Are there any tried and true recipes for low carb bread?

Lost in Te

I'm a bread fanatic. In trying to drastically cut back on carbs, I haven't had too much trouble in the sweets department or with cereal but giving up bread is just too much. I was a vegetarian growing up and we ate a lot of healthy carbs (my mom ground her own wheat flour at home), and though I'm not vegetarian now I really don't eat a lot of meat. I love sandwiches, toast and coffee and french toast so if I could find a low carb bread recipe that would be so awesome. I saw a few online but none of them had any reviews so I would rather use a recipe that's been tried out. Also, I don't have a bread machine, so I will be making it by hand. Does anyone have any ideas? Any type of bread would be great- flatbread, pizza dough, etc. I can make adjustments once I have a good recipe.

Thanks!

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I myself actually had no idea there was such thing as a "low carb bread" but i looked it up and well, http://www.healthylifebread.com/ is what i came up with, its worth a try


although if you like to bake, this would be an excellent idea that i must try one day



http://www.ehow.com/how_2305957_bake-low-carb-bread.html

recipes that are vegetarian?

Q. I'm a flexatarian and thinking about becoming a full fledged vegetarian.

Answer
Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1â2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.


Hope this Helps.?

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Could someone give me a really good healthy whole grain bread recipe for the bread machine?

Bella C <3

'm looking for a really good whole grain bread recipe. It MUST be light and fluffy on the inside, I really dont like when bread turns out too dense

Thanks in advance!

Answer
Yes, first link in "sources," but you can get better results if you'll use the bread machine only for the dough. Hear me out.

King Arthur Flour's classic 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (second link in "sources") is the bread you want, but it's not one you should BAKE in the bread machine. Bread machines don't shape loaves of bread really well, and they can't give you "ovenspring" -- when you put a loaf of proofed dough into a hot oven, the heat makes the yeast go crazy and gives it a very big boost, giving big rise. The bread machine heats gradually, and you don't get as much spring out of it.

You can make this bread using the "dough" cycle on your bread machine, then shape it, let it rise again (proof), and bake it in a hot oven to get really nice results. But if you try to bake this in a bread machine, it won't rise as high, so it will be more dense.

If your schedule or needs require that it bake in the machine, you'll want the first recipe. It won't be as fluffy and light as a loaf that's properly shaped and proofed and put into an already-hot oven, but it'll be tasty.

What are some really healthy homemade bread recipes for a bread machine?

happy fall

I just inherited my grandma's old bread machine and I'm interested in making some bread that we can eat on a daily basis for sandwiches, toast, etc. Something whole grain/wheat maybe with some flax seed etc added in to save some money and avoid all the enriched and bleached flour bread at the grocery store. What are some great recipes for healthy bread?

Thanks!

Answer
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/healthy_hurry/tips_no_knead_breads.html

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/healthy-bread-machine-recipes

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Can somebody please give me a good meal plan?

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StawberryC

For a girl who is 15 and 5'5 and weighs 117 pounds who has 2 hour cross country practice 5 days a week and 30 minutes on the elliptical machine 6 days a week?

Answer
If you have to cook for yourself, then you need to learn how to cook.
Your BMR is 1,400 calories (Female 15 years old, 5â5 and 117lbs) and 13 hours of exercising a week would be around 6,240 calories (an average of 8 calories/minute at your weight) divided by 7 = 900 more calories (rounded up) so you need to eat 1,400 + 900 = 2,300 calories to which you add calories for growth (until you reach the age of 21). You get ravenous during growth spurts.
You need a good hearty breakfast, a mid-morning snack, a good lunch (salad/soup + main dish + cheese and/or dessert) a huge mid-afternoon snack, a big dinner and then a supper (between dinner and bed time).

Eating healthy is about avoiding the unhealthy food as much as possible. Once you stay away from fast food (any restaurant food, really), packaged and boxed food (except for bread, pasta and rice, if you donât make your own bread/pasta), canned food, prepared and processed food, then youâre left with the fruits/veggies, whole wheat food (the brown kind of bread, pasta), brown rice, legumes (beans, peas, lentils...), lean meat, low fat dairies, eggs and the good kind of oil (olive, avocado, nuts, fish).

