Restaurant eating, drive through food pickups, home delivery of food and packed meals are getting increasingly popular. Long hours at work, high stress levels faced today, lack of enough time and patience to cook homemade meals and a fast paced lifestyle today have steered people towards the convenience of eating out.
Eating meals away from home [...]
Good Snack Ideas
All of us tend to snack. Choose snacks wisely so that they are healthful and nutritious. Its best to snack on foods high in fiber but low in sugar and fat. Snacks should help to meet our daily nutritional needs, rather than add pounds.
Wise Snacking
Juicy Snacks: Watermelon, Cherries, Berries, Tangerines, Cantaloupe, Grapes, Grapefruit, [...]
What is Fiber?
Fiber is a structural component of plant food which is not broken down in the digestive system nor absorbed in the blood stream. Fibers are present in most foods containing complex carbohydrates; namely whole grain foods, many vegetables and fruits. It is not found in meat, dairy products and juices. For good health, [...]
Do you ever look at food labels before you buy anything at the grocery store? I’m sure most of us do not read the nutrition information on food labels. You will be able to understand food labeling after you finish reading this page. Or at least be able to identify the basic components of the [...]
Vegetarians are people who do not eat animal food, that is, meat, poultry and seafood.
Vegans are vegetarians who abstain from eating or using all animal products, including milk, cheese, yogurt, other dairy foods, eggs as well products made from silk, wool, leather. Causes for vegetarianism range from ecological (saving the environment and its inhabitants), compassion [...]
Sodium is a mineral, essential to the body. It is needed to regulate blood pressure and blood volume. It also aids the proper functioning of nerves and muscles. The National Research Council, which sets the RDAs, has established a safe and adequate range of sodium intake for American adults at 1,100 to 3,300 milligrams per [...]
Did you ever pick up a recipe and felt like you weren’t sure about what a measurement meant. Accurate measurements are important for your cooking success. There’s no need to worry about your recipe not turning out right anymore. Help is just a finger click away.
Here is your online cooking conversion guide to help [...]
Learn some low fat cooking techniques for healthy living
Roast
To roast means to cook meat or vegetables in the oven in an uncovered pan at very high heat (to roast quickly) or at low heat (to marry the juices with herbs and spices). Roasting intensifies food flavors. Try rubbing olive oil on asparagus and spring onions, [...]
What is Nutrition
Nutrition means nourishing the body with food so that the nutrients help various body processes to promote growth and rejuvenation. The primary nutrients in food are protein, fats and carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Healthy food contains vital nutrients that affects metabolic rate, promotes growth, development and body functions. Unhealthy food habits lead to [...]
