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Eat healthy Foods – It Makes Sense!
Eat healthy Foods - It Makes Sense!We all know the importance of eating healthy foods for their vitamin and mineral content. However, in recent years, scientists have discovered that there are hundreds of substances in food that have healing…
Preventing Osteoporosis
Preventing OsteoporosisLast month my 74-year-old mother while walking, tripped on a small tuft of grass, fell - and broke her rib! Her recovery has been painful, debilitating and at times depressing. It also affected my elderly father who relies…
Reading Food Labels How a Small Change Can Make a Big Difference
Reading Food Labels How a Small Change Can Make a Big DifferenceMost people simply don't pay attention to what they eat. They choose food solely on the basis of taste (or worse, packaging). While everyone agrees that food should certainly…
What Causes Us To Age?
What Causes Us To Age?Science has made stunning discoveries in this area of human interest, it's something we all want to know - can we slow down the process of ageing, can we live longer, if so, how? It's a highly technical subject, too detailed…
Healthy Eating – The Debate Continues
There are few things as controversial as exactly what constitutes ‘healthy eating’
How to Keep Food Fresh Naturally
Learn how to keep your food fresh using other fruits and vegetables.
How to Succeed With Your Diet
How to Succeed With Your DietTypically, when thinking of the word diet, we think temporary. Spring breaks, weddings and even weekend beach trips will get us to lose some weight. Unfortunately, these short term diets don't work. They are unhealthy…
Secret Parenting Tips on How to Teach Your Kid to be Healthy
Secret Parenting Tips on How to Teach Your Kid to be HealthyAs parents, I think we can agree that when it comes to encouraging kids to make healthy choices, it's not an easy task. So what's a parent to do?It begins by creating healthy choices…
Restaurant Survival 4 Kids
Restaurant Survival 4 KidsWeight loss can still be achieved even when dining out and busy schedules. With a little planning ahead you and your child can make healthy choices and lose weight.Follow these tips when dining out to ensure you are…
Soy Much News
Soy Much NewsSince their introduction to North America in the 1930s, soybeans have slowly but surely made their way into our lives and our stomachs. However, scientists still work to uncover the mysteries of this king of legumes. The recent…
Planning Meals For Your Slimming Programme
Planning Meals For Your Slimming ProgrammeOne of the most daunting things about starting a slimming programme is planning what you're going to eat. It doesn't have to be as hard as it seems though. Most meals are simple to make, especially…
How To Find Really Healthy Food in the Grocery Store
How To Find Really Healthy Food in the Grocery StoreDo you really know what is healthy food?We all try and stick to choosing healthy items when grocery shopping or eating out, but how well do we really know our foods? Discover how to find out…
Foods That Help Curb Hunger And Cravings
While experts suggest the best way to keep healthy and fit and keep your body nutritionally balanced is by eating several small meals per day. But, of course what you choose plays a large part in how you look and how you feel. And, while many of us "should" be noshing every few hours, how often we crave and what we crave may depend on what we're indulging in. In fact, experts assert that when it comes to curbing hunger and cravings, the key lies not in NOT eating, but in sele...
The Inward vs. the Outward Influences of Weight Loss
The Inward vs. the Outward Influences of Weight LossWhy does losing weight have to be so stressful? Why is it so hard? There are many factors. It would be presumptuous to say that losing weight was easy. It certainly isn’t! A person…
Overweight? Have You Given Away Your Power?
Overweight? Have You Given Away Your Power?Are you unhappily overweight? Do you despair of getting to the right size and shape for you? Is it because you’ve given away your power?Do you let others decide on your portion size?When you eat…
Crockpot Recipes for Low-Fat Dieters
Crockpot Recipes for Low-Fat DietersYou may not believe this but there are actually a countless number of crock pot recipes for people who are on a low-fat diet. Apparently, such low fat crock pot recipes are intended for people who are watching…
Tips and Strategies for Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits in Your Family
Tips and Strategies for Encouraging Healthy Eating Habits in Your FamilyMost of us have a pretty good idea of what healthy eating is lots of fruits and vegetables and not too much fat and sugar. But when it comes to kids, knowing what is healthy…
Food Companies Fail To Tackle Diet Crisis
Food Companies Fail To Tackle Diet CrisisThe bigger you are the better you are - well not in this case. The world's 25 biggest food companies are failing to take the global crisis in diet seriously and often only change their practices when…