Because today’s nutrition includes too much fat, too much sugar, and too many processed foods, more people are also worried about their weight and working on a weight loss program. Motivation to continue to lose weight often starts out in high gear and quickly goes downhill. People are often motivated …

Obesity is an ever-increasing problem. Judging by the number of weight loss plans and options people use to constantly try to lose weight, it is also a growing market. But losing weight can feel overwhelming. Losing weight is not as complicated as you might think. It’s not that it isn’t …

Imagine being able to eat your way to health. Taking foods instead of drugs to ward off cholesterol problems, decrease your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other diseases that have become all too common in our society. Imagine adding a few great tasting foods to your diet and …

Low carbohydrate diets seem to be increasingly popular. And, this is for good reason. The standard Western diet is high in processed simple carbohydrates and hydrogenated fats – both of which carry significant health risks. Low carbohydrate, high protein diets have been popularized by Atkins, South Beach and Stillman officionados. …

Carbohydrates are the mainstay of your body’s source of fuel for your everyday activities. These nutrients provide your cells with the energy they need to continue to work and to keep your muscles and brain functioning properly. However, like most things in a Western culture, we have a tendency to …

Snacking throughout the day is actually healthy for you. According to the market research company, NPD Group, Americans who have the healthiest eating habits are snacking twice as often as those who don’t have healthy habits. (1) In fact, this is contradictory to some more conventional wisdom. Most people find …

Carbohydrates are a compound in foods from animal tissue or from plants. As these carbohydrates enter your stomach and are digested they result in an increase in your blood sugar. This increase in your blood sugar results in an increase in production of insulin from your pancreas in order to …

While it is important to watch the number of carbohydrates you eat on a low carb diet, there will be times when you’ve gone over the limit or you need a food that satisfies but doesn’t have any, or next to no, carbs. Our bodies need carbohydrates in order to …

Passionate runners love to run. They run rain, shine, snow and sun. But sometimes the weather is just too hot or cold, or it’s too dark or not safe. Or sometimes the runner just wants a change of pace. So what are the differences between treadmill running versus outdoors? There …

People who want to start running are looking for reasons that running good for your health and runners want confirmation that running, amid some of the bad press that always surrounds different sports, really isn’t as bad as the press sometimes makes it out to be. The truth is really …