Are You an Apple or a Pear?
Most people believe that excess weight is bad for your health. But now research has shown that it is where excess fat is stored on the body that is the key link to the risk of future health problems...
Calories Count When Trying To Lose Weight or Diet
To lose weight, you have to create an energy deficit in your body. One pound of body fat is equal to 3,500 calories. Therefore, losing one pound requires a deficit of 3,500 calories. So, to lose...
Diet and Weight Loss - Food Matters
Most health experts agree that for weight management and better health, it’s important to choose foods that are lower in calories, fat, saturated fat, and sodium. You should also choose foods that provide enough of the nutrients you need for health, like protein, complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals....
What are functional foods and nutraceuticals?
Over the past several years, the relationship between what we eat and our long-term health has gained a great deal of attention. Increasingly, Americans recognize that our food choices impact our risk for cancer, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Knowing this, many people have begun to look at some foods in a new way; as more than just a source of basic nutrients but a means to promoting optimum health and well-being...
Healthy Eating and Alzheimer’s Disease
It was once believed that the brain doesn’t grow as people get older. However, research now shows that brain cells continue to develop throughout a person’s life and that some healthy eating tips may help to keep your brain healthy and help in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease. Check out the table below for some healthy eating advice to help keep your brain healthy...
Healthier Cooking With Family
Cooking with your kids can help get them interested in healthful foods they might normally avoid. As you show them how to prepare healthful foods, they will gain an appreciation for healthful eating. Childhood obesity is becoming a major problem in our nation, and teaching an appreciation for healthful foods can help make sure your kids stay healthy. You can also use this time to talk about food...
Healthy Cooking: A Guide to Recipe Substitutions
Everyone has a recipe or meal that is a favorite. Unfortunately, sometimes those foods do nothing to help your heart or your waistline. Recipe substitutions can help you enjoy your favorite foods while decreasing the amount of fat, sugar, salt, and calories. When changing your recipes, you may want to eliminate, reduce, or replace...
Healthy Eating Should Include A Wide Variety of Foods
Healthy eating means eating a wide variety of foods you enjoy, especially grains, vegetables and fruit. It also means choosing lower-fat foods more often and cutting down on the amount of fat you use to prepare foods. Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating has lots of tips and suggestions to help you make healthy eating a part of your everyday life...
Healthy Eating Tips
List of healthy eating tips to aid you in your quest for peak fitness and active living...
Healthy Recipes - Free Online Cookbook
We are Peak-Fitness-Clubs are committed to helping you improve your health as you strive for "peak fitness." This cookbook includes recipes to help you and your family achieve a healthy way to eat. The recipes are tasty, economical, easy to prepare, and contain the recommended amounts of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium...
How Much Weight Should I Lose?
If you think you need to lose some weight, talk to your Registered Dietitian about what a healthy weight would be for you. There are generally two measures to consider when looking at your body weight and body shape: Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference..
Eating On The Run
When you are in a hurry, it's hard to take the time to prepare meals or snacks, let alone to sit down and eat. No matter where you're off to, you have time to grab a nutritious snack. The key is to plan ahead and be prepared. Whether you're in a hurry to go to a class or a meeting, or just want a snack for later, here are some healthful ideas...
Should I Try a Low Carb Diet to Lose Weight?
It’s still around – and there is still interest in it – it’s the low carb diet. The media hype on weight gain and obesity has revived consumer interest in quick, effortless solutions to weight loss, including low carbohydrate diets. Low carb diets restricts the intake of carbohydrate-containing foods found in grain products, some vegetables, fruits, legumes, milk, yogurt and foods with added sugar. Instead, dieters eat generous amounts of protein and fats, found in meats, meat alternatives, and fats/oils. Some low carb diets encourage lean meats and healthier fats, while others permit bacon, butter and other foods high in saturated fats. Therefore, not all low carb diets are created equal...
How To Stick To Your New Year's Resolution To Lose Weight and Be More Active?
We've all done it, year after year - make resolutions for ourselves, stick to it for a few months, days or sometimes just hours and become disappointed when we fail YET AGAIN! Why on earth do we do it to ourselves? The start of a new year or the arrival of spring or summer usually bring with them thoughts of rejuvenation, change and something better, and it seems like the perfect time to 'fix' our life. So, this time, instead of failing again, what can you do so that you stick to your resolutions?
Tips For Healthier Cooking
When you’re trying to be healthier, simple changes in your cooking can reduce sodium, fat, and cholesterol. You don’t have to give up your favorite foods—often, a minor change can make a big difference...
What Is A Fad Diet?
A fad diet is any weight loss plan or aid that promises dramatic results without work. These diets don’t offer long-term success, are typically not healthy, and can actually be dangerous to your health...
What is My Pyramid? What is the Food Guide Pyramid?
That’s the theme behind “MyPyramid,” the food guide from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). MyPyramid replaces the Food Guide Pyramid and is based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans...
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