Best of Healthy Eats: Top Posts of 2010 | Healthy Eats - Food Network Healthy Living Blog We wrote about everything from apples to zucchini bread this year, with lots of healthy tips and ideas in between. Here are your favorite posts of the year. #1: 50 Slimmed Down Comfort FoodsFrom macaroni and cheese to oven-fried chicken, you couldn’t get enough of these healthier comfort food favorites. #2: 14 Foods Experts Won’t Eat We polled food and nutrition experts (including guru Marion Nestle) to find out which foods they steer clear of. #3: 8 Healthiest Breakfast Items Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day — make it count with these uber-healthy morning meal options. #4: 5 Food Additives to Avoid You were also concerned with things you shouldn’t be eating, like these top 5 food additives to keep off your grocery list. #5: A Month of Healthy Apple Recipes Apples are among your favorite healthy foods, and we gave you 31 ways to get your apple a day. #7: 10 Foods For Stress Relief Stressed? Here’s to another year of deliciously healthy recipes and smart tips!
The 10 Best Foods for Your Looks - Health - GOOD You can slather yourself from your forehead to your pinkie toe in organic lotions, but if you think that alone will make you glow, we have some bad news. From its well documented health benefits to its undeniable impact on physical beauty, good nutrition is the pillar of every kind of healthy lifestyle. That doesn't mean you need to swear off bacon and beer or anything. But with new studies coming out every month about what we should put in our mouths—not to mention the unending discovery of mysterious superfruits from deep in the forests of wherever—it can be hard to keep track of what, exactly, we should be eating. This is the tenth installment in a series inspired by No More Dirty Looks: The Truth About Your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics, a book by GOOD's features editor Siobhan O'Connor and her co-author Alexandra Spunt. Read more on their blog. Illustrations by Brianna Harden
serves up its own 'Plate' The Healthy Eating Plate, a visual guide that provides a blueprint for eating a healthy meal, was unveiled today by nutrition experts at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in conjunction with colleagues at Harvard Health Publications. Similar to the U.S. government’s MyPlate, the Healthy Eating Plate is simple and easy to understand — and it addresses important deficiencies in the MyPlate icon. “Unfortunately, like the earlier U.S. Comparing the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate with the USDA’s MyPlate shows the shortcomings in the government’s guide. “Unfortunately, like the earlier U.S. The Healthy Eating Plate shows that a plant-based diet rich in vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, and healthy proteins lowers the risk of weight gain and chronic disease. The sections of the Healthy Eating Plate include: Vegetables: Eat an abundant variety, the more the better. Fruits: Choose a rainbow of fruits every day. Water: Drink water, tea, or coffee (with little or no sugar).
10 Healthy Ways to Help a Hangover - Health While it's not something I'm proud of, I've got plenty of hangovers under my belt. See, despite all of my healthy practices—yoga, deep breathing, clean cosmetics, brown rice and kale eating—I'm just not that great at saying no to that third or fourth drink once I get going. Bless those of you who are—and damn those of you who are immune to hangovers altogether! Apparently you exist, and you are lucky. And where does that take most of us? Got any to add? Have some miso soup with your eggs. Take a handful of omega 3s—and then repeat. Drink kombucha tea. Have sex or just a good cuddle. Get some body work. Try some hydrotherapy. Do some exercise—but just a little bit! Have a banana/blueberry/kale/lemon smoothie. Drink coconut water from a coconut. Enjoy your hangover. Photo (cc) Flickr group How can I recycle this
18 foods that fight common ailments Did you know that falling asleep easier, preventing PMS and easing the aches and pains of arthritis could be as easy as stocking your kitchen with the right foods? Take 47-year-old Sarah. When I first met her, she was 50 pounds overweight and had high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. Another client, Eleanor, had long suffered from debilitating migraines. These are just two stories that inspired my book, "Joy Bauer's Food Cures," which shows how you can radically improve your health with some simple nutrition upgrades. What's ailing you: Arthritis Ginger Why it's good: This spicy root contains compounds that work similarly to some anti-inflammatory medications. Eat up! Pumpkin Why it's good: Research has shown that certain antioxidants may help prevent arthritis, slow its progression and relieve pain by reducing inflammation associated with this condition. Eat up! Red bell pepper Eat up! What's ailing you: Type 2 diabetes Beans Eat up! Egg whites Eat up! Nuts Eat up! Cheese Eat up!
