Archive for August, 2008
Tips for Healthy Cooking
You don’t have to be Oprah Winfrey’s gourmet chef or spend a fortune on expensive cookware to prepare food in healthy ways. You can make your favorite dishes without large amounts of fat or salt using basic cooking techniques.
Baking isn’t just for breads and desserts. You can also bake poultry, lean meat, seafood, and [...]
Low-Fat Diet May Not Belly Up to Low-Carb and Mediterranean Diets
While many Americans believe that the lower the fat in your diet, the better the results that will be achieved, a new study has found that a low-carbohydrate or Mediterranean-type diet may actually be more effective and just as safe.
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston conducted a study of 322 moderately obese employees [...]
Looking For a Great Italian Sauce Recipe?
Here’s one that my 104 year old Sicilian great grandmother taught me. Sunday Gravy Never Tasted So Good.
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Ingredients
1 large onion, sliced and diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4-cup olive oil
1 28-ounce can tomato puree
1 18-ounce can tomato paste
1-teaspoon dried basil
1-teaspoon oregano
1-teaspoon salt
1/4-teaspoon crushed anise (or 1/2-teaspoon whole)
2 tomato paste cans [...]
Trans Fat: Avoid This Cholesterol Double Whammy
When it comes to fat, trans fat is considered by some doctors to be the worst of them all because of its double-barreled impact on your cholesterol levels. Unlike other fats, trans fat — also called trans fatty acids — both raises your “bad” (LDL) cholesterol and lowers your “good” (HDL) cholesterol.
A high LDL cholesterol [...]
Red Yeast Rice, Fish oil Fight High Cholesterol
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A regimen of supplements and lifestyle coaching is just as effective as statin medication for reducing levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or “bad” cholesterol, and more effective in helping people lose weight, new research shows.
People with high cholesterol who took red yeast rice and fish oil daily and received counseling [...]
Soy Protein Doesn’t Lower Cholesterol
Eating foods with soy protein has been promoted as a way to lower cholesterol, but a new study finds it has no significant effect on cholesterol levels.
The findings “do not support the current health claims for soy protein in a general population,” said study author Peter R.C. Howe, director of the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre [...]
3 Tips to Lose Inches Off Your Waist
In order to lose inches off your waist you need to control the urge to eat high calorie, convenient food. Our modern diets are full of highly processed foods which offer little nutritional value and fat intake exceeds recommendations. People are also on average getting less than twenty minutes of exercise each day, combine this [...]
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