Weight Loss Diet Natural and Safe Weight Loss Tips
According to Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of health and healing, the Kapha Dosha (humour) is primarily responsible for fat and adipose tissue in the body and therefore reducing Kapaha is the key to a successful weight loss program. Below you will find some effective tips from ayurveda to help reduce Kapha Dosha and thus [...]
Brining Your Turkey or Chicken
Brining Your Turkey or Chicken
One of the things I love to do to poultry, a whole bird that is, whether it’s a small roaster chicken or a large turkey that’s ten pounds or more, or even a turkey breast, is to brine it. I never really knew what the name for brining was up until [...]
Turkey Day!
Turkey Day!
I’m sitting here, pumpkin spice coffee in my hand. Complete with a festive Christmas mug, my fair share of cream (by the way, I take my coffee almost white with creamer, the powdered kind, not something I’m proud of with all those transfats in it), sugar and a little bit of stevia in the [...]
Fasting Every Other Day Accelerates Weight Loss?
Fasting Every Other Day Accelerates Weight Loss?
Fasting has often been a controversial method to achieve a variety of things. Some people fast to help cleanse their system, or detoxify, in fact that may be one of the more popular reasons people do it, or they may fast because they are on a special order [...]
Dressing for Your Body Type
Dressing for Your Body Type
No matter what your body type, you can accentuate the positive attributes and de-emphasize the less attractive features by the clothing and accessories you choose. For example, if you are of short stature and a little on the heavy side, choose shoes with a heel to make yourself appear taller [...]
Is There Such a Thing as a “Light” Cocktail or Beer?
Is There Such a Thing as a “Light” Cocktail or Beer?
In the quest to still get our jollies from drinking alcohol, and still maintain our trim waistlines and not blow up out of control, which is what a lot of drinking tends to get you because of it’s large amount of empty calories, many people [...]
Review : Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal
Review : Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal
Well, it looks like I have a new favorite breakfast, and the best news is that while it tastes good, and a little like you’re being naughty, this nutritious breakfast packs quite a bit of dietary fiber in it and also, even when you add some nuts, it comes in [...]
Liraglutide Diabetes Drug Helps Weight Loss
Liraglutide Diabetes Drug Helps Weight Loss
Boy, is this newer drug a tongue twister! Liraglutide (lee-rah-glue-tide) is actually a diabetes drug that is designed to help people control their blood sugar levels and keep them at more normal lows and keep the spikes down so that they can have a healthy blood sugar level. [...]
The Push to Make School Lunches Healthier
The Push to Make School Lunches Healthier
School lunches for our children have been lacking in enough of the proper nutrients for our young ones. New standards have been proposed to match up with the new updated government’s own dietary guidelines that were revised in 2005. These new guidelines call for an increase in [...]
The Versatile, Healthy Smoothie
The Versatile, Healthy Smoothie
As we strive to become more aware of our health and nutrition levels, we have become increasingly inventive on different ways to enhance our quality food intake while keeping our calories down. One of the best examples of this phenomenon is the varied and creative use of the healthy beverages called [...]
