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Diet and exercise, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Loss February 23, 2017 0Comments

What Is a Healthy Diet?

Most Americans get very little nutrition in their daily diets. According to the President’s Council on Fitness, the typical American diet exceeds the recommended intake limits in four categories, including fats and added sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and refined grains. It also reports that most Americans eat less than the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, and 90% of all Americans eat more sodium than what is recommended for a healthy diet. However, perhaps what is most shocking is that the average calorie consumption has increased by 600 calories per day in the past four decades! If one of your goals this year is to eat a healthier diet, here are some tips for living a healthy life that will help you make better decisions every day from here on out so that you can look forward to a long and healthy future.

Diet and exercise, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Loss February 23, 2017 0Comments 0Likes

Food Safety, Fruit, Health Benefits of Fruit, Healthy Foods, Vegetables November 29, 2016 0Comments

The Best Way to Eat Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables Sit up straight and eat your vegetables! How many times did Mom nag you with this line when you were growing up? Well, now you’re all grown up, and, if you want to slump down at the kitchen table, or rest your head on your hand while downing your cornflakes… so be it. But, when it comes to eating your veggies, take Mom’s advice to heart.

Produce packs a punch – it’s so easy to get the doctor-recommended two to seven servings of fruits and veggies daily, but to do so, what works best for you? How do you get the most nutrients out of the produce you choose for your drinks, snacks and meals?

Food Safety, Fruit, Health Benefits of Fruit, Healthy Foods, Vegetables November 29, 2016 0Comments 0Likes

Diet and exercise, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Loss November 22, 2016 0Comments

You Are What You Eat

There’s an old saying that “you are what you eat”, if that is true, you want to put the most healthful foods into your body to ensure that you stay in optimum health. Your diet plan should be diverse, with a wide variety of nutrients and healthful substances, and, of course, you want your meals and snacks to be tasty as well. That’s a tall order isn’t it? But, if you follow the Government guidelines and select your meals from each of the major food groups, your reward will be good health the rest of your life.

Diet and exercise, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition, Weight Loss November 22, 2016 0Comments 0Likes

Fruit, Health Benefits of Fruit, Healthy Foods August 29, 2016 0Comments

Health Benefits of Fruit

Health Benefits of Fruit There is a popular expression people often use about “comparing apples to oranges” sometimes it is used in a rather snarky manner, as if to indicate that there are apparent differences between two items – in other words, the distinction is a “no brainer”.

Even though that delicious orange orb with its dimpled appearance versus the apple which could take on any number of appearances (red, green or yellow, not to mention some 2,500 varieties of apples grown here in the United States), those two fruits have something more important in common – they are good and good for you.

Fruit, Health Benefits of Fruit, Healthy Foods August 29, 2016 0Comments 0Likes

GI Doctor, GI Health, Natural Treatments March 24, 2016 0Comments

Natural Ways to Prevent Constipation

Constipation is a problem for many people, it is something that can have a direct impact on our overall health and can also cause long term damage to our bodies. Constipation can be a sign of an unhealthy diet or stress or that you aren’t getting enough water or it can be a sign of another medical condition. If you are constipated often you should go to a gastroenterologist in Flushing and get a check up.

The recent death of character actor, Abe Vigoda, caused the media to haul out sound bites and videos of some of his most memorable scenes. Of course, there was dialogue of Vigoda playing Tessio in “The Godfather”, as well as his character Fish in the “Barney Miller” series. But oddly enough, many of the sound bites and still shots of Fish in “Barney Miller” had that character’s hand dipping into a box of prunes while extolling their virtues. He said “I’ve been eating prunes for 40 years. When I was 13, I gave a girl a necklace of prune pits. Her mother thought I was into voodoo.”

GI Doctor, GI Health, Natural Treatments March 24, 2016 0Comments 0Likes

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