Here are 10 meals to give you inspiration:

lettuce salad with heart of palm â salmon with gravy/steamed potato â cheese â cake
cucumber salad â sautéed turkey/young peas â yogurt
beets - pork roast/oven cheesed mashed potatoes â pear
shredded carrots salad â chicken with rice - roasted potato â fruit salad
carrots soup â sautéed pork/white beans with tomato sauce â grapes
leek soup â spaghettis Bolognese â cheese â applesauce
dry sausage â hardboiled egg in white sauce/spinach â cheese â Kiwi
lettuce and corn â fish fillet/cauliflower â cheese â vanilla cream
endive salad â beef stew with vegetables â Ice-cream
vegetable soup â veal Marengo-mushrooms & tomatoes/carrots â cheese âClementine


Edit:
Kameshâs suggestions are for old people like me or overweight people trying to lose weight...not for active teenagers like you are.
One egg white is only 17 calories and wonât get you very far if you need 2,300/2,500 calories/day.
People who are growing or need a lot of calories (kids, teenagers, active young men, very, extremely active young women) need whole milk not fat free milk (I drink 1% because Iâm old and skim milk tastes like white water to me).
Do not eat âbarsâ for snacks, those are just processed food. You can have some nuts or a piece of bread with chocolate or eat a tomato and a hardboiled egg (with a pinch of salt for taste and sodium requirement).
Tomatoes are fruits but used as veggies when cooked in dishes/tomato sauces and unlike any other fruits, they go well, eaten just like that, with a pinch of salt. Get organic ones that might taste like tomatoes (and not bland water) or better, grow them yourself (theyâll taste like Heaven).
Iâm old and do not need many calories but youâre young and you need cooked meals. If I make a tuna sandwich with crunchy celery, one tbsp of mayo using whole wheat bread and a slice of cheese, for lunch or dinner, itâs because Iâm old. For you, that could be like a snack, not a lunch.
10 cherries? Right now, theyâre in season (in the USA) so Iâm going to make my cherry clafoutis today. I buy twice as much as I need so I can munch on them any time I pass through the kitchen (certainly not counting them as I do not have an obsessive eating disorder).
I eat poultry maybe once a week...nothing to do with the calorie content, just because I like variety and I can cook an awesome rotisserie chicken or have some good slow cooker recipes. But I only like the dark meat (legs and thighs) as the lower calorie white meat (breasts) is too dry for my taste. Some people eat âchicken breastsâ every day...theyâre usually overweight and bored with food and more inclined to binge.
The comment from Kamesh âcarbs for dinner is especially bad when you are not using it. It just stores as fatâ is so wrong on so many levels. My kids are runners, soccer players, ultimate players, rock climbers, kayakers...they eat a lot of pasta (carbs) the day before theyâre going to need a lot of energy. I fondly remember the âpasta partiesâ before a big soccer game when they were kids...did you know that you can have access to 150 different kinds of pasta outside Italy? With 150 different ways to prepare them. Still, at the end, the homemade (using pasta flour and some equipment) fettuccine, spaghetti or raviolis are always the best (my pasta machine and my kitchen appliances can only make those 3.
A small pillsbury crescent roll filled with groundbeef? A croissant with ground beef? Excuse my French but that idea makes me want to barf.

I want to go vegan What should be on my grocery list?

I am 18 and when I was 15 i was a vegan my family didn't support me. so I had to scrap up money on my own to buy already expensive organic food.I got really sick cuz all I was basically living on all carbs cuz it was all I could afford,i gained weight and felt drained my head hurt everyday.But now I have a job and make good money and want to know what should be on my grocery list to be a healthy vegan with all the vitamins i need everyday. and I also want to cut out wheat and sugarry foods.But I dont really know any vegan recipes or anything I can't wait to feel the benefits of being healthy .

