For those who still think that dietary fat--particularly saturated fat--causes heart disease, consider the mounting evidence that refined carbohydrates (from grains) and fast-releasing carbohydrates (like white potatoes) can impact the health of your heart by turning...
Nutrition
Cruciferous Vegetables: Nutritional Powerhouses
With the growing baby boomer population reaching retirement age at increasing numbers, there is a greater interest in “preventative medicine.” The evidence is steadily growing that, not too surprising, a majority of diseases can be attributed to our diet. In fact, the...
What are We Really Craving When We Crave?
Many classify themselves as somebody who craves chocolate, or crunchy-salty foods (such as potato chips and French fries), or both and we classify these as a “carb-craver” or “carb-lover”. However, it might not be as cut-and-dry as what I thought. A study published in...
The End of Overeating
As I've said for quite a while, it's not just reducing calories, but also chosing those that are whole and natural and unprocessed. Here's a book that brings forth this information but also gives us a dose of how the processed food industry stimulates the pleasure...
Sustainable Reduction of Calories
We all know that part of the formula to losing weight is eating fewer calories. But anyone who's ever cut calories would probably say that standing on your hands while receiving an enema is easier. The pharmaceutical guys came to the rescue with their appetite...
Are Sport Drinks Necessary During Your Workout?
We see those sport drink commercials flooding our attention with us believing that we need their product during our sporting activity. They want us to believe that if we drink their product, we will perform better or as good as the pros do because they drink the same...
Fats for Dieters: The Essential Fats
The essential fatty acid’s are described in another article here entitled “Fats for Your Performance”, that gives a brief overview of various types of fat that are most beneficial for energizing you and helping you recover through your athletic events. This would be a...
Fats for Your Performance
Typically, athletes are suggested to keep their fat intake low for their athletic performance. Unfortunately, some athletes interpret this advice as a total avoidance of fat intake or they try to keep it at a bare minimum. This cannot only be detrimental to...
A Calorie is Not a Calorie
When we go on a diet we often watch our food intake by ‘counting’ calories. But new evidence has shown that all calories are not created equal. 3500 calories = one pound...always? Among nutritionists it is commonly taught that a calorie is a calorie. This is the...
Celebrity diet that's worth following
Eminem loses two stone thanks to booze-free diet - mirror.co.uk. Slim Shady lives up to his name . . .at least one part of it - Slim. Eminem has lost nearly 30 lbs by eating sensibly, cutting out booze and exercising. Every month there are periodicals listing how...