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5 Common Diet & Fitness Myths
Losing weight is a science: Calories/energy consumed vs. energy burned. Whenever you eat more calories than you burn, you’ll gain weight. Whenever you eat less calories than you burn, you’ll lose weight. According to all the experts and research there isn’t any other way to lose weight, besides surgery. Remember, if you eat too many calories you will gain weight. It’s best to eat foods that fill you up and satisfy your hunger without adding too many calories. This translates into eating lots of fruits and vegetables while limiting fast food, chips, crackers, and deserts. More →
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Most low-carbohydrate diets do not attempt to limit the intake of proteins, fats, or total calories. In other words, their fat content tends to be very high. Promoters claim that unbalancing the diet will lead to increased metabolism of unwanted fat even if the calories are not restricted. This is not true, but calorie reduction is likely to occur because the diet's monotony tends to discourage overeating. More →
Six guidelines to healthy eating
Whatever your blood cholesterol level, you can make changes to help lower it or keep it low and reduce your risk for heart disease. These are guidelines for heart-healthy living that the whole family (including children ages 2 and above) can follow. All foods that contain fat are made up of a mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats. Saturated fat raises your blood cholesterol level more than anything else you eat. The best way to reduce blood cholesterol is to choose foods lower in saturated fat. More →
Safe Guidelines For A Low-Carb Diet
Across the nation, the low carbohydrate diet craze is dying down. Nevertheless, many restaurants, hotels and grocery stores still cater to the die-hard consumers who prefer low-carbohydrate foods. It’s important to know that carbohydrates are the mainstay of our diets. This macronutrient provides us with energy as well as many nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals and fiber. More →
Key recommendations of healthy nutrition
Consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages within and among the basic food groups while choosing foods that limit the intake of saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, added sugars, salt, and alcohol. More →
Importance of protein intake
Surprisingly little is known about protein and health. We know that adults need a minimum of 1 gram of protein for every kilogram of body weight per day to keep from slowly breaking down their own tissues. Around the world, millions of people don't get enough protein. Protein malnutrition leads to the condition known as kwashiorkor. Lack of protein can cause growth failure, loss of muscle mass, decreased immunity, weakening of the heart and respiratory system, and death. More →
Food pyramids myths
A lot of confusing information about nutrition have appeared in the media and certain health circles, making it very hard to know what to eat. So, it's necessary to dispel a few nutrition myths regarding Food pyramids. More →
Planning a Balanced Diet
Make a list of as many foods as possible. Next, take the list and assign each food to a category. The categories you choose should be closely aligned with the standard groups identified on the food pyramid. You might have groups for fruits, vegetables, whole grains, other starches, lean proteins, dairy, other proteins, etc. More →
Dieting and health
Food satisfies two distinct needs of the body – energy and raw materials the body uses to manufacture all the chemicals it needs. From the standpoint of energy, almost any food will do. Eating the right mix of food only becomes important when you consider food as raw material. More →
Truth about fats
One of the most important determinants of blood cholesterol level is fat in the diet – not total fat, but specific types of fat. Some types of fat are clearly good for cholesterol levels and others are clearly bad for them. What is becoming clearer and clearer is that bad fats, meaning saturated and trans fats, increase the risk for certain diseases while good fats, meaning monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, lower the risk. The key is to substitute good fats for bad fats. More →
Importance of carbohydrates
Regardless of what you've read or heard about the dangers of carbohydrates, they are an important part of a healthy diet. Carbohydrates provide the body with the fuel it needs for physical activity and for proper organ function. More →
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