Margarine, butter, other spreading fats and low fat spreads, cooking oils, oil-based salad dressings, mayonnaise, cream, fried foods including fried chips, chocolate, crisps, biscuits, pastries, cake, puddings, ice-cream, rich sauces and gravies are all in this food group because they contain fat. Like carbohydrates, fats contain the elements Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. Fats are used […]
Category Archives: Health General
Despite major advances in understanding stress, depression and anxiety, most sufferers are still being told four myths about the root cause of their problem. This raises an important issue: How can you conquer these illnesses if you don’t understand the root cause? Time to bust the myths and reveal the exact cause of these harrowing […]
Persons with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are especially susceptible to illness from food-borne pathogens. Because they’re at higher risk for severe illness or death, affected persons must be vigilant when handling and cooking foods. Here are some recommendations to help prevent bacterial food-borne illness. 1. When shopping for raw and cooked perishable foods, be sure […]
The #1 fear people have when buying a treadmill is that they won’t use it. (That’s the #1 fear when buying any piece of exercise equipment). They know that a treadmill can help them lose weight, get fit, burn extra calories and reach their fitness goals. But that’s only if you use it. A treadmill […]
When I decided to lose weight I of course decided to do as much planning as possible. It seems the older I get the harder it is to do anything without completely planning it out. Anyways, I had already been on the all protein diets and knew that they worked. The only problem was I […]
There a number of basic things that you probably do each day to help extend the life of the valuable tool called your memory. The following are a few practical suggestions for you if you have not already done them. These are techniques that have been used successfully by the author. In a nutshell they […]