How Calories Affect Your Weight, Your Health and Your Body

Mar 16, 12 How Calories Affect Your Weight, Your Health and Your Body

Posted by Carolyn in Diet, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Nutrition, Weight Loss

With the growing obesity epidemic, our society has begun to focus attention on effective methods to lose weight. The result has been a social obsession with “miracle diets” which has introduced a surprisingly controversial debate about calorie consumption. You may have heard the phrase “a calorie is a...

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Healthy Eating While Breastfeeding

Feb 12, 12 Healthy Eating While Breastfeeding

Posted by Carolyn in Baby/Childcare, Carbohydrates, Diet, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Nutrition

A lot of first-time moms wonder about what they should be eating while breastfeeding. The answer might surprise you – essentially, you want to stick to the same healthy dietary choices you made while pregnant. In fact, breastfeeding has been called the “miracle diet”, because you actually burn from 200-500 calories...

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The Difference Between Good and Bad Carbohydrates

Dec 15, 08 The Difference Between Good and Bad Carbohydrates

Posted by Patrick McDowell in Healthy Living, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Carbohydrates is one of the basic nutrients your body needs to function properly. Today, it is now differentiated as either good or bad carbohydrate. The difference between bad and good carbohydrate is that the bad carbohydrate is also known as the simple carbohydrate, and  the good carbohydrate is known as the complex...

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