Archive for November, 2011
Easy, Healthful & Tasty Vegetable Soup
Reap the rewards of vegetables tastefully and with satisfaction! Make good and healthful use of these wonderful bounties of mother nature! This vegetable soup contains quite a few ingredients yes, but it’s truly very easy to put together. Just some chopping of vegetables and you’re “good to go”! All those healthful nutrients will help you [...]
Personal Eating Style
What, where, when and why you eat is really a very personal issue. We acquire our eating habits over many years and they can be very difficult to change – even when needed due to diabetes. No matter your reasons, you are not alone if you feel this way and it is understandable. The key [...]
Friday Freebie: 3D Wireless Car Mouse
PCMouseHouse.com is offering up the give-away this week! One F*R*E*E 3D Wireless Car Mouse in the color Blue. You can read more details about the mouse —> HERE From the site: Sports car shaped, comfortable to touch and feel, this wireless mouse has zoom in and zoom out functions, a USB 2.0 interface, is high [...]
Fiber and Fluids
A healthy diet requires fiber and fluids. Fiber The Food Guide Pyramid recommends enough fruit, vegetable and grain servings to meet a person’s fiber requirements, if a variety of raw and whole-grain foods are eaten. Fiber is the indigestible carbohydrate found in plant cell walls and is either soluble or insoluble. Soluble fiber forms a [...]
THANKSGIVING: Don’t Let it Get Your Waistline!
A few smart substitutions can help you stave off extra pounds this holiday season. Dietitians with the University of Texas Southwestern Allied Health Science School suggest the following: Use broth for sauteing instead of butter to save 104 calories per tablespoon. Substitute 1/3-cup mayonnaise and 1/3-cup non-fat plain yogurt for 2/3-cup mayonnaise (480 calories saved). [...]
Ten Tips To Help You Cut Down on Sodium
Salt plays a role in high blood pressure. Everyone, should take steps to reduce their sodium intake to less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day (about 1 teaspoon of salt). Adults age 51 and older, and individuals with high blood pressure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease should further reduce their sodium intake to 1,500 [...]
Ten Quick Tips to Help You Get More Whole Grains
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples. Grains ar divided into two subgroups, whole grains and refined grains. Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel – the bran, germ, and endosperm. People who eat whole [...]
Nutrition for Detoxification
We’re all exposed to toxins every day and in everything we do. But there are ways we can assist our body in fighting off these nasties that can wear down our vitality and in most extreme cases, destroy our health. Following are two lists: One for the best food sources to eat to help your [...]
Functional Fat Loss
If you’ve been a long-time waist-watcher, perhaps you remember the popular nutrient ratio of 60-30-10; meaning a diet of 60 percent protein, 30 percent carbohydrates and 10 percent fat. This ratio was all the rage for quite some time and was both touted and practiced by many – from every day “dieters” to hard-core body [...]
Relishing Chutney
During the last couple decades, there has been quite a proliferation of chutneys in modern American. Chutney is the English derivative of the Indian word “chatni”. In India, before the 19th century, chatni was a sweet relish usually made from fruit that contained a prominent tang of acid and was an accompaniment to blander rice [...]
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