Category Archives: Healthy Eating Articles
Talk To Your Kids About Their Weight-But How?
As childhood obesity rises – the condition now affects 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the United States, triple the rate a generation ago, according to the Centers for Disease Control – so too does the need to guide children about healthy eating. This percentage isn’t something that should be taken lightly especially … Continue reading
Happy National Junk Food Day
July 21 has been declared a National Junk Food Day. Does this mean that we are to honor junk food on this day? Go to the supermarket and buy a years supply of our favorite junk foods and stuff ourselves? Actually, the point is reminding ourselves of how junk food has affected us especially the … Continue reading
It’s NO Cola In Turkey’s School Canteens This Year
In an effort to encourage students to have a balanced diet and to prevent obesity, Turkey’s Health Ministry and the Ministry of Education have launched a program for the 2011-2012 term.According to an agreement between the ministries, primary and high school canteens will not be able to sell fast food, colas, industrial fruit juice, energy … Continue reading
Healthy eating with Vitamin B5
Just what is Vitamin B5 anyway? Vitamin B5, also known as pantothenic acid, is crucial as a stress-fighting B-complex vitamin. Vitamin B5 is necessary for optimum functioning of adrenal glands and for maintaining healthy skin, nails, and nerves…is crucial for metabolism of fats and carbohydrates, and it plays a role in the secretion of important … Continue reading
Healthy Eating tips from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou lost 50 pounds and she accredits the loss to eating healthy. Fusing food and words to helping make it happen, the esteemed writer opened up her house to share her delight of food with others. On Thursday morning the popular poet shared dishes from her latest book and surprisingly her focus of literary … Continue reading
Got Sugar Phobia? 3 Things You Should Know
It is generally thought that to keep a healthy diet, you should get rid of sugar. Anything with sugar is viewed as a big no no and hindrance to loosing weight. This notion is spread especially online where you can find tons of articles discouraging you from eating sugar. There has even been a lot … Continue reading
Think Cheese is bad for your diet?Think again!
That’s the position of Arne Astrup, a professor at the University of Copenhagen. He argues that observational studies demonstrate that dairy products reduce blood pressure and do not have the negative effects on blood lipids that one might expect. Moreover, he says, calcium appears to have an effect both on appetite suppression and on the … Continue reading
Healthy, REAL food
It’s a fact: many think that real food are those that are extra tasty. Pizza, pasta, BBQ and steak are some examples of food that fall under the ‘real’ category. On the other hand, healthy food is thought to be full of boiled greens with no taste whatsoever. This notion is far from the truth. … Continue reading
Advertisers to ‘UNPROMOTE’ junk foods
The U.S. government on Thursday pressured food companies to cut back on aggressive advertising of junk food to kids, saying it contributes to a serious health crisis facing young Americans. “On a daily basis, kids across the country are barraged with ads for junk foods and it is long past time that we put some … Continue reading
Healthy diet and Fighting Cancer
There are many benefits of having a healthy diet. We usually think about losing weight as one of the major advantages but there are far much more things we can get from being healthy. It has been found that eating right can even be one way reduce the risk of cancer. Losing weight can help … Continue reading
Kidney Stone Remedies
There are many people that suffer from kidney stones. The problem is a lot of people do not realize they have them until the pain is unbearable. They do not know what symptoms to look for or if what they are feeling is kidney pain or not. If you can recognize that you have stones … Continue reading
Some Issues To Be Aware Of In A Diabetic Diet
Diabetes can be controlled effectively by taking exercise regularly and eating a healthy diet. The two main issues that need to be considered by anyone on a diabetic diet are sugar and fat intake. Constant weight monitoring is essential to prevent excessive weight gain as this can contribute to a number of problems. Medication, Exercise … Continue reading
Health Articles Friend or Foe?
I’ve always been the kind of person to research something in depth before attempting anything. Many people call me obsess, but I don’t see it that way. For me, it’s all about getting the proper information to make the right decisions. They say if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. My weight problem … Continue reading
Prevention Against Alzheimer’s Disease – What You Can Do
Perhaps you’ve witnessed close friends or relatives become a shell of their former selves as their mental abilities wither away from the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s disease. It is a truly tragic occurrence to endure. If you haven’t been in this unfortunate position, consider yourself very lucky. Currently, more than 5 million people suffer from … Continue reading
Internet Health Directories – Your Online Doctor
Online health directories provide you plethora of information related to health and fitness. The health directories offer a categorized, searchable index of health and fitness resources. The online directories provide you all the support and reliable information when you propose to start a fitness routine, opt for a better nutrition choice or aim at your … Continue reading