With so many diets and quick weight-loss promises on the market today, it's hard to remember what a healthy diet really looks like. Start here with the basics of good nutrition. If you have ever wondered about food and nutrition how your body uses it, then read on. In this series, we'll give you some basics of food nutrition to help you make the best choices to improve your health and nutrition as you lose weight.
Today we’re talking calories and just how they add up to pounds, kilos or stones.
Continuing with our Nutrition 101 series, today we’re talking carbohydrates! Carbohydrates are found in pretty much everything – From the very good for you fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds and dairy, to the not so good for you sweets, soda, the list goes on.
Whether you’re wanting to lose weight, gain muscle, recover from a tough workout, feel more satiated at mealtime or simply maintain good health, eating adequate amounts of healthy sources of protein is important. Find out what part protein plays in helping you maintain a healthy weight.
You may remember the low-fat/high-carb craze back in the 1990s. Butterless bagels were consumed with reckless abandon and reduced-fat cookies, crackers and chips occupied most of the prime real estate on grocery store shelves. Thankfully though, the field of nutrition has recovered from this misunderstood fat-phobia due to more recent research that’s shown certain types of dietary fat can actually improve our health, lower our risk for heart disease and the function and development our brains. Find out how fats are used in the body and how to add the healthier versions to your diet.
Start by thinking about the basics of diet and nutrition again, and part of your everyday life. It won't be a diet, it won't be a fad, and it definitely won't be temporary. It will be your new healthy lifestyle, and when you think, "What's for dinner?" the answer will naturally be a healthy choice.
You probably know that fiber is important to good health, but do you know if you are getting enough? Even with the availability of fiber rich foods to choose from, Americans don’t eat enough . On average, we get less than half of what we need of this nutrient. The average adult only eats 15 grams of fiber per day.
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Why Is Water So Important To Our Health Water is fundamental to all life on Earth and clean water is essential to our health. We can survive without food for about 5 weeks, but our lives would end in 3-5 days without water.
Do you struggle with focus? Are you overwhelmed by trying to do too much? Do you often think, “I have to be that perfect all the time and any slip up just means I’m a failure and shouldn’t even bother trying?” Do you get discouraged when you waste all your willpower trying to do 100 things perfect instead of one thing better? Do you quit when you can’t see your own progress through all the distractions? If this sounds like you - Here are some of the tools to help you stay focused on your journey.
Did You Know... That often it is only a matter of 100 extra calories a day that can cause you to gain weight steady over time. When people are watching their weight they are keen to cut out some of the more obvious foods that trip you up during weight loss like desserts and fatty foods. But it is often something small like adding too much cream in your coffee daily, adding too much salad dressing or having a heavy hand when using cooking oil that can push your calorie budget an extra 50, 100, 200, calories a day. Over time those sneaky calories can really add up to pounds on the scale. Shaving a few calories here and there is a great way to reduce overall intake. These tricks are so simple and easy, you'll never know what you're missing.
Carbohydrates, Protein or Fat: What makes the most sense to adjust? When it comes to choosing what to eat more of and what to cut back on for weight loss, consider first what you want to achieve. The goal of losing weight is to reduce fat stores while preserving, or even adding, lean tissue—what we refer to as muscle. Read More:
As you undergo your weight loss journey, you might question why protein is so prized. How does it really help you lose weight? Here are 5 reasons why protein can be your weight loss pal:
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