Eat Clean
- NewsAndrea Falcone, Yahoo Health And Wellness Blogger
What’s the difference between whole wheat, whole grain and multi-grain?
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- NewsErica Rae Chong
7 foods you thought were healthy (but really aren’t)
If you’re trying to lose weight, the answer is pretty clear — eat healthy food and avoid the unhealthy stuff. The survey asked the American public and nutrition experts to label 52 common foods as “healthy” or “unhealthy.” While most people were able to tell the good from the bad, there were a number of items that were thought to be healthier than they actually were.
- NewsRobin Arora-Desilet, Yahoo Health & Nutrition Blogger
Here’s how much sugar is in your favourite coffee shop drink
Tactful marketing misleads many of us into making decisions that can have alarming effects on our blood sugar and cholesterol. This sweet summertime treat has 15.5 teaspoons of sugar, 12 grams saturated fat and 470 calories! To put that in perspective, a can of coke has about 10 teaspoons of sugar and 140 calories.
- NewsAnjana Devasahayam, Yahoo Food Blogger
8 yummy yogurt desserts you’ll want to try this summer
Here are eight delightful new desserts that are friendly to both your tastebuds and your waistline. All this recipe calls for is Greek yogurt and your favourite toppings. If a traditional cheesecake recipe scares you, then this no-bake Greek yogurt cheesecake is just what you need.
- NewsRobin Arora-Desilet, Yahoo Health & Nutrition Blogger
3 restaurant salads that aren’t actually healthy
Chicken, greens and beans sound pretty healthy but with loads of dressing and cheese this salad contains 15 g of saturated fat and 2,100 mg of sodium — just shy of hitting our daily intake limit. It also has 23 g or about 6 teaspoons of sugar and 58 g of protein, a lot more than the typical person needs in one meal.
- NewsAndrea Falcone, Yahoo Health And Wellness Blogger
The Whole 30 diet: fact or fad?
It seems that the more we try to advocate healthy lifestyle, there’s yet another diet streamlining our news feeds. And then I finally flip into social media and low and behold, there it is! The New Diet-Kid on the block! Hash-tagged and all with thousands of “followers”. #Whole30 is the latest one to catch my ear, so I knew I had to chime in. Apparently it’s been around since 2009 (you’ll see apparently many times throughout this article by the way) and ‘it has helped more than one hundred
- NewsAnjana Devasahayam, Yahoo Food Blogger
7 ways to get cooking with turmeric
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