the realization that while I do eat rather healthy foods, I do not eat enough of them. My diet was under the suggested amount of most food groups, and over one. I also was under in seventeen out of the forty nutrients it suggests the average person should consume. My diet only went over two of the forty nutrients. The Nutrients Report reported that I consumed a very good amount, one equal to or close to what they suggest, of sixteen out of the forty nutrients. My diet consisted of forty percent of…

Vegetarianism is becoming more and more popular among people in our days, particularly realizing what harm can bring the meat that people eat. According to the article Preface to "Are Meat-Based Diets Bad for the Planet?" by Ed. Amy Francis, “Those who believe that vegetarianism has a positive effect on the environment argue that the massive production of animal products for human consumption can lead to land degradation, water and air pollution, and even a change in climate. Academic research indicates…

second-guess everything they eat and put in into their bodies. We ask our doctor’s, and ourselves “what can be done?” Eat right, and exercise. Those are the parameters for maintaining a healthy life. So it’s only natural that across the board we’ve got numerous exercise programs to help you lose weight fast or build lean muscle. Then we’ve got every diet under the sun, the no carb diet, high protein diet and all juice diets. Through research we can find and utilize programs and healthy habits that we can…

Thompson: I understand what Mary and Rachel are saying about how parents influence the way their child eats and how if they promote healthy eating habits, their child will be encouraged to follow in the same footsteps. Ideally it may not seem to be a difficult lifestyle to follow, but my child is obsessed with eating and she is also a very picky eater. She refuses to eat vegetables and fruits and will put up a fight if I try to make her eat them. Host: Shannon I find your input to be interesting.…

theory behind the Paleo Diet? The Paleo diet takes you back to the fundamentals of eating the way our ancestors ate. It is arguably the only nutritional approach that helps you get lean/stay lean and energetic. If you incorporate the synergy of training the body physically you will see the results of gaining strength like you have never seen before! There have been research in biology, biochemistry, Ophthalmology, Dermatology and many other disciplines that indicate our modern diet, that is full of…

Healthy Diets for Healthy Bowels Eating a nutritious, balance diet is the key in maintaining good health. We all aim to be healthy but nowadays processed food and junk foods can be found in almost every corner, thus it takes a lot of perseverance to stick to eating good nutritious foods. Being healthy should start by eating healthy and whatever goes through your bowels contributes to your overall health. A healthy digestion system is essential since most nutrients that needed by the body is processed…

could be out change in the food we eat. We not only have diverted from the diet that our ancestors body have accustom too, we now eat process food that have side effects that take time to show any effect. In our past our ancestors where hunters gathers and had a specific diet, the best example of this is the Paleo Diet. The Paleo Diet as defined by Dr. Loren Cordain the foremost authority on the evolutionary basis of diet, is designed to mimic the optimal diet that our ancestors had, and that our…

Vegetarian Diet or Eat Meat? The decisions we make greatly influences our way of living, how we move in our environment, and how other people see us. The same goes for eating. Plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals which includes us humans – every living being in this world need food to survive. Plants undergo through the process of photosynthesis to make starch. Both bacteria and fungi secrete enzymes that digest nutrients after decomposition. After that, we, the family of animals, hunt and scout…

Paleo diet can also be referred to as the cave men diet. This diet plan has existed since the Stone Age times. In the ancient past people were healthier, taller and slender. All this was attributed to the diet that they used to take. Due to their athletic and less heavy bodies, they were handier. The diet promoted better immune system. This is because their foods were all natural and fresh. The foods were packed with more vitamins and minerals. The foods contained more calories that were needed for…

down to the milligrams of all the nutrients we should be eating each day and exactly how much of it we need. There is wealth of information on every food item, diet regimen, and health benefit imaginable; it is overflowing in the media and overabundant in science journals. Yet, even when we have a profuse knowledge of many the food we consume and the effect it has on our body, achieving the perfect healthy diet has become more confusing and frustrating than ever before much like a conversation I…