Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Healthy food within your budget

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

For college students, some kinds of healthy foods are hardly affordable. This pulls them back to the old eating habit, which is to buy anything they can afford to make them full. Those at affordable budget are usually junk food or not nutritious foods, soda, or anything that is on sale. By buying anything affordable, they have easier choice. Here is article I found that gives some tips about healthy or easy-to-prepare food that will not make the money gone. They have provided some menus you can try at home. It is suggested that fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods are always best choices. Yet they are much cheaper. Read the complete article here.

Children diets

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Many parents get wrong that children must eat a lot of foods, the more the better. Well, this article about dieting for children might help to correct your view. Children, though they are at the age of growing, still have limit for ideal weight. Too light or too heavy is not good for their health. And the bad thing is their way of eating food will stick until they grow up. So, you choose how you want to affect their whole life way of eating. Get them used to eat healthy food and avoid junk food. If your children are already overweight, you can help them with diet and start introducing healthy food. The article provides you some good tips to start and make it works. Read here.

Breakfast for weight loss

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

This article emphasizes the importance of having breakfast if you want to lose weight. If you always miss your breakfast, I suggest you read this to see how your body goes the whole day without breakfast. Well, we have been told for times that it is the most important meal of the day. And despite you put something into your mouth and more calories to your body, breakfast actually helps you to feel full during the day time and lose weight. It boosts your metabolism throughout the day. If you miss breakfast, you are likely to feel hungry soon and be impatient to wait for lunch time. Thus, you might get tempted to eat any foods you see. For more information, read the article here.

Eat fish

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

The benefits of fish have long published, particularly for the protein, low fat, and Omega-3. As I read in an article, they have positive impact on health. Besides, fish are also delicious and easy to prepare with many variation of menus. We are recommended to eat fish at least once a week. With all the benefits, no wonder that fish is also good for your diet. The article I read suggests that fish have low fat content and the protein really helps to fulfill your daily need. So if you are on a diet, go to find some recipes for healthy fish menus. There are many kinds of fish you can cook. They are good for your family as well. If you need more information, read the article here.

Mindset of dieting

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Many people fail in their diets in few days, some in few weeks. According to an article I read, it is much about mindset. We haven’t set the right mindset since planning the diet by thinking that food is enemy. Our enemy is the inability to eat at the right portion. We should not get caught in the diet that we think of foods and weight negatively. Maintain a mindset that we want to have a good and healthy life by eating more nutritious foods and avoiding “bad” food. There will come times where you really miss the “bad” food you used to eat, if you can’t stand anymore. You can eat a little portion of it, and then add up more healthy food as compensation. Read this article for more guidelines on dieting mindset.

Save food frugally

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Spend money frugally need some plans and considerations. It is really a smart thing to do, and it is really applicable in many aspects of your life. This time I want to share what I found in an article about saving money frugally in foods. The article writes some tips about frugal food saving. You know food is a big percentage of our expenditure. When you eat outside, they become a lot bigger. So the article shares some things you can do about your meals to spend in smarter ways and save more. Among them are tips to plan your lunch, cooking, snacks, and dining out. The points are: make more of your own food and plan dining out carefully. There are also advantages other than saving more. Read the details here.

Eat healthful diet

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Dr. Julie Garden-Robinson writes an article at a site dedicated for women. It’s about healthful diet and the benefits for the aging process. We get older over times, the memory, connection, and the information processing will normally become slower with age. She then suggests that we do daily fitness and have a good eating habit to make a difference in the process. There are some tips and food suggestions that will help to keep the aging process works slower. Among them, activities such as dancing, memory jogging, and brain exercise are really recommended. Some foods that have high antioxidants will also help a lot. You can read directly in the article here.

Make your kids serve their own snack

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

For those who have little kids, whining is a common sound we hear at home. The most reason that makes your kids whining is because they are hungry, so you have to give some snack or food to the kids. Well, this can be a hard job when you are doing other household tasks. But the whining can’t wait too long! Here I found an article that can give you solution. It recommends that you put some healthy snacks on their tables during snack time, so that they can serve themselves when being hungry. This way, they will also learn to be independent. Make sure you only put healthy and safe snacks there, as you can derive from healthy snack choices in the article. Read here.

What your healthy foods turn to

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

This is an article that provides good explanation about how healthy foods can change into “devil” foods. See what is in cod? A 120-gram-grilled cod has 115 calories and 1.4g of fat. It’s a good source of protein and contains potassium, iodine, zinc, and B vitamins. Consider what potatoes have to offer? They are important source of vitamin C, low in fat, have fiber in the skins, potassium, phosphorus, and B vitamins. Read these changes carefully, as written in the article, once they are fried. The same cod now has 450 calories and 28g of fat, and those potatoes now contains 240 calories and 12g of fat! What the frying process has done to them, now you easily gain weight and bad health. Well, I really suggest you read this article for further understanding. Check here.

Tradition of three-day feast

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Do you ever hear about three-day feast? It is called Manchu Han, is a rare Chinese culinary tradition that born when the Middle Kingdom still rested assured. Formerly it was served with a gourmet extravaganza and fussy imperial standards. Now it can be enjoyed at restaurants in China. Imagine seeing hundreds kinds of foods in front of you and you are free to choose? Look at the pictures at the article then. I can help myself feeling hungry, they are so pretty and should be delicious. The dishes offered are not only from Chinese tradition, but also from Mongolian and Tibetan’s. If you visit China during these days, you and enjoy them and get more weights later. Read more about this article.