Fitness and Health: A Practical Guide to Nutrition, Exercise and Avoiding Disease

Salad Dressings Extra-virgin olive oil and vinegar (balsamic, wine, apple cider). Plain or with sea salt and spices. Creamy — m ...

Vegetable juices. Almonds, cashews, pecans. Celery stuffed with nut butter or cream cheese. Guacamole with vegetable sticks for ...

during the test, and especially right after the test. Sometimes blood pressure drops significantly and your medication may need ...

With the addition of each carbohydrate, be aware of any symp- toms you had previously that were eliminated by the test, especial ...

(this topic is discussed in more detail in a later chapter). Bread, pasta and cereals are significant sources of fiber for many ...

more time in bathrooms, he did not drink much water during the day. In addition, since he thought about how many calories he was ...

" Eat as much as you need, and as often as you need to never get hungry. " Always eat breakfast. " After the test, re-evaluate y ...

8. Carbohydrates: The Good and the Bad After you determine the amount and type of healthy carbohy- drates you can tolerate it’s ...

of fresh fruits, although sometimes they can only eat from the low glycemic group. Legumes or beans can be tolerated by many peo ...

starches and more difficult to digest than most foods, and many peo- ple, often unknowingly, are intolerant to wheat of any kind ...

to chronic disease, weight gain and other ills, and along with sugar wheat ranks among the worst. Gone are the days when people ...

fat, essential fatty acids may not be absorbed, adversely affecting a whole spectrum of problems from skin quali- ty to inflamma ...

other abdominal discomfort; reduced mental focus and poor concentration, and fatigue — some people actually fall asleep after a ...

Honey is also perhaps the only carbohydrate food that does not promote tooth decay through acidity. In general, proteins and fat ...

increased incidence of migraine headaches and allergic reactions, another fact has been ignored: The use of artificial sweetener ...

9. The Big Fat Lie For decades, fat has been seen as the “bad” component of the diet. Low- and no-fat has become synonymous with ...

the diet only since the low-fat trend of the last few decades. This is not news, really. Scientists have known of the importance ...

production of hormones. The adrenal glands, the thy- mus, thyroid, kidneys and other glands use fats to help make hormones. Chol ...

much heat from leaving the body. An example of fat’s effectiveness as an insulator is in the Eskimo’s ability to withstand great ...

developing fetus. The estrogens and progesterone are fat- dependent and are produced in increasing quantities as the pregnancy c ...