Answer
Well i was thinking about the same thing a few months ago. why do you anyways? well thats not the point okay now here are some things well actually alot
Breakfast
1. Cereal (i.e., grapenuts, granola) with soy milk (try it hot!)
2. Toast with peanut butter and jelly
3. Oatmeal with brown sugar
4. *Hemp with* Granola (add soy milk or soy yogurt)
5. Muffins; use egg-replacer instead of eggs and soy milk instead of cow's milk
6. Shake; blend soy milk, banana, frozen strawberries (blueberries, pineapple, mango etc. from Trader Joe's) protein powder and flaxseed oil optional
7. Vegan French toast (substitute egg with tofu and cow's milk with soy milk, add cinnamon and blend in blender)
8. Roasted potatoes and veggies (bake cubed potatoes 20min., add veggies and bake another 15min., garnish with nutritional yeast, tahini, ketchup/mustard, ala etc.)
9. Mocha Almond Coffee (coffee, soy milk, sweetened cocoa, almond extract)
10. Soups! E.g., tomato soups, lentil soups, ministrone soups, and mixed-vegetable soups
Lunch
1. Soup and crackers, mini organic carrots
2. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, fruit
3. Boca 'vegan' Burger with the works on a bun with chips
4. Veggie dogs with the works on a bun with chips
5. Soft Tacos; Boil 1+ cups of water and 1 package of taco seasoning (most are
vegan, but check ingredients to make sure), add 1 cup of TVP (textured vegetable protein) nuggets and cook until desired consistency. Serve in a soft tortilla with lettuce and salsa.
6. Tempeh Salad Sandwich; steamed tempeh, nayonnaise, mustard, onion, garlic, Braggs, celery, parsley, dill, pickles. Serve on bread.
7. Chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and basil leaves stuffed into pitas with baba ganoush or hummus.
8. Deli-style thick sandwiches with fresh veggies, sourdough bread, faux meat slices, and vegan mayonaise (like Vegenaise)
9. Sandwiches consisting of wheat bread and home-made soy spread (tofu, sesame oil, sauteed red and yellow bell peppers)
Dinner
1. Beans (refried, whole, black, pinto, etc.) and rice (basmati, white, brown) with salsa and pico de gallo chips or wrap for a burrito
2. Veggie burritos (corn, black beans and veggies (red/green peppers, red onion, lettuce and tomatoes) in a tortilla.
3. Tofu stew
4. Baked potato with "just add water" soup
5. Macaroni and yease
6. Pasta (angel hair, etc.) with sauce (olive oil or red). Optional: black olives, chopped tomatoes, baked beans, corn.
7. Focaccia bread (or any type of vegan bread)with garlic and olive oil
8. Salad with tomatoes, croutons, cashews, raisins, sliced apple, and China Boy crunchy noodles with Italian olive oil dressing (or olive oil and balsamic vinegar).
9. Stir-fry
10. Pizza without cheese
11. Vegetable fried rice (assortment of stir-fried vegetables mixed into cooked rice)
12. Delicious home-made vegan pizzas (with a bread-making machine, the pizza shell is a cinch to make; for the topping: tomato paste, olive oil, mushrooms, green bell peppers, onions, and summer squash)
Snacks
1. Dried fruit and assorted nuts
2. Deep-fried sesame sticks
3. Fruits or fruit juices
Desserts
1. Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. Tofu mousse/pudding (comes in a package, just blend tofu and soy milk...it is soooo good, and sooo easy!)
3. Packaged vegan cookies (available at most large grocery stores)
4. Tofutti Too-Too's
5. Soy Dream
6. Rice Dream non-dairy "ice cream" (wide range of flavors)
7. Home-made dairy-free banana bread (takes 10 minutes to prepare, not including baking time)

Well thats all i got hope it helps.

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Anyone know any simple, vegan recipes for a busy mom?

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prettyjers

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Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1⁄2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.

Hope This Helps?

would you what I ate today?

Smita

bfast: oatmeal with sliced banana
lunch: tuna sandwich on whole grain bread.
snack: special K bar.
dinner: nothing.

i'm a 17 year old girl btw.
oh. so it's not normal.
i just dont know how much is normal to eat.
I don't want to eat dinner because eating late at night slows down metabolism.
i'm not anorexic at all!

Answer
It's not very much food - and not eating enough will also slow down your metabolism.

Here's a way to think about it. Your body is made to operate on food as fuel. You also have a mechanism to tell you when your body needs nutrients - hunger is that mechanism. You can also experience food cravings when your body needs a particular nutrient. This is one reason why the school of self-denial doesn't work well for people. If your car's fuel light was on, and dinging away, would you ignore it?

Your body is an exquisite machine, and the more you trust and listen to it, the healthier you will be.

I prefer not eating much in the evening, but eating nothing at all also isn't a good idea. What I have found works for me is to eat a lot of protein at breakfast, a standard balanced meal at lunch, and a light supper of steamed vegetables, or a smoothie (recipe below).

Oatmeal is great, but if you really want to get food value out of it, you need to soak it first. All grains have a substance called phytic acid, which actually inhibits your digestion (thereby starving your body of the nutrients you eat, causing you to want more, and causing your body to lay down fat). Whenever you eat grains, soak them first in water with a little bit of acid, such as plain yoghurt, a teaspoon or so of lemon juice, some whey (yoghurt water), or some buttermilk.

Oatmeal is the highest in phytic acid and it must be soaked the longest, about 24 hours. For other grains like wheat, 12 hours is usually enough. Soaking the grains softens them, making them faster and easier to cook, and improves the texture of things like pancakes and biscuits and bread. In addition, it releases the protein for use by your body, so you actually get more food value out of less food, plus you'll feel full longer.

