Weight Debate

Carbohydrates are one of the macronutrients. There are two main types of carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates and simple carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include sugars, starches, and dietary fiber:

Sugars (Simple carbohydrates)
A simple carbohydrate composed of one unit – a monosaccharide, such as glucose or fructose – or two joined units – a disaccharide, such as lactose or sucrose. Sugars include: read more »

These are the estimated amounts of calories needed per day to maintain calorie balance for various age groups and gender at three different levels of physical activity – sedentary, moderately active, and active. read more »

You may already be eating a balanced diet and don’t even know it. The sample menu below provides the “minimum amount recommended” for each of the food groups from the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans. You might even have room to add more grains or fruits and vegetables.

A Sample Menu read more »

Stay Up-to-Date on Tainted Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements

The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) wants you to be aware that there are many tainted and fraudulent products you can buy that are marketed as dietary supplements. These products may look like dietary supplements, but they are NOT legal, and they are VERY dangerous and can cause serious injury to you, including stroke, heart palpitations, kidney failure, liver injury, and even death. read more »

There are certain risk factors for heart disease that you have no control over and cannot change, such as getting older or having a family history of early heart disease. But you do have control over other major risk factors for heart disease that you “can” change, such as being physically inactive, not maintaining a normal weight, being overweight, smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, not eating healthy, and diabetes.

1. Physical Activity
You can become physically active and stay physically active. Physical inactivity is one of the several major risk factors for heart disease, and the good news is… you can do something about it. Get up and get moving!! Regular physical activity helps to lower your risk of heart disease by burning extra calories, which helps you to lose excess weight or stay at your desirable weight. read more »

Prevent Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease

This drink has the power to prevent:

• Memory loss.
• Dementia.
• Alzheimer’s disease.

This recipe is simple to make, and is full of omega-3′s and acetylcholine. Omega-3′s and acetylcholine are critical for brain health.

Ingredients
1 banana
1/4 cup blueberries
1/2 cup apple juice
1 tsp flaxseed oil
A handful of hemp nuts (seeds)

Directions
1. Mix all ingredients and blend in a blender until smooth.
2. Pour into ice cube container and freeze overnight.
3. Put 4 ice cubes in your coffee mug in the morning and on your way to work drink it as it melts. If you don’t work, enjoy this drink at home!!

Bananas
Bananas are high in antioxidants, serotonin and dopamine. Dopamine boosts your memory and attention. Serotonin elevates your mood and helps control your memory, learning, and appetite. read more »

Many athletes choose bananas as their choice of fruit.

Bananas have both a high amount of potassium and carbohydrates.

Bananas are inexpensive.

The best eating quality has been reached when the solid yellow skin color is speckled with brown.

Bananas with green tips or with practically no yellow color have not developed their full flavor. read more »

Common Names - chamomile, German chamomile
Latin Names - Matricaria recutita, Chamomilla recutita

There are two types of chamomile that are used for health conditions – German chamomile and Roman chamomile. German chamomile and Roman chamomile are thought to have similar effects on the body, but the German variety is more commonly used in the United States.

The flowering tops of the chamomile plant are used to make teas, tablets, capsules, and liquid extracts. read more »

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) provide nutritional advice for Americans that are 2 years of age and older about how to make food choices that promote good health, to help reduce the risk for major chronic diseases including those that are at increased risk of chronic diseases, and to reduce overweight and obesity through improved nutrition with emphasis on reducing calorie consumption and increasing physical activity.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is released every five years by the Secretaries of USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and HHS (United States Department of Health and Human Services). read more »

A healthy body needs nutrients – like vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates – for growth, development, energy, and running all of our body systems.

Those nutrients should come mainly from the food we eat. Our body needs food to keep it going, but not just any food.

To be our healthiest, and to look and feel our best, we need to give our body the right kinds and amounts of fuel. read more »