Can fructose (fruit sugar) make you fat? A personal eating experiment based on research seeks to find the answer. A crude search on the internet to find out if fructose is in fact bad for you will provide you with this explanation: “One thing you may fail to realize is that fruit contains a lot…
The quickest way to lower cholesterol is with diet. Think of your new “diet” of eating lower cholesterol foods as more of a permanent lifestyle change. The most immediate way to lower your cholesterol is with your diet. Most people think of a diet as something you do for a while and then stop, which…
An explanation of the real value of probiotic yogurt to digestive health and wellness. In recent years, the word “probiotic” has become a powerful marketing catch-phrase in the food industry. One that, like others of its ilk (omega-3s, plant sterols, all-natural) has become synonymous with what consumers perceive as being “healthy food”. Probiotic yogurt is…
There are many important ways to stay healthy and a good tool to assist in helping you create good eating habits is the food pyramid. As some of you may know the food pyramid is made up of different categories that tell us what types of foods we should have in our daily diet. There are five…
The calcium found in milk is good for you – and it’s about the only thing. You can get calcium in a number of other ways without all the drawbacks. Humans vs. Bovines Mammals are the only creatures on this earth whose bodies naturally provide the sustenance their young require to thrive. Mother birds hunt…
If you are on a budget and want to follow a raw-food diet, ask your local supermarket for free greens, grow your own herbs and use a lot of sprouted legumes According to Victoria Boutenko, leading raw-food coach and author of Green for Life, 115 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which some vitamins, minerals and…
Carbon monoxide and nitrates are added to meat and poultry at processing plants. Alternatives to large grocery stores offer meat with less additives. Consuming too much meat has been known to be a health risk factor for quite some time for everything from cancer to obesity. In recent years, however, there have been increasing reports…