Learn to trust what your body is telling you. I like that your diet is low in sugar, but it is kind of high in other kinds of processed grains. If I were you I would specifically avoid cereal like the Special K, bar or otherwise. This is an aisle to skip (along with the aisle that contains canned and boxed foods). This is because to make cereal, the grains are superheated and exploded, which damages the proteins in them. At best, your body can't use them, at worst, the proteins can be somewhat toxic. Not 'kill you' toxic, but they won't improve your health, either.

A great resource for nutritional information is www.westonaprice.org - it's all about traditional foods and natural eating. Also a great resource for correct information about nutrition is a cookbook/nutrition encyclopedia called Nourishing Traditions, available at Amazon. It is a bit overwhelming, just remember you don't have to learn everything at once.

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How do I lose a bit of fat?

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Fern

I'm not overweight, I'm 8 stone and I'm 5 ft 7, but I have a bit of fat on my thighs, stomach and neck and I want to get rid of it, as it's making me quite self conscious. I was wondering what sort of exercises I could do to get me started, and what food should I eat? I wanted to begin a protein diet but I don't like fish, eggs or turkey and I can't think of anything...

Answer
It’s hard to answer your question without your stats (gender, age, calorie intake/expenditure, fitness level…).

You sounds (write…) like you’re skinny-fat if you only weigh 8st/112lbs at 5’7 while still having visible extra body fat.

When you’re not skinny-fat, you should look good (thin, toned, strong, healthy, fit…) weighing 100lbs for 5 feet + 5 pounds for each additional inch above that so you should look okay up to 135lbs (9st and 9lbs?) if you’re fit with a low BFP (Body Fat Percentage) due to having enough muscle mass.

You can weigh less if you’re a growing teen if you still need to gain 3 to 5 pounds a year for growth (LBM, Lean Body Mass like bone mass, muscle mass, bigger organs) to gain 23 pounds and get to a 135lbs adult body, unless you grow even taller and can be heavier. Or if you’re athletic so you can weigh more as muscle mass is heavier than body fat, for the same mass.

Often, when you’re fit, you don’t weigh more because muscle mass is heavier than body fat, for the same mass, you just weigh the same but you get thinner, toner, stronger, fitter, healthier as muscle mass takes 3 times less space than body fat so you lose inches on your body measurements and go down dress (pants) sizes (and say goodbye to your wobbly thighs, belly pouch and double chin).



I cannot tell you what sort of exercises you could do since I don’t know your age/gender (workouts are different for male/female and young/old).
I also don’t know what you have access to or can do or like to do. What would be the point telling you to go swim laps if you don’t like or don’t know how to swim or have no easy access to a pool?

Whichever workout you choose, you need to do low intensity long duration aerobics to lose body fat (3,500 calories of exercising for each pound of body fat you need to lose) and weight train to gain muscle mass. Depending on your gender/age, weight training can be anything from calisthenics to using small free weights to using gym weight machines or any combination of any of those.

Make sure you eat enough to cover your BMR (+ growth if you’re -21yo) and get a high carbs meal 2 hours prior working out (or playing sports).
Focus on carbs pre-workout (for energy to get an easy and efficient workout) and your can replenish post workout while adding protein and dietary fats.




Don’t give up on fish, eggs and turkey.
Be selective (learn to cook).

Allow your taste buds to grow. I used to not like onions, garlic, shallots, lemon and now I love my homemade onion soup (not the salty canned ones that taste nothing like it), I add shallots to my potato salad with sardines, I sprinkle my sea scallops with lemon…The smell of garlic is like “hum! What’s cooking, it smells good!?” for adults and like “eeww! What’s that stench?” for kids.


The smell of eggs cooking makes me nauseous in the morning.
But a hardboiled egg sprinkled with a dash of salt is perfect for a post workout snack.
I do frittatas for dinner, surely not for breakfast.

One of my sons does not like eggs, so if I make him a sandwich, I will not put hard boiled eggs in his.
BUT, he will eat eggs when I do my Broccoli Egg Divine recipe…as the taste of hardboiled eggs is overpowered by the Hollandaise sauce, the cheese, the delicious homemade bread crumbs and the broccoli. I was surprised the first time because I thought he would not eat that dish (fine with me) and he devoured it!!

He has no problem eating eggs when I use them to make cakes, cookies, custards or homemade pasta.


