Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
March 29, 2009
- Teff: A Gluten-Free Nutritional Powerhouse
If you suffer from Celiac disease or are sensitive to gluten, then you have probably already heard about Teff and if you haven’t, get ready to learn about a nutritional powerhouse of a grain you should seriously consider adding to your diet. Teff is the main ingredient in the Ethiopian and Eritrean engera, which is [...]
March 26, 2009
- Simple Formula Stays True: Eat Less, Lose Weight
The world of diets is downright confusing, isn’t it? If you’re looking for how to lose weight fast, you may have tried Atkins (high fat, low carbohydrate), Dean Ornish (low fat, high carbohydrate), the acai berry diet, and even South Beach, but which one is truly best has always really been a coin toss, until [...]
March 20, 2009
- Calcium for Weight Loss
A study recently published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss (who needs those diet pills anyway?!), but only in people whose diets are deficient in the mineral. The 15-week weight loss program was conducted on obese women and the participants consumed [...]
March 16, 2009
- Looking North to the Nordic Diet
We have all heard of the Mediterranean diet which is supported by scientific data showing that people living in countries bordering the Mediterranean have lower levels of cardiovascular disease, obesity and some types of cancer. The diet is rich in large amounts of vegetables, nuts, bread and fish, making the Mediterranean diet very low in [...]
March 13, 2009
- Super L-Arginine
Just to refresh your memory, amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and our bodies get most essential amino acids from the protein we ingest. Arginine is one of those essential amino acids that is only essential on a conditional basis, meaning we need arginine at a certain age and only under certain circumstances. [...]
March 9, 2009
- Swept Away by Agave
Many mistakenly think that the agave is a kind of cactus but agaves are actually closely related to the lily and amaryllis families. Though this post is about the use of agave as a sweetener, I think the other uses of agave are interesting too. Way before the days of antibiotics, the Aztecs used to [...]
March 3, 2009
- Orthorexia Awareness
This blog is all about healthy and effective diets and related subjects but it turns out there is an extreme form of everything, including the desire to be healthy. It seems like everyone I know is increasingly aware of the importance of a healthier diet and exercise, though everyone implements these changes in their own [...]
February 28, 2009
- Stevia: The Sweet Tooth Savior
For those of us with a major sweet tooth, like me, you’ll try any new sugar substitute that comes out on the market, but end up disappointed by the aftertaste, or even worse, suspicious about its contents and effect on your body. But I have found true happiness in Stevia, especially now that the FDA [...]
February 25, 2009
- Fructose: The Link with Obesity
Many of us have long been accustomed to drinking a big glass of OJ with breakfast or a sweetened beverage with our lunch and dinner. Turns out this may be much worse for you than just a few extra calories on your daily menu. Especially if you’re already obese. A recent study from the Monell [...]
February 19, 2009
- Vitamin D – Obesity Link
One vitamin that’s been making the news a lot lately is Vitamin D. Yes, that’s the one we are supposedly getting our fill of from sun exposure and fortified milk. Vitamin D, which regulates bone metabolism, is mostly obtained through exposure of the skin to direct sunlight but as it turns out that many, and [...]
February 16, 2009
- No Carb Pasta
I’m a recovering pasta lover. It’s such a taboo thing to be these days with the low carb epidemic but my pasta eating days ended long before, when I noticed that each time I chowed down on a big pasta dinner (my favorite was pasta primavera), I’d crash out about 30 minutes later into what [...]
February 12, 2009
- Chaotic Home Makes Moms Obese
This post is not related specifically to a diet but a weight-related study which I found very pertinent to my readers in a few ways. A recent study published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved has reported that chaos and household instability increases the possibility that a mother will be [...]
February 8, 2009
- Low Carb Study
Scarsdale, Atkins, the Zone, South Beach. Each of these diets claims their plan is your key to successful, long-term weight loss, but the available research is insufficient at this point for us to really, truly know what’s most effective. Conventional dietitians will tell you that losing weight is all about taking in less overall calories–that [...]