Helpful tips and facts about food and nutrition
Jul
27
What are Antioxidants? What do they do?
“Cancer” is unfortunately a buzz word in our culture today. It seems that there is always a new article about the food and nutrients that you need to help prevent Cancer…I first heard of Antioxidants in relation to Cancer prevention…then I also heard that Antioxidants were the secret to [...]
Jun
04
Here it is! The Egyptians can keep the food pyramid…we now have “MyPlate”.
To sum it up here are the key points:
Balancing Calories:
1. Enjoy your food, but eat less
2. Avoid over sized portions
Foods to Increase:
1. Make half your plate fruits and veggies
2. Make at least half your grains whole grains
3. Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk
Foods to Reduce:
1. [...]
Apr
06
About a decade ago “fat-free” food products flooded the supermarkets as the new answer to weight loss. Since then “Reduced-Fat” products appeared and became more popular. Now the tide is turning…back to “full-fat” dressings, dairy, etc. In the recent articles I have been reading, including one from the latest Clean Eating magazine (April/May 2011 issue), [...]
Mar
31
In addition to the research I do on Clean Eating, I find myself reaching out to more sources and nutrition trends to “glean” information and combine all the great info for well-balanced nutrition. Lately I picked up a copy of “The Flat Belly Diet Family Cookbook”. I highly recommend it! Here’s an interesting fat-fact pulled from [...]