Whole Grains Tips
Posted on May 5, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
Whole Grains Tips
Bump Up Breakfast With Whole Grain Muffins And Oatmeal
Breakfast foods are a great venue for whole grain recipes. Muffins, pancakes, and even crepes made with whole grain flours provide more protein, vitamins, and fiber than those made with processed grains. And don’t forget the oatmeal. Oatmeal, whether it’s the old-fashioned or “quick oats” variety, is a whole grain food. Try substituting half or even a third of the flour in your favorite muffin or pancake recipe with whole wheat flour. You may find that your favorite recipe tastes even better, and it is better for you! When shopping… Continue reading
Read More..>>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
Weight Loss Pills and Nutritional Supplements
Posted on April 6, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition, Weight Loss | 1 Comment
Weight Loss Pills & Supplements
While some supplements have turned out to be a boon for consumers looking for alternative approaches to health concerns, when it comes to weight loss, dietary supplements have been a big, fat bust.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you The Skinny on Your Health.
Since the ban on ephedra, an herbal stimulant implicated in dozens of deaths, supplement manufacturers have ramped up their efforts to promote other treatments.
But since the supplement industry is unregulated, consumers had little help in evaluating marketers’ claims of safety or effectiveness. Until now.
No less than Harvard University Medical School has just completed a… Continue reading
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Weight Loss Pills & Supplements
While some supplements have turned out to be a boon for consumers looking for alternative approaches to health concerns, when it comes to weight loss, dietary supplements have been a big, fat bust.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you The Skinny on Your Health.
Since the ban on ephedra, an herbal stimulant implicated in dozens of deaths, supplement manufacturers have ramped up their efforts to promote other treatments.
But since the supplement industry is unregulated, consumers had little help in evaluating marketers’ claims of safety or effectiveness. Until now.
No less than Harvard University Medical School has just completed a… Continue reading
Read More..>>Type 2 Diabetes & Weight Loss
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Diabetes, Weight Loss, health coupons | Leave a Comment
What is Diabetes
America’s epidemic of obesity is leading to a corresponding epidemic in diabetes, but most people don’t know much about the disease other than some vague ideas about shots and sugar-free diets.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you The Skinny on Your Health.
In diabetes, sugar builds up in the blood instead of entering the body’s cells. Medication or insulin shots are needed to move the sugar into the proper places.
But the physical costs of the disease go way beyond the discomfort of injections.
Diabetes often leads to kidney disease, heart attack and stroke.
If you’ve heard about demanding dietary changes, imagine the… Continue reading
Tags: Diabetes, health coupons, Insulin, Nutrition, Obesity, Overweight, proper diet, type 2 diabetes, type ii diabetes, whole grainsRelated posts
What is Diabetes
America’s epidemic of obesity is leading to a corresponding epidemic in diabetes, but most people don’t know much about the disease other than some vague ideas about shots and sugar-free diets.
I’m Dr. Caroline Cederquist, giving you The Skinny on Your Health.
In diabetes, sugar builds up in the blood instead of entering the body’s cells. Medication or insulin shots are needed to move the sugar into the proper places.
But the physical costs of the disease go way beyond the discomfort of injections.
Diabetes often leads to kidney disease, heart attack and stroke.
If you’ve heard about demanding dietary changes, imagine the… Continue reading
Read More..>>Whole Grain Goodness
Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under Nutrition | Leave a Comment
Making the switch from white to whole grain is one of the best nutrition decisions you can make.
Whole grain pasta, bread and rice has flavour, is healthier and has more protein than it’s white counterpart.
Whole grain is well…The whole grain. It includes the wheat germ, bran and endosperm. White foods are stripped out of these nutrients by processing. White carbs are filled with empty calories. You might as well be eating sugar!
Here are some benefits to whole grain carbohydrates
Protein Fiber B vitamins Antioxidants Vitamin E Trace Minerals (zinc, magnesium, iron, copper) Reduces Risk of Heart Disease Reduces Risk of Type… Continue reading
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