When I think back to my high school days, I remember a pretty clear picture of what I thought healthy eating looked like. In my mind, healthy meals included giant salads, roasted vegetables, green juices, and smoothies. Although all of these foods are technically healthy, I was missing the bigger picture. A healthy diet does not have to …
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Plant-based Protein
The trick is to make better and safer protein choices on a regular basis. If you’re eating a well-balanced plant-based diet and consuming a wide variety of vegetables, greens, sprouts, legumes, tempeh, beans, nuts, seeds and grains, then you’ll easily meet your protein needs.
Tale of Two Meals
Bacon is traditionally associated with breakfast, when it’s usually served alongside an egg or two, or as one of the hallmark ingredients of a BLT. But you can find bacon on burgers, in appetizers, on salads, and even covered in chocolate or added to ice cream.
Diet of Champions
In order for athletes to perform at the top of their game, they must train appropriately. With that, they must also consume a large amount of food which will help fuel their rigorous training regimes.
All About Gluten
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, triticale and oats. In some people, eating or drinking anything containing gluten can cause different types of undesirable reactions. The most extreme of these is the auto-immune condition known as coeliac disease. Some other types of reactions are known as non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, gluten sensitivity, or …
Christmas Calories
Overindulging is something we are all guilty of at Christmas. But did you know there are around 6,000 calories lurking in the average Christmas Day feast, putting us at risk of gaining almost half a stone by the New Year. From potatoes roasted in goose fat to celebratory glasses of champagne, it is easy to …
The New Superfoods
Superfoods are foods — mostly plant-based but also some fish and dairy — thought to be nutritionally dense and thus good for one’s health. The term has no set scientific meaning, however, and any list of “top” superfoods is purely subjective. Superfoods are healthful, for the most part, aside from possible contamination, added sugars or …
Cooking with Spices
Spices and herbs should be used to enhance the natural flavor of food — not disguise or obscure it. Many herbs and spices can complement a dish and each other; however, be selective in their combinations. Avoid using too many at one time.
How to Cook Grains
Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples of grain products. Grains are divided into 2 subgroups, Whole Grains and Refined Grains. Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel ― the bran, germ, and endosperm.
Good Food Gone Bad
Each year, contaminated food products are estimated to cause 48 million consumer sicknesses in the U.S. alone. Use the following guide to help protect yourself from food-borne contaminants.