Turkey? I don’t like the “all year round” commercially produced packaged tasteless salty dry kind, cold cuts or pieces and not having any idea how that previously frozen turkey was raised and fed.
I only eat the turkey I cook in my oven, at home, like for Thanksgiving (in November in the US) and only the dark meat (leg/thigh). It’s juicy and tasty.
My family does not mind eating the white meat so I can get 100% of the leg/thigh and make homemade frozen dinners for my personal use.


Fish? I steam it outside on my deck, using a plug in steamer so I never have to deal with lingering fish smells the next morning in my kitchen.
A salmon fillet will taste delicious (not fishy like) with fresh broccoli and carrots steaming on the top tier or the steamer.



Notes:
Beside fish, eggs or turkey, good high protein food are dairies (milk, cheese, yogurts...Greek yogurts have 14 to 16 grams of protein), meat, poultry like chicken (do not eat the skin), legumes (beans, peas, lentils), grains (rice, maize...called corn in the US, whole-wheat pasta and bread, rye, buckwheat, oats, millet...) and nuts/seeds (peanut butter included, even if peanuts are not nuts but are from the pea family, so they’re legumes).
Combine legumes and grains and you’ll get complete protein. Like eating a slice of bread with beans, or adding rice to lentils, or peas to pasta, or eating peanut butter with bread…add jelly/jam and you get a PB&J sandwich.

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Q. I'm a flexatarian and thinking about becoming a full fledged vegetarian.

Answer
Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1⁄2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.


Hope this Helps.?

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diet and what food is good food really?

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Queenie

My husband and I are overweight, we want to learn to eat healthy first before we count calories or any of that. I heard things that are all natural are the best. Nothing in a box or can. That type of thing and I know drinking lots of water is good. Exercise, I know but Im concerned with different types of healthy foods and herbs. Natural stuff. Any suggestions or comments?Any advice would b great. Thanks

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(End of my answer...)

Herbs are anything you like. I usually plan recipes before going shopping to get all the ingredients and add herbs and spices to my pantry according to the recipes. The 20 I used the most are basil, bay leaf, chervil, chili powder, chives, cilantro, dill, garlic powder, marjoram, nutmeg, onion powder, oregano, paprika, parsley, rosemary, sage, savory, tarragon, thyme and turmeric.
I use fresh garlic and onions but in some cases, you need the powder. And I also use ginger if I have nausea (one tsp in water will do wonders to settle a stomach). I bought turmeric after reading an article about all its benefits. Plus it’s a cousin of ginger, which I do not use for cooking (just for medicinal purposes) and it is not as gingery as ginger but smells/tastes great and goes well with chicken, rice, beans and lentils.

Keep your empty bottles of herbs, so you can reuse them for your favorite recipes. Fill the bottle ¾ with your favorite mixture (to have room to shake it up before use) so you don’t have to constantly measure one tsp of this and one tsp of that and ¼ of tsp of some other thing. For example, when I do my skinless legs and/or thighs rotisserie chicken (I only like the dark meat) I mix salt, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper, onion powder and thyme in my empty container and that will last me half a dozen rotisserie chicken recipes. Then I wash my chicken parts, dry them, cover them with my herbs mixture and 45 minutes later, I have the best chicken ever...free range, organically fed, low fat as it is skinless and cooked without added fats and you get all the flavors of the herbs and spices since you don’t have to discard the skin as there is no skin.
Then you can prepare ¼ inch sliced red potatoes with basil, oregano, thyme, onion powder, garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil. You toss to coat and grill for 9 minutes (I use a Foreman G5 that grills both sides at the same time), when your chicken if 10 minutes away from being cooked.





About that other answer you got...


White bread is good when you want something light and unfulfilling before a meal (like amuse-gueules).


Negative calorie food is a stupid idea as if you eat a 75 calories egg then you would need 100 calories to digest it...IF you only eat that. Who only eats one egg? It would be like washing a single t-shirt in a washing machine...lots of wasted energy for little output. Add the t-shirt to a load of wash and you won’t use more water or energy. You’d be better off exercising for 3 minutes than trying to lose 25 calories by eating an egg and nothing else.


