Broccoli vs. Cabbage: Power Foods Battle The National Cancer Institute flip-flops between broccoli and cabbage in terms of which one is the #1 power food. Guess what – both are amazing all around anti-aging, anti-cancer power foods full of phytochemicals, like antioxidants and flavonoids. Broccoli loaded with sulforaphane, antioxidants, and carotenoids believed to protect the…
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Kick the Sugar Out of Your Morning Kick-Start
What Makes a Healthy Breakfast? I debated which recipe to share when my bff emailed me saying that she loved my blog on sugar – as she put some brown sugar on her oatmeal. Whaaat?? After supplying a list of yummy low glycemic sugars? Then I thought, I should share how I eat my oatmeal…
Sugar: Are All Kinds Created Equal?
How Much Sugar Should We Eat? On average, Americans eat more than 20 teaspoons of added sugars per day, twice what the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends. A report released in 2006 by the World Health Organization (WHO) urges people to limit their daily consumption of free (added) sugars to less than 10 percent of their total…
How Much Protein Do You Need?
Calculating Recommended Protein Amounts in Adults RDA of protein depends on your age, your size, and your gender. Formula for Adults Currently, the recommended protein amounts for most adults is around 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight per day, making the formula: (bodyweight in kg)(.8g of protein) = protein needed per day. One…
Healthy Fats Encourage Weight Loss
How Much Fat Should You Eat? A heavily debated topic and I part trails with a number of experts. I maintain that you need to find the balance that works for your body as long as it really does work for your body – not just because you like it, or it’s convenient. But because…
How Sodium Much is Too Much?
How Much Sodium Should We Eat? The human body requires about 500 mg of sodium per day, while the average American ingests between 2,300-6,900 mg of sodium in their diet daily. High blood pressure is rarely seen in those who consume less than 1.2 grams (1200 milligrams) of sodium per day. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines reported that no…
Top Excuses to Avoid Making Diet Changes
From high blood pressure, high cholesterol, constipation, breast cancer, and even to flatulence (yes, that means farting), the common thread in the excuses I hear people make when it comes to making significant diet changes that would improve their health is that they believe they have no control. They could not be more wrong. Here…
