Essential Vitamins For Women
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition, Popular Diets | 1 Comment
Essential Vitamins Tips For Women
- Get Plenty Of Vitamin A To See The Light
Vitamin A helps the body develop and maintain healthy teeth, bones, and skin, but it is also especially important for eye health, especially for maintaining night vision. Vitamin A is also known as retinol because it helps develop the pigments in the retina of the eye, and retinol has been a popular component of many skin care products in recent years.
Foods rich in vitamin A include whole milk, meat, (especially animal liver), cheese, eggs and fish oils. If
Emotional Eating or Anorexia: The Mood-Food Connection
Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Emotional Eating
Emotions are not only a factor in overeating; they contribute to undereating, too. People who suffer from anorexia nervosa have emotional distress that prevents them from eating anything, healthy or not.
Anorexia is considered by mental health professionals to be a distinct mental health condition. Symptoms of anorexia include an obsession with food and with being thin, and people with anorexia maintain a weight that is noticeably below normal for their ages and heights. Although it centers around food, people with anorexia are often trying to cope
Why Fast Weight Loss Works!
Posted on March 17, 2008 - Filed Under Weight Loss | 1 Comment
The whole Western way of life, its ever faster pace, lack of quality relaxation time fuels the obesity and weight gain issues that many of us struggle with. Our diet is over processed and in many instances contains additives that actually promote weight gain and certainly do not help towards a healthy lifestyle.
Much has been written and spoken about effective food labelling, but generally unless you have a PhD in Food Science you’re unlikely to easily understand much of it and what’s more if you’re a busy mum with young children going round the store - whose got the time… Continue reading
Read More..>>Top Ten Myths About the Nutritional Value of Cow’s Milk
Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition | Leave a Comment
The milk industry has created several reasons why we need our daily dose of milk. We’ve heard some of these for so many years now that they have become part of our thinking. It’s time to examine the myths, lies and propaganda about cow’s milk.
1. Cow’s milk is pasteurized to make it safer.
Milk is pasteurized at over 170 degrees. All of the enzymes and anything of value in the milk are killed at 130 degrees. So, it’s fortified, value has to be added back in. What pasteurization really did for the business was give… Continue reading
Read More..>>Sugar -Why Is It So Addictive?
Posted on March 11, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition | Leave a Comment
Fighting Cravings for Sweets
So I’ve always wondered why I crave sugar so much especially after I eat a meal. I have not gone one day without finding something with sugar in it to satisfy my urge. Some days I get a little carried away.
Why does this happen?
Sweet cravings come about for a number of reasons. In order to defeat these cravings, it is important to understand why they occur.
Part of your cravings exist due to habit. You must have satisfied this craving in the past following a meal with something sweet. Then suddenly it becomes a part of your mindset… Continue reading
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