Calorie Density to Prevent Cancer
If you do not use tobacco then the most important thing you can do to prevent cancer is eat well, maintain a healthy body weight, and get physical exercise. Unfortunately when surveyed less than 3% of the population eats a health promoting diet that meets the guidelines for cancer prevention and over 68% of the population is overweight or obese. Following the principles of calorie density will...
Read MoreSustainability: Local food or plant food?
Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells The Real Story In recent years, one part of the food business has rivaled organics as the hot growth area: “local” food (defined vaguely as coming from the same state or from less than 100 miles away, for example). It’s a market segment that has just about doubled in sales and number of outlets over the last decade. The world’s biggest...
Read MoreWhat should we eat?
Households should select predominantly plant-based diets rich in a variety of vegetables and fruits, pulses or legumes, and minimally processed starchy staple foods. From… http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/Y2809E/y2809e00.HTM Human Vitamin and Mineral Requirements Report of a joint FAO/WHO expert consultation Bangkok, Thailand WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE...
Read MoreBaby Steps
The beginning of every new year brings with it many new resolutions for big change. And likely, many of those resolutions are abandoned for one reason or another. I do not think it is so much the lack of desire to want to make whatever big change we’ve promised ourselves, but perhaps it’s just not the right size change that we’ve challenged ourselves with. Although I have not read it yet,...
Read MoreMy Journey
In The Beginning… If I think back far enough, I can remember a time when I never thought about food choices. I ate what tasted good, ate all I cared for, and never saw a food as a causal factor in health or performance. Exercise came in the form of play and participation in sports. I grew up on a hog and corn farm in Northeast Iowa for the first twelve years of my life. My mother was health...
Read MoreTips for feeling full on fewer calories
Tips for feeling full on fewer calories Are some calories more fattening than others? No. But some foods are more fattening than others because they are jam-packed with calories. Each bite packs a huge calorie punch. For about 250 calories, you can have one small bag of French fries, or you can have four ears of corn on the cob. It’s pretty easy to see which food is going to tame your hunger...
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