Healthy Eating
Fruits and Vegetables – Why You Should Make an Extra Effort to Eat More
Fooducate- We all know that fruits and vegetables play a crucial role in protecting the body from disease. The current recommendation is to consume 5 servings a day – 3 vegetables and 2 fruit. Sadly, the majority of Americans don’t even come close. A recent meta-study, conducted across the pond in the UK, has found…
Read MoreCottage Cheese Curds
-Fooducate Ever wonder what those chunks in cottage cheese are? They are called curds, and in this post we’ll tell you all about them. Cottage cheese is a fresh cheese. There is no aging or ripening. This makes it cheap compared to other cheeses. Turning milk into cottage cheese requires two additional ingredients: a lactic…
Read MoreVitamin D – What’s the Right Amount for Me?
Fooducat- Vitamin D is an interesting nutrient. It is a fat soluble vitamin that is found in food, but can also be manufactured by our body after exposure to sunshine’s UV rays. Fat soluble means it needs a to be consumed together with a small amount of oil/butter/lard to be effectively absorbed by the body.…
Read MoreHow Many Teaspoons of Sugar in Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino?
Everyone is excited about a new drink from Starbucks which is available right now, but for only a few days. From Starbucks: “The flavor-changing, color-changing, totally not-made-up Unicorn Frappuccino. Magical flavors start off sweet and fruity transforming to pleasantly sour. Swirl it to reveal a color-changing spectacle of purple and pink. It’s finished with whipped…
Read MoreMay Fitness Specials
Our first Special is called “Spring in 2 shape”. This involves you and a partner attending classes together. With your partner, you collect points. Each class is worth different point amounts. Partners must only attend the same class in order to get points… This contest begins May 1st but sign ups must be complete by…
Read MoreEat Slow for Weight Loss
What can you do to slow down your eating pace? 1. Eat real food. While soft white bread is very chewable, it goes down fast and makes it easy to consume more. Whole grain bread requires more work. In general, “fast food” is made to be easy to eat without much effort. 2. Eat your…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Whys and Hows of Keeping a Food Diary
Of all of the behaviors a person might adopt to help them with weight management, perhaps none is more powerful than keeping a food diary. Unfortunately, to date, food diaries have proven themselves to be both misunderstood and misused. Here then are the top 10 whys and hows of keeping one and staying sane. 1.…
Read MoreAvoid these Four Fad Diets
Please do yourself a favor – do not fall prey to these schemes. Just like cults, these “diets” suck you in with a religious fervor, making false promise. Avoid them at all costs. 1. Juicing cleanses and diets – starving yourself to cleanse your digestive track is wrong on so many levels. First, you’ve got…
Read More10 Foods to Eat in 2017
For many dieters, the new year brings renewed fervor to make changes. Often it includes a list of foods to limit and avoid. We want you to start the new year on a positive note, so here is a list of foods we recommend eating more of. Here they are, in no particular order. 1.…
Read MoreBeing Fat – Not Just Your Fault
A survey recently conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago has found that people view obesity and cancer as the 2 most serious health issues plaguing Americans today. While cancer is immediately treated by a suite of medical professionals, obesity is often a medical orphan. More than than 35% of people who are obese…
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