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Nutrition

A Mother’s Gift to Your Young Daughter

June 2, 2010 Read the full article →

In the late 1960’s and 70’s Twiggy became the first prominent teenage model.  She weighed 90 pounds and was the idol of 14 and 15 year-old girls at the time.  Her body had no curves, no appreciable fat, and a twig-like appearance. I was an adolescent during that era myself and remember well the huge [...]

Easy Dietary Nutrition

July 23, 2009 Read the full article →

Few people who are trying to lose weight find learning about dietary nutrition to be fun despite their desire to eat better.  Along with exercise, eating in a highly nutritious way is important for a lifetime of fitness.  How can someone learn to eat better without getting bogged down by all the nutritional information, however?  [...]

What is a diet?

April 30, 2009 Read the full article →

What is a diet?  A diet is any food plan which stipulates what foods you should and shouldn’t eat and/or how much you should or shouldn’t eat. A low carb diet food plan is an example. Some diets give you menus to follow. Some tell you how to combine foods. Many list specific foods that [...]

Food Portion Sizes

April 18, 2009 Read the full article →

If you want to control your food portion sizes, stop depending just on your will-power and try some of these tips. Start from where you are – Gradually reduce your portion size so it doesn’t feel so depriving and overwhelming. Going from three scoops of ice cream to two-and-half is going to feel more reachable [...]