Stocking a heart-healthy kitchen
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Having heart-friendly foods available puts you in control with less worry and more time to enjoy a nutritious meal.
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HEALTHY FOOD
Eating highly processed foods add 500 extra calories a day causing weight gain
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Besides being a poor nutritional choice, a steady diet consisting of ultra processed foods, can cause result in weight gain.
Read MoreYes, healthy eating is possible on a tight budget
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There are ways to enjoy a variety of high-quality, nutritious, and affordable foods while reaching your health goals that fit into your food budget.
Read MoreKeeping your gut healthy with prebiotics and probiotics
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What our gut is trying to tell us when these diseases arise is that the gut’s microbiome, partly inherited from your mother at birth and partly determined by your lifestyle, have a great deal of influence on our health.
Read MoreEasy ways to cut 100 calories each day
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Here are very simple ideas on ways you can sneakily cut back on around 100 calories just by making easy changes at breakfast, lunch/dinner, dessert, snacks, and dining out:
Read MoreTwo nutrients a healthy snack should contain
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What amount of protein and fiber is needed at a snack? Choose foods containing at least 5 grams of protein per serving and at least 3 grams of fiber per serving.
Read MoreBest foods keeping you full longer
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This means there’s a good chance eating these foods may actually aid in weight loss along with reducing our risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Read More7 Reasons to start your day drinking lemon water
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For some people it’s the first thing they do each morning – fix them self a tall glass of water containing freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Read MoreTake advantage of soup season
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A steaming, hot bowl of soup when weather turns cold makes a perfect quick meal offering plenty of health benefits.
Read MoreEnjoy winter squash all year round
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Pumpkins may initially take center stage with the arrival of fall but winter squash will still be around long after seasonal pumpkins will be hard to find after Halloween has passed.
Read More8 sneaky foods that mess with your digestion
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Here’s a sampling of 8 foods that may cause upset tummies in the form of heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, belching, gassiness, or even nausea.
Read More4 Important questions about dietary fat
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Facts about fat can be confusing. One day it ok to eat eggs, the next day we’re told eggs should be avoided.
Read More5 secrets fit people do to burn fat faster
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Try out these 5 tips you can do to work off a few pounds getting the body you want:
Read MoreAn orange a day reduces risk of macular degeneration
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This news is from a study by researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Australia who interviewed and followed more than 2,000 participants aged 50 and older for 15 years.
Read More3 effective ways to nix stress eating
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The problem is comfort foods are rarely considered health foods – very few if any of us open the refrigerator door searching for carrot and celery sticks to ease our pain.
Read MoreNaturally lower cholesterol with these 10 heart-friendly foods
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One option is to reduce cholesterol in a more natural way, namely by what you eat. If you have to go on medication do so.
Read More8 best solutions to healthy weight loss
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Weight loss can be one of the most frustrating and challenging feats undertaken, especially when using fad diets that can be very restrictive with complex rules.
Read MoreHow to stop emotional eating before it starts
/Emotional eating is using food to lessen or avoid bad feelings or even to prolong good feelings.
Read MoreWhy lemons and limes may prevent kidney stones
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Each year more than half a million people go to emergency rooms for kidney stones problems. It is estimated that one in ten people will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives.
Read MoreHow to stop binge eating
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To eat too much on occasion can happen but if the pattern is to overeat consistently with feelings of being unable to stop, this may be a sign of binge eating disorder.
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