The WHO (World Health Organization) recommends no more than 10% of your total daily energy should come from added sugar. Based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet, you should not exceed 12 teaspoons of sugar daily. To gauge how much sugar is in a serving, divide the grams by 4. I.E. – 4 grams of [...]
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DINE OUT & DROP WEIGHT
By Fran Berkoff RD (registered dietitian) – published in Canadian Living May 2010 While most places we dine out at today offer a variety of healthy choices, many restaurant and fast-food meals can still be larger and much higher in calories, fat and salt than those we cook in our own kitchens. Here are 11 [...]
10 Tricks to Reduce Meal Portion Sizes
There is a tendency to eat more than you realize. With just a little bit of ingenuity you can decrease your daily food/calorie consumption by reducing your meal portion sizes by a modest amount. Simply by reducing your caloric intake by 100 calories (approximately 33 calories for each of the 3 main meal) a day, [...]
How Much Should We Be Eating?
Society today has become such a Super-Size It place, that we have lost sight of what a real serving size should be. To compare the size of commercially sold foods in our current day Super-Size It world to about 20 years ago, you will find a muffin is now about 5 ounces compared to 1 [...]
6 WAYS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY EATING
Many people have to deal with false hunger, (aka head hunger) on some level, for some it is a battle that they have to wage combat on constantly during the day and it can be even worse during the evenings when we tend to become less active. The following list is things that can be [...]
Nuts! – Awesome Food Choice
Almonds and pistachios are my favourite, but almost any kind of nut is good for you. The pack an awesome amount of nutrition in a very small package. For weight loss surgery post-ops, nuts are a great treat and full of protein. We just have to remember to eat them in moderation. Although they have [...]
10 Best Slimming Vegetables for Weight Loss
Hopefully I’m not fooling you with the “slimming” part of the title of this article as most vegetables are by far better for us than any other food group in terms of weight gain/loss. The facts are that vegetables are the very next food group below protein for weight loss surgery patients or for that [...]
10 Best Slimming Foods
10 Best Slimming Foods Fill up, not out Julie Meyer, R.D. Looking for a miracle diet food? It’s time to call off the search—there’s no such thing. “If you take in more calories than you expend, you gain weight,” says David Katz, M.D., of the Yale Prevention Research Center in Derby, Connecticut. “It’s simple biology, [...]
