Mar 12
2010
If your plans for Labor Day Weekend include travel, here are some tasty tips for eating healthy on the road.
Typical freeway fare includes fast food, microwave-ready service station options, bags of chips, and lots of sodas. These foods are almost always full of bad fats, lots of calories, and not much valuable nutrition. Plus, eating [...]
Mar 12
2010
In this blog series we’ve been discussing some of the most overlooked reasons you may be hitting a fat loss plateau or not losing weight. Today we are going to discuss diet imbalances.
First, I usually don’t like to use the word “diet” when discussing this topic because it implies calorie restriction or changing your nutrition [...]
Mar 12
2010
This recipe serves: 4
Ingredients
1 whole chicken, about 5 pounds
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon, halved
1 orange, halved
1/2 onion
1/2 cup roughly chopped celery
4 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tablespoon olive oil
Cooking Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Rinse the chicken inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels. Season the cavity of the chicken [...]
Mar 12
2010
This recipe serves: 6
Serving Size: about 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
3 rehydrated ancho chili peppers, stemmed and seeded
2 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon sweet paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes, fresh or canned
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
3 cups low-sodium turkey or chicken broth
2 [...]
Mar 12
2010
Another Reason To Avoid High-Fat Diet
It Can Disrupt Our Biological Clock, Say Hebrew University Researchers
Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms – everyone’s 24-hour biological clock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown.
The biological clock regulates the [...]