Sleep Better with Food and Fitness
Just as sleep is important to our body, what we do with our body in terms of food and exercise plays a major role in the way we sleep (or don’t sleep). Good nutrition and exercise can help you sleep, but poor sleep leads to poor eating and exercise decisions immediately. A lack of shut-eye is linked with ditching your workout. It’s one thing to skip the workout to get more sleep once in awhile, but if you ditch your workout and cheat yourself of sleep, then you aren’t breaking the cycle.
Contrary to what we have all been told, eating prior to bed is not such a bad thing after all. In fact, a light snack contai...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - June 11, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: adult health eating healthy food fruits life nutrition recipes food myths hormones sleep sleep inducing foods Source Type: blogs
Almond Cake
One of life’s better days.
Started with having both girls home for dinner. Add in daylight savings time and the first bike ride of the season in Central Park and life is pretty damned good. Then give me a sunny afternoon in the kitchen baking and I’m over the top.
This cake will put you over the top, too. From my fave old magazine “Pleasures of Cooking”, it’s dense and sweet but not too sweet due to a touch of lemon tartness and has a wonderfully chewy outer crust.
I made the cake substituting olive for vegetable oil, resulting in a slightly richer and denser cake than the original recipe. H...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - March 30, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Desserts almond cake italian olive oil Source Type: blogs
Slimming Superfood Recipe: Almond Muffins with Gooey Fig Center
Almonds are probably no stranger to your snack stash, and you may enjoy almond milk from time to time, but have you ever tried using almond meal as a replacement for some of flour when you bake? Not only will it add a subtle, nutty flavor, this superfood-based flour substitute is also packed with protein and other important nutrients, including vitamin E and heart healthy-fats. Give it a try and bake up a batch of these delicious almond muffins with ooey, gooey fig centers. They taste like jelly donuts, but are wayyy better for you. Breakfast is served! (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - March 17, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Nutrition breakfast brunch food recipe superfood Source Type: blogs
Nutrition Methods For Healthier And A Better You
Knowledge diet and making a healthier lifestyle is simple to accomplish once you understand the fundamental principles. Continue reading for simple ways to enhance your everyday diet. They’ll show that the steps you should take in order to consume a healthier balanced diet can be quite basic. It is important to digest proteins every-day. Protein helps build muscle and helps keep your skin, blood and various organs. Mobile processes also depend heavily on the procedure of extracting energy from food, in addition to proteins. Protein helps the body protect against hazardous illnesses. Excellent providers of protein in ...
Source: aids-write.org - March 15, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: nutrition tips Source Type: blogs
Heel Tastic Intensive Heel Therapy – Look at the label
Heel Tastic Intensive Heel Therapy is a beauty best seller on Amazon. Let’s look at the label.
Heel Tastic is a wax-based moisturizer sold in a no-mess stick form. The product claims are fairly pedestrian:
Heel Tastic Claims
This balm repairs rough, dry skin quickly and easily.
It blends a unique combination of imported Indian neem and karanja oils, that have been prized for centuries for their restorative properties.
Its fragrant, easy-to-use formula is absorbed deep below the skin’s surface to aid the body’s natural healing process, turning even tough, cracked skin, baby-smooth and soft after only a...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: The Beauty Brains Tags: Claims Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
How to tell if your cosmetics contain synthetic colors – The Beauty Brains Show episode 17
Do your cosmetics contain synthetic or natural colors? In this week’s episode we explain how to tell where the colors in your beauty products come from – just by reading the label. Also, just in time for February 14th, learn the Deadly Danger of St. Valentines Day!
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Click below to play Episode 17: “How to tell if your cosmetics contain synthetic colors” or click “download...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - February 11, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiThe Beauty Brains Tags: Podcast Problems Source Type: blogs
Let it go: Food Blog Comment Rage
I love reading food blogs. I rarely cook the recipes; I just like to ogle the beautifully-lit photos, fancy serving dishes and lush descriptions. I admire their patience in measuring each ingredient into a tiny spoon or Pyrex bowl, photographing them from above, then doing the washing up afterwards.
But it used to get a little messy when I scrolled down to the comments. There was no need to read the comments. I had better things to do than read the comments. Yet I could not resist.
