Glycemic Index, What Is It

There is evidence that low GI diets are able to reduce abdominal fat specifically. Without any drastic change in regular dietary habits and using the theory behind glycemic index can help keep hunger at bay whilst watching the calories.

Glycobiology - A New Field of Science

If you graduated from college more than ten years ago, you have probably never heard of the field of glycobiology. Initiated in the mid to late 1980’s, glycobiology is the study of glycolipids and glycoproteins. The first conference on glycobiology did not occur until 1989, when 180 scientists from all over the world convened for the UCLA symposium on Glycobiology. The convention was “dedicated to one of the most rapidly growing field in cell biology, a field that will certainly have a major impact on medical research and practice in the future” (Welply and Jaworski, 1990, xiii-xiv).

Raw Food Boston - Resources for Eating a Raw Food Diet in Boston

Raw food in Boston? Boston has a number of raw food options, raw food restaurants, and raw food support groups. Discover how you can easily eat raw food (and love it) while living in Boston.

Raw Food Cafes - Experience Healthy Delicious Food at Raw Food Cafes

Raw food cafes have increased in number over the past 10 years, as more people seek healthier diets and lifestyles. Some of the more popular raw food cafes can be found in California and New York. Surprisingly, raw food tastes good-and best of all, it's good for you.

Cholesterol Reducing Foods

This article discusses the benefits of a low fat diet and how it can significantly lower your blood cholesterol.

Did You Get Your Vitamin F Today? Essential Fatty Acids

There is a popular myth that one should avoid all fat in the diet, but there is one category of fats that is necessary for good health.

Food Labeling and the Lies of the Labels

There is a lot that you can learn from the labels on your food. Just a few questions to ask and you can make better decisions at the supermarket.

Diet for Lowering Cholesterol - Diet for Lowering Cholesterol Guide

A diet for lowering cholesterol may not be as complicated as widely feared. Just a few diet changes, a good combination of supplements, vitamins, herbs, spices, and exercise is all that is needed to get started on a diet for lowering cholesterol.

Lower Cholesterol - Learn How To Lower Cholesterol

Lower cholesterol is something most people strive for. The problem is most people do not have the proper facts and knowledge to do so without prescription drugs. Physicians are, in most cases, not thorough in explanations of a low cholesterol diet when they suggest the first step in lowering high cholesterol.

How Hoodia Changes Your Metabolism

One of the latest crazes in the diet pills is Hoodia, some say it is the miracle pill that can help you to achieve weight loss the easy way, while others have slammed as it as nothing more than a fad that simply does not work and costs an arm and a leg. So the question on everyone's minds is - does Hoodia work or not and if so how does it work?

Nutritional Supplements for ADHD

The use of nutritional supplements for ADHD is based on the theory that diet and nutrition could help ease the symptoms of ADHD and so help control some of the typical ADHD behaviors - namely inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness.

Nutrition - A Paramount To Athletic Success

Nutrition is, no doubt, a paramount to athletic success. It is nutrition that provides the required energy for sporting events and vigorous physical activities involved. Proper nutrients are required for muscle growth and for overall performance as well. Also, a planned nutritional diet allows for optimal body fat required for our sport. Now-a-days, there are several misconceptions about the right nutritional plan. The aim of an ideal nutritional plan is to instill basic guidelines that can be followed throughout one’s athletic and lifelong career.

How To Add Leafy Green Vegetables to Your Diet

Many of us already know how good green vegetables are for our health, but sometimes it's hard to incorporate them into our daily diet except in the form of a green salad, and often that's just made of iceberg lettuce which is hardly green at all. This article gives you a few ideas on how to add nutritious, leafy green vegetables to your diet.