Articles in Healthy Eating
Keep your good habits by making good food choices while traveling or eating away from home.
Bring water – If eating in the car is a trouble spot for you, make it a rule to only …
BEYOND WILL POWER – HEALTHY DECISION MAKING
Good intentions, determination and will power are skills people think they need when trying to make changes towards a healthier lifestyle. However, what influences one’s actions is much more …
Over indulgence
I am health nut, and I have had many people look at me like I am insane. They see me eating a certain way and avoiding certain things and ask me, “don’t …
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I’m sure that you heard that all the time when you was a kid. But, it is true. Breakfast is one of those meals …
Eating Right for a Healthy Weight
Achieving and maintaining a healthier weight will contribute to your overall health and well being.
The following tips are for adults who want to make changes in their lifestyle and move …
10 Tips for a Healthy Heart
Eating well and being physically active are important for a healthy heart. Try these tips from the American Dietetic Association — your heart will thank you.
Lighten up. Losing even a …
Foods That Turn To Fat
Part one of this special report listed the twelve foods that “burn fat.” This second installment in the series will teach you which foods “turn to fat.” One of the best …
Foods That Burn Fat
1. Oatmeal
If I could only choose one source of complex, starchy carbohydrates for a fat loss program, this would be it! Oatmeal is the one carbohydrate food that virtually 100% of all …
You eat one of your favorite foods, as usual. You feel funny after 20 minutes. Not usual. One look in the mirror reveals that your lips are swollen beyond Angelina’s pretty proportions—definitely not usual. As …
Reaching for a glass of milk or fresh produce may seem like a healthy choice. But before you pat yourself on the back, take heed: These and other food pyramid mainstays can turn harmful at …
Four Fruit Salad recipe – 60 calories
Ingredients:
2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1-2 medium firm bananas, sliced
2 cups green grapes, halved
1 small cantaloupe, cut into chunks
1/3 cup orange juice
Preparation:
1. In a large bowl, combine the fruit.
2. Pour …
Eggs on the Grill Candy recipe – 130 calories
Ingredients:
30 yellow Smarties candies
200 g white chocolate
120 straight pretzel sticks
Preparation:
1. Spread wax paper on a cookie sheet.
2. Arrange the pretzel sticks, laying side by side, into …
Ambrosia Fruit Salad recipe – 146 calories
Ingredients:
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup mandarin orange pieces, drained
1 cup coconut
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup sour cream or lemon yogurt
Preparation:
1. Combine all the ingredients (except the marshmallows) in …
As any women whose life has been touched by breast cancer will tell you, it is a terrifying disease that turns everything upside down. Yet scientific evidence suggests that around one third of all cancers …
With summer just around the corner, this is often the time we fall victim to fad diets. After all, who wants to expose a sun-starved and flabby body when it’s time to put on a …
2 cups brown rice, cooked
12 oz cooked chicken, no skin
4 servings favorite vegetable (serving size varies according to vegetable selected)
Toss cooked brown rice and cooked chicken with your favorite vegetables. Use low-sodium soy sauce and …
1 cup pearl rice (long grain white rice may be substituted)
2 medium sized white onions chopped fine
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup water
½ cup tomato sauce
1 teaspoon dill
¼ cup chopped parsley
about 50 grape leaves
In a …
6 cups just cooked, hot rice
1 bunch fresh cilantro
2-3 cloves garlic
1/2 sweet yellow onion (like Maui, Vidalia or Walla Walla)
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
While rice is cooking, prepare the rest of the ingredients …
1 cup brown rice, uncooked
Chicken bouillon or broth, or water
Scallions or chives, chopped
Parsley and favorite herb, chopped
Simply follow any basic recipe for cooking brown rice. Near the end of cooking time, stir in a good …
2 bunches of fresh broccoli, washed, drained, and cut in bite size pieces
1/2 red onion, chopped in bite size pieces
small pkg. roasted and salted sun flower seeds
6-8 baby carrots, sliced
1 can water chestnuts, drained, and …
