How often do you incorporate calcium into your diet? What kinds of foods do you include in your diet that are good for your bones?
According to Health.com, there are several ways you can add calcium into your daily life which is essential in building stronger teeth and bones…it also helps keep you slim.
* Salad with bleu cheese (20% of your daily dose of calcium and lots of minerals = 208 calories)
* Ravioli and veggies (40% of your suggested calcium intake = 346 calories)
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Summer is officially here! Are you prepared? If you want to celebrate the little things about life by having a delicious brunch, there’s a healthy way to do it.
Health.com, has provided some divine recipes that will blow your loved ones away without making them feel unhealthy.
* Mimosas with passion fruit (147 calories)
* Spinach salad with fruit, gorgonzola and pecans (256 calories)
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Ever had food poisoning? If you have then you know exactly how miserable it is. Almost 80 million cases of food poisoning and 5,000 deaths are reported every year. It’s time to get a shield up to protect yourself from this avoidable sickness.
Health.com, has provided some tips on becoming more food conscious to avoid food poisoning:
1. Shop smart: frozen/fridge sections should be last on the list, raw meat should be separately bagged, take groceries home as soon as possible
2. Wash all fresh produce and your hands
3. Prevent cross-contamination- prepare raw meat separately from other foods
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Are you, like many others, re-adjusting your lifestyle to be more eco-friendly? I hope so! If you are looking for other ways to live a healthy life, you can create an Eco-friendly diet.
Health.com has provided different ways to develop an eco-conscience when it comes to food:
* Choose chicken instead of cow products
* Buy less = waste less
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We all should know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is the first time each day that your body gets to re-fuel with gas before it zooms around all day long.
Health.com has provided seven low-calorie, delicious breakfast options:
* Breakfast Tacos- eggs, cilantro, cheese, tomatoes, whole wheat tortillas (259 calories)
* Cornflake Crusted French Toast- use skim milk, wheat bread, cornflake, maple syrup and fresh fruit (149 calories per piece)
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Most everyone is starting to focus on maintaining a healthy weight and leading a healthier life.
Health.com has provided seven foods that can help blast your fat away:
* Eggs (78 calories each, loaded with protein)
* Dark Chocolate (170 calories per ounce- slows down digestion)
* Pine Nuts (95 calories per 84 nuts- packed with omega-3 fatty acids)
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CNN.com reported that NourishedKitchen.com’s food blogger, Jennifer McGruther, set up a 28-day real food challenge. Nine-hundred people signed up for this challenge, which required these people to eat unprocessed, natural, organic, farm-to-farmer food only.
At first this challenge might seem impossible when families depend on microwaveable dinners, squirt can cheese, soda, powdered potatoes, etc. The first step was to grab a trash bag and toss all processed foods in the pantry which includes white flour, sugar, low fat milk, margarine, processed cheese, refined salt and dried pasta.
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Everyone seems to be focusing on eating healthier these days, but little did they know that some of the things thought to be low in fat actually hide a lot of calories. A salad can be a great option for lunch, but it depends on what is put on it; same with yogurt.
Health.com has provided three key ways to lighten your lunch everyday…
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