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Folate (Folacin, Folic Acid)

Diet Amelia - July 18, 2019

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, focus on nine general topics: Adequate nutrients within calorie needsWeight managementPhysical activityFood groups...

Food Guide for African Americans

Diet Caroline - July 18, 2019

Introduction As a society our culture has a lot to do with our food habits and customs. This is...

Food Pyramid Explained (for Seniors)

Diet Caroline - July 18, 2019

Putting the Food Guide Pyramid on Your Table encourages older adults to improve their food behaviors. The older we...

Raw Food Roadblock

Detox Sophie Jones - July 18, 2019

I’ve written before about the benefits of the raw food detox diet before And I’ve shown you some good...

8 Tips to Beat Holiday Stress

Diet Sophie Jones - May 1, 2019

Shopping. Sit down with the family and schedule the days and times you will do your...

Meal Planning Made Simple

Diet Kirsten Schalkwyk - April 17, 2019

Learn how to cook healthy, flavourful meals with your busy life Hi, I’m Kirsten My passion...

7 Ways Control Snacking

Diet Kirsten Schalkwyk - April 17, 2019

Eat a big breakfast first thing in the morning, or if you are intermittent fasting and prefer to eat at night,...

Greek Lentil Salad

Diet Kirsten Schalkwyk - April 17, 2019

Ingredients Salad 1/2 cup brown lentils dry1 cup cherry tomatoes50 grams feta12 pitted olives6...

Roasted Sweet Potato & Cauliflower Salad with Mint Yogurt Dressing

Diet Kirsten Schalkwyk - April 17, 2019

The Perfect Healthy Lunch Recipe Writing this recipe for you transported me back to our year-long adventure in Arusha, Tanzania.

Raise Your Vibration With These Cleansing Smoothies

Diet Sophie Jones - April 14, 2019

Two cleansing and high energy smoothies to get you started on including more high-vibe Food in your diet. One of the basics of expansion...

I Love Raw Almonds!

Diet Heidi - April 14, 2019

Over the past week there has been an enormous outcry throughout the raw foods/ living foods communities: Almond Board...

7 Valentine’s Day Ideas for Raw Foodists

Diet Heidi - April 14, 2019

I hope you are having a fun and festive Valentine's Day. I know I am! Justin and I are taking...

Getting Fat? Here are Some Reasons Why

Diet Nat - April 13, 2019

How did you get so fat? I get this question more times than I probably should. It never really comes as...

10 Ways to Get Past Your Food Addictions.

Diet Nat - April 13, 2019

If you have determined that you might be addicted to certain foods you might be wondering how you can get past your...

Buying and Storing Beef in The Freezer

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Buying beef in large quantities can result in significant cost savings. But savings are not always realized and the quality of the beef...

How To Modify A Recipe Healthy

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Just because a recipe calls for a specific ingredient doesn't mean you must use that ingredient. Your favorite recipes can be...

Avoid What Can Harm Your Unborn Baby

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

A Good Beginning... Will I have a healthy baby? Will my baby be born with...

Avoid Alcohol During Pregnancy

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Will you drink alcoholic beverages while you are pregnant? When you drink an alcoholic beverage, the alcohol is...

What’s Harmful For Your Unborn Baby

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Will I have a normal and healthy baby? Will the baby be born with some kind of physical or mental problem? Will it...

Childhood Lead Poisoning

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Epidemiologic studies of children show that those exposed to lead, even low levels of lead, may have a lower IQ, learning...

Zinc

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

Following these guidelines will put your diet in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are: Eat...

Calcium for Better Health

Diet Amelia - April 13, 2019

This fact sheet is one in a series containing information to help you select foods that provide adequate daily amounts of vitamins,...

Biotechnology and the Food You Eat

Diet Caroline - April 13, 2019

Computers are not the only way technology is affecting seniors; biotechnology is affecting what seniors are eating. Biotechnology...

