Want a quick meal that is delicious and nutritious? Consider substituting quinoa (pr: KEEN wah) for rice in this simple dish. Quinoa is a seed-like grain rich in protein and essential amino acids, including lysine. One cup of quinoa provides more protein than a medium-sized chicken egg. That same cup of quinoa is low in […]
Here’s a quick healthy recipe that combines two foods rich in cancer fighting ingredients for a new taste on an old classic dish – coleslaw – but with the zing of wasabi added. The main ingredient, cabbage is rich in the naturally occurring phytochemical indole-3-carbino, common referenced as I3C. This compound helps the body produce […]
I kept hearing and reading that olive oil is good for you. Well, it’s OK, and tastes great and is good for cooking, but not necessarily the healthiest food menu item. It turns out that olive oil is low in omega-6 which is what can make fats better for you. Omega-6 is an essential […]
Food is your fuel. When you work out determines what kind of meal is the best. If you are a morning person and love to start the day with a good workout, you need a light snack. You won’t have time to digest a full meal on your way to the gym, or heading out […]
Want the secret super combo to get the fitness and health results you want? How exactly does a healthy food menu and body weight workouts compliment each other and even create a synergistic (better results than doing each separately) effect? I have this theory that there weren’t many obese or overweight cavemen or cavewomen. Everything […]
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