Category: Nutrition
Boost Hemoglobin and Donate Blood
When I originally wrote this article back in 2008, blood supply levels were at a record low. Now, 3 years later, blood level supplies are still dangerously low. Here’s a link to a Fox23.com story entitled Blood Supply at Emergency Levels after Winter Storms. The story was last updated in February of 2011. It seems [...]
Adopting a Healthy Cooking Lifestyle
When it comes to healthy cooking, some people embrace it while other folks run as far away from it as possible. That leads to the question: What is healthy cooking? Well, it all depends on who is asked the question. Ask a fast food junkie, and the answer might be something like, “Healthy food is [...]
The Low Down on Cholesterol
When it comes to a weight loss plan, there are so many diets to choose from. You can go from Atkins (A) to Zone Diet (Z). Which one of these many diets is good for your heart? Should you really be worried about cholesterol on a low carbohydrate or low fat diet? Lets start with, [...]
pH Balance: What is pH and Why Does Yours Matter?
pH is one of the most important things your need to learn about in terms of health or disease. In order for your body’s cells to function at peak capacity, your body needs to ensure that its pH levels-especially your blood-are in a slightly alkaline state (that means with a pH of slightly more than [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup: Does it Deserve its Bad Rep?
To some, high fructose corn syrup is known as corn syrup on steroids. Do we really need to stay away from this powerful sugar alternative? Discovered in the 1970s, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) became a much-used ingredient in American processed food products. Because high fructose corn syrup is sweeter than sugar, keeps products fresh [...]
Teens and Dieting: Is Your Adolescent on a Dangerous Diet?
The teen years are a time of exploration. Body image and self image seem to play a large part. Is your teen’s self image strong enough to avoid the pitfalls of dangerous diets? Teen years are tough enough without the added media pressure to look thin. Teenagers undergo both real and imagined pressures of school, [...]
Essential Fatty Acids: Omeag 6 & 3
In the article Trans Fats 101, we talked about the three types of fats (Saturated, unsaturated and Trans Fats), and that the healthiest of the fats are unsaturated fats of which there are two kinds, poly unsaturated and mono unsaturated. This article will take it one step further and discuss polyunsaturated fats in a bit [...]
Trans Fats 101
How much do we really know about trans fats? We know that they’re present in processed foods and we know that they’re bad for us, but do we know what they are and why they’re bad for us? I believe that if we become educated on such matters, we can help ourselves and teach our [...]
Is Zero grams of Trans Fats Really 0g?
You’re shopping in the grocery store and pick up box of cake mix, read the nutrition label see there is a big zero (0 ) next to trans fats (this you can read even without the aid of your reading glasses which are sitting home on the counter). You toss the mix into your shopping [...]
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