All Entries Tagged With: "Eating"
Healthy Eating on Travel
Typical freeway fare includes fast food, microwave-ready service station options, bags of chips, and lots of sodas. These foods are almost always full of bad fats, lots of calories, and not much valuable nutrition. Plus, eating junk food for a couple of days can leave you feeling fatigued and crabby, and give you a stomach ache. [...]
Foodies Guide – Sixteen Tips For Restaurant Eating
Most of us eat at restaurants for a variety of reasons; time and convenience are the most common motives. So if you plan to eat out in the near future, take note of these sixteen quick tips. Refrain from overeating and eat only what you could, and eat healthy if you wish to live a [...]
Just Stop Eating So Much!
Welcome to Just Stop Eating So Much! – the blog that hopes to change lives, one reasonable bite at a time. Just don’t expect a lot of handholding. During my 20+ years of dieting, I found that too much handholding and consoling helped me not to lose weight, but to gain it (and then some). [...]
Eating Meat is Child Abuse says Ad
PETA has caused a stir of sorts with a very blatant billboard advertisement in Merthyr, Wales. The poster – depicting an overweight boy indulging in a burger with the tagline; “Feeding kids meat is child abuse – fight the fat – go veg.” PETA says it is trying to make people in the town aware [...]
7 Days of Eating Vegan
Last week I ate vegan food for 7 straight days and documented all of it here at Laurel on Health Food. I posted a few recipes of my own, tried some frozen/prepared foods, and featured lots of vegan fare from local NYC restaurants. Overall, I felt great. My digestive system was on point and I [...]
Why Eating Insects Shouldn’t Bug You
According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, there are three good reasons for you and I to start making bugs (yes, as in insects) a regular part of our diet: They’re highly nutritious: High in protein, low in fat, and packed with B vitamins, iron and zinc. Raising bugs requires less food, [...]
Why Eating Nuts Helps With Weight Loss
Many people leave nuts out of their eating plan when trying to lose weight, because they think they are too high in calories. However, this is a big mistake. It’s obvious nuts are high in calories, but studies show that those who eat nuts regularly tend to have a lower BMI in comparison to those [...]
Free Giveaway: Healthy Eating Handbook
Before I begin my review, I must come right out and confess that the Healthy Eating Handbook is my own product. I’ll try to be objective, but you’ll understand if I’m a little biased! It’s easy to get lost in the sea of diets available these days. It can be really disconcerting, in fact. And [...]
Eating Fish Cuts Stroke Risk
Women consuming more than three servings of fish each week have a lower risk of stroke, claims a new study. Over a ten-year period, Swedish women eating plenty of fish were 16% less likely to suffer a stroke. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends eating fish at least two times each week, especially fatty fish [...]
60% of Women Don’t Like Eating in Front of Their Partner
A new survey highlights some revealing statistics about the relationship between women and food. 60% of women in relationships do not feel comfortable eating in front of their partner 50% of women in relationships get shy undressing in front of their partner 40% of women feel as though they are constantly dieting 13% of women [...]
3 Tips for Holiday Eating
This weekend a friend asked me to help her come up with some tips for healthy holiday eating. She’s a member of the Wellness Committee at her work and they specifically wanted to know how to avoid overeating and feeling uncomfortable during vacation this month. I was happy to come up with a few pointers [...]
this bloggers healthy eating and lifestyle guide
New main meal recipes posted every weekday; commentary on food and health issues 3 times a week. Tags: recipes health Chicken vegetarian healthy eating pdf files
How Can I Separate Emotions From Eating? [Forum]
So I realized that I take out many of my emotions such as stress and anxiety out on food. I want to lose 10 pounds but it is very difficult because I am an emotional eater who tends to resort to restriction that is followed by a binge. I am looking for ways to separate [...]
Depression Eating, It Gets Insane
I’m sick in the head. No seriously, I am. I’m medicated and everything. Bipolar, clinically depressed, angry all the time, and riddled with anxiety and self-hate. It’s a serious condition, but being crazy does have its perks. Jehovah’s Witnesses know not to knock on my door. But sometimes depression can really suck, especially if you’re [...]
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