Tagged as Eating Healthy

Frosting-coated cookies, butter-drenched veggies, gravy on everything, and carb-filled casseroles derail the dietary habits of many healthy adults during the holiday season. Some people choose these foods because they like how they taste, while others eat them because they evoke memories of fun family festivities and the sense of tradition and good family times is comforting and defines the holidays....
November 25, 2024
Can you eat your way to happiness? Yes! Perhaps not in the way you’re thinking, but it is entirely possible. The fleeting happiness you may experience by eating a container of ice cream using your favorite candy bar as a spoon isn’t what this is about. We’re talking about substantial, lasting happiness, not the instant, temporary sugar rush you may have from eating foods like cake, cookies, or a Twinkie....
October 11, 2023
It seems like every time my fiancé and I are at the grocery store, we happen to walk past aisles that sells loaves of bread for 99 cents or a huge bag of chips for a couple dollars. We gawk at these prices—how could anything so cheap ever be healthy? Isn’t good food more expensive? - A study published in the -British Medical Journal- (BMJ) in 2013 shows that eating healthier foods cost, on average,...
January 31, 2023
Frosting-coated cookies, butter-drenched veggies, gravy on everything, and carb-filled casseroles derail the dietary habits of many healthy adults during the holiday season. Some people choose these foods because they like how they taste, while others eat them because they evoke memories of fun family festivities and the sense of tradition and good family times is comforting and defines the holidays....
November 20, 2019
Breakfast salads — yes, they’re a thing — are loaded with nutrients and energy that we need to start the day. What’s more, eating a salad for breakfast paves the way for healthier eating throughout the rest of the day. When we start the day feeling light and free, without the weight of carbs and sugar on our bellies, good things can happen. Breakfast salads are the new rage in healthy eating — and...
September 20, 2019
Nearly 20% of U.S. adults -claim- they have a food allergy. Some, or maybe even most of these truly believe they have an allergy. Yet only half of them have an official medical diagnosis. While many of these adults may believe they have an allergy because weakened immunity runs in their family or they have had an adverse reaction to certain foods in the past, the lack of diagnosis actually causes some...
September 10, 2019
The long-raging debate about whether diet trumps fitness has inspired innumerable theories and conclusions from experts and amateur health enthusiasts alike. “Abs are made in the kitchen,” resounds the familiar aphorism – but just how important is what we put -into- our bodies compared to what we -do- with them in terms of a daily exercise routine? - Our muscles are composed of protein (25%, to be...
May 22, 2018