Bootstrapper » Top 100 Foods to Improve Your Productivity Besides eating to lose weight, why not eat to improve your productivity? Whether the following foods help sharpen your eyesight, keep your brain focused, or just fill you up without making you feel lazy, you’ll find they’ll help you keep your day on track. Energy and Brain Foods Most of us can be productive in the mornings, but if you find that you’re unable to concentrate or simply lose the energy to keep going many afternoons, these energy and brainpower boosting foods are what you need. Eggplant: As long as you don’t forget to eat the skin, it doesn’t matter how you ingest your eggplant. Eyesight For many entrepreneurs, long hours in front of the computer screen has become an absolute necessity. Strawberries: As with the other fruits on this list, strawberries help your eyesight. General Productivity Boosters The foods in this category don’t just boost your productivity in a single way, but rather they help you across multiple categories. Avoiding Colds and Other Common Illnesses
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - The Truth About Ice Cream, Hard Candy, and Shellac Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different. For the cake portion, I chose a One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe because 1. it's quick 2. it is easy, and 3. it fits my prerequisite for a light ending on date night. I should say, a light ending provided you don't eat too many. The cakes are just sweet enough, and have a light, fluffy crumb - the perfect vehicle for rich chocolate buttercream. Notes for flaming strawberries:Any alcohol below 80 proof will not ignite well. Shaina made a margarita version of this on Babble Food. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Yield: About 20 cupcakes [click to print]Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tin with cupcake papers and set aside. Hollow the strawberries carefully.
Mike's Amazing Cakes The 19 Healthiest Foods You’re Probably Not Eating There are a lot of very healthy foods out there, and nutritionists have been kind enough to let you know which ones to eat. After a while, though, their advice seems to all sound the same, and you start hearing the same foods over and over again. However, there are loads of foods that aren't as popular as some, but are just as good (or even better). Beets - Red, juicy, and irresistibly sweet, beets are reportedly among the 150 healthiest foods on Earth.
MyPlate Food Guide Five Food Groups Different food groups meet different nutrition needs. If you regularly skimp on one group, over time you won't get the best nutrition. 1. The vegetable portion of MyPlate is shown in green. Choosing variety is important when it comes to vegetables: Dark green vegetables (like broccoli, spinach, and kale) provide different nutrients from orange and red vegetables (like squash, carrots, and sweet potatoes). 2. Like veggies, fruits contain vitamins, minerals, and fiber. As with veggies, it's good to mix up your fruit choices: a colorful fruit cup is more than just pretty — it's a nutrition powerhouse. 3. The orange section on the MyPlate graphic shows the proportion of grains you should eat. So try to choose at least half of your day's grains from whole-grain sources like whole-wheat bread, brown rice, or oatmeal. 4. Foods that are high in protein help the body build, maintain, and repair tissue. 5. The blue circle shows dairy as a "side" to your meal, like a glass of milk.
Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. I know it’s not fair. I know that now you’re craving cinnamon rolls, and cream cheese frosting and chili fries and hot dogs. I am too… and I already ate half of this warm bread. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook. This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning. This is the dough just before it’s left to rise. After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight.
Soy's Thyroid Dangers For at a past decade, the issue of whether soy has a negative effect on the thyroid has been a continuing question. The potential effects of soy on the thyroid remains a controversial issue, one that shows no signs of being resolved in the near future. On one side, we have health and nutrition magazines touting the benefits of soy as a cure-all for menopause, cancer prevention, heart disease, weight loss, and many other health concerns. And behind the many soy food products and supplements is a multi-billion-dollar industry that make profits hugely from soy. On the other side of the issue are the opponents of soy, who believe that soy is a toxin, and is particularly toxic to thyroid patients. In the middle, there are experts who suggest that some soy -- as long as it is in unprocessed food form, or fermented forms, and not genetically modified -- may be safe for thyroid patients, as long as it's eaten only in moderation. As a thyroid patient, how can you decide what to do? About Soy
Tips for Feeding Vegetarian Kids -- Feeding Your Toddler -- WhatToExpect.com It’s dinnertime. Got veggies? Check. Fruit? Check. Don’t stress about protein. Rethink the mix. Add in some B12. Serve some vitamin C with every meal. Monitor the milk. Make each bite count. See more toddler eating and nutrition tips.