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19Apr
Eat several small meals throughout the day
Eating small, well balanced meals regularly throughout the day is an excellent way to crush cravings and keep your metabolism fired up. When you skip meals, it sends a signal to a primitive part of your brain that food is in short supply, and this causes your calorie burning to slow down. On the same note, eating small meals frequently lets your body know that calories are abundant and its ok to go ahead and burn them!
12Apr
Did you know clams are an excellent source of iron? Just 3 ounces of this tasty shellfish provides 23 mg of iron, more than 100% of your daily requirement!
4Apr
Substitute Greek yogurt for sour cream!
Greek yogurt is an excellent high protein, low fat, low carbohydrate food that is also a great source of probiotics! It can be substituted for sour cream in most recipes.
Example: Greek Yogurt Ranch Dip
Mix 1 container of unflavored fat free Greek yogurt with 1 packet of powdered ranch seasoning. Serve with fresh veggies or toasted pitas! This easy to make guilt free snack is sure to satisfy!
2Apr
When you look at this map, it becomes clear why health problems such as type II diabetes and heart disease increase year after year. The rising obesity epidemic is a serious threat to the health of our nation.
Don’t let yourself become a statistic, with a proper nutrition and supplementation program we can all do our part to battle this growing problem by staying fit and maintaining a healthy weight!
21Mar
Eat more fresh food, and cut processed foods out of your diet!
Cutting processed food out of your diet can make a huge difference for a weight loss plan. Not only are processed foods usually dense in calories, they also lack the vitamins and minerals that fresh foods offer. Industrial processing destroys most of the food’s natural nutrients, and potentially harmful chemicals are added to many processed foods as well. So next time you buy groceries, remember to keep it fresh!
13Mar
Cut soda and other sugary beverages out of your diet completely!
One can of soda contains about 40 grams of sugar. If you drink one soda every day for a year, that’s 14,600 grams of sugar. That comes out to 58,000 calories. When you see the numbers, it becomes clear that cutting out that daily soda can go a long way to achieving your weight loss goals!
12Mar
huffingtonpost.com
By Melissa Roberts
3/11/2012
If you’re looking for an easy way to optimize your diet, go for color. Fruits and veggies of all shades contain phytonutrients – plant compounds that work together to protect your health.
“These phytonutrients include antioxidants like carotenoids and anthocyanins that give produce its color and may play a role in preventing age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease,” explains Elizabeth J. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor at Tufts University.
12Mar
huffingtonpost.com
by Catherine Pearson
2/27/2012
Skimping on omega-3 fatty acids — nutrients found in certain oils, beans and seafood — may take a toll on brain volume and memory, according to a new study. In it, researchers used MRIs and other markers to help show that adults with lower levels of omega-3 may actually have smaller brains, as well as certain signs of cognitive impairment.
In the study, published Monday in the journal Neurology, researchers looked at the levels of omega-3s in the red blood cells of more than 1,500 dementia-free adults, whose average age was 67. The researchers also conducted MRI brain scans and administered tests measuring cognitive function.
They found that participants whose levels of DHA — a particular type of omega-3 — were low enough to put them in the bottom 25 percent had substantially lower brain volume than those with higher levels of DHA. The difference was equivalent to approximately two years of structural brain aging.
In addition, participants in the bottom quartile of overall omega-3 levels performed worse on tests measuring visual memory, abstract thinking and executive function, which includes processes such as organizing, planning and recalling details.
11Mar
The Australian
by Verity Edwards
3/12/2012
A SALT-RESISTANT wheat variety developed by an Australian team through old-fashioned cross-breeding rather than genetic modification is increasing crop yields by up to 25 per cent in salinity-prone areas, and could help counter food security concerns.
Researchers from Adelaide University’s Waite Institute, the CSIRO and the NSW government first isolated the gene in an ancient relative of durum wheat — used to make couscous and pasta flour — 15 years ago.
The breakthrough was published in the international journal Nature Biotechnology overnight.
Senior author Matthew Gilliham said researchers had spent more than a decade using traditional cross-breeding techniques to blend the 10,000-year-old durum with its modern cousin to increase its salt resistance without genetic modification.
11Mar
newsleader.com
by Spencer Dennis
3/10/2012
WAYNESBORO — In a legal battle over patenting living organisms, Monsanto scored an early-round victory over organic farmers and suppliers, including one local seed and feed company.
Eighty-three plaintiffs, including Waynesboro-based Countryside Organics, filed a class-action lawsuit against Monsanto last March challenging its ability to sue organic farmers for patent infringement.
“Essentially, it’s a suit to get Monsanto to stop suing people whose farms have been contaminated by their genetically modified seeds,” said Countryside Organics marketing executive Bill Ahrens. Countryside Organics is one of three plaintiffs in the case from Virginia.
Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, began suing farmers for patent infringement in 1997, citing intellectual property rights of the genetic material carried by their patented seeds. For the first time, farmers weren’t allowed to plant seeds in the spring from last fall’s crop. They had to sign technology agreements agreeing not to use the seeds or to pay royalties to Monsanto for the right to.