Cabbage is good as any veggies from the cabbage family like Brussels sprouts, broccoli, Chinese broccoli (kay-lan), Chinese cabbage (bok choy), cress, cauliflower, turnips, kale, collard greens, mustard , canola (rapeseed), radish, horseradish, rutabaga, and hybrids like broccoflower (broccoli/cauliflower...green cauliflower and also Romanesco broccoli) or broccolini (broccoli/kay-lan) and 15 others...
BUT they’re powerful diuretics like alcohol, tea (anything with caffeine like coffee or sodas), cranberry juice, and food like cucumbers, watermelons, fresh tomatoes, asparagus, artichokes, beets, carrots, lettuce, raw onions, oats, melon, celery and parsley.
I eat diuretics with salty food as to not have to fight dehydration by having to drink too much water and also be bothered by having to pee a lot. You’re not peeing more because you drink but because of the effect of the diuretics and drinking more water just helps you not dehydrate.
This is why some recipes have ingredients that complete one another, like the “corned beef and cabbage” recipe I’ll cook for St. Patrick’s Day or sauerkraut/sausage combination, cauliflower/ham casserole, adding ham/bacon to your lettuce, tomato, onion sandwich, crunchy celery in your tuna salad, salty vinaigrette with artichokes or asparagus. If you eat a fresh tomato like an apple, biting into it (a tasty organic one), it will taste better with some salt, same with radishes, as your body knows that those are powerful diuretics. I only eat peeled cucumbers that is thinly sliced and degorged in salt to get rid of the indigestible cucumber water, then I make a vinaigrette (without the salt as it’s salty enough since I disgorged it in salt).
People losing weight drinking/eating diuretics are losing water weight and dehydrating. If you can maintain your weight while eating cabbage, then you’re in trouble, because you’re dehydrating, so you should lose weight on a scale, not maintain it.


Have a piece of chocolate once in a while...the polyphenols in chocolate inhibit oxidation of LDL cholesterol plus it tastes yummy and makes you feel good. Do not deprive yourself of any food or it would become an obsession. Be in tune with your body and follow your food cravings. Chocolate cravings are usually a need to feel better (chocolate is an antidepressant).

Ideas for healthy school lunches, easy to make, can be heated up.?

Lila

I just started year 13, so now have access to the common room. This means we can use the jug, microwave, toastie machine, electric frying pan whenever we want. I just want some lunch ideas or recipes that are healthy and easy to make and some that will warm me up in the winter. So if you have any, please share.

Answer
Chili and a small bag of Frito's, piece of cheese. Heat in the microwave melt the cheese over and dump in the Frito's.. Yum!
Spaghetti and meat sauce. Keep in the thermos or heat in microwave.
Take 2 pieces of buttered bread in a baggie, and your choice of meat like pepperoni, turkey, ham, canadian bacon etc and a slice of cheese in seperate baggies. In the toastie machine make the sandwich and toast.
Well here browse through these pictures and you'll get some good ideas!
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prettyjers

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Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1⁄2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.

Hope This Helps?

would you what I ate today?

Smita

bfast: oatmeal with sliced banana
lunch: tuna sandwich on whole grain bread.
snack: special K bar.
dinner: nothing.

i'm a 17 year old girl btw.
oh. so it's not normal.
i just dont know how much is normal to eat.
I don't want to eat dinner because eating late at night slows down metabolism.
i'm not anorexic at all!

Answer
It's not very much food - and not eating enough will also slow down your metabolism.

Here's a way to think about it. Your body is made to operate on food as fuel. You also have a mechanism to tell you when your body needs nutrients - hunger is that mechanism. You can also experience food cravings when your body needs a particular nutrient. This is one reason why the school of self-denial doesn't work well for people. If your car's fuel light was on, and dinging away, would you ignore it?

Your body is an exquisite machine, and the more you trust and listen to it, the healthier you will be.

I prefer not eating much in the evening, but eating nothing at all also isn't a good idea. What I have found works for me is to eat a lot of protein at breakfast, a standard balanced meal at lunch, and a light supper of steamed vegetables, or a smoothie (recipe below).

Oatmeal is great, but if you really want to get food value out of it, you need to soak it first. All grains have a substance called phytic acid, which actually inhibits your digestion (thereby starving your body of the nutrients you eat, causing you to want more, and causing your body to lay down fat). Whenever you eat grains, soak them first in water with a little bit of acid, such as plain yoghurt, a teaspoon or so of lemon juice, some whey (yoghurt water), or some buttermilk.

Oatmeal is the highest in phytic acid and it must be soaked the longest, about 24 hours. For other grains like wheat, 12 hours is usually enough. Soaking the grains softens them, making them faster and easier to cook, and improves the texture of things like pancakes and biscuits and bread. In addition, it releases the protein for use by your body, so you actually get more food value out of less food, plus you'll feel full longer.

