Tag Archives: Eating Behaviors

If you work a full-time schedule and have little time to prepare a full dinner, you may experience challenges holding off late-night cravings. If your health is being affected by late-night meals, then you may be looking to make changes to reduce these cravings and change your eating habits. Having a more balanced eating schedule can be valuable for improving your health in the long term. With these considerations in mind, here are several habits to change to improve your eating schedule and reduce late-night meals. [Read more]

If you feel fatigued after consuming a carb-heavy meal, you are definitely not alone. The post-carb “crash” is a real, recognized phenomenon, which can leave you feeling more tired than before you had the meal or snack. Luckily, there are ways to do something about this, which can help you minimize its effects or avoid it completely. [Read more]

Have you read recent nutrition recommendations to include more fatty fish in your diet? It’s true: there are numerous benefits of eating fish which contain omega-3 fatty acids.  Not only do they taste good, but they’re also good for us! Despite all of the bad press that fat has received over the years, some types of fat are good for our health. One type is called omega-3. Two subcategories of this unsaturated fat are called EPA and DHA, and are found in a variety of fatty fish, such as salmon, mackerel, and tuna. [Read more]

What holds the biggest potential for dieting failure? Hunger! Whether you have the munchies while watching your favorite show or you skipped lunch at work and walk through the door starving, hunger can make you choose greasy, calorie-laden junk food. By the time it’s over, it’s too late: you’ve been stricken by binge-eating. Don’t let this happen to you. Be proactive by taking these five steps to binge-proof your house, your car, your office, in fact, your whole life. Senseless hunger can strike anywhere. [Read more]

Kale is a leafy green vegetable which is grown for its edible leaves. A member of the cabbage family, the plants have either green or purple leaves with a slightly tough stem running through their middle. The edges of the leaves tend to be either flat or curly. Kale comes either whole or pre-chopped, and it can be eaten raw or cooked. This health-promoting vegetable can be commonly found in most stores the world over. [Read more]

More people than ever before have found themselves working from home these days. And though the perks are great, like no commute and holding Zoom meetings in your pajama pants, there are some downfalls. One of those downfalls is the ability to snack all day long. After all, the kitchen is right there, and the temptation to grab just a little something from the pantry during a work break is powerful. But mindless eating is a big contributor to weight gain. Too many calories that you don’t burn off end up getting stored as fat. And yet, it’s much harder to resist temptation when there is an easy path to get to it, like a pantry full of treats right down the hall. [Read more]

If you’re searching for a healthy way to lose weight faster, soups can be a great tool to fill you up and help you stay with your diet. But not all soups have the same benefits. If you’re eating soup for weight loss, it’s good to gather several recipes that have proven to be both healthy and satisfying. That way, you’ll always have a go-to recipe at your fingertips. [Read more]

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the specter of infection and illness impacting all aspects of daily life. Even if a COVID-19 vaccine is developed it may not be widely available for some time, and many scientists predict that similar new threats will emerge in years to come. Recent history has many examples of pandemics including the 1918 H1N1 virus, commonly known as Spanish Flu. [Read more]

Weight loss is incredibly difficult because so much of the process is psychological. When you have an impulse or craving, you’re experiencing a powerful decision-making influencer. Takeout food, for instance, is easy, comforting and saves time. It’s an instant gratification that manipulates your would-be logical thinking with emotional triggers. But if you limit these day-to-day meal decisions, when you’re most vulnerable to slip up, you can remove impulse from the equation and replace it with good habits. [Read more]

Whether you are encouraging your kids to eat healthier or trying to improve your own nutrition, adding more vegetables to your diet can help a lot. Nutritional experts recommend a minimum of five servings of vegetables every day, but most people fall far short of that goal. If you own diet is deficient in the vegetables, you may need to think more creatively. There are plenty of other ways to serve up vegetables, and side dishes are only one of them. Here are seven sneaky ways to incorporate more healthy vegetables into your daily diet. [Read more]