The internet is buzzing with all kinds of ads about losing a drastic amount of weight in a few short days and all you have to do is follow the diet they recommend. Any diet that makes such dramatic claims is more than likely a fad diet. The problem with fad diets is not that you don’t lose weight. Most times if you follow their directions, the weight will fall off. However, once you have completed the diet, there is little to no instruction on how to maintain that weight loss. As a result, you end up gaining the weight back plus more. Continue reading “Lose 10 lbs in the next 5 days!”
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Waste Not Want Not—Part Two
Last week, we talked about one way to minimize food waste. A second way to minimize waste is to use as much of the food as we can. When your food is on the verge of spoiling, consider storing them for future use. Here are my suggestions: Continue reading “Waste Not Want Not—Part Two”
Waste Not Want Not—Part One
In honor of the “Go Further with Food” theme, we will be talking about how to get the most out of the foods you eat and/or buy. In part one of this two part series, I am going to show you ways to save money and cook with the foods that you would normally throw in the trash.
American families in today’s society waste millions of dollars worth of food annually. That is a lot of money and a lot of food! Continue reading “Waste Not Want Not—Part One”
Food Labels
How often do you go to the grocery store? How long do you spend in there? Are you the type to browse every aisle – like me – or do you like to get in and get out because you know exactly what you want? Do you read the nutrition label and ingredients to see what is actually in the foods you eat?
March is National Nutrition Month, and our theme is “Go Further with Food.” These next few weeks, I will be showing you how to get the most out of the foods that you eat. To start, let’s look at nutrition labels. The nutrition, or food, label will tell you how many of the six major nutrients are in that particular food – this will tell you where your calories are coming from. The ingredients are broken down by the source of each nutrient – for example, nuts = fat/protein, and high fructose corn syrup = total carbohydrates. Continue reading “Food Labels”
Water
The most delectable, thirst quenching, high demand drink on the market…or is it? Over the past several weeks we have been discussing essential nutrients, and have covered carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. The final nutrient on our list is none other than water. Most people are not aware that water is a nutrient! It has no calories, no fat, no protein, and no vitamins. It maybe has a few minerals, but we’ve already covered that group, right?
So, Kwynn, why is it on the list of essential nutrients? Is it really that big of a deal? Continue reading “Water”
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