Kitchen and Food Safety Tips

Diet Caroline - April 13, 2019

It's a Fact of Life As we age, we just don't function physically like we used to. Changes...

Cooking for One or Two

Diet Caroline - April 13, 2019

Planning meals in advance is a key to preparing appropriate and useful amounts of food. Try to plan meals on a weekly basis....

Grocery Shopping for One or Two

Diet Caroline - April 13, 2019

With such a variety of foods to choose from when grocery shopping, it can be challenging to shop for one or two...

Targeting a Healthier Diet for Seniors

Diet Chloe - April 13, 2019

There are three qualities to good health. The first is being physically and mentally fit. A person is able to meet the...

9 Tips to Reduce Salt in Your Diet

Diet Jonathan - April 12, 2019

Buy fresh, frozen or canned "no salt added" vegetables.Use fresh poultry, fish and lean meat, rather than canned or processed types.Use...

Hidden Sources of Salt (Sodium) in Your Food

Diet Jonathan - April 12, 2019

Limiting the amount of salt, or sodium, in your diet is important if you have high blood pressure, congestive heart failure or...

Diet and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Diet Jonathan - April 12, 2019

Not only are fruits, vegetables, and nuts good for your heart, these foods may reduce your risk for progressive age-related macular degeneration...

A Man’s Breakfast Plan

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

To start your day right, you need a new breakfast model, one that fits your busy lifestyle and provides the...

Who Needs Diet Supplements?

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

If you are on a special diet or concerned about insufficient intake of micronutrients, you might benefit from taking one multiple vitamin...

Balanced Meal Plan

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

What's on your plate? Your answer determines how much nutrition you get. It affects your risk of many diseases and your chance...

What to Eat As You Age

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

Aging is a dynamic and complex process that results from cellular, physiological and psychological changes. Although many elderly individuals exhibit a decline...

Watch Out for “Energy” Drinks

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

On October 23, 2012, The New York Times reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating reports of five...

The New Dietary Guidelines Are Good for Men

Diet Jonathan - April 11, 2019

On January 31, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. Many nutritionists...

Alternatives to Low Carb Diets

Diet Gloria Brown - April 7, 2019

The low carb and Atkins diet has been promoted so much that most people are aware of it or are practicing...

CoQ10: A naturally occurring antioxidant

Diet Gloria Brown - April 7, 2019

What it is CoQ10 is variously described as an enzyme, a coenzyme, ...

Going Vegetarian: What You Need to Know First

Diet Gloria Brown - April 7, 2019

Feel squeamish about eating things that have a face? Looking for...

Diets and Weight Loss Supplements: See What Works

Diet Nathan - April 5, 2019

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, so it’s not surprising that the popularity of fad diets and weight-loss supplements is...

Fish Oil Supplementation: What You Need to Know

Diet Nathan - April 5, 2019

When a mainstream health organization like the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends fish-oil supplements to people with high triglycerides,...

Vitamin D Benefits Beyond Bone Health

Diet Nathan - April 5, 2019

Last year, I changed my recommendation for vitamin D and began encouraging everyone to supplement with at least 1,000 IU a day,...

The DASH Diet for Hypertension

Diet Nathan - April 5, 2019

Diet can make a difference to high blood pressure. It’s one of several lifestyle approaches—including not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, getting...

Algae & Seaweeds in Macrobiotics

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

Algae are non-flowering water plants that lack differentiation of plant body into true roots, stems and leaves. Algae, along with...

The Macrobiotic Approach to Prevention of Osteoporosis

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

Osteoporosis is a thinning and loss of bone tissue that can result in gradual loss of height, weakness and/or acute or chronic...

Fungi (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 4, 2019

Fungi is a term used to describe the largest group of non-flowering plants that lack chlorophyll and subsist by feeding upon dead...

Macrobiotic Nightshades—Have Your Say!

