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Eating Healthy With Seafood

admin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:05:37 +0000

Health magazines, cooking shows and nutritionists all extoll nature’s bounty as some of the healthiest things you can put into your body, but do you know exactly how healthy seafood is? Not only is seafood incredibly low in fat, but it’s also incredibly nutritious. Everything from salmon to beluga caviar is packed with fish oil, vitamins and minerals which can work wonders for your body. Even if you’re not a regular fan of fish, here’s some things you should know that could change your opinion.

First of all, fish is an incredibly nutrient dense food. Just occasionally adding fish to a meal can increase your health. Fish also isn’t just lean either, a 3 oz. Serving of fish contains less than a third of the fats you’d find in a 3 oz. serving of lean ground beef. Fish is also incredibly nutrient dense, containing an incredible amount of vitamins and heart friendly…

6 Healthy Eating Choices to Reconsider

admin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:02:01 +0000

In the pursuit of optimal vitality, many health-motivated people reach for food they think is good for them. Unfortunately, many such so-called healthy choices turn out to be less beneficial than we assume. Because they often involve swapping fats and sugars for a slew of chemicals, they may actually undermine, rather than support, your health goals.

Not quite sure how well you’d score on a healthy-eating pop quiz? Here are the subjects on which many well-intended eaters remain confused, and a review of the often misunderstood gaps between hype and reality.

1. Low-Fat Dressings

Hype: When studies in the early ’90s found that salad dressings were a surprisingly high source of fat in women’s diets, food makers rushed in to offer low-fat options. Today, dozens of low-fat and fat-free salad dressings crowd supermarket shelves, and one in three women (and one in five men) say they always opt for low-calorie dressings. The appeal…

The Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

admin — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:09:18 +0000

Coconut oil has been a widely used food staple of traditional tropical cultures including Hawaii and the South Pacific islands for centuries. These islands depend on coconut as a diet staple and make use of its milk, meat and oil. Coconuts provide a majority of these islanders’ food, but they are not alone. Around one third of the world depends on coconut products to some degree for food.

The Many Benefits of a Healthy and Holistic Oil

Coconuts are a healthy natural food that produces an oil high in flavor and numerous health benefits. Many people have used coconut oil as a supplement for relief from kidney problems, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer.

These benefits, discovered by Dr. Jon Kabara, are attributed to lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid found in coconut oil. These naturally occurring fatty acids have health enhancing properties and act as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal,…

Did You Know?

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:24:16 +0000

1. Plastic packaging: Did you know that many lacerations and puncture wounds occur when people use kitchen knives to open hard plastic clamshell packages? In 2004, more than 6,400 people went to the emergency room for injuries resulting from plastic packaging.

2. Flooding: Did you know flooding can cause indoor air quality problems in your home long after floodwaters have receded? Microorganisms in floodwaters may present a health hazard. These organisms can penetrate deep into soaked, porous materials and later be released into air, causing illness and allergic reactions when inhaled.

3. Pools, spas, hot tubs: Did you know drowning is not the only common risk associated with swimming pools and hot tubs? One of the biggest risks associated with pools, spas, and hot tubs in homes is electrocution. Faulty underwater lighting, aging electrical wiring, sump pumps, power washers, and ungrounded vacuums are among the most prevalent causes, in addition to electrical appliances and…

Coffee: To Quit or Not

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:36:54 +0000

Coffee is the hot beverage of choice in Europe, the Americas, and the Arabic world, with tea occupying that position in Britain, China, and India. In Arabia, the oily coffee berries were used as a medicine and fermented to make wine almost 2,000 years ago. There are many legends about how the stimulating properties of coffee came to be recognized. One legend traces coffee’s first use as a beverage back to an Arabian monastery, where sometime around the 10th century a monk noticed a small herd of goats cavorting all night after eating berries from the coffee plants that grew wild in the vicinity. The monks brewed a concoction of the berries in hot water and found it helped them stay awake for their nightly prayers.

