Category: Nutrition
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Common Dietary Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Figuring out what to eat isn’t easy. And trying to follow a healthy eating plan may be even harder. Nutrition isn’t like smoking, where the ideal number of cigarettes is zero. You need food to eat. Add to that the need to buy and prepare food, and things become more complex. In fact, three common…
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How Exercise Affects Digestion
Don’t go swimming after you eat. Avoid exercising on an empty stomach. Make sure you drink lots of water. You’ve probably heard these and other statements from your parents when you were young, a friend or even your phys ed teacher. Are these just old wives’ tales or does exercise affect your digestion? What is…
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Can processed foods be part of a healthy diet?
From frozen meals to luncheon meats to cereals to soda pop, processed foods are a part of most people’s diet. They’re convenient and taste good. And as our lives have gotten busier, it becomes harder to resist the Siren call of processed foods. But can processed foods be part of a healthy diet? For years,…
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Not All Calories are Created Equal
Calories, calories and more calories. We have an obsession with counting calories. Look at any food label and right there at the top, usually bigger than anything else, are the calories. And we even have calories listed on restaurants menus. It’s as if food is only good for the calories it provides. And therefore it…