Olive Oil Benefits – Olive Oil Uses – Olive Oils - The Daily Green Olive oil is more than a cartoon character, historic symbol of peace and glory or food staple of the much-vaunted Mediterranean diet. It is actually tremendously useful stuff, finding applications in personal care, home improvement, green cleaning, natural remedies and other areas. It's long been reported that there are a number of health benefits of olive oil. As a foodstuff it has a high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids, which studies show promote "good" cholesterol (HDL) while lowering "bad" cholesterol (LDL). These days there are an increasing array of organic and boutique olive oils offered for sale, some of them quite pricey. To help protect the fragile environments of the Mediterranean and elsewhere, it's a good idea to buy organic olive oil when you can. 1. People have used olive oil for centuries for personal care. Olive oil can also provide a safe and natural lubricant for a close shave. 2. Olive oil also has benefits for hair. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Food Advisor Limitations of the Food Advisor Missing Nutrient Values All nutrient information provided in this analysis is based on scientific research. The complete nutrient composition of some foods has yet to be scientifically determined. Foods Not Subject to Analysis The 125 healthiest foods appearing on this website represent a specially selected core of nutrient dense foods. Non-Reported Nutrient Values The nutrient information provided n this website was derived from the December 2000 foods database developed by ESHA Research in Salem, Oregon, USA. Daily Values and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Daily Values (DVs) are nutritional standards used on food labels to show the amounts of nutrients in one serving of food. One extremely important family of nutrients - the omega-3 fatty acids - have never been given an official Daily Value (DV) by government agencies.
The Correlation Between Proper Nutrition and Longevity - The Underground Bootcamp - Healthy Living, Nutrition, Fitness Longevity & Nutrition Our longevity is directly linked to the quality of our nutrition. Nutrition affects not only the condition of our bodies, but also the well being of our minds. The foods we eat keep our bodies and minds working efficiently, provide us with energy and strengthen our immune systems. One of the first dietitians, William Banting, in the mid-19th century wrote , “among all maladies which concern the human race, I know none nor can I imagine anything worse than obesity”. According to Dutch medical specialists, “people who gain a significant amount of weight after the age of 35-40, shorten their lives by approximately seven years”. So, as you can clearly see, science has shown us that proper nutrition is associated with longevity. The Building Blocks of Healthy Eating Carbohydrates The bread/pasta food group, particularly whole-grain and multi-grain, is perfect fuel for the body as well as the brain. Healthy Fats Do not avoid fat altogether for fear it may clog arteries. Protein
The Worlds Healthiest Foods 100 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating Links to the articles about these foods can be found below. In addition to questions about our foods, we often get asked about beverages and sweeteners. In the beverage category, water and green tea have been especially popular topics, and in the sweetener category, so have honey and maple syrup. Of course, there are many nutritious foods other than those included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them. To find out why some of your favorite nutritious foods are not included in our list, read The Criteria Used to Select the World's Healthiest Foods. FAQs about the World's Healthiest Foods Criteria for The World's Healthiest Foods The criteria we used will also help you understand why some of your favorite (and also nutritious) foods may not be included on our list.
Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate - The Underground Bootcamp - Healthy Living, Nutrition, Fitness Not All Chocolate is Created Equal! There’s chocolate and then there’s Chocolate! Not all chocolate is created equal. The type of chocolate being discussed in this article is nothing like the sugary confections you find in candy stores, and on grocery store shelves, which consist of nothing but empty calories. Often, the run of the mill chocolate bars sold in most American grocery stores are made with unhealthy refined sugars, milk fats, and hydrogenated oils.These unhealthy ingredients are masking the dark, healthy chocolate, that is filled with antioxidants such as Flavonoids, Polyphenols, and amino acids that contribute to our overall health and well being. Healthy Chocolate Defined As the concept of healthy chocolate gains momentum in the United States, many chocolate manufacturers strive to combine the best qualities of dark chocolate with those of other health foods. First, there are no sugars, milk fats, or hydrogenated oils in healthy dark chocolate bars.
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