Archive for the ‘Fad Diets’ Category
Monday, April 30th, 2012
 Processed food has nothing to do with healthy eating. Consumers know this, food manufacturers know this, the FDA knows this, yet processed food is still flying off the shelves at the grocery store.
In fact, out of all the money Americans spend on food, 90% of it is allocated to processed foods. Knowing that processed food is cheaper than whole diet food makes that statistic look even worse.
In case you need to be reminded how to eat healthy, let’s go over some of the reasons why processed food works better with fad diets than healthy diets. (more…)
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
 How good was your knowledge of healthy diets in high school? Would you have graduated if you had to pass “how to eat healthy”?
High school students in France will have a legitimate reason to worry about healthy eating if one doctor gets his way.
He thinks a body weight component should be added to an assessment that high school students take at the end of their career. The test traditionally measures academic skills and knowledge, and it is similar to the SAT or ACT in that it is the stepping stone between high school and college.
The doctor believes that students should earn credit on this test for being at a healthy weight.
There are a few different ways to look at this controversial idea. (more…)
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012
 Liver problems are commonly thought to be associated with alcohol abuse.
But when kids start developing unhealthy livers that don’t work properly, you get to know the other culprit of liver disease: fructose.
Alcohol and fructose actually have a lot in common when it comes to bad effects on healthy diets. (more…)
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
 “She must eat nothing but healthy meals.”
“He must live at the gym.”
“They must have been born thin, and they’ll never have to worry about being fat.”
Go ahead and admit to yourself that these are the thoughts you sometimes have when you see models, celebrities, and people in your everyday life who are skinny, attractive, and apparently doing everything right when it comes to healthy diets.
To ease your mind and to give you a crucial key point about healthy weight loss, you must know something. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
 If you are a fan of cooking shows on TV, then you are probably aware of the current discussion going on regarding the responsibility of TV show chefs to practice what they preach, so to say.
This controversy stems from a popular host who features butter and sugar in the majority of her recipes. She is as far as can be from a show that gives tips on how to eat healthy. And she is not shy about trying her own recipes and touting their deliciousness.
Her approach to cooking and hosting was not of much concern until she made a surprising announcement. (more…)
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
 You have a choice about the food you eat for meals and snacks: diet food, junk food, comfort food, fast food. When you’re eating right, you choose food based on its good nutrition and its value in healthy meals.
Take meat and poultry, for example. You know that these lean protein sources can be a staple of healthy diets, if you choose to eat them.
But you might need to know even more than just facts about good nutrition. Specifically, it is worth checking into the eating plans of the animals themselves.
Why should we care about whether our food sources are eating right or on fad diets? (more…)
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
 School lunch programs can be a great way to teach children how to eat healthy and to set them up for a lifetime of healthy eating. This would be the case, at least, if school cafeterias were filled with plenty of options for good nutrition, followed true principles of eating right, and limited harmful factors like empty calories and bad fats.
But when lunch programs make up their own fad diets where a slice of pizza can be counted as a serving of vegetables, there is a problem. (more…)
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
 Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, had his own personal beliefs about healthy eating and what counts as good nutrition. He didn’t think of them as fad diets, but rather how to eat healthy in unconventional ways. See if you think he was eating right or hurting his health. (more…)
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
 How do you sweeten the foods and drinks that are part of your healthy meals?
With so many choices out there, I am sure we would get a lot of different answers to this question. Of course, with many options, comes lots of information, including some that is truthful, some that bends the truth, and some that conveniently leaves out the truth.
So how do you know what type of sweetener to use in your healthy eating plan?
A plant called stevia answers your questions about how to eat healthy while adding some sweetness. (more…)
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
 After reading the title, you might think I am about to talk about all the tasty things you are missing out on when you choose healthy eating over fast food diets.
This is far from the truth. Keep reading to find out one more reason to favor whole foods and their natural good nutrition over anything processed, no matter how “healthy” it claims to be. (more…)
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