Tag: nutritional value

Healthy granola bars may help weight control

Healthy granola bars may help weight control

[ 2 ] November 27, 2011 |

I believe it is good to skip a lunch once in a while and have a healthy granola bar instead, especially before a workout or simply in the midst of a busy day. “Healthy,” in my opinion, is a product which has no strange food additives, so that consumer’s job is to balance the calories […]

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DyeDiet Recommended: This is nuts!

DyeDiet Recommended: This is nuts!

[ 0 ] November 21, 2011 |

Nuts  are like natural “health pills” containing high loadings of healthy fats, carbohydrates, proteins, fibers, antioxidants and vital micro-nutrients hard to find elsewhere. Health benefits of nuts include protection from coronary heart disease, help lower blood LDL, have low glycemic index and help increase longevity. Raw nuts are healthier than roasted ones because roasting decreases […]

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Coffee-Mate creamer: Why not milk?

Coffee-Mate creamer: Why not milk?

[ 0 ] November 18, 2011 |

Clean air, fresh water and fertile land are what humanity needs for its survival. There is now too much carbon dioxide in the air, too much detergents, dioxins, pesticides and antibiotics in the water and we have exhausted soil which is no longer capable to support plant germination.  How do we manage to stay healthy? […]

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Gatorade vs SoBe: A positive trend

Gatorade vs SoBe: A positive trend

[ 4 ] November 2, 2011 |

Usually artificial dyes are what make Gatorade to appear in different colors. I just came across with a Gatorade saying on the pack: “No artificial flavor or color.” My first reaction was like “Wow! They start listening to the consumers who do not want that artificial stuff!” And yes, this is true. As we, the […]

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Real food: Russian borsch recipe

Real food: Russian borsch recipe

[ 0 ] October 30, 2011 |

See nice pictures of the Russian (Ukrainian) Borsch which may entice you to make it real! Please note that by taking beans or peas instead of meat you will cook a vegetarian borsch which is also as nutritious and delicious as the meaty one. INGREDIENTS Beef with a bone – 600 g (1-2 pounds); Potato […]

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Spooky Lofthouse Cookie

Spooky Lofthouse Cookie

[ 1 ] October 22, 2011 |

No stated value While I don’t mind if Halloween baked goods are designed to look scary, the scary food additives are certainly not what we want. Recently I have reviewed “Back To School” Lofthouse cookies. Here is another example of almost exactly the same poor nutrition and high health risk product. Suspiciously, there is no […]

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Why Do We Need Food Day

Why Do We Need Food Day

[ 0 ] October 19, 2011 |

Food Life needs food. We need food to rebuild some 7 million (out of the total 25 trillion) of red blood cells our body loses every second and hence, yes, “we are what we eat.” But you cannot build living cells from whatever is available or even affordable. To survive we must eat nutritious food, […]

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Pretzel Twists: A better food choice

Pretzel Twists: A better food choice

[ 0 ] October 16, 2011 |

Here is Great Value Honey Wheat Braided Pretzel Twists for $1.48 a bag you can buy at a local Walmart. No trans fat, no artificial flavors or colors. Accordingly, the pretzels risk diagram looks more like green that means it is safe to eat the product in moderation. DyeDiet RECOMMENDED With every serving of 10 […]

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FUZE to confuse

FUZE to confuse

[ 1 ] October 5, 2011 |

Recently I have recommended FUZE Mixed Berry, a naturally flavored and naturally colored beverage from FUZE Beverage, LLC. My initial assumption was that FUZE is committed to offer Americans healthy drinks containing neither artificial colors nor other questionable food additives. Not quite so. When I took another look at the beverage line I have got […]

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What to choose for trick-or-treat?

What to choose for trick-or-treat?

[ 4 ] October 2, 2011 |

While Halloween it still a few weeks away Walmart grocery is already pumpkin-decorated and you may walk by two aisles overloaded with orange boxes full of all possible candies. However, not all of them are equally safe for your children and the children of your neighborhood. What to choose for trick-or-treat to make sure that […]

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