It’s the new diet craze; eating more MUFA at every meal. A MUFA is a monounsaturated fatty acid; a fancy way of describing the healthy fats that are in plant foods. Numerous studies have shown that these fats enhance heart health, protect against chronic diseases...
Ingredients: 1 pound of organic ground beef 1 can of refried beans 1 can of black beans, rinsed to remove sodium ½ container of salsa Beef broth 1 lime Green salad Cheese, grated Baked Chips (Pop Chips: cheese or salt and pepper flavor work well here) Directions: Sauté organic beef in one tablespoon of olive oil for 5 minutes....
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NO, this is not a new Hollywood weight loss diet. These are the extra calories that creep up when we are not paying attention. Eating an extra 100 calories a day adds up to an extra 10 pounds of fat a year. For most of...
Sugar, while yummy, can wreck a mood faster than getting stuck in traffic. While it tastes great going down, it dumps a load of sugar into your blood stream, leaving you moody, grumpy and tired. Too much sugar in the morning will drive you to eat...
A recent study discovered that people, who ate a bowl of soup with large chunks of veggies, felt fuller and ate 20% fewer calories at lunch than those who ate a pureed soup. It appears that when you eat "chunky" foods, it takes longer to chew,...
I admit it; I'm a bit of a kitchen klutz. While chopping veggies, it's inevitable that something drops on the floor. I usually rinse whatever I dropped, but sometimes I just proclaim the "5 second rule" and keep cooking. Is it safe to follow the 5...
The average American eats out 4 times per week. When you eat away from home, you eat, on average, an extra 300 calories per day. Do the math: 4 days a week, you eat an extra 300 calories; that's 1,200 calories a week. At this...
Even I get fooled by headlines that state, “Lose 7 pounds in 7 days”. But, the only way to accomplish that amount of weight loss is to have virulent stomach flu. I don’t believe in rapid weight loss. It’s never permanent and you usually end up...
The following recipe is for a 16oz Vanilla Latte: 4 oz of brewed coffee (I use decaf in the afternoon) 4 oz of 1% fat milk 3/4 tablespoon of Agave syrup 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract In a glass mug, mix the Agave syrup into the warm coffee (if the coffee...