If you’re a sugar addict, it can be challenging to control your weight or maintain a healthy diet. North Americans consume an average of 150 pounds of sugar a year, and these unhealthy diets have contributed to a startling rise in obesity and chronic diseases. Thankfully, you can still give in to your sweet tooth by eating foods with sugar substitutes. Some of the top sugar substitutes include stevia, agave nectar and honey. Stevia Stevia is a sweetener that has zero calories. This herb, native to South America, is actually thought to be a better alternative to table sugar because it … [Read more...]
Build A Better Diet With a Food Pyramid
Image via Wikipedia Watch television for more than 20 minutes or page through a magazine and you will likely be exposed to at least one diet and one miracle diet pill. As more and more Americans find out they are overweight, they are looking for a quick fix – a diet or pill that will make shedding the pounds simple. The truth is, while many of these diets or pills may work in the short-term, many find that they are gaining the weight back once they stop the diet. What does work is creating a diet based on the traditional food pyramid. Taking the time to understand the pyramid and how it … [Read more...]
Healthy Diet Recommendations for Emotional Eaters
Image by reeldiehl83 via Flickr Emotional eating is characterized by eating when you're not hungry. An emotional eater reaches for food when he or she is sad, mad, frustrated or bored. The calories that this type of eating habit adds to the diet can result in excessive weight gain and general lethargy. The best way to deal with emotional eating is to address its underlying psychological and emotional dynamics. However, a few food-related strategies may help. Replacing Sugary Foods with Fruits Stocking your fridge with healthy fruits such as peaches, strawberries and bananas is … [Read more...]
What’s On the Menu?
Do you have children in your family who are picky eaters? That makes meal planning a challenge. Here are some tips of ways you can get your picky eaters to eat healthy food without throwing temper tantrums. Be creative in your food presentation. Create a silly face out of apple slices, peanut butter, and raisins. Use a cookie cutter to create unusual sandwich shapes. Give fruits and vegetables wacky names like blabby blueberries or Houdini zucchini or boogey bananas (peanut butter spread on banana slices). The silly names will make your child giggle and want to eat that food. They might … [Read more...]
Healthy diets for healthy life
For better life and healthy body diet is a very important aspect. Healthy diets means that the body should be provided vitamins, proteins, minerals, fibers, fat and other nutrients in a proper and managed manner. It is also suggested by many doctors and dietitians that if someone wants to live a healthy life than one must follow a proper diet chart with a little bit of exercise. But there is also a fact that diet chart of each person is not similar one must follow the diet chart which is suitable for the body. Most of the people follow various types of diet charts to lose weight and assume … [Read more...]