All Entries in the "Food" Category
Eating too Much of Fast Food is not Healthy – Advice from CEO of Pizza Shop
Pizza is actually healthy for you if you don’t eat too much of it. You can’t eat five or six slices but if you eat one or two slices it’s very nutritious
What is the Right Approach to Stop Eating Fast Food?
“How could you eat that junk? It’s so bad for you!” (nag, nag). “Don’t you know those fries will give you a heart attack?” (nag, nag).
Healthy Fast Food is Just Lower Calorie Junk Food
Health food is the menu at the big fast food chains lately? Even more incongruous, many are marketing their food for weight loss.
The Myth about fats and saturated fats – Know the Healthy Fats
For a long time now, the food and health industry has falsely propagated that saturated fats are bad for health (especially heart) and also lead to weight gain and fat gain in the body. While there is a little truth behind these statements, it is not entirely true and above all it is misleading. While [...]
How to optimize the calcium and vitamin D intake for vegetarians
Dairy products are an excellent source but vegetarians who do not consume milk or milk products (vegans) need to get calcium from other sources. Try soy milk and orange juice fortified with calcium; other good sources include seeds (sunflower, sesame etc), nuts (almonds, peanuts, cashews), fruit (banana, custard apple) and green vegetables (broccoli, spinach, turnip [...]
How to optimize the zinc intake for vegetarians
Zinc from plant foods is poorly absorbed, so it is important for vegetarians to get enough zinc. Good sources of zinc include leavened whole grains (such as whole-wheat bread), legumes (beans and lentils), soy foods and dairy products. [ad#top-300] How to go about it: • Pumpkin seeds provide one of the most concentrated vegetarian food [...]
How to optimize the Vitamin B12 intake for vegetarians
For this, it is important to go strong on grains. Vitamin B12 (found mostly in foods from animal sources, such as milk, eggs, and meat) and B2 are often a bigger problem. [ad#top-300] So look for foods fortified with Vitamin B12 (such as fortified soy milk) or take a B12 supplement. Good sources of B12 [...]
How to optimize the Iron intake for vegetarians
Iron is an essential mineral and an important component of proteins involved in oxygen transport and metabolism. Almost two-thirds of the iron in your body is found in hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to your body’s tissues. [ad#top-300] Generally the best sources of iron tend to be non-vegetarian foods like [...]
How to optimize the protein intake for vegetarians
Understanding protein is a difficult thing. People often see the nutrition information at the backside of a packed food and become happy seeing 10 or 15% protein. It is absolutely stupid to go by the percentage of protein as protein quality differs. [ad#top-300] A high quality protein is something which can be completely assimilated by [...]
Sattvic Food and a Balanced Vegetarian Diet for healthy living and weight loss
It is very evident that vegetarian food that is low in fat and high in fiber can lower the incidence of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity in the average person. Even the average life span of a vegetarian is higher than that of a non-vegetarian. [ad#top-300] The major different between animal fat and [...]
The importance of Breakfast
How specifically having breakfast impact weight loss Everyone will place a lot of emphasis on breakfast, be it your granny or a nutrition expert. The lifestyle today doesn’t afford you to have a good breakfast. It is not only important to have a good breakfast, but also important to have it slowly. With a late [...]
Right time to have a meal to achieve Healthy Weight Loss
The conventional weight loss experts always vouch that the key to weight loss is to achieve negative energy balance. Which means one’s energy intake should be less than what the body spends, so that the fats and stored lipids can be broken down. These experts never take in to account the BMR and prescribe dieting [...]
Ignorance about the food we consume and its effects on health and weight loss
Food is not just for the body, but for both mind and body. Food is not just about the calories/protein content/daily values of minerals and vitamins. People often buy a pizza and look at the nutritional value behind the package, and become happy looking at the calories and protein. Food is not just about calories [...]
Health Benefits of Raw Food Diet for Weight Loss
Eating raw foods is natural. Our bodies thrive on all that is fresh and vital. A raw food diet (or increasing the amount of raw food that you eat) is bound to bring a feeling of increased well-being. Raw food diets are based on unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, preferably organic, such as a variety [...]
Mistakes To Avoid During Your Weight Loss Diet Period
There are times on your weight loss journey when progress can come to a halt. Days or weeks can go by without you seeing movement on the scale, and it can get downright frustrating. After working with thousands of clients, I’ve noticed certain patterns that can cause this weight loss stoppage. Here are 3 of [...]
