Tag: healthy eating
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Is Time-Restricted Eating Right for You?
If you’ve been scanning the diet and weight loss news the past few years, you’ve probably heard about intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting refers to various patterns of time-dependent eating. Examples include rotating between eating and fasting (or low calorie) days to time-restricted eating within the same day. What is time-restricted eating? Time-restricted eating is a…
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I want to eat healthy, so why can’t I?
Most of us have a good idea of what a healthy diet is. We may be short on a few particulars, but in general, we know eating fruits and vegetables are good for us, complemented by dairy, fish and meats. Diets that emphasize a variety of foods as close to their natural state as possible…
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Our Obsession with Counting Calories
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 in recent years restaurant menus also include the calorie count in many parts of the world. It’s as if food is only good…
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Are smoothies healthy?
Strawberry and banana. Kale, avocado and cucumber. Smoothies come in all flavours and colours and often include yoghurt, ice cream and supplements. But are smoothies healthy? As with many things in nutrition, it depends. It’s not clear how many people have smoothies on a regular basis, but the popularity has certainly increased with smoothie bars…