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Foods that Suppress Appetite

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

In order to lose weight you are probably going to feel hungry from time to time. That is simply one of the cold, hard truths of dieting. Our hectic lifestyles cause many of us to neglect healthy foods. We tend to focus on fast foods and other “junk foods” that don’t provide us with proper [...]

Popular food additive can cause stomach ache

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

A “Stealth fiber” called “inulin” has been increasingly added to processed foods. It is not a problem for most, but can cause gastrointestinal discomfort for some who may not know they’re consuming too much of it. Inulin may be in chocolate bars, drinks, and snacks and “before you know it, you may eat more than [...]

30 Tricks To Make Fiber Taste Better

Friday, June 19th, 2009

We all know that we need to eat more fiber. It helps guard against many types of cancer and other diseases, will keep you from getting constipated and there are more benefits as well. The problem is, it’s really hard to eat. The recommended daily dosage was recently raised from 25 to a throat-choking 38 [...]

Soynut Butter

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

I love peanut butter and I used to eat it on a daily basis, but I’ve been eating soynut butter for about a year now as an alternative to peanut butter. I wasn’t necessarily looking for a peanut butter alternative, I just happened upon it when browsing the health food aisles of my grocery store [...]