Your Low-Calorie Cake Recipes: People often ask me “can I eat dessert on a diet?” The answer is yes, in moderation of course. Although limiting added sugar intake to no more than 12 teaspoons per day is one of the goals of 2015 dietary guidelines, you may want to…
Why is Healthy Eating Important? If I conducted a survey asking hundreds of people their opinion on what constitutes healthy eating, I would get many different answers. Some people think that just because they do not eat out at fast food restaurants, they are on the right track. Others feel that…
12 Tips to Help Overcome Your Diet Failure: Being overweight is the most common nutritionally related health problem in the United States affecting over 60% adults. Of these over 35% of us are considered obese. Even 20 % of our children are considered obese. The statistics are quite alarming especially when we…
Super Seeds to Add to your Shopping List: Seeds are nutritional powerhouses. They are a terrific snack and easy to add to salads and smoothies. Unlike nuts, they are easy to digest. Nuts can be difficult to digest because of their high protein count; and should be eaten in moderation as they are high in…
What to Eat Now: 5 Best Foods to Boost Your Diet This Spring. Spring is a time where we all climb out of hibernation, brush off the cobwebs and get ready for the excitement of summer. It is also a time where delicious foods come into season and our bodies start to crave…
PT: Corner: Sprained Ankle? Exercises To Help You Bounce Back: Growing up I participated in both Irish Dancing and Soccer. Each requires a good deal of ankle strength and stability, neither of which I possessed. The result was chronic ankle sprains, which eventually landed me in surgery to stabilize them.…
Understanding Nutrition Labels: Nutrition Labels have been on foods since 1991; about 11 years after the 1980 dietary guidelines were released. Now with new dietary guidelines released in 2015, the FDA is proposing updates to the nutrition facts label, which will likely include listing the added sugar content of foods. But many people still may not understand the basics of…
Cardio Interval Training To Improve Your Endurance: Break Through Your Cardio Comfort Zone Cardiovascular exercise, also called cardiorespiratory exercise is an essential part of every exercise program because it not only helps you lose or maintain weight, it also helps you build endurance so you can remain active for a longer…
Health and Nutritional Benefits of Bananas: I do not think I ever met a person who does not love bananas. Along with apples they are by far the most popular fruits. Why? They are easy, can be eaten on the go, are a perfect portion size, and even have their own wrap. Bananas…
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Wild Rice - 1. Wild Rice is Not Actually Rice Wild rice is called rice because it has a similar appearance and cooking style to other rice varieties. However, it is actually a semi-aquatic grass native to North America and Asia. In Asia it is…