Your Diet Guide

We don’t like it, but don’t think much of it when we gain weight a couple of pounds at a time throughout the years. Yet age related weight gain is not normal. Anthony Hopkins, the actor is in his seventies, and his weight loss through healthy eating and exercise proves it. Think about it. While we work hard in the office we usually don’t move much, except for the occasional break to the coffee machine. While caffeine helps increase our metabolism, it can’t make up for the energy or calories we’ve taken in with food, energy that will be stored away in unwanted fat cells. Personally, I don’t believe most of us should go on a 800 calorie diet. The thought alone makes me hungry. But if you

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New evidence exonerating saturated fats as a cause of heart disease continues to accumulate.

We have already reported on a meta-analysis that looked at almost 350,000 subjects in 21 studies to assess the correlation between saturated-fat consumption and cardiovascular disease. The conclusion: Intake of saturated fat was not associated with an increased risk of heart disease or stroke (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Jan. 13, 2010).

Likewise, a prospective study from Australia, which looked at adults over a period of 15 years, found that people who ate the most full-fat dairy products had a 69 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate the least.

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When pizza was first invented, back in some long forgotten Italian village, it was a nearly perfect slice of nutrition: A thin crust of carbohydrates for energy, slathered with tomato sauce for vitamins and minerals, and topped with calcium-rich, protein-boosting mozzarella. It was like a food pyramid in pie form!So what happened? How did this healthy Italian invention acquire a reputation for being so terribly unhealthy? Well, to start, American food manufacturers got their greedy little hands on it. As we began researching the Eat This, Not That!

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You don’t have to be on a low carb vegetarian diet to appreciate this delicious and easy to prepare recipe for a fast lunch. And if you are on a gluten free diet or simply want to save on carbs altogether, you ought to give the no carb noodles a try this healthy lunch recipe is centered on.

There is just something about coming across such a great and simple recipe that makes us want to have a sale so we can spread the excitement of it to as many people as possible:) Very easy, good, and healthy!

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