Tag: Diet

The winner is based on how you cook the meat and your portion size. Red meat has a higher calorie and saturated fat content as compared to white meat. But red meat is much higher in essential minerals like zinc, iron, amino acids, thiamine, and riboflavin as compared to white meat. For muscle building, white meat is a better choice.

Bread is a fast-digesting food that could make you feel hungry, even if your body does not require more food. However, by following these tips and tricks, you can eat bread in a healthier way, without worrying about gaining weight. Whole grain bread, fermented bread, and organic bread are some of the breads that will not add up extra pounds.

Several people believe inflammatory bowel disease is caused by a poor diet. This isn't true. People with IBD haven’t done anything to contribute to its development. Also, most people get mixed up with IBD and IBS, believing it’s the same thing. While the names and symptoms are very similar, it’s conceptually two different issues. IBD isn't caused by stress or psychological issues.

We all want to lose weight but how many of us actually put in the effort to eat fewer donuts and sweat it out...

Carb cycling diet is a high-carb/low-carb diet with regular exercise. Sticking to this diet improves your metabolism, which helps maintain a healthy weight. It also helps build lean muscles. This diet increases your intake of carbs through plant foods. It promotes a long-term healthy lifestyle as the diet is not too restrictive. It may also help regulate blood sugars in the body.

Irritable bowels and sensitive stomachs can be managed by cutting out foods such as dairy, chocolate, alcohol, corn, fructose, seeds and nuts, chili, carbonated beverages, and high-fat foods as well as fried foods. These foods can be difficult to digest or can cause inflammation of the bowels. Try to stick to soft bland foods and drink plenty of water.

Deciding to give your dog homemade food is a big step in reducing your carbon foot-print and going green. Here’s a quick read-through to...

Your pads and tampons may not be as safe as you think. Feminine hygiene products are loaded with harmful chemicals like dioxins, glyphosate, rayon, mercury, phthalates, and synthetic fragrances. Exposure to these chemicals over long durations will drastically affect your health in the long run. Try safer alternatives like organic, disposable pads and tampons, reusable pads, menstrual cups, and period panties.

For working moms some days can be good and some days can be bad. The trick is to customize yourself in order to make everyday as productive as possible. This is more important for the high-performance moms. You can start off with things such as starting off the morning right, eating a solid breakfast, setting daily goals, being mindful, taking time off, being active, out of the comfort zone, meal prepping, reduction of obligations and making time for what matters.

Despite our best intentions as cat-parents, we can sometimes make mistakes in choosing the right food for our kitty. Take a look at these 12...

Morning yoga practice is that sacred time when you nurture your body, mind, and spirit. Over years of practice, you likely go on to...

Our food choices define our health. But it is also true that our food choices are personal and should come from a deep space...

Turmeric is a nutritional powerhouse that can protect, heal and restore our health from within. Researchers are continuously working to find out more and...

Mindless eating habits affect our ability to achieve deep restful sleep. Many people suffer from irregular sleep because of their eating habits. Dinner should typically be light and easily digestible. Foods that are high in fats and protein take longer to digest and affect sleep. Certain foods that are stimulants interfere with sleep and keep you awake. Avoiding such food before bedtime helps in better sleep.

Diabetes, especially type 2, always requires a diet that has no sugars in it and has bland food intake without sugars. The diets that are recommended for type 2 diabetics are filled with carbohydrates and that which will convert into sugars anyway. So, mainstream dieting mostly just treats the symptoms of diabetes, is highly feared and disregarded upon, and recommends both good and bad foods.