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

This is an open post to share your thoughts on Nightshades, foods that contain toxins that interfere with red blood cells and...

Macrobiotic Life “Forever Young”

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

To live life you've got to accept life...accepting life means taking what comes, good bad and ugly...changing your life is...

Illness & Macrobiotic Lifestyle

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

I'd like to tell you a story. Murray Snyder has been involved with macrobiotics for close to thirty years...

Herman Aihara Philosophy (Macrobiotics)

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

Herman Aihara had many feelings about many things. Some were unspoken as was the Japanese custom, but those he shared were voluminous....

Cecile Tovah Levin (Macrobiotics)

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

Around February of this year, I received a postcard from Cecil Levin regarding Macrobiotics. She noted how it was growing and...

Problem with Modern Science (Macrobiotics)

Diet May Ling - April 4, 2019

The fact that modern medical science is both the leading edge and the fundamental instrument of humanitys current descent into the abyss...

Know Yourself (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 4, 2019

The most important relationship you will ever have in your lifetime is with yourself. Before we can take care of others, we...

No Magic Pill (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 4, 2019

As we strive to better understand ourselves, our lives, our health, etc..., we are constantly bombarded with promises of leaders...

Yin to Yang of Chewing (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 4, 2019

Our teeth are made for grinding down food. The more it's ground down, the less digestive energy is needed to absorb it....

Earth Connections (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 4, 2019

Near the end of 1998, I was fortunate enough to visit a Hopi Reservation located in North Eastern Arizona. I was there,...

Original Yin/Yang and Five Transformations (Macrobiotics)

Diet Sophie Jones - April 3, 2019

There continues to be a difference of opinion within present day macrobiotics as to the interpretation and use of yin/yang...

Overcome Social Anxiety (Plan) in 7 Steps

Diet Emily Murdoch - March 26, 2019

I've created a step-by-step system for combating social anxiety and making changes in your life to overcome it. Let's get...

Causes & Symptoms of Heart Attack: Common Warning Signs You Should Know!

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

Do you know the common warning signs of an upcoming heart attack, the symptoms and how to prepare?

High Cholesterol / High Carbohydrate Diet Risks

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

Are High Carbohydrate & Cholesterol Heavy Diets Responsible for Higher Risk of Heart Disease? Are the 2 connected?

My 10 Tips for Healthy Eating & Weight Loss

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

No, you won't have to grapple with seas of overwhelming changes you can't handle. Instead, you'll embrace life-changing habits, eating right.

Why It’s SO Important to Eat Healthy Food

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

I believe the adage that says: "You Are What You Eat". Really, it's literally true to the last letter.

Importance of Nutrients in our Body

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

So why is it that the foods that we eat and the nutrition in that food is so important?

(Healthy?) Fast Food Nutrition Guide

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

Would you like to know how many calories, how much nutrient therein and how much and how big a portion you...

What’s The Best Diet for High Cholesterol?

Diet Kate - March 25, 2019

Many people suffer from high cholesterol yet fortunately with the proper diet you should be able to reduce your "LDL"

Menopause Treatment Plan: How To Properly Treat Your Symptoms

Diet Gloria Brown - March 24, 2019

Black Cohosh Treatment Black cohosh is a popular natural, herbal remedy for the symptoms of menopause. What is this...

Calcium Deficiency during Menopause: How To Increase Bone Density

Diet Gloria Brown - March 24, 2019

Calcium deficiencies can be caused by insufficient calcium in your diet, or by a lack of the minerals absorption in your system.

Menopause: First Signs & Symptoms – What to do?

Diet Gloria Brown - March 24, 2019

Perimenopause is the first sign of menopause and occurs with the natural change in our hormones such as, estrogen and progesterone, as...

Menopause Diet Plan: Foods that Help Menopause

Diet Gloria Brown - March 24, 2019

Healthy eating becomes even more important during menopause, in fact diet is the first thing you should do to lose the perimenopause...