Sugar Is Sweet – Unless Hidden in Your Food

Did you know that there are 10 teaspoons of sugar in one 12-ounce can of soda? That’s 40 grams of sugar and 160 empty calories. Even if you don’t drink soda products regularly, the average American still eats 31 teaspoons, or 124 grams, of sugar each day. That adds up to roughly 500 extra calories, [...]

The Food Pyramid Crumbles

For the past couple of decades, the USDA has been trying to use a pyramid shape to convey healthy eating to the American public. Unfortunately, the many iterations of the pyramid caused more confusion than clarity. In June 2011, the USDA announced that the pyramid is being retired. History of the Food Pyramid First introduced [...]

The Full List: Filling Foods

Need a handy reference for foods that will help you stick to your diet by curbing hunger? Look no further. These healthy foods curb hunger through low calorie density, high fiber content, high protein content or a combination of any of these.   Low-Density Foods Low-density foods have a smaller concentration of calories per serving. [...]

Benefits Of Stevia

Benefits Of Stevia: Originating from Paraguay, the Stevia plant has been used worldwide for over 30 years in countries like Japan. Due to a study that was believed to be flawed in the 1990s, the United States (FDA), will only permit Stevia to be sold as a supplement. Although the FDA has placed these limitations [...]

Stevia Recipes: Cooking With The Best

Cooking With The Best: Stevia is a herbal sweetener that comes from Paraguay. Because it has been used for thousands of years by Indians, this sweetener has a rich history and an even better reputation among most consumers and thousands of researchers. Being more than 300 times sweeter than regular sugar each recipe will vary. [...]

How Effective Is Jenny Craig Diet?

How Effective Is Jenny Craig For Weight Loss? The weight management Jenny Craig program is offered to consumers by two means: An Individual Can Attend a Local Jenny Craig Weight Loss Center: This option for joining the program includes customized consultations with Jenny Craig representatives. You have your very own consultant that will assist you in setting your weight loss [...]

Detox Diets

Detox diets are becoming very popular and the idea of losing bunches of weight while detoxing your body may sound great. These diets claim that they rid your body from harmful toxins, lose a good amount of weight, and improve an individuals overall health. However there are many criticisms of these diets as well as supporting points that you may want [...]

High Protein Diets

High protein diets have been a topic of conversation for quite a while. How much do we really know? The Facts About The High Protein Diet: Protein is a vital nutrient, essential to your health. In its purest form, protein consists of chains of amino acids. There are 22 amino acids that combine to form [...]

Simple Steps To Effective Natural Weight Loss…

Rather than eating two or three large meals a day, suppress your appetite using water or any of the other things I’ve mentioned in the previous sections. Also you can try eating five to six small meals each day which works better than three meals since it stretches the energy taken from the meals evenly [...]

The Benefits Of Weight Loss Meal Plans

You hear so much about people being on a weight loss meal plans either to lose weight, or for health’s sake to lower cholesterol, fight diabetes, and then some. However, do you really want to know how many benefits a weight loss meal plans have?  So many, the advantages are endless. However, to name a [...]

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