Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Elizabeth Kelly Sometimes it seems like the secret to successful dieting hinges on just a few seconds of your day. You’ve been so good: writing in your food journal, sticking to the plan, passing up the office snacks. Then it happens. It may be that moment when you get…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Have you put on a few winter hibernation pounds? Worried about how you’ll look at the beach this summer? Perhaps with kids, work, family and all of your responsibilities of being a superman or superwoman, you are in need of more consistent energy throughout the day. If you want to…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Shauna Zamarripa You are what you eat. Eating over-processed, over-packaged and preservative-laden foods has been linked to premature aging and certain diseases. Poor eating habits have been attributed to cancer, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke. With all of this information at our fingertips, how do we stave…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Your employer’s having a going away party for the secretary before she goes on maternity leave, you have three birthday parties this weekend and your husband just announced that you’ve been invited to a barbeque at the neighbor’s house. Then again maybe you’re a single twenty something that just seems…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Soda junkies: It’s high time you find some healthy drink alternatives to soda. You don’t need to be a nutrition expert to realize that those bubbly beverages shouldn’t be your go-to drink of choice. If you needed further confirmation, a 2012 study from Yale University found most respondents want to…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Amy Daughdrill Fasting has been instituted by people of nearly all faiths as a religious practice since before recorded history. By definition, it is the act of abstaining from food, drink or both for a period of time. As a spiritual practice, it is believed to be an act…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
A lot of people still don’t know there are fat-burning foods that can actually increase the number of fat calories your body burns each day. These are known as free foods and are generally low in calories; in fact, some of these foods are so low in calories that your…
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While raw foods are not new, eating plans that follow this trend in healthy eating appear to be gaining strength across the country. The focus of the diet is on eating uncooked, highly nutritious foods — fruits and vegetables. Of course, these foods are low in calories and extremely good…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Experts constantly say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Studies have even shown that those who eat a healthy breakfast are less likely to overeat the rest of the day. It puts you in a better mood, gives you more energy and starts out your day…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Mexican restaurant food is a lot like a girl with a bad reputation. Everyone focuses on the faults without seeing the good qualities underneath. Contrary to the rumors, fresh, wholesome foods are lurking under the cheese and sour cream of a typical Mexican meal. To eat more sensibly and still…