Get rid of beverage calories. Stick with fat-free or 1% milk, and eliminate soda and sugary drinks such as sweetened iced tea, sports drinks and alcoholic beverages. Replace juice with whole fruit. You’ll get more nutrition and fewer calories, ounce for ounce, in the fruit. Plus, the fruit has fiber, which you’ll need if you’re [...]
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Smoothies are a great way to incorporate a nutritional, filling drink into your diet. This recipe from provided by “Amy Jessica” at AllRecipes.com is so popular that almost 20,000 people have saved it! Ingredients 1/2 cup nonfat milk 1/2 cup fat-free plain yogurt 1/2 frozen banana, peeled and chopped 2 tablespoons powdered protein supplement 1 [...]
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Summer is officially here so we’re going to post a couple of good recipes for your enjoyment! Try this delicious vegetarian eggplant dip recipe from Calgary restaurant “The Coup“. Inside each eggplant is antioxidant-rich polyphenols, a suite of B vitamins, heart-healthy minerals, and fibre. And one cup will put you out only 27 calories! Ingredients [...]
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Social relationships are just as important to health as other common risk factors like smoking, lack of exercise or obesity, new research shows. Numerous studies have suggested that strong social ties are associated with better health and longevity, but now a sweeping review of the research shows just how important social relationships really are. Researchers [...]
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Practicing sun safety to reduce skin-cancer risk is a good thing. But while taking steps to protect yourself from the sun can help prevent skin cancer, regularly avoiding it also increases the chance of having low levels of vitamin D. Listed below are some other risk factors for vitamin-D deficiency. Being dark-skinned, middle-aged, or overweight. [...]
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What can high-omega-3 foods do for you? Reduce inflammation throughout your body Keep your blood from clotting excessively Maintain the fluidity of your cell membranes lower the amount of lipids (fats such as cholesterol and triglycerides) circulating in the bloodstream decrease platelet aggregation, preventing excessive blood clotting inhibit thickening of the arteries by decreasing endothelial [...]
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