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Many different elements lead to our food choices and these choices start right from childhood.
Initially the family environment establishes the foods we eat growing up. Other kids we mix with at school also determine our eating habits.
Youngsters will acquire bad eating habits from their parents and they will naturally begin to pick the exact types of foods as their parents due to the fact that’s what they are used to eating. If that food has minimal vitamins and minerals then the never-ending need to feed the hunger will start and gradually as time passes, the % of excess body fat increases. Read the rest of this entry
The amount of calories that you consume on a daily basis will determine whether you gain or lose weight and this is one of the most important aspects of any weight loss program that you decide to go on.
Studies have been taken where overweight people believed they were eating no more food than other people they associated with who were considerably slimmer than them.
The overweight people were under the false impression that the reason why they were heavier and gaining weight was due to their body’s metabolism. Read the rest of this entry
Most of the time when people are looking at losing weight, they are really looking for a miracle cure or quick fix that will help them lose that extra twenty or thirty pounds.
Typically people want to avoid any hard work in hopes of effortlessly losing weight quickly. Most of these quick weight loss diets that are supposed to remove pounds per day really don’t work and are not healthy in the long run.
Many of these diets are not entirely safe and focus on almost starving you for a short period of time just to attempt to drop a few pounds per day. The thought is that if you can make it through a few days of hunger, then you can drop the weight. Read the rest of this entry
The young form of the wheat crop that is widely grown is called the wheatgrass. Grown by the wheat growing farmers the fresh wheatgrass is obtained when small shoots sprout from the wheat seeds.
The fresh wheatgrass has always been an essential part of the diet of animals presenting many benefits. With many studies and researches conducted on the wheatgrass, it has been deemed as a natural product packed with the very essential nutrients that are highly beneficial for humans. Read the rest of this entry
Ingredients:
½ cucumber, cut into ribbons
1 bunch watercress
1 bunch of spring onions, shredded
1 small yellow pepper, thinly sliced
200g smoked salmon, cut into strips
1 lemon, cut into wedges
Method:
Combine the dressing ingredients, season well and set aside in the fridge until needed.
Do all the chopping in advance and assemble at the last minute. Divide the cucumber, watercress, spring onion and pepper among four plates.
Top with the salmon and place a wedge of lemon on the side.
Drizzle the dressing over and serve.
Mediterranean Beef Casserole
It fills you up and tastes terrific – it’s fat burning food, but not as you know it…
Ingredients:
Serves 4|1785kJ|18g fat|10g carb|per serving
2tbsp olive oil
750g very lean stewing steak, cut into large chunks
2 red onions, cut into thick wedges
2 red peppers, cut into thick slices
1 yellow pepper, cut into thick slices
600g ripe plum tomatoes, quartered
2 tbsp tomato paste
300ml red wine
150g mixed olives, drained
6 tbsp roughly chopped fresh oregano
2 heads garlic, halved
Method:
Preheat oven to 190?C
Heat the oil in a flameproof roasting tin.
Brown the beef in batches over a medium-high heat for 5min, then set aside
In the same pan, fry the onions and peppers for 5 min
Add remaining ingredients and 150ml water, season to taste
Cover with foil, bake for 1 hour.
Remove foil and bake further for 1 hour
Scatter with extra oregano leaves and serve with masses of vitamin packed veggies
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