Category Archives: Food

Zego Where I Go!

Gluten Free, hear that alot these days?

What about food allergies and trying to be sugar free!

More and more awareness of what we eat is prominent and creating some perfect snacks that mght be all that!

ZEGO bars are brand new allergy-friendly energy bars that are delicious and nutritious.  They are called “A HIGHER BAR” because they combine the following:  No Gluten, no nuts, no soy and no dairy, 10g of protein in every bar, but not a lot of sugar. They are vegan, made from organic sunflower seeds, and come in two delicious flavors – Chocolate with a cacao nib crunch, and Sunflower with a hint of caramel. ZEGO bars are great for anyone with food allergies, parents looking for a healthy snack for their kids, athletes outdoors and in the gym, busy adults in the workplace, and anyone on the go.

ZEGO was founded by Jonathan Shambroom, a competitive athlete and seven-time technology startup veteran, and Colleen Kavanagh, a pioneering child nutrition advocate and parent.  Jonathan and Colleen started ZEGO in response to the increasing need for nutritious and convenient, protein-rich snacks that will not trigger food sensitivities or cause digestive problems.  ZEGO is also committed to giving back to the community, and contributes 20% of profits to Campaign for Better Nutrition, a charity devoted to improving nutrition for low income children.

Eat Out & Diet

Eating out while dieting can seem impossible. Dieting means you have to cook every meal at home and spend hours slaving away in the kitchen, right? Well, not anymore. With The Digest Diet Dining Out Guide, you can eat out and still loose weight! From fast food restaurants to fine dining establishments, this comprehensive guide will give you the tools you need to pick the healthiest meal wherever you are. Who says you can’t go to Chipotle with all your friends and still eat healthy?

Not only will you discover exactly what to order to maintain weight loss, you will also receive a summary highlighting the Digest Diet itself. Featuring more than 350 meals from 60 national fast food and casual dining venues, this book will eliminate your worries about the nutritional value of your on the go meal. After being told which meals are the healthiest on the menu, you will also be taught specific dining out strategies so you always pick the best foods for your diet. The need to cook every meal to keep off the pounds is now gone. Dine out the healthy way with The Digest Diet Dining Out Guide.

Written by Madison Mills

Food Fit For You

Have you ever thought about eating food to lose weight? Well that is just what you can do with My Fit Foods.  Founded in 2006 by a personal trainer, these meals are perfectly portioned and sure to help you reach your goal.  You may go to the gym and not be satisfied with the results and the main reason may be because of the food you eat, but there is a solution. Sometimes you can be too busy to create a healthy cuisine and that’s okay because My Fit Food delivers food directly to your home.

     

This also can be a great gift for a family member and is ideal for diabetics. From buffalo chicken salads to blueberry oatmeal, you won’t even feel like you are on a “diet”. Proper exercise and the My Fit Foods diet along with different weekly challenges can motivate you to lose weight and become healthy.  My Fit Foods carefully chooses the right nutrients for your meal.  These meals may contain lean proteins, heart healthy fats, and even antioxidants rich spices.

This company has been growing rapidly and spreading across the United States.  So the next time you think about eating healthy think about My Fit Foods.  “You never knew healthy taste this good!”

Written by Philtrina Farquharson

Healthy Escape

Would you believe that one third of the countries children are obese and 30 percent of children age’s eight to ten will become diabetic within ten years?

Today’s advance in technology is keeping kids on the sofa, and out of the parks.  Parents are busy working, and want to feed their children quick, but fast food places are not the best option.

The Pizza Trap: Every Mom’s Guide to Breaking Children’s Dangerous Food Addictions, Ending Mealtime Battles, and Building Healthy Habits for Life, is every mothers “must get” book. It is written by wellness expert Gabrielle Welch. Gabrielle whom is a mother herself, realized with her crazy busy schedule, she still needed to make sure her children ate right. The Pizza Traps helps identify and manage new ways to take control of your children’s poor eating habits and instill the positive, healthy ways to maintain a proper diet.   The book offers a lot of interesting topics that range from how schools fail our kids and the kids menu trap.

Written By: Fransheska Pacheco

Slimmer, Trimmer

Seems like we’re all looking for that tasty diet to help keep weight off and that has a balance of nutrition. Whether to incorporate into other recipes from other sources or to use as your daily cooking reference, the new Mediterranean Diet could be right for you.

