looking to shed those extra pounds? Do you suffer from hypertension and high cholesterol? You’ve probably been told a thousand times to eat less and lose weight, so why aren’t you seeing any results?
  Maybe you try to stick to a healthy diet, prepare healthy, low fat meals, but find yourself slipping in between. [...]

September 17, 2009

• Lose Weight and Lower Cholesterol by Eating Snacks!

  Are you looking to shed those extra pounds? Do you suffer from hypertension and high cholesterol? You’ve probably been told a thousand times to eat less and lose weight, so why aren’t you seeing any results?
  Maybe you try to stick to a healthy diet, prepare healthy, low fat meals, but find yourself slipping in between. [...]

June 14, 2009

• Eat Like the French, Look Like the French!

  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 [...]

• Key Nutrients for Maintaining a Healthy Weight

  Vitamins and minerals are essential to all cellular functions, including many aspects of how your body responds to protein, carbohydrates and fats which are key to losing fat. Here are a couple of key nutrients which can help you achieve and successful and long term weight loss:
  Calcium: Recent studies have shown that getting enough calcium [...]

• The Health Benefits of Dark, Leafy Greens

  Getting enough of your dark green leafy vegetables is one of the cornerstones of good nutrition.  Yes, I’m talking about kale, beet greens, chard, collards and spinach, to name just a few.  Believe it or not, calorie for calorie, the “dark leafies” are perhaps the most concentrated source of nutrition of any food. Imagine that! [...]

• Kick the Chocolate for Carob

  If you are into health foods, you’ve surely heard of and already indulged in the famous chocolate substitute called carob.  Incredibly, Ceratonia siliqua or carob trees have a long history, having been farmed in the Middle East for 4,000 years.  The Jewish people in the region eat their edible pods on Tu B’shevat, a Jewish [...]

• Incredible, Edible Chestnuts

  How many of us have actually participated in that well-sung Christmas tradition of  “chestnuts roasting on an open fire”?  I always loved the idea but we never actually did that in our family.  Yet now that I’ve learned about the incredible virtues of these nuts, I am darn near tempted to do so this winter! [...]

May 26, 2009

• Healthy Diet Basics

  Though many of us do get too much protein in our diet, studies are showing that many people need much more protein than what is currently recommended by the USDA pyramid, as long as simple carbs and saturated fats stay on the low side.  Protein is what our bodies use to maintain cells, tissues and [...]

May 19, 2009

• Coconut Oil Diet

  Seems counter intuitive to some to base a diet on an oil, I’m sure.  But the Coconut oil diet has really become the latest rage, and there’s good evidence to back it up.  You see, coconut oil is unusually rich in medium chain fatty acids (MCT) and lauric acid is the major fatty acid that [...]

May 11, 2009

• Blood Type Diet

  Most of us out there who are interested in the latest diet have heard of the Blood Type diet and maybe have even tried it.  But what is it about blood type that relates to the foods we eat?  Diet inventor, Peter D’Adamo believes that lectins, a form of protein found in foods, can wreak [...]

April 23, 2009

• DASH for Your Health

  High blood pressure affects more than 1 in 3 Americans and is a potentially dangerous chronic condition that often goes unnoticed and can damage the body’s organs. Risk of onset rises with age and about 30 % of adults 18 and over show early signs of hypertension, which can get much worse if untreated. Since [...]

April 12, 2009

• Losing Weight with Whey

  To lose excess body fat, it is almost always necessary to reduce the number of calories you consume each day but for most this is easier said than done, as reducing calories increases hunger and the desire to eat.  So permanent fat loss can only be achieved if calorie consumption is reduced in a way [...]

March 31, 2009

• Eating Like an Okinawan

  Did you know that one of the healthiest diets may be that of the Okinawans?  Yes, the Japanese Ministry of Health has been studying older Okinawans since 1976 hoping to understand what’s behind their near-perfect good health and I want to share a bit of that with you here.  First, Okinawans have the longest disability-free [...]