Changing habits You don’t need to go on crazy diets to achieve the weight you dream of. Crazy diets almost always work, but they almost never keep the weight off. These diets are usually really sever. It’s obvious that when you eat almost nothing you’ll […]
Competitive sport has been around for ages and there are many researches available for competitive young adults to make recommendations on how to train, when to rest, how to eat, etc. Unfortunately, most of these researches were done on men in their 20s and 30s […]
Tip #1: Go for quality, not quantity When you crave food and allow yourself a little treat, go for the best of the best. When you decide to eat some chips choose the one you love the most and not the one that has the […]
Fruit yogurt is a typical source of hidden sugar. All the sweetness of fruit yogurt doesn’t really come from the fruit but is most likely to come from added sugar. Therefore an often repeated suggestion is to buy plain unsweetened yogurt eat it either as […]
To know if a certain product is healthy for you, you need to read the food labels. Because reading food labels is a hassle and not everyone knows how to interpret it, some countries started marking products with a star or color code to make […]
Crispy chickpea’s Chickpeas are a good source of proteins, especially for people that don’t eat meat. A tasty way to eat them in front of the TV is by baking them in the oven. Pour a can of ready-made chickpeas in a bowl together with […]
As a dietitian, I’m almost always the last solution. People come to dietitians only after they tried every possible method on the Internet and failed. They try so hard, they follow the diet to the letter and still do not lose weight, not permanently, and […]
When most people think of healthy nutrition, they think about unprocessed food and loads of fruit and vegetables, but nobody is really bothered about what and how much they should drink. Most people figured out by now that soft drink is not the best choice […]
Food cravings are dieters’ worst enemy. All-day you followed your diet up to the letter and in the evening it goes wrong. Hunger is the main cause of food cravings, but there are other elements that can make it worse. Because prevention is better than […]
When you think of milk as a nutritious drink, the first thing that pops to mind is calcium and protein, but if you take a closer look at the nutrient table of different types of milk drinks it is very clear that the only thing […]
People from different cultures follow different diet patterns that are affected by habits, availability and local industry. There are many very different eating patterns, and none is superior to the others. What seems to be in common to all healthy diets is not the “what”, […]
Recently I see a lot of gluten-free products appearing in the supermarkets: Gluten-free popcorn, gluten-free rice crackers, gluten-free meat, gluten-free water and yes even gluten-free dog food. Why is this upsetting and funny at the same time? Those products never had any gluten to begin […]
A few years ago fat got the blame for feeding the obesity epidemic, but now there is more and more evidence that it is sugar who is responsible. When all fingers pointed at fat being the guilty one the food industry responded by making food […]
How would it sound if I tell you that you can eat one pack of chocolate every week and still lose weight? No, this is not a wish full thinking, it is the true. Actually a lot of people will reach their goal weight a […]