Learn to trust what your body is telling you. I like that your diet is low in sugar, but it is kind of high in other kinds of processed grains. If I were you I would specifically avoid cereal like the Special K, bar or otherwise. This is an aisle to skip (along with the aisle that contains canned and boxed foods). This is because to make cereal, the grains are superheated and exploded, which damages the proteins in them. At best, your body can't use them, at worst, the proteins can be somewhat toxic. Not 'kill you' toxic, but they won't improve your health, either.

A great resource for nutritional information is www.westonaprice.org - it's all about traditional foods and natural eating. Also a great resource for correct information about nutrition is a cookbook/nutrition encyclopedia called Nourishing Traditions, available at Amazon. It is a bit overwhelming, just remember you don't have to learn everything at once.

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Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1⁄2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.


Hope this Helps.?

Good, healthy bread machine recipe?

annonymous

My family is going on a diet, and I love to make homeade bread that I can eat sandwiches on. I like the kind of bread that cooks and everything in the bread machine. Please give some suggestions... Thanks. Also, If you have some other good healthy recipes they would be appreciated...

Answer
I developed these myself. They are 100% whole grain, but do have added gluten. Both are basic and can be tweeked, but accurate measuring (cups/spoons) is required.

I always begin by placing all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Once you’ve done that, you simply add the liquid and other moist ingredients into the bread pan.

The dry ingredients are then poured on top of the liquids. The last item to add is the content of a packet of yeast.

Your bread maker may vary, but most have a setting for whole grain breads that is a rapid cycle, regular cycle, large loaf, and/or regular loaf. All the following recipes work best in a large loaf, rapid cycle.


1. Whole Wheat

Add into bowl:

¼ cup non-fat dry milk
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole wheat flour
3 Tablespoons wheat gluten

Add into bread pan:

1 cup water
1 Tablespoon margarine (or butter, or shortening)
2 Tablespoons molasses
1 Tablespoon honey (or sugar)

Then add the contents of the bowl into the bread pan, top with a packet of yeast, and place the bread pan into the bread machine. Make your selection according to your bread machines settings. Push the button!


2. Honey Oat

Add into bowl:

¼ cup dry non-fat dry milk
1 teaspoon salt
2-½ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup rolled whole oats
3 Tablespoons wheat gluten

Add into bread pan:

1 cup water
1 Tablespoon shortening (or butter, or margarine)
3 Tablespoons honey

Then add the contents of the bowl into the bread pan, top with a packet of yeast, and place the bread pan into the bread machine. Make your selection according to your bread machines settings. Push the button!

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Healthy Eating:
5 A Day Fruit and Vegetables

Eating the recommended 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables is the most important element of any healthy eating plan
The Health Benefits
For the last eight years the Dept. of Health has been trying to drive home the "5-A-Day" message. Research proves that eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits. It can help to prevent heart diseases and some cancers. Evidence shows however, that many of us are not listening to this healthy eating advice. Recent research shows that only 1 in 7 of us achieve the 5 a day quota.

Dept. of Health to issue 5-A-Day Logo
To further drive home the healthy eating message, the Dept. of Health is introducing a new 5-A-Day logo initiative in Spring 2003. The Dept. of Health's logo will clearly indicate the fruits and vegetables that contribute towards the 5 portions it recommends you to eat each day. The logo will appear on fresh, frozen, tinned or dried fruit and vegetables and will indicate how many portions the food will count as. The criteria to use the logo is strict and aims to encourage you to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables.

In an effort to encourage healthy eating more research is being done by the Dept. of Health to help clear up confusion about what counts towards 5 a day and what doesn't - several processed foods with added salt, sugar and fat, despite containing fruit or vegetables will not at present qualify for the logo.

What stops you from getting 5 a day - Time, Money, Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables?
Lack of time for healthy shopping
Look out for canned, frozen and juiced fruit and vegetables. They are just as nutritious. Buying your fruit and vegetables in this way also means you have plenty to hand when you need it without having to spend time stocking up with fresh produce every few days. Healthy eating doesn't mean you can't make use of convenience foods.

5 a day is too expensive
Don't be fooled, you could find healthy eating better for your budget. Fruit and vegetables (excluding exotic / imported ones) are surprisingly cheap. An average banana costs 20p - less than most bars of chocolate / crisps from the vending machine - and provides more in the way of nourishment for less calories.

Choose fresh fruit and vegetables in season, not only are they cheaper they will also be most flavoursome and at their best.
Markets also tend to be cheaper than supermarkets, particularly if you catch them when they packing up for the day.
Alternatively opt for supermarket branded tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables.
Dislike All Fruit and Vegetables
With such variety of tastes, it's hard to believe anyone can dislike them all. Also remember that tastes change as you age and therefore things you detested in your youth (like brussel sprouts...) may be a lot more palatable now! Try a different fruit / vegetable each week until you find some you enjoy.

