Healthy Fat

An Energy Boost and Fruit Newtons

Getting the workout over in the morning works out best for me.  My energy level drops come afternoon and, when I used to workout at 5 pm, sometimes it was a chore to tie up the laces.  Excuses would follow and half the time I’d skip my workout.  Since I set my alarm for an early wake up call and running and weights are the first things to get done in the course of the day, there isn’t time for excuses and my workouts are fresh and filled with energy. Most of the time. Did you know there are certain [...]

By |2010-07-20T06:35:13-04:00July 20, 2010|Exercises, Quick Meals, Running|13 Comments

Grilled Sea Bass with Fresh Fruity Relish

When you evaluate foods to eat, categorizing them as “good” or “bad”, do you look at the calories? do you look at the fat?  how about sodium? or the sugar content?   What do you think makes a healthy food? This month, the Runner’s World calendar has a tip about eating the right fats.  Fat consumption can actually help you lose weight.   Here are the Runner’s World tips 1, 2, 3, and 4, the benefits of unsaturated fats: 1.  Fat keeps you satisfied by working with other nutrients to avoid cravings and overeating. 2.  Fat protects your heart and other organs.  [...]

By |2010-04-01T16:10:33-04:00April 1, 2010|Food, healthy cooking|6 Comments

A Double Edged Sword

In the local paper today, there was an article about low-fat diets offering many benefits.  This article does not mention anything about how important fat is in our diets.  The "Double Edged Sword"?   We all want to reduce fat but if we do, we gain weight.    Your body is such a smart machine.  It has a natural instinct for survival. If you deplete it of the necessary requirements to survive, it will devise a back up plan.  If you neglect to include fats and make up the difference in carbohydrates, you will go into "starvation mode" which will triger your [...]

By |2009-03-27T15:44:22-04:00March 27, 2009|Food thoughts|2 Comments
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