02 Sep 09 The Wrong Way To Eat Healthy

On a diet and eating healthy but still struggling to lose weight? Well the key may not be in what you are eating, but how you are eating those foods. Eating healthy is all well and good, and will help you lose weight, but you have to eat healthy the right way. Knowing what to eat, how much to eat, and how to eat are all essential to a good healthy diet. Faltering on any of those steps can lead to slower than expected weight loss, or lack of weight loss altogether.

For example, a food that a lot of people make a mistake with is yogurt, particularly yogurt with artificial flavoring. Yogurts with artificial flavoring, or that add their own fruit, will contain more fats and sugars and therefore calories than normal low-fat plain yogurt. Yogurt itself is very healthy, but you have to make sure you’re eating it the right way. Instead of buying a flavored brand of yogurt, purchase a low-fat plain yogurt, and then buy some berries, or any kind of your favorite fruit, and slice up a few pieces to go in your yogurt. Not only will this be lower calorie, you’ll be eating healthier at the same time.

White rice, white pasta, or white bread are all bad choices in a food category where you can find very healthy replacements. The problem with white grains like these is that they don’t contain very much fiber. Fiber is a key component in foods like these that not only makes you feel full, but gives you a healthier form of carbohydrates that slowly release in your body. The white versions of grain foods contain carbohydrates that all release quickly, so they are more likely to turn to fat in your system. So stick to whole wheat breads and pastas, and brown rice.

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18 Aug 09 Using Coffee As A Part Of Your Diet

Did you ever think that the cup of coffee you have once you get to the office in the morning, could actually be you having the best breakfast possible for your physical fitness? Well recent studies are showing that a morning cup of coffee could be incredibly beneficial to your health. Not only is it a low calorie choice for your breakfast, but coffee helps reduce the risk of skin cancer, fights your risk of developing diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease, and because of the natural caffeine content helps boost your metabolism.

But before using coffee as a normal part of your diet you should understand how it should fit in to your diet in a healthy way. First off, a regular black cup of coffee is perfectly good for you, only roundabouts of 5 to 10 calories for the entire cup, loaded with healthy antioxidants, and caffeine to give your metabolism a healthy boost. It’s when you start adding the milks, sugars, or creams. Not only are all bad for you, they are only senseless calories that provide for little to no nutritional value, and can skyrocket your caloric intake from that one cup to be ten times more than before.

Having just a regular black cup of coffee is what you want to shoot for. That way you get your early morning boost, you keep your caloric intake down, and you fill yourself full of energy revitalizing antioxidants, which will make your entire system feel younger and ready to face the day.

Always choose medium roast for your type of coffee, as medium contains a richer more fuller selection of healthy antioxidants than dark or light roasts, and antioxidants always equal healthy. Because caffeine is not a constant energy source, try to time your coffee consumption to coincide with your activities that day. Caffeine gives you a good boost, but will take 30-60 minutes to kick in, and then will last you a good 6-7 hours. But If haven’t done anything in that time to re-supply your body, you’ll feel tired quickly after the effect of the caffeine stops. So always take that into account.

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28 Apr 09 Is Chocolate Good For You?

A very good question, especially considering how much most of us do love the occasional chocolate bar, wouldn’t it be great if you weren’t doing damage to your health but actually something positive with your cravings? Well as the facts point out, chocolate actually is good for you, cocoa itself that is, but not all chocolate is good for you. Dark chocolate in particular is the stuff that has high health benefits, and few to no negative side effects.

This is because cocoa is rich in flavanols, which are extraordinarily good for you because they are proven to increase blood vessel function and blood flow, reduce blood pressure, reduce the tendency of your blood to form clots, and increase blood flow to the brain. All of which fantastic things, and all of which offered by the flavanols found in cocoa. However that’s not to say you should run out and buy as much chocolate as you want, as that would just hurt you in the long run.

To receive the full health benefits from chocolate that you could, you want to concentrate on dark chocolate which is low in fats and sugars, whereas milk chocolate is loaded with fat, sugar, and cholesterol, all of which completely erase any benefits from cocoa’s flavanols. Also you have to factor in how much you’re eating and adjust your diet accordingly, as you have to reduce calories elsewhere to allow yourself room for chocolate calories. Otherwise you’re eating extra calories which is going to lead to weight gain.

You want to measure out your chocolate intake, have a little dark chocolate every once and a while as a treat, and then you allow yourself the health benefits without having to worry about any negative side effects. Although it’s also good to note that fruits and vegetables are still the best way to go for antioxidants and beneficial vitamins and minerals.

Like kiwi which has the highest concentration of antioxidants, vitamin c, and numerous other beneficial minerals for your cardiovascular system. Chocolate will never, nor should ever, be a substitute for something as ridiculously healthy as a kiwi.

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