Tuesday, March 9, 2010
March is National Nutrition Month. And the theme designated by the American Dietetic Association is "Nutrition from the Ground Up." How appropriate, then, this question from a reader in Jacksonville, Fla.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
A simple change may do you good.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A simple change may do you good.
Eat oatmeal for breakfast.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
registered dietitian Jill Weisenberger once had a client who kept a puzzling food journal. The calorie counts were all out of whack. The woman's tuna sandwich had 33 calories. An apple: 144.
Turns out the woman was mistaking a food-calorie book's index for a calorie chart.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A calorie is ...
A unit of energy. First described in the 1800s, a calorie is technically the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. But in the health and nutrition world, a calorie is the potential energy in food and the amount of energy the body uses, according to the American Dietetic Association's Complete Food and Nutrition Guide.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A simple change may do you good.
Got a case of the winter blues? Snack on some walnuts or add them to your oatmeal, salads or stir-fries.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
A simple change may do you good.
Snacking throughout the day can keep your energy up and your weight down if you choose the right things to munch on, according to ahealthyme.com.