Keeping slim and eating properly is a common challenge for many.  Utilizing some of the natural approach diets, such as recipes in www.TheSlimmerBook.com could have a positive effect on other health issues you may be having.  Even a chance to decrease that stubborn extra weight, these recipes are easy to make with most ingredients available at almost any grocery store.

The Mediterranean recipes in this book use  Greek cuisine to reduce both fat and health issues, while filling plates.  SLIMMER designs a simple nutrition plan: a delicious, low-fat Mediterranean diet with revolutionary, fat-burning ingredients coupled with the self-awareness to combat the triggers that contribute to weight gain.

Greek author Harry Papas established his own successful Health and Diet Centre in Athens. He incorporated his successful nutrition program into a book to help as many people as possible. The New England Journal of Medicine agrees with Papas’ diet. In its Feb. 25th, 2013 study titled: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet, the NEJM confirmed this is the best, life-long, satisfying way to eat to be healthy and fit.

Enjoy Soy!

If your snacking downfall is that you usually reach for calorie-laden convenience foods or don’t have healthful treats readily available, there’s good news as well as good eating in your future.  Love Your Health® brand SoyMix is as convenient as it is craveable, and just may become your new favorite snack. At only 120 calories per serving, it offers 7 grams of protein and only 40 mg of sodium, with no cholesterol or trans fats.

You can feel good about indulging your cravings for Love Your Health® SoyMix, because it’s filled with healthful ingredients. The mix starts with a trio of soynut varieties—all-natural, premium quality soynuts that have been dry-roasted using a proprietary technique. You’ll love the combination of lightly sea-salted soynuts, dark chocolate-covered soynuts and honey-toasted soynuts, blended with U.S.-grown pumpkin seeds and Sweet n’ Juicy dried cranberries. While SoyMix is a satisfying solo snack, you can also pair it with fresh fruit or soy yogurt. Keep it on hand for grab-and-go treats for the whole family. SoyMix also serves as a natural choice for an easy and memorable party snack. Serve it alone, or with a cheese plate.

To order online or for more product information about Love Your Health® SoyMix, visit loveyourhealth.info.

Getting Pregnant, Processed Foods, Environmental Toxins…Oh My!

Could it be that women today are having a harder time getting pregnant because of environmental toxins or consumption of processed foods?

Recognized expert on women’s health and the Executive Director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine Victoria Maizes, M.D. offers an integrative and hands-on approach to getting pregnant, having a happy and healthy pregnancy and delivering a healthy child.

BE FRUITFUL: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child

FROM AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INTEGRATIVE PHYSICIAN COMES A GUIDE TO FERTILITY FROM before CONCEPTION TO PREGNANCY TO THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHY BABIES BE FRUITFUL

The Essential Guide To Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child
by Victoria Maizes, M.D.

Women today may have a harder time getting pregnant than ever before. This could be because women are now waiting longer to have children; or it could be a result of the increase in environmental toxins, consumption of processed foods, celiac disease, and obesity, not to mention the constant pressure of the always-on digital world in which we live. In all likelihood, women are struggling to conceive due to the confluence of all of these factors.

With BE FRUITFUL: The Essential Guide to Maximizing Fertility and Giving Birth to a Healthy Child, nationally-recognized expert on women¡¦s health and the Executive Director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine Victoria Maizes, M.D. offers an integrative and hands-on approach to getting pregnant, having a happy and healthy pregnancy and delivering a healthy child.

Dr. Maizes specialty has been audiences on integrative medical education, women’s health, healthy aging, nutrition, and cancer.  Some simple ways to increase fertility tips; Age Matters, Don’t Stop Eating Fish, Ditch the Junk Food, Take Folic Acid,  Exercise, but not TOO much, Make your home green, Be particular about containers and STAY CALM are all a part of Dr. Maizes education.

Victoria Maizes, M.D., is executive director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a professor of medicine, family medicine, and public health at the University of Arizona. An internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes lectures worldwide to academic and community audiences on women¡¦s health, aging, nutrition, and cancer. The co-editor of Integrative Women’s Health, the 2012 Oxford University Press textbook, she was named one of the world’s intelligent optimists in 2009.

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Keep Chewing, Suppress Appetite

To think that a couple of pieces of gum prior to meals would control food intake is novel and a very innovative idea, especially when you’ve heard, chewing gum makes you hungry.  In this case, the idea with the correct ingredients, became a supplement.