The practice of roasting the beans originated in Syria in the 13th century. Coffee arrived in Paris in 1643, and by 1675 the city had…

Six Skincare Sins

admin — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:12:45 +0000

You’ve seen the error of your ways when it comes to sleeping in makeup. You’ve quit smoking, you’ve stopped tanning, you drink plenty of water, and you even make homemade avocado masks. You cleanse, tone, and exfoliate every day–but not too much, and only with the right products.

We do everything we can to keep the skin on our faces and bodies looking soft, supple, and young, but even if you think you’re doing everything right, there are some common habits that undermine even the most valiant skincare efforts. Before you spend more money on fancy facials, and before you rush out and buy another expensive eye cream or anti-aging potion, check to make sure you’re not committing one of these six skincare sins.

Taking Hot Showers

Pleasurable though they may be, long and steamy showers are terrible for your skin. The hot water washes away skin’s protective oils, leaving it dry, tight,…

Things You Should Clean But Probably Don’t

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:52:45 +0000

Reusable Grocery Bags

Many of us have gotten into the habit of taking our own bags when we do our shopping, but how many of us clean them after each trip? According to a study conducted by the University of Arizona and Loma Linda University, 97 percent of consumers never wash their bags. About 50 percent of the bags tested contained coliform (fecal) bacteria, and 12 percent contained E. coli. Especially since many people choose reusable bags to bring their lunch to work, to transport books or clothes, and for many other household uses, washing them after each use is the key to stopping contamination from vegetables or raw meat. Cloth bags can go directly into the washer and dryer, and recycled plastic bags can be wiped down with hot soapy water or treated with a disinfectant spray. Researchers also advise using each bag for only a single purpose—carrying raw meat,…

Essential Items to Help Your Loved Ones When You’re Gone

admin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:10:53 +0000

What happens for mom when dad passes away? After attending to the myriad details that go into planning a funeral, smack dab in the middle of tremendous grief, the family turns to the matter of making sure mom will be OK. Did dad leave any lists of bank accounts, life insurance, instructions? Not that mom knows of…

It is not something we do very well as a culture, preparing for our own deaths, even though it is said that, “Dying is the only thing we will all do successfully.” When we lose a loved one, grieving “well” takes a lot of space; it is an opportunity to press the “pause” button and tend to yourself and your community and vice-versa. However, if one is buried in the task of unraveling all the details of their future and security, then grieving can take a back burner. Leaving our loved ones with the…

8 Winter Tips for Healthy Living

admin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:33:47 +0000

Holidays, stress, post-holidays, even more stress — who has time for taking care of ourselves?

You do! Resolve to follow these eight diet, exercise, and lifestyle tips, and you can be good to yourself this winter – and all year long.

1. Enjoy the Benefits of Yogurt

It’s creamy smooth, packed with flavor — and just may be the wonder food you’ve been craving. Research suggests that that humble carton of yogurt may:

Help prevent osteoporosis
Reduce your risk of high blood pressure
Aid gastrointestinal conditions like inflammatory bowel disease and constipation

Ready to take home a few cartons of yummy yogurt? When buying think low-fat, make sure the yogurt contains active cultures and vitamin D, and keep tabs on sugar content.

2. Help Holiday Heartburn

Getting hit with heartburn over the holidays? Help is at hand! Try these hints and you can stop the burn before it starts:

Nibble: Enjoy your favorite foods — but in moderation. No need…

Motorola Will Release an Android 3.0 Tablet at CES

admin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:11:18 +0000

Motorola’s new video, called Tablet Evolution, opens in a museum. First up is an Egyptian hieroglyphic tablet (good graphics, but heavy), then the Ten Commandments tablets (durable, but can’t edit), the Rosetta Stone tablet (multi-lingual support, but low-res), and on through others to Apple’s iPad (like a giant iPhone) and the Galaxy Tab (Android OS for a phone). Finally, the camera rests on a tablet covered with a cloth and on a pedestal bearing Motorola’s logo.

Motorola has certainly raised expectations. The new tablet, based on the tablet-optimized Android 3.0 or Honeycomb, will be released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month — as will a variety of other tablets, each seeking to become an iPad slayer.

Few details are available about the Motorola tablet. Google Vice President Andy Rubin showed one at the D: Get Into Mobile Conference earlier this month, but he didn’t do a full demo…