Articles related to a healthy diet and weight loss.
Food and mood are interrelated in many ways. The saying you are what you eat is true on many levels. Not only do our food choices affect us physically, they affect us mentally as well. Our mood affects our food choices and our food choices […]
Many people wonder are legumes paleo. The Paleo dogma on legumes is that they are not paleo and are forbidden. However, many people today use the word Paleo to describe any diet that focuses on the foods our grandparents ate while avoiding any mass produced […]
Every year we get invited to join a diet challenge. It’s an opportunity to mingle with social media friends who have something in common and it sounds like a fun idea. Going on a diet challenge with a group ensures there will be lots of […]
It is important to have a balanced diet to make sure you have an optimum amount of energy and to provide the nutrients your body needs to repair itself and avoid illness. Women have different requirements than men for a balanced […]
Today’s consumers are health conscious and many of them are concerned about misleading food labels. More people are taking the time to read food labels to compare foods and decide which product they should buy. Our food manufacturers know this and […]
A fairly constant pattern we see among overweight and obese individuals is the habit of eating out. Many people today don’t like to cook and they eat less than half their meals at home. This convenience kills and can lead to food addiction as you […]
I’m always looking for ways I could be saving money on organic food. In a perfect world, we would be eating fresh organic food all the time. In real life however, this is not easy to do, even if you can afford to pay the […]
The reason why most diets fail is that people are looking for a quick way to lose weight rather than a diet they can stick to long term. That’s why the average person ends up gaining about 10 pounds for every diet they go […]
Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans or gram, were originally cultivated in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Most of us are familiar with the type of chickpea that is round and beige colored, but there are other varieties that are green or black. Like […]
I can’t help being passionate about issues that can have such a huge impact on our health and well-being. Without a doubt, added sugars make the list of ‘things we need to quit right now’.
I know, I know. We all love our sugar. But I’m […]
