Learn to Love: Persimmons
Now that berry season is long gone, I’m expanding my breakfast fruit horizons. Celebrate the cold weather with pomegranate seeds in your oatmeal , or slice pears or persimmons and serve them with nut butter on toast or whole-grain waffles . You probably know how to pick and slice a pear, but persimmons...
Soothing Stretches to Ease Digestion
Posted by admin in Exercise on 11 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
With Thanksgiving coming up, I’m sure many of you are looking forward to chowing down on some delicious foods. Most of us end up eating way more than usual, and since many of the dishes may be richer or sweeter than you’re used to, it can cause some major discomfort in the tummy department....
Stop Hating the Gym and Start Loving It
Posted by admin in Exercise on 11 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
If you are dreading moving your workouts indoors due to falling temperatures, let me help you learn to love, or at least tolerate, the gym. Here are some common reasons people hate hitting the gym, and solutions to help you overcome the hurdles. I hate the gym because . . . The solution It’s too...
Snickers Energy Bars?
Clif, Balance, and Luna are a few of my favorite brands when choosing energy bars , but the popular packed-with-peanuts candy bar company wants to get in on the action too with their Snickers Marathon bars . I know what you’re thinking. Snickers? Making energy bars? Yep. They were designed to...
Popcorn Hopping With Antioxidants
The list of super foods just got a little snackier: popcorn is loaded with antioxidants . We have known for a while now that blueberries and broccoli contain high amounts of disease-fighting micronutrients, but whole grains are also high in polyphenols that can help in the nutrition fight against cancer...
Organic Food No Healthier Than Conventional?
Everywhere you turn lately, it seems more and more foods are being labeled organic . It’s definitely been a huge craze, although sales have fallen since the recession. Sales may fall even further after people hear about a new study published Wednesday that states organic doesn’t mean healthier...
Healthier Meal Options for All Children
Healthier Meal It is surprising the kinds of crisis a child today has to go through. With all the diverse pressures around a child finds it easy to fall under the trap of junk food. Where there is nobody to guide about proper nutrition junk food seems to be the easy way out. Sodexo is now determined...
Foods With the Most Nutrition For the Price Per Portion
The majority of you haven’t felt the recession in terms of gaining weight - you’ve figured out that just because you might be feeling a financial pinch, you don’t have to resort to junk food that adds inches to your waistline. Because we’re all concerned about balancing our diet...
Valerie Bertinelli Believes in Her Amazing Body
Posted by admin in Exercise on 07 20th, 2009 | No Comments
2009 is the year of firsts for Valerie Bertinelli. Back in March she appeared in a bikini on the cover of People magazine after losing 50 pounds, and this weekend she completed the Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half-Marathon. Valerie crossed the finish line in 2:12:19 and commented, “I am in amazement....
Fit Pregnancy: Eating For Two
Between the insane cravings and the nausea, the simple act of eating while pregnant can present many challenges. The concept of eating for two can be a bit dangerous, leading to weight gain that is difficult to lose while mothering 24/7. Since the old-school method of counting calories to track food...
Sexuality & Sexually Transmitted Diseases
People seem to want and need to be close to others. We want to share our thoughts and feelings with others and to touch and be touched. Just being physically near is important, but many of us also want to continue an active, satisfying sex life as we grow older. More and more teenagers are having sex...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]