Flavor The Healthy Way – With Herbs!
We can’t deny that salt and fat add taste to foods, and cutting down on these dubious substances is not easy. But the use of herbs so enhances the flavor of your foods, you won’t want or need as much … read more…
Category Archives: Healthy Eating
Complete These Tips For Healthier Living
It is claimed that a majority of illnesses are self-caused. Examples of this are smoking, overuse of alcoholic beverages, excess weight, eating the wrong foods, sedentary life style, drug overuse, and medical non-compliance. The following suggestions may help to get … read more…
Current Concepts on Meat, Dietary Fat, Tea and Antioxidants
Many scientists are aware that there is a definite connection between nutrition and disease. They perceive that a healthy lifestyle including a mostly plant-based diet, weight control and regular exercise could prevent many of today’s cancers as well as some … read more…
Exploring The Beneficial Effects Of Green Tea
Periodically a substance that has been around for years is found to have favorable effects on the body and becomes popular. That describes green tea from the Camellia Sinensis plant, a shrub native to Asia which has been used for … read more…
Is America’s Favorite Drink Beneficial or Detrimental?
We normally associate caffeine-containing drinks with times of comfort; freshly brewed coffee in the morning, a refreshing cold soft drink with lunch, or a relaxing cup of tea after dinner. But does caffeine harm us in some ways? The answer … read more…
Handling The Holidays
Looking forward to the “holidays?” We know they can be stressful but here are a few ideas to help enjoy them to the fullest. Americans associate social events and celebrations with food. As a result, this can be a difficult … read more…
Helping Prevent Kidney Stones
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine. Your kidneys, ureters, and bladder are part of your urinary tract. There are four … read more…
Sources of Calcium in Food
Why are we so interested in calcium, and if so, why not calcium supplements? Calcium is a mineral that is necessary for life. In addition to building bones and keeping them healthy, calcium enables our blood to clot, our muscles to … read more…
(Almost) Fat-Free Chocolate Pudding (Hershey’s recipe, altered a little)
In a heavy saucepan, combine 1/3 to 1/2 c sugar,1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder & 3 Tbsp. cornstarch. Gradually add 2 1/4 c. skim milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil and stir for 2 minutes. … read more…
Good News for Chocolate Lovers
The most craved substance in our culture is chocolate. Preparations of the beans from the cacao tree have been eaten for at least 1000 years. Although we have been led to believe that chocolate is not the healthiest thing to … read more…