Nutrition Archives
6 Power Foods for Your Heart
Heart disease remains the number one cause of death in the United States for both men and women. Here are 6 power foods you can start adding to your diet to keep your heart healthy!
Crum Creek's Guide to Healthy Snacking
What constitutes the "perfect snack?" The answer is fortunately quite simple: look for key goods (fiber, protein and other healthy nutrients) without sacrificing taste or texture. Here are some tips to help you keep hunger, and pounds, at bay.
At Work and in Need of a Snack… Now What?
There you stand, dollar bill in hand, eyeing the selections. Your expectations are low as far as finding anything healthy and/or nonfattening, but some goodies are better than others. We turn to our friend Sophie Pachella, R.D. to review the offerings in most vending machines.
14 Ways to Love Superfoods
Whether it's your kids' protests or your own wrinkled nose, we never seem to crave what's crucial to our health. If you're wary of welcoming superfoods into your kitchen or onto your plate, here's how to make them taste like special treats.
Improve your Blood Pressure with Soy Nuts
A new study suggests post-menopausal women may reap health benefits from eating soy nuts. Soy has long been thought to play a role in the lower heart disease risk observed in Asian populations; so, studying the effect eating soy foods has on heart disease risk factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels makes sense.
Biscuties Makes the Forbes.com "Eight New
Waistline-Friendly Snacks" List
If you're hoping to curb your hunger without losing control of
your waistline, you're in luck. The snack food industry is continuing to increase its focus
on producing healthy, or at least healthier, products. That means more low-calorie snack packages
are hitting supermarket shelves, along with labels touting organic and all-natural contents.
10 Super
Foods
Many Americans like to think that they can meet
all their nutritional needs by popping a supplement.
They shouldn't underestimate the power of Mother
Nature! Real food provides us with countless benefits
that you just can’t get from a pill. Here
is a roundup of 10
nutritional all-stars, plus some innovative
ideas for working them into your menus.
The
Top 10 Antioxidant Foods
We've known for years that antioxidants can help
prevent heart disease and cancer, reduce blood
pressure, and slow the effects of aging. The best
way to lay an antioxidant-rich foundation is through
a combination of whole foods. Ready to make your
meals more healing? Here's a list of the top
ten antioxidant foods, plus easy ways to incorporate
them into your diet.
Making
the Switch to Natural Sweeteners
Accepting the not-so-sweet truth about sugar is
hard for many people. Sugar is extracted from cane
or beets to produce the white, granulated substance
that is so familiar. Tasty as they may be, however,
sugar's simple carbohydrates have caused harm to
those who have helplessly become addicted to them.
They are known to drain other nutrients from a
consumer's diet. Many sources believe that consumers
should consider switching over to natural sweeteners,
such as honey, stevia, or fruit juice concentrates.
Read
on for some
great alternatives.
Breakfast
- It's still the Most Important Meal
While it is very important to not skip breakfast,
it is just as important to make good choices as
to which foods you will eat. You can start
making the best choices by clicking here...
Fifteen Nutrition
Boosters
Eating a nutritious diet may be easier - and tastier
- than you think. It's time to break out of our
ruts, and boost our nutritional intakes. Click
here for 15 simple
ways to improve your diet without giving up
a thing.
Eating
Well: Tips for a Healthy Diet
Eating a healthy diet doesn't mean starving yourself,
crash dieting, and eating things you hate. In fact,
eating a healthy diet means making
smart choices about what to eat.