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Salads are an excellent way to include a wide array of veggies into your diet daily. However, most salad dressings are laden with unwanted calories, fat and sugar. Check out the video above, and learn how to make your own salad dressing that is just as good for you as the rest of [...] Eating a “big” breakfast relative to other meals has been shown in past studies to be helpful with appetite control and weight loss. According to an intriguing new laboratory evaluation, it may be especially wise to include a hefty dose of fat in this first feeding of the day. In this study, mice fed a [...] Following the resounding affirmation of the failure of low-fat diets to provide health benefits, investigators from the massive Women’s Health Initiative Study, report that this boring style of eating is also ineffective for lowering cholesterol levels. Women in the low-fat arm of this mammoth clinical trial, did not experience any favorable changes in their blood [...] A powerful, new randomized clinical trail (the only kind of study that can really tell us the truth) adds to the validity of my standard dietary advice to “have your fat, and eat it too – as long as you make sure it’s the right type.” Presenting at the American Heart Association’s 2009 Annual Meeting [...] The Mediterranean Diet hit another healthy home run with 2 new studies adding to its long and successful record on the disease-fighting front. A slew of former studies have established this delicious dietary pattern (high in plant foods, fish, olive oil, moderate in red wine, and low in meat) as beneficial for heart health, cancer [...] Once again, regular consumption of fish proves to be a very wise move – literally. Reporting in the August issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers found that as the intake of fish increased – the risk of dementia decreased. The study included over 15,000 older adults from 7 different countries. For those [...] Get into the habit of making your own salad dressings and forget the store-bought brands. It’s simple, quick, healthier, cheaper, and tastes so much better. Use extra virgin olive oil as your oil base. Here are recipes for 2 of my favorites that can always be found in my fridge. Available fresh from early summer to the late fall, usually available frozen, and always available canned – wild salmon is one of the healthiest protein packages on earth. This delectable fish is virtually exploding with almighty omega 3 fats along with several key nutrients, including magnesium, selenium, B vitamins, and vitamin D (think heart health, [...] The darlings of the healthy fat world, namely those long-chained omega 3 fats, DHA and EPA, just received a glowing endorsement thanks to a new report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (August 09). After an exhaustive review of a slew of studies that included tens of thousands of subjects, cardiovascular experts [...] |
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