17 Jul
Posted by: MelanyP in: Health & Weight Loss
, July 14 (HealthDay News) — Community-based lifestyle programs help prevent weight gain and encourage physical activity in women with young children, a new study from Australia has found.
The randomized, controlled trial included 250 Australian women, with an average age of 40, who were divided into two groups. Those in the intervention group were assigned to a program called HeLP-her, which included four one-hour group sessions in which the women were taught about food intake, physical activity, behavioral strategies such as problem solving, relapse prevention, self-monitoring, and personal goals.
It has been a long held belief that, like fast versus slow cooking oatmeal, that slow cooking brown rice is healthier and may maintain more nutrients and fiber as well as have a lower glycemic index than it’s sister, the quick cooking brown rice. Fast cooking brown rice pretty much cuts the cook time down less than half the time it takes to cook whole brown rice, which is about one hour or a little less to get it cooked until it’s just right and tender enough to eat.
Studies were actually done by independent labs that showed that fast cooking and slow cooking brown rice really did not differ in the vitamins and minerals they contained, and they also had a somewhat surprising find as well. The
I got this interesting email recently that I thought I’d share with our readers. Who wouldn’t want that chewy, chocolaty taste of real brownies, but also packed with muscle-building, lean-making protein? Well, if you’re into protein bars and protein shakes and things like that, you may want to read about these. I’ve included all the information for these brownies here so if you want to check them out and try them, go ahead.
What caught my eye is that they have no sugar alcohols. Those are the sugar substitutes that make a lot of people’s stomachs upset, including mine. They have
05 Jul
Posted by: MelanyP in: Health & Weight Loss
So, I just found out that Amazon will be carrying some really delicious new seafood meals that are healthy and groumet, by one of the biggest suppliers of healthy tilapia fish and other types of fish and fish health products called HQ Maritime. This is one of the first times I’ve seen package, gourmet, healthily prepared seafood products that are frozen and are ready to be shipped to your door ready to eat, they just need to be microwaved.
I figured since we live in such a go-go society this was well worth the communication, because I think I might be trying these out. It