Health and Nutrition

Health And Nutrition Guide

Food for Potential Energy


FOOD (Macro-nutrients) One of the most important aspects of hill walking or trekking and adventure holidays is to maintain your calorie intake to keep pace with the terrain & amount of equipment you are carrying. The best ratio for active people is: CARBOHYDRATES 50-60% Simple carbs.

Substitutes for Butter


Instead of Butter: Use top quality, cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil, from the first pressing, or flaxseed oil. The taste of virgin olive oil is appealing to millions of people around the world, so why not adopt it to your taste? Flaxseed oil is prized for health reasons and not for its taste.

The Wonderful Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet


The Mediterranean Diet is now recognized as one of the healthiest in the world consisting as it does of large amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables, salads, nuts, seeds, omega-3 rich oily fish, olives, and olive oil and being comparitively low in dairy products and red meats. The people of the Mediterranean region, particuarly Greece and Spain, are very fortunate to live in an area where naturally healthy food is readily and cheaply available.

South Beach Diet - US vs. World


Diets concern especially Americans as they do have a 'national weight problem'. So it would only be natural that dieting issues be so over proportioned in the US.

WLS Patients Feeling Gassy & Bloated? Sugar Alcohol May Be To Blame


Sugar intake is a real concern for people who've had gastric bypass, in fact most patients fear sugar. The foremost fear isn't weight gain, it's dumping.

Physical Health is Attainable Through Proper Nutrition and Exercise


Obesity is epidemic in this country for both children and adults. The invention of television, video games, and convenient appliances help to influence us to be sedentary.

Clues for Fibromyalgia Relief


Fibromyalgia is a chronic and potentially life-altering disorder with symptoms such as extreme muscle pain, extraordinary fatigue and multiple tender and painful points. Fibromyalgia itself tends to be similar in many aspects to rheumatic diseases although it differs from arthritis in that there is no known inflammation or damage to the joints, muscles or tissues.

How Do You Know Your Nutrition is Working for You?


Please feel free to comment, so that the article may be developed. How would you like to know what is going on in you body? Are you healthy? How do you know? Is your lifestyle doing anything for you? Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have developed the Biophotonic Scanner.

Principles of The Zone Diet Plan


The Zone Diet has been around since around 1995, when fatty acids research scientist Dr. Barry Sears published the New York Times bestseller 'The Zone'.

Are You Lactose Intolerant?


Do you know anyone who can't consume milk or milk-based products? The condition is not uncommon and these people are classified as lactose intolerant. Lactose is the main carbohydrate or sugar found in milk, and in varying quantities in dairy products made from milk including yoghurt, ice cream, soft cheeses and butter.

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