Baby Carrots
Baby carrots were invented by a California farmer, Mike Yurosek as a way to avoid discarding as much as 400 tonnes of carrots a day because of their imperfections.  These carrots were too twisted or knobbly for sale as regular-size carrots.
Yurosek wanted to find a way to reclaim these carrots for consumption so he […]

In today’s climate of “special interests”, we have to be very careful about the studies that are followed. We have to do our own research as to what information is in the best interest of the consumers and what is tainted by those with vested interests in the propaganda that is being circulated for those […]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine has just published the findings of the largest and longest running weight loss maintenance trials that demonstrates that a person can double weight loss by simply keeping a daily food diary.
This study was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and is one of the few that recruited […]

What are the Colors of Health?
It is widely believed that you can tell if you are eating a nutritious, healthy meal if your plate represents the colors of a box of crayons or the colors of a rainbow. Here are some tips that you can follow to accomplish the colors of health and wellness:
RED: […]

Green Food for High Blood Pressure - Natural Remedies is a continuation to “Silent Killer - High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)”. Some natural foods to eat and herbs are listed here as important for high blood pressure and at the same time, also achieve natural weight loss.
Minestrone (vegetable) soup can be made tasty and is […]

Treating high blood pressure the natural way is almost never advocated in traditional medicine. All too often the person presenting with high blood pressure is an overweight person who drinks, smokes and has a diet comprised mainly of pork and beef.
For the benefit of those who would like to try something different to high […]

Have you ever been told that you are what you eat? There is increasing evidence that this is not just a myth but a fact. It has been found by a team of researchers following the long-term study of 20,000 middle-aged and older people in Norfolk, U.K. that a person’s level of vitamin […]

Did you know that Rose Hip tea is loaded with Vitamin C too? Also heard that the Barbados Cherry has more Vitamin C than an orange and that it contains the most Vitamin C of any fruit. Vitamin C content ranges from 1000 to 2000 mg per 100 gm in the edible portion […]

Today, I read the account of divabarbarella’s journey to lose weight that was originally published in the San Diego Reader’s edition of September 27, 2007 “Being Fat Sucks”. It was re-published on fatmanwalking.com by Barbarella as a contributing writer. Even though I have not been as overweight as Barbarbella, I can […]

Please allow me to share my own experiences with being overweight and high blood pressure. I’m small in stature being only 5feet 5inches tall with a medium frame. Over the years, the weight crept on slowly because I started to do a job that kept me sitting in a chair for more than […]