Archive for January, 2008
Ingredients:
2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
1 sweet red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and chopped
2 cups finely chopped cabbage
4 green onions , chopped
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil,
Salt and pepper to taste
Makes 8 servings (1 cup each)
Makes 8 servings (1 cup each)Makes 8 servings (1 cup each)
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Is Your Weight Affecting Your Health?
Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is a tool that can help adults determine whether you are at risk for a weight-related illness by correlating the ratio between your height and weight with body fat. The body mass index (BMI) is an index number (a ratio of weight/height) that has been used in nutrition research to determine which height/weight relationship are safer, and which numbers correspond to greater risk.
BMI is used as a screening tool to identify possible weight problems for adults. However, BMI is not a diagnostic tool. For example, a person may have a high BMI. However, to determine if excess weight is a health risk, a healthcare provider would need to perform further assessments. These assessments might include skin-fold thickness measurements, evaluations of diet, physical activity, family history, and other appropriate health screenings.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 253
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 36 g
Fat: 7 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Sodium: 880 mg
Fiber: 7 g
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Everyone knows that cardio exercise is a key factor in losing weight, but the best cardio workout is the one you will want to do regularly and consistently. If your primary goal is to lose weight, then focus on burning as many calories as possible in your workout. For example, if you plan to lose 1 pound a week, that’s a total of 3500 calories. Then you should burn at least 500 calories a day doing cardio exercise 5 days a week.
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 147
Protein: 3g
Carbs: 24 g
Fat: 5 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Sodium: 254 mg
Fiber: 1 g
Servings: 16
Dietitian’s Choice Recipe
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 201
Protein: 23g
Carbs: 13 g
Fat: 7 g
Saturated Fat: 5 g
Sodium: 518 mg
Fiber: 3 g
Servings: 4
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The Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle Diet Guide is different to almost every other diet guide on the market because it isn’t based on any kind of fad diet and doesn’t claim to be a fast way to lose weight. This can be a negative or a positive depending on how you look at things.
If your looking for an amazingly quick way to lose weight then reading the above will more than likely put you off of purchasing the Burn The Fat guide but the fact is that nearly all fad diets, the ones that have you losing weight quickly, only succeed for a short while and end up with you putting the weight back on. With Burn The Fat this isn’t going to be the case.
Among those who are most affected with the pressure on losing weight is women. Hollywood and the media portray being bone-thin as the best body to have, and American women are jumping on this diet bandwagon to achieve that super thin body media portrays. If you are among those women looking for that quick way to lose weight, here is a women’s guide to rapid weight loss. Take note though, that rapid weight loss is always unhealthy and it is best to consult a specialist before trying it out.
The diet pill
Diet pills are the most popular weight loss alternative for women. Most women’s guide to rapid weight loss books and e-zines will recommend taking diet pills to help you lose up to 10 pounds in just two weeks.
There are a number of diet plans available which you can select depending upon the kind of weight loss you want. These diet plans do not put you on a strict diet and ban you from eating the food of your choice, but guide you to eat want you want in a healthier way.
Different types of diet plans are available, like the Atkins diet, Carbohydrate Addicts, Protein Power, the Zone diet, and all other high-protein low-carb diet plans. These diet plans serve different purposes, so you should carefully select the one that is good for you. You should always consult your doctor before selecting a diet plan.
There are many simple weight loss solutions that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. Thousands of free and healthy diet programs and plans are at your finger tips online. They all vary, just like all of our ideas of the perfect diet so there is sure to be one that will help you reach your ideal weight and restore a healthy lifestyle.
One of the easiest thing to find online for free is recipes.