Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating on a Budget
Everyone knows that it’s more expensive to eat healthy foods than junk foods. A limited budget contributes to poor eating habits in many ways. Junk food costs less at the grocery store than healthier choices. Even when you’re dining out, it’s cheaper to dash through a greasy hamburger joint than it is to go to a restaurant that offers fresher, healthier options.
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Why Organic?
Are you concerned about the chemicals that may be in your foods? Many people are very concerned about the growing levels of chemicals in our fresh foods. Pesticides and chemical fertilizers that are used in farming end up in and on the foods that we buy at our local grocery store as well as in the foods we’re eating while dining out.
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5 Ways to Cut Sugar
In an effort to pursue a healthier lifestyle many families are looking for ways to cut sugar.
There are obvious reasons to help kids reduce sugar consumption, the first of which is to avoid tooth decay as your dentist will remind you about often. Another very good reason to reduce sugar intake in children is to help them better manage their behavior and moods.
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5 Ways to Cut Fat
Whether you are trying to drop extra pounds or bring about a drop in cholesterol numbers, you’re going to find that a lot of the fat in your diet has to go. It’s easier to block the fat from coming into your body than it is to burn it off later.
Here are some simple ways to reduce the amount of fat in your daily menu.
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Knowing Why We Cut Carbs
There are a lot of good reasons to control your carbohydrate intake. Weight loss, managing diabetes, improving energy levels and mood rank high among reasons that we look to reduce the number of high carb foods we eat.
Here are five areas to start with to reduce carbohydrates in your diet.
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Juicing for Health
Have you ever heard someone speak about the value of eating raw foods? There is an unfortunate impression held by some that raw foods are for vegans and vegetarians only. We hope this article will open your eyes to the value of juicing fresh fruit and vegetables as a simple way of making raw food a part of your daily diet.
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Ways to Detoxify Your Body
Do you know that your body has a positively amazing ability to detoxify itself? It’s true and it’s a good thing too because most of us consume or absorb a frightening amount of dangerous toxins on a fairly regular basis.
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Eating Healthy While Dining Out
Have you ever wondered why the foods we eat in restaurants often taste so much yummier than the foods we make at home? Can it be true that food tastes better when you don’t have to do the dishes afterwards? That may be, but we can more likely attribute the delicious flavor to a high fat content. Unless a restaurant is particularly devoted to delivering healthy meals, they are generally using full fat ingredients that deliver the most savory flavors.
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Choosing Healthier Beverages
Our bodies need a steady flow of liquids to be healthy, preferably at least eight tall glasses per day or approximately 64 ounces. The very best beverage a body can enjoy is definitely crystal clean water.
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Is it Goodbye to Birthday Cake Forever?
Making a decision to pursue a healthier lifestyle is great. Learning all that you can about making healthy choices, cutting fat and sugar, dropping your caffeine intake and avoiding artificial additives will contribute to a longer life and hopefully one with less disease and physical restrictions.

One can’t help but think about an elderly relative (we all know of one) that lived to a ripe and even active old age of 92 even though they enjoyed eggs and bacon every morning and a good cigar after dinner. Is it really necessary to say goodbye to everything sweet and delicious in life in order to be healthy?
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