Healthy diets
Raw vegan recipes
Whether you are just converting to veganism or you’ve been part of the vegan community for years, here are some delicious recipes that will satisfy your palate. Breakfast Pumpkin Bread 1 cup barley, soaked 2-3 days (rinse daily) 2 cups soft wheat, sprouted 1 day 1 ½ cups fresh pumpkin puree ½ orange 1 teaspoon [...]
Healthy breakfast foods for kids
We all know that in the mornings there is zero time for dawdling. Sometimes it feels like a miracle when you finally have the kids out the door after they’ve been woken up, dressed, and fed. Imagine this: the whole family, including those once-cranky kids, wakes up happy as can be, makes it down in [...]
Gastritis diet
Gastritis is a specific medical term for an inflammation of the stomach lining. There are many reasons why someone may suffer from gastritis and these include drinking too much alcohol, smoking cigarettes, taking drugs for pain relief, high levels of stress and taking medication for arthritis. Gastritis will come about due to the stomach lining [...]
Low carb recipes for diabetics
The primary reason for diabetics to opt for a low-carbohydrate diet is not to lose weight, but to be more efficient with the calories consumed relative to bodily functions. Diabetics lack the proper functioning ability of insulin, which is a hormone that controls blood sugar levels. It might be a result of insulin resistance, insulin [...]
Multiple sclerosis diet
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent disease that affects the central nervous system, with millions of people worldwide suffering from it on a daily basis. With so many people suffering from it, you should not feel alone in any way, and there are many things you can do to improve your condition simply by [...]
Heart healthy diet
A heart healthy diet is centered on the idea of keeping the good cholesterol high (HDL cholesterol) and the bad cholesterol low (LDL cholesterol); it also works to prevent heart disease. Some cholesterol is naturally made by the body, and this happens more often when you eat certain foods that contain saturated fats or trans [...]
Autism diet recipes
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects nearly 1.5 million people in America. For some with autism, certain foods can have a negative effect, leading to additional behavioral issues; omitting these foods from the diet will consequently have a positive effect. Those with ASD that show signs of food intolerance or food allergies need to have a [...]
Fruit and vegetable diet
A diet consisting of only fruits and vegetables can be very effective if done safely. There are some issues with this type of diet as it will become very difficult to get enough protein each day. You could use dietary supplements to provide any of the lacking vitamins or minerals if necessary. Most people will [...]
HCG diet recipes
The HCG diet is a very strict dieting strategy that severely limits caloric intake. This is actually an understatement because the diet allows only 500 calories per day. This restriction, along with daily injections of a synthetically produced hormone, HCG, gives the diet its uniqueness. The original idea was that it would help men and [...]
High blood pressure diet plan
High blood pressure is known as the silent killer. It is known as such due to the fact that many people never know they have the disease until they have a severe complication of it. High blood pressure affects over 72 million adults in the United States on average. That means that on average every [...]
Anti-inflammatory diet
Inflammation is the normal response that the body’s immune system gives when subjected to trauma, stress, illness, or injury. It involves pain, swelling, heat, and redness of the affected organ or tissue, and sometimes even farther out than the infected area. When the immune response is not able to be turned off, it results in [...]
Paleolithic diet
There are so many diets out there today that people have tried. Many of us are constantly looking for the next new diet that can help us lose weight, feel better and look great. Some of the diets work and some of the diets do not. Many of the diets are completely for advertisement and [...]
Anti-cancer diet
A person’s diet can play a big part as to whether they are predisposed to cancer or not. In fact, according to a recent study that was done at Harvard up to 30% of all cancer and even cancer deaths can be attributed to diets that are full of animal food sources. There are some [...]
Top 10 healthiest foods
A common misconception when it comes to healthy eating is that healthy food has a characteristically indescribable taste: HEALTHY. Well, dismiss that frame of mind right now and never let it return; that is an utterly false belief. Healthy is not synonymous with gross. Quite frankly, healthy foods come in all shapes, sizes, and tastes, [...]
