2016/07/28
Healthier Vegan Alternatives to Your Favorite Meaty Meals For many people, nothing says “meal” like “meat,” and for others, nothing says “healthy” quite like “vegan.” So the question is, can you eat healthier vegan versions of your favorite meaty meals without sacrificing any of the taste you love? Of course you can, and here are some great healthier vegan alternatives you can try today. Quinoa Tacos Tacos wouldn’t be tacos without ground beef, right? Wrong. You can make vegan tacos that taste just as good as the ground beef you’re used to, without sacrificing taste or texture. The secret is in a tiny grain called quinoa, which packs a lot of nutrition. Simply cook up a dry cup of quinoa […]
2016/07/08
American’s Don’t Understand Portion Sizes: Major Obesity Cause Among the main factors being blamed for the American obesity epidemic is that we don’t understand portion sizes. After all, the number of calories you consume isn’t just a matter of eating lighter foods. You also need to consider the amount you’re eating. For many people, it is quite difficult to understand portion sizes. After all, they’ve been slowly growing over time. Today’s servings are considerably larger than what they used to be. This occurred along with the popularity of fast food. Chains learned about a concept called value sizing. Value sizing occurs when people will pay a higher price when they receive a larger serving. In this way, fast food chains […]
2016/07/04
You hear about harmful foods all the time, but are some foods really poison after all, or is everyone overreacting when they tell you to avoid consuming certain foods? The truth is that there are some foods that really can act like poison in your system. And the longer that you consume those foods, the more you’re putting yourself at a greater risk for a variety of health problems in the long run. Check out the list below and then check your kitchen to see if you have any of these foods that you should actually avoid eating regularly. Tuna Tuna absorbs mercury from its ocean environment, and as pollution continues to escalate throughout the world, particularly in the oceans […]
2016/05/27
Is the Nordic Diet Effective for Weight Loss? The latest weight loss eating trend in Europe has now become the Nordic Diet, which many people are also calling the Viking Diet or simply “eating like a Viking”. But is this strategy actually something that can help to promote health and fat loss or is it only the latest in a long line of different fads that are continually moving into – and out of – the dieting marketplace? To answer that question, your first step is to know what the Nordic Diet actually is. Overall, it is based on traditional eating patterns from Scandinavia, with influences from several of the countries in that region. It is typically high in fish, […]
2016/04/22
The Worst Processed Foods for Weight Loss Not a day goes by when we aren’t consuming over-processed, nutrient-stripped foods oozing with preservatives that are detrimental to our health. In our fast life with the accessibility of ready-made frozen pizzas and canned tunas, there is rarely anything organic or healthy that is going into our bodies. Worse are the increasing obesity demographics as the decades go by. Every time you munch on those sugary delights known as donuts, having your morning breakfast of boxed cereals, or your lunch from your favorite hot dog stand, you are unknowingly signing yourself up to thousands of calories a day and consuming weight-inducing trans fats, monosodium salts, or high-fructose corn syrup, that are all used […]
2016/03/24
The Benefits of a Low Sugar Diet There are several benefits of eliminating refined sugar from your diet. When we say refined sugar, we are referring to breads, cookies, potatoes, cola and candy. Consuming a diet rich in fiber and fruits can help you adopt a low sugar diet. A diet high in sugar will increase the risk of diabetes, weight gain, tooth decay, and heart complications. By slashing sugar from your diet, you enjoy a multitude of benefits. Here are some of the advantages of a diet that is low in sugar: You Won’t ‘Crash’ Reactive hypoglycemia is generally termed as a crash. It is a feeling of anxiety and sleepiness with a mix of other symptoms that people […]
2016/02/19
What is the Vegan Diet? When it comes to special diets with food restrictions, there are so many that it can be easy to be confused about which rules apply to what. The Vegan Diet, for example, can easily be confused with vegetarianism, but it’s important to note that they are not at all the same things. What is the difference? Simply stated, a Vegan Diet excludes any animal products or byproducts. This means that they don’t eat meat, poultry or fish, but they also won’t eat dairy, eggs, honey, or other products made by animals. Moreover, they also will not use products that were sourced from animals or animal by-products, such as fur, leather, wool, silk, and many soaps […]
2016/02/12
Comparing the 20/20 Diet to Carb Cycling A number of new diets have received significant attention from fitness freaks and dieters over the past few years. Two of the fairly recent ones are the Carb Cycling Diet and the 20/20 diet. The two diets have attracted a sizable following, with each having its proponents and opponents. The great thing about the two is they offer radically new approaches to weight loss, which makes it easier for people struggling to lose weight to drop the extra pounds. However, you might be confused about which of the two diets to try. After all, there is no way you can follow them both at the same time. To make things easier for you, […]
2016/01/19
Could Healthy Foods Be One of the Causes of Overeating? New year’s resolution or not, many of us finish the holiday season and start a new year with an aim to eat more healthfully, but the results of a recent study have suggested that placing a tremendous focus on healthful foods may actually be among the causes of overeating. The idea is that if a food is portrayed as being good for you, you might be inclined to eat more of it, regardless of its calorie content. These recent findings was published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. Within them, researchers indicated that the foods that are most frequently deemed to be healthful are also among those […]
2015/12/11
Top Signs You’re on an Unsafe and Unhealthy Diet While it would be lovely if every weight loss plan that promised to be safe and healthful was real, that is far from the case and it means that we need to be very careful to ensure that we don’t end up on an unsafe and unhealthy diet. The problem is that it isn’t always easy to spot the difference between the good strategies and the not so good ones. Fortunately, there are some red flags that you can watch for in order to make sure that you don’t end up on an unhealthy diet when you had the best intentions to do yourself a lot of favors. Keep your eyes […]