Cholesterol is a necessary component to good health. Your body uses it during digestion, hormone production, and proper cell function. Because high cholesterol levels in the blood can lead to cardiovascular disease and stroke, dietary cholesterol has long held a bad reputation. While current government - dietary guidelines - still recommend eating a diet low in cholesterol, newer - research - suggests...
From shakes to frozen entrees, weight loss food is a multi-billion dollar business. While some may help with dropping a few pounds, they really aren’t a sustainable option as they leash the person to needing that particular food all the time. In other words, it's not a lifestyle solution. Luckily, some readily available foods -can- assist with weight loss. Here are 6 of the best. 1. Leafy Greens -...
We've all heard about how important it is to eat healthy foods in order to lose weight and be healthy. And for women, losing and maintaining a healthy body weight can be more challenging than for men. Fortunately, there are some foods that can help give us that extra help to not only assist us in losing weight, but to also benefit our overall health, such as reducing our risk of cancer, heart disease,...
The term "cage-free" often brings to mind chickens who roam around freely on a farm or in a pasture of some sort, running about, pecking for food, and enjoying the pleasant sunshine afforded in this type of environment. When many agribusinesses switched to cage-free chickens, many consumers began purchasing the new products, believing that they were making a difference by supporting more humane living...
A- High-Intensity Interval Training- (HIIT) workout has been shown to be a fantastic workout and many are pursuing this method of fitness with passion since it fits in with lie in a way that other things may not. But the intensity is really something and post-workouts can leave some of us absolutely ravenous. When that happens, it’s easy to eat back burned calories thinking we've "earned it." Choosing...
We have all grown up being pelleted with health "facts" - i.e., assertions or discoveries that had been solidly proven to be truthful, according to the latest research. Some people have blamed the Internet for the deluge of health information that has been unleashed but, clearly, we were overwhelmed with such information (thanks mostly to popular magazines and tabloids) even before its advent. Let's...
Breakfast foods are comforting and delicious. It's too bad that most of time we are eating them in a mad-dash to get the day started. So why not turn your day upside down and enjoy some fine breakfast fare in the evening? - Eleanor Roosevelt used to make scrambled eggs on Sunday night for anyone who was a guest in the White House. In a lifetime packed with servants, this was the only meal she regularly...