Lemonade diet
The Lemonade Diet is the basis of the Master Cleanse fasting system, and it has become very popular in Hollywood. It was created by Stanley Burroughs, a now deceased naturopath. He created it to assist people in fasting and ridding their body of toxins. In addition to the toxins released and removed by the Lemonade [...]
Candida diet
Candida albicans is a yeast that lives in either the digestive tract or the vagina. People that have this condition will need to maintain safe candida levels and part of doing so requires going on the candida diet. If you do not take proper precautions the yeast could develop to be much more severe so [...]
Gout diet
Your body can do some weird things. Gout is a great example of some of the amazing, and painful capabilities your system has. Gout is caused by an excess of uric acid within the body. This uric acid results in the development of small crystals that find a resting place within your joints. Since these [...]
Insulin resistance diet
An insulin resistance diet is a diet that typically requires a low consumption of carbohydrates and a moderate consumption of proteins and fats. These are the main macros/nutrients that are important to focus on when creating a diet for insulin resistance. This type of diet is used as a treatment method for those with insulin [...]
Interstitial cystitis diet
The foods that you eat and the diet that you follow play a crucial role in controlling both the symptoms and the severity of interstitial cystitis. Interstitial cystitis is a painful bladder condition that causes the individual to feel like they have to relieve their on a frequent basis. The pain from interstitial cystitis can [...]
Vegetarian diabetic diet
Trying to find a diet that works best with diabetes may be tricky for those that are not used to watching what they eat. Good news is that for those suffering from Diabetes, there are many things you can do to change your prognosis. It is unfortunate today that so many people are diagnosed with [...]
Low carb meals
If you have been at all involved in the world of weight loss products in the last ten years you are familiar with low carb meals and diets. There are several diets and programs that have taken the world by storm, exciting more people about low carb meals than ever before. While this type of [...]
Detox diet
People are now a little more conscious of what they eat, which is what has led to the recent “detoxification hype.” Detoxification is the process by which the toxic qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Primarily referred to as a treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction, it can also refer [...]
Celiac disease diet
A celiac disease diet is a gluten free diet. In fact a Celiac disease diet is a lifetime diet and it is the only way to treat Celiac disease. People who have Celiac disease suffer serious physical and emotional reactions when they eat food containing gluten. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the digestive [...]
Gestational diabetes diet plan
If you have been diagnosed with gestation diabetes your head is probably swimming with all of the information that you were given by your doctor. It can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t need to be. If you have forgotten what your doctor told you about a gestational diabetes diet there are a few pointers that [...]
Maple syrup diet
The maple syrup diet, also known as the lemonade diet or the “Master Cleanse” has been gaining popularity amongst dieters a lot in the last few years. Many people have had successful results with going on the maple syrup diet and this particular diet offers a lot more than just an easy weight loss solution. [...]
Infant nutritional requirements
The first year of life is a period of very rapid growth for an infant. They will on average double their weight by age five months and triple it by the age of 1 year. In addition they will add 50% to their length in the first year of life. This means that meeting their [...]
GERD diet
GERD is gastroesophageal reflux disease which is also known as having acid reflux. When you have GERD it means that the food you eat mixes with stomach fluids and comes back up into the esophagus and causes pain and heartburn. The acids and pepsins from the stomach used to digest the foods can cause inflammation [...]
Low cholesterol diet
In order to lower your cholesterol you will need to make a few changes in your lifestyle and one of the main changes includes evaluating your diet. Now just because you hear the word diet does not mean you have to go on a crash diet and starve yourself. Basically it just means watching the [...]
Healthy skin diet
A healthy skin diet stresses the consumption of vegetables that are raw or cooked very lightly — particularly green leafy vegetables that are high in fiber and contain important trace minerals. Fresh, green leafy vegetables are necessary. Likewise, complex carbohydrates and sources of lean protein such as potatoes, rice and whole grain bread should be [...]
High blood pressure diet
There are some basic rules your need to follow if you experience problems with your blood pressure or want to prevent them. This is all about your lifestyle and your daily habits. Some of them will need to be changed if you want to be more healthy and happy. First of all, you should visit [...]