FITGUM® is an innovative and convenient way to help manage a sensible and healthy lifestyle, along with proper eating habits and off course exercise.

Chewing to suppress appetite!  A dietary chewing gum containing Green Tea, Hawthorn Berry, Citrus Extract, Black Pepper, Chromium Polynicotinate that helps Suppress appetite, elevate metabolism and regulate blood sugar levels to support fat oxidation is a sure pocket or pocketbook throw in.  Very convenient!

Invented by Joe Antouri, a certified Nutrition Specialist, a World class athlete, a former MR.USA, a Private Personal Trainer to executives and stars, and the president of the Personal Trainers Association, a World wide organization managed by professional athletes educating and certifying personal trainers and nutrition specialists®.  

Healthy Eating & Good Taste!

Would you think that having Almond Flour Waffles for breakfast, French Onion Soup for lunch, Tomato Bruschetta for a snack, Ragu Bolognese for dinner and cap it off with some French Vanilla Ice Cream would be healthy?

Apparently so, according to Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), which restricts the use of complex carbohydrates and eliminates refined sugar, grains, and starch.  People with incurable digestive problems don’t have to compromise on taste with some delicious recipes.

Cooking for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, color book has over 100 recipes geared to those sensitive to particular foods.

“Our society is now closely scrutinizing where our food comes from and what’s in it,” says author Erica Kerwien. “There is a proliferation of diets that exclude processed foods, grains, dairy, and/or sugar. No two people are genetically the same, so it makes perfect sense that each person should eat food that works best for his or her body.”

 

Seniors Need To Keep Moving, Maybe Take Calcium Supplements And Just In Case, Protect Their Hips

Life is sometimes mind over matter.  When Americans reach that 65 and older period in their lifespan, falling down becomes more of a reality than just a thought and begins to really matter.

A healthy aging program has been designed by Karen Peterson, a Brain Gym® instructor, educational kinesiologist, natural vision improvement instructor, Touch for Health instructor and a massage therapist for 25 years, teaches these modalities to all ages and occupations with suggested moves such as; The cross-crawl, Forward toe-touch dancer, Sensory integration – the arrow chart, Side-step walk and believe it or not, The cat jump.

“The projected cost in health-care expenses for 2020 due to fall-related injuries in the United States is $55 billion,” says Karen Peterson, author of “Move With Balance: Healthy Aging Activities for Brain and Body,” (www.MoveWithBalance.org).

“It’s important for seniors to keep moving and learning.  That’s what helps improve balance and coordination” says Peterson.  “But if you’re rather frail, or just very fearful of falling, you’re less likely to get up and move around.” These activities benefit all seniors, from 55 to 105.

If you’re a little unsteady on your feet, but you still want to move and groove and be active as possible, that’s great and commendable, but be smart and wear protection.  And the most effective way to protect the most vulnerable parts of your body–your hips– is to pad them unobtrusively and securely with ComfiHips® (www.comfihips.com).

 

The last thing you want to do is break a hip, because that will put you on the sidelines and out of commission, maybe forever.  For many a senior, a hip fracture can take you right out of the game, perhaps spell the end of exercise and might even trigger a steep decline in your health putting you on a downhill track you don’t want to be on.

So be smart and think about wearing protection.  No one will even know you’re wearing ComfiHips® as they won’t show under your exercise outfit.

And if you happen to stumble you can get right up saying: “I’ve fallen . . . but I CAN get up”  And get back in the game!

Now if you are a postmenopausal woman who typically consumes only one or two servings a day of dairy, you may be hard put to get 1,200 milligrams of calcium you need from the rest of your diet unless you take a supplement. Dr. Ethel Siris, director of the osteoporosis clinic at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, said such women could benefit from a supplement of calcium carbonate (600 milligrams a day) or calcium citrate (500 milligrams a day).

Be sure to read the product label carefully — a usual “serving” is two tablets. Calcium carbonate should be taken with meals to assure absorption, but calcium citrate can be taken at any time and may cause fewer digestive problems.

Most calcium supplements now also contain vitamin D (usually as cholecalciferol, or D3), supplying about 250 to 300 international units in two tablets. The Institute of Medicine recommends 600 units a day for everyone from age 1 to 70 and 800 units for men and women 71 and older, with a safe upper limit for everyone over the age of 9 of 4,000 units.

Calcium with Vitamin D is a good idea because Vitamin D has one advantage over calcium alone: It is fat-soluble and can be stored in the body for later use.