March 22nd, 2009 by admin
New nutritional articles added on our sister site RecipeSuperSource.com.
This month on: Daniel G. Amen, MD, author of Making a Good Brain Great, provides nutritional tips to promote a healthy brain. Also inside this month, advice on how to make healthy restaurant food choices and helpful nutritional information from nutritional experts.
August 27th, 2008 by admin
By Beverly Pressey, MS, RD
Fun foods are everywhere. Most of us live in a culture where processed, white flour, high sugar and/or deep fried foods are commonly eaten and easily purchased. The availability of these foods combined with food advertisements on all types of media are over whelming. These types of foods are so common that avoiding them becomes a challenge.
I encourage you to focus your efforts on providing whole, unprocessed foods as much as possible. This include:
1. All fresh fruits and vegetables
2. Low fat meats
3. Nuts, seeds,
4. Beans and tofu
5. Eggs
6. Whole grains such as oatmeal, brown rice, millet, quinoa, and whole grain breads and bread products.
7. Low fat dairy products such as mozzarella cheese, low fat cottage cheese and 2% milk can be added without over doing it. Read the rest of this entry »
August 26th, 2008 by admin
By Kymythy R. Schultze, C.N.
http://www.kymythy.com/
When your child’s verbal loop switches from “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do” to “I don’t wanna go to school!” you know the time has come to do your parental duty and properly prepare them for another academic year. You’ll buy them notebooks, backpacks, pencils and books. But, are you also putting every effort into insuring that their brain is fully charged? A child with good brain health has the opportunity to be more successful in their schoolwork, and that translates to a better school year for both of you. There are many factors that affect brain health, and in this article we’ll focus on a few things you can do to make a positive difference in your child’s learning and memory function. Read the rest of this entry »
August 23rd, 2008 by admin
By Armin Brott
Dear Mr. Dad: Six months ago, my wife and I divorced because she was having an affair. After our divorce, she remarried and my 3-year old son has become attached to her new husband, who showers him with expensive presents. I know my son loves me, but it isn’t easy for me not to feel hurt by their relationship. I don’t want to harm my son’s relationship with his stepfather, so how can I deal with these feelings? Read the rest of this entry »
July 3rd, 2008 by admin
Excerpted from: The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life © 2008 by Arthur Agatston, MD. Permission granted by Rodale, Inc., Emmaus, PA 18098. Available wherever books are sold.
In this country, our epidemic of obesity and diabetes really took off over the past three decades and has continued at a fast clip right up to the present. Coincidentally, the 1980s was when the federal government, along with medical groups such as the American Heart Association, began to aggressively promote the benefits of a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. This was eventually reflected by the first USDA Food Pyramid, published in 1992, which emphasized bread, rice, pasta, and cereals as the basis of a healthy diet. Fats and oils were to be used sparingly. Was this the wrong advice? Did it have a role in the fattening of America? I believe the answers to these two questions are yes and yes.