Specifically, my eyes sought out the most inane, passive-aggressive or just plain annoying ones…
– I HATE CILANTRO so I will not be m...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - January 27, 2014 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Read and Write Source Type: blogs
What Mark Kleiman Wants You To Know About Drugs
The public policy guru guiding state legalization efforts.Mark A. R. Kleiman is the Professor of Public Policy at UCLA, editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, author of many books, and generally regarded as one of the nation’s premier voices on drug policy and criminal justice issues. Mr. Kleiman provides advice to local, state, and national governments on crime control and drug policy. When the state of Washington needed an adviser on the many policy questions they left unanswered with the passage of I-502, which legalized marijuana in that state, they turned to Kleiman. In the past two years, Kleiman has co-aut...
Source: Addiction Inbox - December 18, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Great article from NY Times on the benefits of snacking on nuts
well.blogs.nytimes.com Snacking Your Way to Better Health by JANE E. BRODY Dec. 9, 2013 original Jane Brody on health and aging. Nuts to you! No, that's not an insult. It's a recommendation to add nuts to your diet for the sake of your health and longevity. Consistent evidence for the health benefits of nuts has been accumulating since the early 1990s. Frequent nut consumption has been linked to a reduced risk of major chronic diseases, including heart and blood vessel disorders and Type 2 diabetes. The newest and most convincing findings, report...
Source: Dr Portnay - December 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs
Struggles with My Morning Internet Fast
And a New Month Without Refined Carbs
By Leo Babauta
In my 5th month in the Year of Living Without, I tried going without computers or Internet in the morning.
It was more of a struggle than I’d anticipated.
My thinking with this month was that I’d be able to get more writing and reading done, and maybe more stretching and other physical activity, if I banned myself from the Internet before noon. This is actually true, and when I stuck to the ban I got a lot of good writing and reading done.
My problem was that I needed to do certain tasks on the Internet before noon, for work and also personal tasks like ...
Source: Zen Habits - December 4, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: zenhabits Tags: Goals & Motivation Simplicity Source Type: blogs
Thanksgiving: Never Trust An Organic Chemist Who Can't Cook
I wanted to note that I'm home today, and will soon be starting my traditional chocolate pecan pie. If you haven't seen it, that link will lead you to a detailed prep, with both US and metric measurements. It's based on Craig Claiborne's recipe, and he certainly knew what he was talking about when it came to Southern food (and much else besides). I've been making it for twenty years now, and if I didn't, there would be a mutiny around here.
I have a pumpkin pie to make as well, and I'd like to get the base of the gravy going, so it can be turkey-enhanced tomorrow. (As for the turkey, for some years now we've bought a kosh...
Source: In the Pipeline - November 27, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Blog Housekeeping Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly holiday recipes II
Now for the desserts!
Here are recipes for Pumpkin Pie, Apple Cranberry Crumble, and Pumpkin Spice Muffins. Remember: By taking out wheat and other grains, not resorting to gluten-free junk carbohydrate replacements, not adding sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, limiting net carbohydrate content and not using other problem ingredients, we now have healthy desserts that do not pack on the pounds, screw with blood sugar, mess with satiety signals, or exert inflammatory effects. Have your Apple Cranberry Crumble or Pumpkin Spice Muffin and suffer not a moment of guilt! And I think they’re pretty darned tasty, too.
Hap...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Source Type: blogs
Foods That Fight…Illness, That Is
By Amy Campbell
That time of the year is upon us: the "holidays." It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but the stores are already filled with Christmas decorations and gifts. Holiday music is playing on radio stations. Holidays are fun, but this season can come with side effects, including colds and flu, heartburn, upset stomach, headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue. Medicine is often needed to treat these maladies, but if you're looking for something a little more natural and gentle, think, instead, about food. Food is medicine, too, and what better way to remedy your maladies and nourish your body at the same time?
Colds and ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 25, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Get Some Protein in Your Meatless Monday by Infusing Your Dishes with Nut Butters
We all know that nut butters -- whether they are made from almonds, cashews or peanuts -- are full of delicious flavor and nutrients. However, we tend to usually enjoy these in their most classic iterations: on a sandwich, as a dip for fruit and even for baking. But listen, with plenty of healthy fats and a ton of protein, creamy nut butters are an ideal addition to sauces, dressings, soups and other meatless mains. Check out a few of my fave recipes here. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - October 28, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Meatless Monday diet food meatless meals nutrition pasta recipes vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Almonds For Skinny Snackers? Yes, They Help Curb Your Appetite : The Salt : NPR
This study was funded by the almond industry, and researchers didn't evaluate other types of nuts.Mattes explains that industry-funded studies are becoming more common, especially as government funding becomes harder to obtain. But he emphasizes that the research is carried out completely independently and is peer-reviewed before being published."So it does have the checks and balances," Mattes concludes. (Source: Dr Portnay)
Source: Dr Portnay - October 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs
