Category: Nutrition Information
ORAC: Know Your Score
Know Your Score No, I’m not talking about your credit score but your nutrition score! The antioxidant values of foods are expressed in ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) units, a unit of measurement for antioxidants developed by the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you are like me and [...]
Read moreThe Importance of Color and Food Variety
Color Variety: What’s on your plate? Eating healthy is important. A big part of eating healthy means eating a variety. Each different plant has something special to offer our bodies. All the different antioxidants, phytochemicals, vitamins, and minerals work together to prevent cancer, cellular damage, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, blood pressure and many other diseases [...]
Read moreHealth Benefits of Garlic
Your challenge today is to make garlic a regular part of your daily diet. A clove a day keeps the doctor away! From the allium family, garlic contains compounds found to have anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal activities. Garlic also contains many minerals, vitamins, anti-oxidants, and phyto-nutrients that have proven health benefits. The Facts Each clove [...]
Read moreGrass Fed Beef
Remember the saying you are what you eat? Well, today I want to take it a step forward and say, you are what your food eats, or so the reports are starting to show. Grass fed beef verses corn fed beef have a nutritional panel that almost reads like two different animals. So, your challenge today is [...]
Read moreBeans or Legumes: Healthy Facts
Beans, Beans and more Beans! Or we can refer to them as legumes if you want to sound fancy. Your challenge today is to start eating some kind of bean everyday! There are many health benefits to regularly consuming beans. High in Fiber High in Protein High Antioxidant Level Packed full of Isoflavones The Facts [...]
Read moreHealth Benefits of Nuts
Nuts and no, I’m not talking about your schedule. I’m talking about consuming lots and lots of good healthy fats! Most Nuts: contain B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and folates. full of essential minerals like copper, manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium good source of [...]
Read moreVegetable Recipe Ideas
I love vegetables of all kind, even kale! So, here are some ideas to help you love vegetables too. The Stir Fry This is an ever changing dish that revolves around what comes out of my garden or looks good at the grocery store, but I will share the basics. Steam vegetables until slightly wilted [...]
Read moreDiscover Whole Grains
Having fun with grains! Whole grains reduce your risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke and blood pressure, as well as preventing colon cancer and helping you lose weight. Now, with all these sparkling benefits, it makes you want to run to the store and buy boxes full of products that say “whole grains”. These are [...]
Read moreSafe List of Fish to Eat
I don’t know about you but I’m a little confused on the fish topic. Eat fish, don’t eat fish, eat this fish, not that fish. So in an effort to get down to the facts, I’ve delved into this fishy business and come back with some clear answers. Get more of the right kind of [...]
Read moreBenefit of Probiotics
How pro are your biotics? Bacteria is often thought of as something bad, but in reality it’s something that needs to be in balance. There is increasing evidence that having the right kind of bacteria in your gut can go a long way in preventing illness and improving your overall health. When the good bacteria [...]
Read moreIs Diet Soda better than Regular Soda?
Since we have fully established that refined sugar is bad for you, artificial sugar must be better right? Let me first start by addressing all those diet coke addicts out there by saying, please do not become a crazy stalker and plot my death, now on to the facts. Diet sodas and diet products in [...]
Read moreLose the Extra Weight
Keep reading if you want some of my tough love advice. Step 1: If you are struggling to lose weight and think you are doing all the right things, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of keeping a journal. Studies show time and time again people over estimate their time spent exercising and underestimate the [...]
Read moreSugar: Myth vs Fact
How addicted to sugar are you? To make matters simple. Sugar = the Devil. It hides away in places you least expect it then sneaks out in your body in ways you didn’t prepare for. It feeds cancer cells, diabetes and triglycerides. It decreases strength and energy levels. But… oh it tastes so good. Hence [...]
Read moreFacts About Fruit
Are you where you should be? Most people do not meet the recommended 2-4 servings of fruit each day. Each fruit offers your body a different antioxidant. These antioxidants boost immunity, promote healing, fight cancer, decrease free radicals, and decrease inflammation. Those benefits all make you feel better, get sick less and have more energy! [...]
Read moreTips for Decreasing Processed Food
1. Make homemade sauces: my personal favorite is pesto. It only takes about 5 minutes. I find basil grows like a weed, even inside in the winter, so I usually have fresh basil on hand. Add 2 cups of fresh basil leaves 1/2 cup of pine nuts or walnuts 1/2 fresh olive oil garlic, salt, [...]
Read moreProcessed Food
Why would you want to put anything in your body that contains cancer causing ingredients? Optimal Diet: Only eat foods you can pick or get it out of the ground. Moderate Diet: The food has a label but it has less than 5 ingredients and you can name all of them. Poor Diet: The food [...]
Read moreSuper Foods: The Ultimate List
Your body needs good healthy food each and every day. Think of it as “eating” the best vitamins available that help support and nurture your body. So, my challenge to you is to find a way to incorporate at least 5 of the items on this list each and every day. Be sure and try [...]
Read moreOmega 3 Fatty Acid
Healthy Omega 3 Fatty Acids Yes, I’m saying you absolutely need to consume a fat; crazy right, because something with fat in the name sounds like it should be avoided. Omega 3 fatty acids are essential to good health. They must stay in balance with omega 6′s in the body, but unfortunately since common western [...]
Read moreWater – what you should know
Water… the thing none of us can live without. 75% of our body is made up of water. Without water in a hot environment one can expect to live about 2 days. Filling our bodies with good quality water can be difficult. Water straight out of the tap often contains, well… let’s just say I [...]
Read moreHealthy Snacks
I’m on a mission to find super healthy snacks! So, check back often as I add to this list. Goji Berries, organic, dried Mulberries, organic, dried A glass of fresh squeezed OJ (I’ve been reading some bad things about the store bought packaged juice.) Getting ready to experiment with dehydrating raw nuts, just got a [...]
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