Food That’s Fast and Healthy Having spent a week on a road trip, I learned one thing along the way: Fast food is unavoidable, given time and budget constraints. You can’t beat a drive-thru for convenience and speed of service, although a bellyache later can quickly remind you of the excess calories, fat, cholesterol, and sodium you just put into your body. While a super-sized value meal can give you a day’s worth of calories in one meal, you can exit the drive-thru with a healthier meal. Because sometimes there […]
The Athlete’s Kitchen
Eating for Endurance: What, When and Why Some athletes consider food their reward at the end of the day; they save up their appetite for a huge feast at dinnertime. Wiser athletes treat food as fuel; they knowledgeably fuel before, during and after exercise. They get more out of their workouts and prevent needless fatigue. If that is your goal, keep reading! What to eat before you exercise Contrary to popular belief, pre-exercise food does NOT simply sit in the stomach and hinder athletic performance. Rather, it enhances stamina and […]
Why the paranoia about Hydrogenated Oils?
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2003 (AP / CBS) “We’re trying to make the consumer a lot smarter when they go and purchase foods.” HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson (CBS/AP) Trans fat is about to get the same attention from the government that saturated fat does, with government warnings and labels. Food labels will be required to reveal exact levels of the artery clogger. Doughnuts, french fries, crackers and fried chicken are just some of the tasty foods that include trans fat. But it’s at least as dangerous to the heart as saturated […]
Calculate Your Nutrition Score
What do your eating habits say about you? NUTRITION SCORE
