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 …
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 …
People who exercise often want to know how many calories they are burning. Many of today’s machines have this function built right into the processor. In fact, even some of the older model machines will give the athlete a good indication of how many calories they’ve burned while doing their …
Obesity is a growing problem. Two thirds of Americans are overweight. More and more people are searching for natural weight loss options and vegetarian weight loss programs fit that bill. The commercial market is overflowing with a large number of diet supplements and weight loss options. But natural options are …
Vegetarian diets are not just for health nuts anymore. Research has shown to improve the health of people eating vegetarian diets as well as giving them more energy and to help with weight loss as well as weight maintenance. And vegetarian diets aren’t boring either. In the past years agriculture …
A major health concern of people today is obesity. Two thirds of Americans are overweight and 15% of teenagers are as well. Obesity is a huge risk factor for life-threatening health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney problems, cardiovascular issues, stroke, cancer and gallstones. People are turning to …
