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Low-Cholesterol Cookbook For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
We‘re all aware of the dangers associated with a high-cholesterol diet. Use the practical advice in this Cheat Sheet to get to grips with low-cholesterol cooking and begin your journey towards your new [more…]
How to Use Color to Shop for Antioxidant-Rich Produce
You can use the colors of fruits and vegetables to help guide your dietary levels of antioxidants, which is extremely important component for your diet. [more…]
How to Chew the Right Way for Good Health
Chewing is extremely important to your health. You can do your body a lot of good just by processing your food the right way — from the first bite. Chewing is the first step in the digestive process, and [more…]
How to Control Allergies with Smart Food Decisions
The food choices you make can have a tremendous impact on your allergies. Of course, when it comes to food allergies, the choices you make about what you eat can be a matter of life or death [more…]
Fight Allergies with This Healthy Salmon Salad Recipe
If you have food allergies, you need to avoid certain foods. Never eat the specific food you are allergic to, of course, but also make sure to avoid caffeine, sugar, and alcohol. The most allergenic foods [more…]
How to Know whether Your Detox Diet Is Working
How do you know when your toxin-free diet is really making a difference in your life? How can you be sure the healthy choices you’re making through detoxification are having a positive effect on your body [more…]
How to Use Your Muscles to Maximize Detoxification
Going through a regular workout inevitably improves your muscle strength and endurance. Your muscles can help you make the most of your detoxification efforts through stimulation of your lymph system and [more…]
How to Maintain Healthy Levels of Bacteria
Bacteria are on and in us all the time, including the kinds of bacteria that can cause infections. The trick is that they’re present in extremely small numbers, and they don’t start being harmful unless [more…]
Identifying What Qualifies as a Toxin
A toxin is any substance that your body can’t use in a purposeful way or that requires energy to be removed. Even substances that your body has to have to survive can be toxic if you get too much of them [more…]
How to Take an Active Role in Detoxification
Your body can take care of quite a bit of detoxification on its own, but today’s elevated toxin levels demand that you give your body a hand. If you want to enjoy long-term good health, you must work hard [more…]
Detoxifying through a Healthy Diet
If you’re not enjoying optimal health, or if you’re struggling with obesity, you need to take a good, hard look at the many benefits of a detox diet. Changing what you eat [more…]
Damaging Food Additives You're Likely to Find in Your Groceries
In total, food companies add 2,800 substances to their products in an effort to save a buck, boost sales, and ensure that their food will last on the store shelves for a very long time. Many of the toxins [more…]
Must-Haves for the Low-Carb Pantry
If you're dieting the low-carb way, stock up on low-carb essentials so that when you have a need to eat, you can find healthy, low-carb ingredients. The following list contains recommended items to keep [more…]
How to Eat the Low-Carb Way
Eating the low-carb way means building your diet around lean proteins along with vegetables and fruits prepared fairly simply. If you were a meat-and-potatoes eater, focus on the meat more than the carb-heavy [more…]
How to Stick with a Low-Carb Diet
Sticking with your low-carb diet is much easier if you set yourself up for success and prepare yourself and your kitchen for a low-carb lifestyle. The tips in the following list can help you realize your [more…]
How to Estimate Portion Sizes for a Low-Carb Diet
A low-carb diet relies on knowing portion sizes to help you eat the proper quantities of the proper foods. To determine the number of low-carb servings you're eating, you need to estimate portion sizes [more…]
Approved Snacks for a Low-Carb Diet
Low-carb snacks are a good choice no matter which diet you're following because they're mostly fruits and vegetables. When choosing a low-carb snack, consider the ones in the following list first: [more…]
Low-Carb Dieting For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Low-carb dieting is a matter of choosing foods and strategies that put you on the path to success. Eating low-carb means knowing how to estimate portion sizes, choosing the right snack foods, and stocking [more…]
Nutrition-Related Measurements
Struggling to make sense of your pounds and ounces? Use this handy table when working with measurements to make sure you understand their quantities and abbreviations. [more…]
Key Elements Used in Nutrition-Specific Words
Use this table to help familiarise yourself with some of the language used within the subject of nutrition. Print it out and pin it up so you can refer back to it should you come across a word that needs [more…]
Energy Content of Macronutrients
Need to find out about Macronutrients? Use this table as a very quick reference point when looking at the energy content of different food types. [more…]
Adult Essential Vitamin and Mineral Nutrient Intake Reference
Need to know about your vitamins and minerals? Use these helpful tables to refresh your memory on reference nutrient intakes and get yourself up to speed. [more…]
Nutrition For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
Want to increase your nutrition knowledge and learn how to make better food choices? Here you will find some quick and easy reference points helping you to prepare for, live and enjoy a more nutritious [more…]
Experimenting with Some Great Dairy-Free Snacks
Snacking is a way of life for most folks, but those who opt to go dairy-free may have to make some special adjustments to their old snacking habits. The tasty [more…]
Planning Quick and Easy Dairy-Free Menus
Planning your meals ahead of time can help make the transition to a dairy-free lifestyle that much easier. When you plan your menus, look for ways to add dairy-free variations in flavor, texture, color [more…]
