The DASH Diet (and sample meal plans) People always ask me for recommendations on diets. A diet isn’t just used for weight loss, or a short-term benefit, but provides the basis for a long-lasting lifestyle change. With the new recommendations from The American College of Cardiology to treat hypertension, they recommend …
Salmon: Wild versus Farmed There is nothing like the beauty of Alaska, fishing quietly – if you think you know Zen you don’t til you are here Growing up in the salmon capital of Alaska, Ketchikan, where many made their living as commercial fisherman, it is easy to understand why …
Fish Farms: A Solution or A Problem Rise of Aquaculture Anyone who has raised fish in an aquarium will look at this idea and think this has to be an answer to save stocks of preferred seafood as well as provide for the appetite of seafood lovers throughout the world. …
PCB and Fishing Anyone who believes that man cannot negatively impact the environment need look no further than the impact on sports fishing in the Great Lakes Region of the United States. The Great Lakes represent the 21% of the world’s supply of fresh water, and 84% of North America’s …
Mediterranean Diet Score Part One Improving your health by eating more, and often better food. There are certain foods that will reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer over the next five years. Now you can keep track and score how you do on a daily basis – it is called The Mediterranean …
Why You Should Try The Mediterranean Diet In a large study of over 22,000 Greek participants research showed huge benefits to those who followed the Mediterranean diet. In fact, they have come up with a score for this diet, and the more you follow it there is a large reduction …
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The Truth About Intermittent Fasting Intermittent fasting is scheduled eating and scheduled times off from eating. During the “fasting” times you can drink non-caloric liquids like coffee or tea or water. Here are some of the more popular methods: OMD = One meal a day Eat all your calories …
Is it safe to eat fruits? Or is that too much sugar? Can a diabetic patient or someone with insulin resistance, or someone with PCOS, or someone who is fat, eat fruit? Usually the question comes to me like this: “When I eat fruit my sugar spikes, so I don’t think …
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Vegetables: Cooked or Raw? The idea that cooked vegetables have more nutrients than raw vegetables leads some people to question things. If we take raw vegetables to the lab and break them down into their components, we find they have more vitamins in them than cooked vegetables. This is something …
Yogurt Has More Sugar than Ice Cream You might think that “Greek Yogurt” would mean something healthy…it doesn’t. In fact, when it comes to Ben & Jerry’s, it means 26 grams of sugar. Contrast that with their ice cream. Their Cherry Garcia Ice has 23 grams of sugar. Yogurt is …
