Healthy Green Tea to Lower Your Blood Pressure, and More
There are certain foods that should be a part of every person’s diet, even if they don’t particularly care for the taste. These foods could be referred to as natural medicine, as they do so much for us and yet have virtually no side effects. So why wouldn’t you take them, even if you haven’t yet developed a taste for them. One of those foods is green tea, and just by looking at the grocery shelves and their wide variety more people are obviously on to green tea.
Eating a Healthy Diet Made EasyThere are a lot of opinions, many of them conflicting, about what a healthy diet consists of. Simply put it would be to eat the correct amount of a wide variety of whole foods from different groups in the right proportions. This article will show you which healthy foods to consume and which unhealthy foods to avoid.
Choose Health With Holiday Nosh and NibblesWhether it is Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, the holiday season is filled with friends, fellowship and food. Now it’s the four-letter f-word aka Food that can get a person in trouble. Too often my clients reach out to me after indulging in the seasonal food swag. You know my mantra is “all things in moderation” and if you have special dietary needs, my caveat during these days of temptation is to consider the consequences before you indulge. I’m not suggesting that you choose deprivation-research shows that feeling deprived can trigger overindulgence and that is what we want to avoid. My goal is to help you wrap up the year feeling healthy and positive that you’ve made wise eating choices.
6 Tips to Teach the Kids Healthy Eating HabitsNutrition for children is usually based on quite similar nutrition principles that benefit adults. Young or old, it helps to have the proper nutrients in the diet, such as fat, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.
Food Labelling 2014Obesity costs the NHS 5 Billion pounds a year, this is currently due to the fact that half of the population of the United Kingdom are either overweight or obese. The Government has implemented a wide variety of opportunities to reduce this, one of them is re addressing food labelling. The way nutrition labels are arranged has changed again, this is an update on this
What Is Choline and Why You Should Care!Today I’m going to share with you what is choline and how it is helpful. Perhaps you have noticed this nutrient in a dietary multivitamin and wondered what it does. According to Dr. Weil choline is not really considered a vitamin, but it’s a micro nutrient. Micro nutrients are things people need a very tiny amount of to keep good health. Then there is something known as macro nutrients, which someone needs a lot of and a few examples would be fats, proteins and carbohydrates.
Tips To Handle And Enjoy Your Mangosteen FruitsThe Mangosteen fruit is nothing near a mango even though the names sound similar. This is a dark purple fruit that has become very popular beyond the Asian market. It has a variety of nutrients and minerals, making it very lovable and just like most fruits it can be enjoyed as a fruit or in juice form depending on which one you find most ideal for you. Easy preparation and handling tips can help you get the very best from the fruit every time.
Are You Compromising Your Vegetarianism or Veganism When You Take Your Medicines?Are you inadvertently ingesting products from animal sources via medicines or supplements and compromising on your vegetarianism or veganism? How important is it to you that you not take any foods or medicines of animal origin?
Is Aspartame Safe or Does It Cause Health Problems?There are some valid concerns about the use of artificial sweeteners like aspartame, especially since a large number of diet foods have switched to using this sweetener. Is the use of aspartame dangerous?
5 Simple Health Tips to Stay on Track This Holiday SeasonIt can be challenging to maintain your healthy eating and exercise lifestyle during the holiday season. These 5 simple steps will make it easier for you to stay on track.
Kids Nutrition: Healthy Lunch Ideas For KidsKids are very active; therefore, they need foods that will provide them with high energy. Since you need your children to be healthy, you should feed them healthy foods. To help you out, here are some of the best lunch foods that you can give your kids:
Careful When Eating EggsThe next time you decide on having eggs for breakfast, keep in mind that does not guarantee your meal will be healthy. Every single item on the plate or in the glass has a certain specific calorie count. Hopefully you’ll eat an appropriate portion for breakfast and not think that just because eggs are involved that means it’s a healthy meal. It can be very far from that if you’re not careful.