Tag: "diet"
Holiday Help: Sweet Potatoes
With the winter holidays only a few days away, you are probably thinking about ham and turkey and stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and ice cream… all delectable favorites this time of year! You might choose to put your diet on ice for the day, or maybe you do want to stick to [...]
Myths & Misconceptions: Eating At Night
You’ve heard it before, and chances are good that you’ll hear it again: Eating after 7:00 pm leads to weight gain. Is there any truth to this? After all, it’s common knowledge that your metabolism slows down a bit while you sleep… is eating dinner late or indulging in a late-night snack counterproductive to your [...]
Myths and Misconceptions: Skipping Breakfast
Your mama always told you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Eating a good breakfast when you were a child meant that you would have the energy to get through your mid-morning math test and wouldn’t be cranky before lunchtime rolled around. So you would dutifully eat your oatmeal or Fruity [...]
An Exercise in Accountability
Some diets recommend that you write down every morsel that passes your lips. This is for accountability purposes. If you see, right there in black and white, that you ate six cookies and four mini-quiches, and that you drank three glasses of eggnog and two glasses of wine at a holiday party, then you might [...]
‘Twas the Week After Halloween….
…and all through the house, Mom and Dad were eating fun-sized bars, quiet as a mouse…. Sound familiar? After the kids come home with their Halloween bounty, we might have the best of intentions to keep our hands out of the candy bowl, but what temptation there is! Whether your favorites are chocolatey or fruity [...]
Teaching Health Consciousness
Given that there are children with a natural predilection for eating right and staying active, it never ceases to amaze some parents when their child lacks rudimentary fundamentals when it comes to healthy eating and exercise. For children without a clue about proper nutrition and exercise, perhaps thoughtful enlightenment from the parent will start the [...]
