Avoid 12 Common Diet Mistakes
It’s likely that you’ve been on a diet at one point in your life. And everyone can easily name a few friends or family members who’ve been on one. Did you succeed? Did they? Or did you find yourself...
View ArticleWe Love Greek Yogurt
This week, we love Greek Yogurt. For breakfast, a mid-afternoon snack or even as a dessert, this creamy and super nutritious snack is one of our trusted go-to foods. Greek yogurt has a tangier and...
View ArticleAlcohol Consumption May Strengthen Bones
While we’ve always been told to bone-up on our calcium intake to strengthen our bones, there may be an unlikely helper – moderate alcohol drinking. A new study published in The American Journal of...
View ArticleWe Love Rachel’s Cottage Cheese
For some, cottage cheese is an abhorred diet food. But to others like myself, I go through cottage cheese like water. For me, it’s a near perfect food – low-fat, low-carb and filled with satiating...
View ArticleFive Key Supplements For Good Health
Everywhere we go, we are assaulted by claims of “Enriched with Vitamin C!”, “Added B vitamins!”, “More Vitamin A than the leading brand!”, and so on. We all know that vitamins and minerals are...
View ArticleCalcium – The Wonder Mineral
When I was a kid, I never developed a taste for milk. Well, no, that’s not strictly true – I loved CHOCOLATE milk. I never had it, so, consequently, I didn’t drink milk. I heard all of the horror...
View ArticleGet More Calcium in Your Diet
It’s important for everyone to get enough calcium, but women are especially at risk for calcium deficiency, which can lead to osteoporosis and decrease bone health later in life. Even though there is...
View ArticleThe More Protein The Better is a Common Nutrition Myth
Protein is essential for normal body functioning and crucial to help build and repair muscle tissue after strenuous workout sessions. Protein is defined as organic compounds made of amino acids that...
View Article8 Tips to Live a Longer Healthier Life
Most people want to live long, healthy, and personally fulfilling lives. Unfortunately, there’s not a Fountain of Youth that will magically give you these things. If there was, I bet we would all be...
View ArticleCan You Follow the Baby Food Diet in a Healthy Way?
The Baby Food Diet has taken Hollywood by storm but as more Americans who want to lose weight are jumping on the jarred, pureed food bandwagon, nutrition experts and parents are questioning whether the...
View ArticleMulti-Vitamins are not Living Up to Their Claims
If you’re faithfully taking your daily multi-vitamin, you should be proud of yourself. You’re doing a good thing for your body and your overall health, right? Unfortunately, you may not be helping...
View ArticleCalcium and Vitamin D are Essential for Bone Health
Are you bad to your bones? There is a growing trend in the United States and Canada: calcium and vitamin D deficiency. Bone mass reaches its peak around age thirty so calcium and vitamin D are critical...
View ArticleImprove Your Body’s Alkalinity with These Supplements
By Michelle Schoffro Cook for Care2.com Choosing a healthier lifestyle can be as simple as alkalizing your body, which may sound complicated but it really isn’t. Basically, acid and alkaline are...
View ArticlePhysicians are Concerned Supplements are More Popular Than Ever
The supplement aisle of any supermarket or natural grocery store can be overwhelming. There are hundreds of products on the shelf, all claiming different benefits. Some are labeled with a letter of the...
View Article6 Nutrients Every Vegetarian Needs
By Delia Quigley for Care2.com “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” ~Albert Einstein As people strive to...
View ArticleThe Anti-Arthritis Diet Revealed: How to Tap in to the Healing Power of Food
By Gale Tern Can arthritis be cured through diet? Is there such a thing as an anti-arthritis diet? Science and our own government have shown that almost every chronic degenerative disease acquired by...
View ArticleStart Eating More Calcium Rich Foods During National Osteoporosis Month
Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density over time. In light of May being National Osteoporosis Month, it seems appropriate to take a look at some of the causes and consider...
View ArticleMore Real Food, Less Complex Math: A Simpler Way to Read Nutrition Labels
By Jonathan Bailor Have you ever wondered what the vitamin and mineral percentages on nutrition labels actually mean? Ten percent of vitamin A. Hmmmm. Is that good or bad? Ten percent for a child? Ten...
View ArticleFemale Athlete Triad Could Cause Irreversible Health Damage to Endurance...
If you’ve been in the running world for some time, you’ve surely noticed what the typical road race winner looks like, right? Tall, toned, and thin. It’s fair to assume that this is what it takes to be...
View ArticleShrinking Prevention: It’s all About Your Bone Health
“We fight a war against gravity our entire lives, it pulling us down, us attempting to stand tall.” Those are the wise words of nutritionist Deb Burchardt, M.S., R.D, L.D. as we discussed the issue of...
View ArticleWIN An Essential Vitamins and Supplements Pack from Puritan’s Pride
Humans do not make their own vitamins, and they must get them from food or a supplement. Almost 80 percent of Americans do not eat at least five helpings of fruits and vegetables a day, the recommended...
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