Today's busy schedules can make it difficult to put together healthy home cooked meals every day. If you resort to the frozen food aisle for most of your lunches or dinners during the week, you don't have to sacrifice health for convenience. Each package of frozen dinner is marked with an ingredient list and nutrition tables that can help guide you toward healthier frozen meal … [Read more...]
Glyconutrients Aid Significantly with Health
Few people know what glyconutrients are let alone what they do for our bodies. So it is shocking just how much our bodies actually need them. These nutrients are a natural sugar nutrient found in food. They are nearly extinct in our diet now because we do not eat many things like plant roots and fungus. These sugar type carbohydrates also bind to protein strands becoming … [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...]
Why You NEED To Eat A Nutritious Breakfast
“I’m not hungry in the morning,” “I don’t have time to make anything,” and “Well…I eat a donut or a muffin every day for breakfast and that’s enough for me!” are common excuses people make for not eating breakfast. Little do they know that they are negatively impacting their health and not eating breakfast could be causing weight gain, tiredness, and problems … [Read more...]
Can Natural Weight Loss Supplements Work?
The weight loss industry is rife with controversy. From liquid diets to dangerous supplements, there’s always something on the market that will get tongues wagging. But are there any weight loss supplements out there that will not only work, but are in fact safe as well? Clever marketing has led to the belief that ‘natural’ means ‘safe’. While it is in many cases true that a … [Read more...]
Health Benefits of Probiotics
Probiotics, pro=for and bios= life, are microorganisms that aid digestion and promote general well-being within the body. These small, healthy bacteria are commonly found in the intestine but can also be eaten in foods like yogurt or taken in pill form. There are several different types of probiotics available through foods and over the counter … [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...]
What to do when kid doesn’t want to eat?
A lot of parents complain that their children don't want to eat or they'd like to eat only sweeties, chips or junk food. If your child belongs to this group it is your obligation to change this, as you are the responsible person for this child. Most important it is starting to teach children from early childhood. The eating habit will stay and will have … [Read more...]
Spring Program part 2-Food
Best pill is our food, that's why it should be good selected and high quality. Don't eat whatever, from your food depend your health and mood. Spring is also good moment to modify diet, because in green shops are wider choice vegetables and fruits. With proper diet you can deliver all necessary vitamins! Really you don't need supplements which are so expensive. Best, highest … [Read more...]