Archive for June, 2008
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Continuing the theme this week of health foods that aren’t, let’s consider soy. For years we’ve been told to give up the beef and even milk, and eat soy products instead. But is soy really the great health food it’s promoted to be?
Actually, it seems like it’s more a case of good marketing than good science. [...]
Mythbuster: All Foods in Health Food Stores Are Good for You
If an item is sold in a health food store, then it naturally follows that it’s a good-for-you health food, right?
Would that life would be so easy. Unfortunately, it’s a little more complicated than just walking into a health food store, pick up anything you see, and it’s a true health food. Just like in [...]
Are Enhanced Waters Health Food?
You’re trying to consume better beverages, so it only makes sense that Enhanced Waters with vitamins and other good-for-you things are a great bet, right?
Well, not necessarily.
It certainly sounds good, but let’s take a look at just one type, the “Waters to Help You Relax” group of these enhanced drinks. These include such varieties as Vitamin [...]
A Little Break
Hope everyone is enjoying some healthy drinks and a healthy breakfast!
I’m not typing too well, so it will have to be a short post today. I tried to give myself a little break - or maybe a BIG one - this past Friday by falling off a futon I was standing on. To make a [...]
Eggs, a GREAT Health Food Choice for Breakfast
Eggs are one breakfast staple most everyone likes in some form or another. Scrambled, poached, boiled, fried, frittatas, omelets — just to name a few ways to enjoy eggs for breakfast!
They’re a good health food too. For a while, “general wisdom” decreed that the cholesterol in eggs was bad for you, clogging up your arteries, [...]
Tia’s Power Oatmeal
Yes, I practice what I preach and eat breakfast every day, and it’s usually — POWER OATMEAL!
If you’ve seen many Quaker Oats commercials, you already know that oatmeal is a good health food. I call this “Power Oatmeal” because I rev it up with a few extra ingredients to make it even better.
For instance, I [...]
Ways to Have a Healthy Breakfast
We know breakfast is important. It fuels up our body to start the day, helping prevent fatigue, loss of concentration and all manner of annoying consequences. So how do you get yourself in the habit of eating a healthy breakfast?
First off, do just that, make it a habit. If you skip breakfast once, then twice, [...]