Fundamentally, the Diabetic Food Pyramid Guide is associated with lifestyle. The credit of framing a food pyramid for diabetes goes to American Dietetic Association and American Diabetic Association. The pyramid includes foods with rich carbohydrates and protein contents which are primarily recommended for diabetics. In this category we have grains, vegetables, and fruits with starch instead of foods with saturated...
Discover the incredible weight loss benefits of almonds, how to best prepare them and how much you should eat to get maximum benefit from almonds – one of nature’s amazing fat burning foods. We consider almonds to be nuts, but in reality they are seeds from the fruit of the almond tree. However, similar to a peach pit that is...
Well – read on from Part 1 which covered Sugar, HFCS and Synthetic Sweeteners! When a food label indicates “sugar”, it refers to sucrose, the white, chemically refined cane or beet completely void of any nutrients of the originating plant, a compound that nature could never have invented. It is not only indigestible; the body treats sugar as a drug,...
Pucker up and get ready to savor grapefruit at every meal. On The Grapefruit Solution, this citrus fruit is the secret to losing weight. But don’t be distressed: you can choose fruit, juice, or a supplement version of this wonder fruit. The grapefruit is so magical that just adding it to your food plan, says the diet, will lead you...
Its mid-morning and you’re feeling a little peckish – what will you eat? You feel a bit deprived because you are on the vegan diet, and you can’t think of any tasty and quick snack ideas. Or perhaps you’ve just come home from work and are craving a yummy treat, but you are tired. You therefore want your vegan snack...
When one mentions the word “salad”, what immediately comes to mind are leafy greens and other vegetables – definitely not dessert! But don’t forget that there is a dessert version – salads using fruits! It’s a refreshing sweet treat that’s not only good for your taste buds but for your body as well. It’s easy to prepare and you can...
After gastric bypass, gastric banding or gastric sleeve weight loss surgery we know we must follow a healthy high protein diet in order to lose weight and maintain weight loss. In these difficult economic times it is natural to be concerned about the cost of a specialized diet. Follow these helpful tips to sustain your weight loss surgery diet without...
The P90X workouts are tough. But, I tell everyone I coach that its diet, nutrition and supplements that get people the results they’re looking for. The workouts make you fit on the inside, your nutrition makes you look fit on the outside. I didn’t really follow any nutritional plan or recipes provided by Beachbody during my run through P90X. It’s...
Do you want your husband to lose weight? Or do you want the family to adopt a better, healthier lifestyle? You have to begin by creating some healthy meal plans. It is best to make about 4-5 meal plans and then to rotate them so that you can get a lot of variety in your meals. Here are some tips...
Take care of your child’s health: – “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child” -Forest Witcraft. Most of us believe that we are...
