Childhood obesity is a disease rapidly increasing. The main reasons are the unhealthy lifestyle, poor eating habits and low physical activity. There is also another reason behind the fatty tissue located mostly on the waist: a lack of vitamin D. In support, a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and conducted by [...]
Menu Ideas: Benefits of a Dairy Free Diet Plan
January 12, 2011 By 6 Comments
The Mediterranean Diet traditionally incorporates foods from regions surrounding the area. Some of those places are Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, and others. As for a dairy free diet or reduced dairy diet, one must not consume products like milk, cheese, or yogurt. Many use rice or soy as a substitution, but there are other options [...]
What Should I Eat for Lunch ? Healthy Mediterranean Lunch Menu Ideas
January 7, 2011 By 1 Comment
People are often faced with the question, “What should I eat for lunch?” It is even more difficult to find healthy things to eat for lunch. When eating lunch out, healthy foods can sometimes be almost impossible to find. Fast food restaurants are notorious for not offering nutritious food items….healthy eating for lunch can be [...]
How to Eat a Less Meat Diet and Recipes Without Red Meat
December 31, 2010 By 5 Comments
Mediterranean Diet Meatless Daily Menu Have you thought lately about how to reduce red meat consumption? A diet without red meat offers the following benefits: • Reduces your saturated fat consumption • Decreases your chances of having breast cancer (colorectal cancer if you’re a man) • Dramatically decreases your environmental footprint • Saves you money [...]
New Year Menu Ideas: Are These Recipes Healthy Enough?
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mediterranean Diet New Year Menu Resolutions So you’ve decided on some New Year’s diet resolutions that include tasty, healthy Mediterranean Diet foods. It’s best to start out on the right foot by forsaking the old, traditional New Year foods and instead sticking to delicious Mediterranean New Year diet recipes. Luckily, there are some simple suggestions [...]
Oranges are Better than Vitamin C and Antioxidant Supplements
December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The mix of antioxidants and antimicrobials in oranges work much more effectively than do individual items separately. That’s why eating oranges is better than taking the vitamin pills. The study was carried out by a group of researchers at Brigham Young University (USA) and published in the Journal of Food Science. “There’s something in the [...]
Christmas Diet Menu Ideas and Tips for Great Xmas Diet Recipes
December 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
The typical American Christmas menus and recipes are usually heavy and fattening. For your Christmas menu 2010, why not try something a bit different that is much more healthful, but still allows you to maintain some of the traditions of the standard Christmas recipes. APPETIZERS – Like many Christmas menus, Mediterranean menus include bread and [...]
Ideas for a Wheat Free Diet Menu and Wheat Intolerance Diet Plan
November 26, 2010 By 5 Comments
People suffering from food allergies or food sensitivities have a very hard time with everyday foods and creating menus that will not bother them. Wheat allergies are a very common allergy or sensitivity to have. For those trying to lose weight, a wheat allergy or wheat sensitivity causes even more problems. Wheat contains gluten, which [...]
How to Add the Mediterranean Diet into Thanksgiving Dinner This Year
November 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
All too often, when people think of the word “diet,” they tend to associate it with deprivation. With the Mediterranean Diet, this is not the case. With this diet, rather than spending all of your time focused on the things you cannot have, you focus on what you can have. This type of diet is [...]
Plan a Low Sodium Diet Menu to Reduce Salt for High Blood Pressure and Hypertension
November 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
Low Salt Diet Menu…Following the Mediterranean Diet A low salt diet: you aim to achieve it, you try to follow it, you hope to find one that works for you. However, with so many processed foods being incredibly high in sodium, how can you escape the high sodium craze? Obviously low salt diets are a [...]
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