Eating Healthy On A Budget
November 12, 2009 by BiggHealth Team
Filed under Diet & Nutrition
Eating healthy isn’t as expensive as you think. In fact, when you consider doctor bills to treat high blood pressure form eating too much salt, high cholesterol from eating too much fat and obesity from eating too much bad food, you are saving more than money when you eat healthy.
When you shop in season for produce, you can get fresh fruits and vegetables at a great cost. So don’t buy blueberries in the winter, try another berry such as the raspberry. In fall, try squashes. And onions, garlic and celery are always in season and cheap. Did you know that eating celery burns more calories than it adds? The reason is that celery has little to no calories and is mostly water. Your needs fuel for digesting it and therefore burns fat reserves.
Frozen fruits and vegetables are flash frozen and retain their nutrients in addition to their taste. Not the soggy vegetables and fruits of yesteryear, try stocking up on your favorites. Frozen blueberries pack a huge punch with antioxidants and can be bought frozen year round.
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Eating Healthy On The Run
October 8, 2009 by BiggHealth Team
Filed under Diet & Nutrition
Whether your traveling on the go or around the
home, you don’t need to give up healthy eating
simply because you are on the run. The fact is,
healthy eating is even more important when your
trying to keep up with a busy schedule.
Having a good diet will help your body to handle
stress better. As you hustle about, a healthy meal
is probably the last thing you think about. The
following tips can help you eat when your on the go.
Restaurants
With tempting menus, large portions, and a festive
atmosphere, it’s easy to skip healthy eating. It’s
okay to splurge every now and then, although you’ll
pack on a lot of weight if you make it a habit.
When you eat out at restaurants, always be smart
about it.
Airports
An airport can be a very stressful place, although
you shouldn’t scrap your diet because of it. Eat
because you are hungry, not because of stress,
boredom, or to kill time.
In your car
Keep some healthy snacks in your car at all times,
so that when you get hungry - you have them.
At home
Evenings and mornings are busy times in most homes.
Making the time to eat can be hard, although you
shouldn’t run out the door without eating breakfast
first. Cereal with milk, a banana, muffin, or even
a bagel is a great way to start the day.
Anytime you are on the go, always make sure that you
make the right food decisions. You can take healthy
food with you if you need to, so that you have it
when you need it. Eating healthy on the go is easy
to do, once you know how. Never sacrifice healthy
food for junk, as your body will regret it later.
19 Fat Burning Foods
May 29, 2009 by BiggHealth Team
Filed under Diet & Nutrition
How many time did You look for the miracle food for weight loss? Maybe with exotic name and fancy look? Well, maybe you’re forgetting those commonly available foods, often undervalued but second to none in terms of detox and metabolism booster qualities. here’s a list of 19 of them!
1. Garlic. Lots of minerals, enzymes and amino acids; Vitamins A,B1,B2,B6,B12,C,D. Only 41 KCAL per 100 grams. Helps reactivate Your metabolism while keeping the cholesterol to rock low levels.
2. Banana. Sugars with little fats. Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium, Vitamins: A,C, Tannin and Serotonin. Only 66 Kcal per 100 grams. A great appetite suppressant snack .
3. Onion. Rich of Vitamins A,C,E, and of B group of vitamins. Also Potassium, Calcium, Sodium; help diuretic activity and a great cellulite fighter. Helps to keep blood sugars stables.
4. Med grass. Not much used in today’s nutrition, but a great friend of weight loss. Helps curbing fats intake.
5. Strawberry. Low Sugars, Minerals and Vitamin C rich. Only 27 KCAL per 100 grams.
6. Corn Flakes. Cereals, Legumes mixed though. Helps a lot Your metabolism and only 14 KCAL per 100 grams.
7. Kiwi. Potassium rich and Calcium, Iron, Zinc too. great source of Vitamin C, lots of fibers, very helpful to stimulate diuretic functions.
