Remember your trip at the frozen section of the supermarket? One traditional dairy food took over all the shelf space, over options like cottage cheese and sour cream. Yogurt is that one food with as many health benefits as one can possibly ask for to be packed into a single option, and hence, it hogs the entire spotlight in the supermarket. With lots of calcium and lowering … [Read more...]
Diets
Is The Acai Berry Weight Loss Diet a Myth?
The Acai Berry is a small, round berry that is found in the rain forests of Brazil. The berry has a large pip, so only a small amount of it is edible. It’s promoted across the Western World as an aid to weight loss, however due to a lack of scientific research there are many sceptics stating that its benefits are fabricated. So what is the truth? Is the Acai Berry a genuine … [Read more...]
How to Select a Low Fat Diet for Weight Loss
How to select a Low Fat Diet for Weight Loss Excess fat consumption can be harmful to your health especially if you are consuming a lot of saturated fats. High fat diets can provide you with a high amount of calories in small proportions. High calorie consumption can be seen as a major factor of obesity and overweight, along with other factors such as unhealthy lifestyle, … [Read more...]
Important Reasons to Exercise While You Diet
Whether you want to lose just a few pounds or a few hundred, restricting your calorie intake is often the path you take. It's pretty much common knowledge that you should exercise as well as watch your calories, but do you know why? It's not just to burn extra calories, although that's both true and terrific. Despite your best efforts, you just can't easily fool your … [Read more...]
Vital Factors to Be Considered In Healthy Diet for Elderly
Proper and healthy diet is an important factor for sustaining life and for leading a healthy life. But as we pass through different phases of our lives, our dietary needs undergo a lot of transformation. Elderly people experience a lot of physiological changes in their digestive system; hence they need to eat a special diet that can take care of their unique needs. Importance … [Read more...]
9 Foods that Lower Cholesterol (and 3 that Don’t)
Diet along with other important lifestyle changes play important roles in lowering blood cholesterol. Many natural solutions are proven effective in reducing cholesterol without the need for prescription drugs. Unless your cholesterol levels are unusually poor, or your doctor recommends a prescription medication, cutting back on cholesterol and fat intake including trans fats … [Read more...]
Fiber – Sources
Soluble Fiber is found in: - Oatmeal, oatbran - Nuts and seeds - Legumes - Beans - Dried peas - Lentils - Apples - Pears and oranges - Strawberries - Blueberries Insoluble Fiber is found in: - Whole wheat bread and pumpernickel bread - Barley - Couscous and buckwheat - Brown rice - Bulgur - Whole grain breakfast cereals - Wheat bran - Seeds - Carrots - … [Read more...]
Fiber Health Benefits
Fiber isn't homogeneous substance. It is made up of plant polysaccharides: pectins, cellulose, hemicellulose, resistant starch (it doesn't exist natural, only during cereals production) and lignins, gums, wax, agar, mucous. Fiber can't be digested by human enzymes. Most of people eat only around 15 grams of fiber, but we need minimum 27 to 40 grams per day, according to WHO … [Read more...]
Pregnancy Diets to Give You an Energy Boost
Pregnancy Diets to Give You an Energy Boost Every woman knows that diet plays an important role in fertility. If you want to know how to get pregnant, you will need more than just awareness of when you are ovulating. A nutritious and balanced diet and the right quantities of vitamins and minerals are the key to both conceiving, and having a health pregnancy. But did you know … [Read more...]
Diet for Nails
To achieve nice, healthy looking nails you should modify your diet, because cosmetics aren't sufficient. If you have weak, bifurcating nails, it can be sign that you don't care proper or in your diet is too less nutrients which are so important in good growing. The most common problems with nails are present in: - infectious diseases or during convalescence, - … [Read more...]