Working Your Way to Five A Day
Make it a mission to start working to your five a day quota. Remember you don't have to include all five portions overnight - your body probably won't thank you for it! (A sudden change can cause uncomfortable bloating and gas). Also don't rush out and buy a heap of fresh fruit and vegetables - to watch it rot in the fridge / fruit bowl over the coming week! Build up gradually, make it a habit and remember each extra serving is a step in the right direction. Try these healthy eating tips for including more fruit and vegetables:

Healthy Breakfast
Have a glass of 100% pure, unsweetened fruit juice
Slice some fresh fruit over your breakfast cereal or toss in a handful of dried apricots / raisins
Try a banana sandwich made with wholemeal / granary bread for extra fibre too
Make a delicious fruit smoothie from fresh fruit. Or add some skimmed milk / low fat yoghurt for a more creamy consistency
Healthy Snacks
Look out individual portions of carrot batons, dried apricots, raisins and grapes at the supermarket - grab these instead of chocolate / crisps
Make some crudites - carrots batons, celery sticks, baby sweetcorn, asparagus tips - to enjoy with a low calorie dip
Keep a piece of fresh fruit on hand - and ensure you eat it before you reach for high sugar / calorie snacks
Healthy Lunch
Add tomatoes, cucumber, mixed salad leaves to your sandwiches
Toss a selection of fruit / vegetables and salad leaves together for a delicious alternative - drizzle with a low calorie dressing and enjoy with a crusty wholemeal roll
Make your own vegetable soup for colder weather
Healthy Evening Meal
Try to include at least one vegetable with your evening meal
Add sliced vegetables to stir fries and disguise grated carrot in homemade dishes
Make a fresh fruit salad for dessert
Healthy Eating Out
Order a pure, unsweetened fruit or vegetable juice
Request a side salad or vegetables instead of chips
Order a fresh fruit salad for dessert
What is a Portion of Fruit and Veg?
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums, satsumas, kiwi fruit or other similar sized fruit
1â2 a grapefruit or avocado
1 large slice of melon or fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables, beans or pulses
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of raisins or sultanas
3 dried apricots
1 cupful of grapes, cherries or berries
1 dessert bowl of salad
1 small glass (150ml) of pure fruit juice
Healthy Eating with Weight Loss Resources
Your Weight Loss Resources Food Diary keeps a tally of your fruit and vegetable servings each day. Our calculation is based on the principle that 80g fruit or vegetables = one serving. Whilst, for simplicity, this is an approximation, it proves to be a good indication of your fruit and vegetable intake, and will help get to 5 a day.


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Good, healthy bread machine recipe?

annonymous

My family is going on a diet, and I love to make homeade bread that I can eat sandwiches on. I like the kind of bread that cooks and everything in the bread machine. Please give some suggestions... Thanks. Also, If you have some other good healthy recipes they would be appreciated...

Answer
I developed these myself. They are 100% whole grain, but do have added gluten. Both are basic and can be tweeked, but accurate measuring (cups/spoons) is required.

I always begin by placing all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Once youâve done that, you simply add the liquid and other moist ingredients into the bread pan.

The dry ingredients are then poured on top of the liquids. The last item to add is the content of a packet of yeast.

Your bread maker may vary, but most have a setting for whole grain breads that is a rapid cycle, regular cycle, large loaf, and/or regular loaf. All the following recipes work best in a large loaf, rapid cycle.


1. Whole Wheat

Add into bowl:

¼ cup non-fat dry milk
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups whole wheat flour
3 Tablespoons wheat gluten

Add into bread pan:

1 cup water
1 Tablespoon margarine (or butter, or shortening)
2 Tablespoons molasses
1 Tablespoon honey (or sugar)

Then add the contents of the bowl into the bread pan, top with a packet of yeast, and place the bread pan into the bread machine. Make your selection according to your bread machines settings. Push the button!


2. Honey Oat

Add into bowl:

¼ cup dry non-fat dry milk
1 teaspoon salt
2-½ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup rolled whole oats
3 Tablespoons wheat gluten

Add into bread pan:

1 cup water
1 Tablespoon shortening (or butter, or margarine)
3 Tablespoons honey

Then add the contents of the bowl into the bread pan, top with a packet of yeast, and place the bread pan into the bread machine. Make your selection according to your bread machines settings. Push the button!

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