8. Salad. Rich of fibers and very poor in calories (only 14 KCAL per 100 grams); diuretic functions and appetite suppressant, thanks to big volume / low KCAL ratio. Lot of minerals too.
9. Lemon. Lowest sugar content for the same fruit family (only 2,3%), rich in Vitamins and only 11 KCAL per 100 grams. Helps blood circulation and fights cellulites.
10. Apple. Vitamin C and E, Potassium, Magnesium, rich inn Tannin, great high cholesterol fighter.
11. Nut. Rich in Fats, Proteins, Sugars and Vitamins. Helps Fat Burning thanks to good Calcium+Magnesium contents.
12. Wheat. Only 319 KCAL per 100 grams and very rich in Proteins, Amino acids, Iron, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium. but also good content of Vitamins B. Helps diuretic functions and fights emotional eating.
13. Chicken. White meat, low fat content, limits intake of fats, sodium and cholesterol.
14. Rucola Salad. Great content of Vitamin A and C, and great Metabolism booster. Only 16 KCAL per 100 grams.
15. Soy. Rich in Proteins and Folic Acid. Fights Weight gaining and helps rebalancing metabolism.
16. Tea. contains fat burning caffeine, minerals and B group Vitamins. Stimulate Metabolism and has a 0 Calories intake.
17. Egg. Hyperproteic food. Lots of Minerals and Enzymes, helps groom non fat mass which is crucial to increase body’ fat burning.
18. Wine. Contains antioxidants substances that help protect the heart and fight aging.
19. Pumpkin. Rich in B,C,E Vitamins, minerals and only 18 KCAL per 100 grams. Helpd diuretic functions.
Lose Weight Fast Without Dieting?
May 21, 2009 by BiggHealth Team
Filed under Diet & Nutrition
Have you become one of the many thousand men or women all of the world that submit to taking diet pills and or starting strange diet schemes in order to lose weight effectively and fast?
You are not alone. Many people that we personally know have tried the common diets such as the well known “cabbage soup diet” and found not only that it tastes in most peoples opinion discussing but it doesn’t actually work. The reasons for this differ such as a common downfall would be obviously the in-tolerable taste of what you are eating, now we cant imagine how people can become motivated to lose weight when eating things they don’t enjoy.
Are you curious about how you can lose weight without dieting? If so today We’ll explain an incredibly effective eating technique that will help you lose 10-30 pounds without starving, in fact you will need to eat in order to make it work! The biggest lie the dieting industry ever told you is that you need to eat less in order to lose weight. This simply isn’t true at all as We’ll explain.
Why Eating Less can make You Gain Weight!
Did you know that when you suddenly start to eat less food that your metabolism will often slow down significantly. The reason for this is that your body is always trying to keep everything in balance, in the best interests of your personal survival. When you reduce your calorie consumption what it tells your body is that food is scarce and you better hold onto some fat just in case. This is why people will often lose the most results on a low calorie diet initially and once the body has had time to adapt your metabolism will slow down and the results just don’t seem to come nearly as quick.
What’s worse is when you stop a low calorie diet your body will suddenly have to adjust its metabolism to the increase in calories. This often results in initially storing a great deal of your food as fat in the first 2-3 weeks of coming off of a diet. Some people even gain more weight during this time than they lose through the diet!
How to Lose Weight without Dieting
The method is known as calorie shifting and what it involves is eating 4 complete meals each and every day. By eating food your metabolism is always looking for ways to burn fat off. By following the calorie shifting eating plan your body will burn calories because you will eat a rotating form of calories day to day. This stimulates your metabolism to continually burn more and more fat.
The Key To Weight Loss
Consuming fewer calories than you burn is the key to weight loss. Do not be fooled by fad diets that tell you that you can eat as much as you want. Instead chose a calorie controlled, balanced, and healthy nutrition plan. There are many on the market, but our favorite is the Don’t Go Broke Diet, because We designed it.
