Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category

High fructose corn syrup vs. Table Sugar

You might have noticed a new commercial to lighten the tarnished image of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). If you’re not familiar with it, let me give you the gist of the commercial.
 
Two women are at a party. One of them is pouring what looks to be some sort of fruit punch into [...]


Understand Your Hunger

One of the most common mistakes people make is waiting to eat until you’re starving.  When you’re in this state, your judgment is going to be significantly impaired.  As the saying goes, “ready to eat a horse.”
 
Most likely though, you’re going to reach for something sweet like chocolate or ice-cream, or something salty like chips [...]


Emotional Eating: Feeding Your Feelings (WebMD)

When you’re happy, your food of choice could be steak or pizza, when you’re sad it could be ice cream or cookies, and when you’re bored it could be potato chips. Food does more than fill our stomachs — it also satisfies feelings, and when you quench those feelings with comfort food when your stomach [...]


Nutrient Brief- Asparagus… Bigger is Better!

In season now, asparagus is one of the many veggies that packs a nutritional punch without a high caloric cost.  Thicker stalks mean the plant will be more tender, and more enjoyable to snap off those woody ends before cooking.  This particular vegetable can be prepared in a number of ways–boiled, steamed, grilled, or roasted.  Some [...]


The 5 Facets of Wellness

There are 5 Facets of Wellness of which we need to be complete in our lives. Most people in the Western civilized world are lacking in not only one of these components, but nearly all of them.
 
What exactly are the five facets of wellness?
 
1. Physical wellness
2. Emotional [...]


FREE Healthy Shopping Tour – Publix at Prado

Publix at the Prado
Location: 5630 Roswell Road, Atlanta, 30342
Date and Time(s): June 28th at 10:30 am – 12:15pm and June 28th at 6:00pm – 7:15p
 
Receive FREE Gifts including
-Gift Certificate to Fitness Together and T-shirt
-FREE “Treats” Bag and Coupons from Fresh Market
 
Learn
-How to read labels
-About making better selections
-About alternative foods
-Great for Vegeterian/Vegan Shoppers
…And much more
 
More info or [...]


Program teaches families to cook healthy meals on a budget

For 16 years, Operation Frontline has been helping low-income kids in the metro area learn about nutrition by teaching them to cook. However, the classes are about much more than basic-cooking skills.
 
Research shows there are lifelong problems associated with a lack of access to nutritious food, like weaker immune systems and behavioral problems. Operation Frontline [...]


Beat the Heat! Avoid heat Injuries!

Maintaining a healthy body temperature is vital to prevent injuries and to keep energy levels up. Interestingly, At this time of year, you have to take extra precaution.  I’m going to provide you with a few tips, some of them are obvious:


 
1.  DRINK WATER-  Bet you didn’t think I was going to say that did [...]


Become a “Limey”

With spring comes May, with May comes Cinco De Mayo, and with Cinco De Mayo comes “mas cervezas“. It’s a favorite past time of the United States and an excuse to drink anything with a little piece of lime adorning the rim. Though it is true that a Corona just taste better with the compliment of [...]


Fatty foods may cause cocaine-like addiction

(Health.com) — Scientists have finally confirmed what the rest of us have suspected for years: Bacon, cheesecake, and other delicious yet fattening foods may be addictive.
A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. When rats consume these foods in great enough [...]