Showing posts with label health and nutrition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health and nutrition. Show all posts

Monday, March 28, 2011

Herbalife Meal Replacement Review | Are All Proteins Good for Weight loss?

There are three main reasons why you should add protein to your diet. First it satisfies and controls hunger; secondly it supports adequate protein intake with low-fat protein; and third it helps build and maintain lean muscle mass.

Another great reason is that it helps to curb and control hunger. This is huge because many times if we do not curb and control hunger we end up eating way more that our required calories for the day resulting in not achieving the weight loss we are longing for.

I know some are thinking all protein are created equal. Unfortunately that is not the case. There are proteins that are not as good for you because they contain a lot of fat.

This is evident in ribeye steak and new york strip steak which contain a lot of saturated marble fat. Those are very tasty steaks by the way but should be eaten in moderation.

Other protein meats are pork, chicken, lamb and pretty much any animal that is edible. You could also find great protein in beans, nuts and other variety of foods.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

SnackHealthy; a New Approach to Snacking

Snacking is so much fun as it is tasty. Tell me who doesn’t love to snack? It is a common thing we do before meal, after meals, and through out the day until bedtime for some.


It doesn’t even matter which category you put yourself in. You could be into a healthy kick or just eat whatever you want; snacking is a huge part of life and your diet.

I want to clear something up on the word “diet” since I mentioned it. Diet should not always be referred to prohibiting yourself from eating want you want.

Diet is simply a plan of the selected meals you prefer to eat. Or simply put, whatever you are currently eating is your diet. It’s what you eat. So don’t be afraid of that word and think you have to give something up.

Now depending on the results you are looking for you may have to adjust certain items within your diet to reach those goals. So you need to keep that in mind as well.

Anyway that was my two cents on that; now getting back to the snacking deal.

I wanted to mention a pretty exciting company that is doing a phenomenal job and taking an exciting approach to snacking. This company’s name is SnackHealthy.

Now as we already know everyone loves to snack but most of the times what we snack on may not be so great for us. What SnackHealthy is doing is taking those same delicious snacks and making them healthy for you.

Now you can snack on tasty treats and not worry about it being bad for you as far as having too many calories, fat, and sodium and so on. Now how cool is that?

If you are in a weight loss program some of the major obstacles is snacking. Reduces or satisfying this graving to snack can provide the continuous momentum to lose weight and accomplish your goals in weight loss. This is where SnackHealthy can really benefit you.