Posts made in May, 2012
Simple Ways To Choose Food For Weight Loss
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!If you ask ten people what the hardest part of losing weight is, nine of them will say shopping for food. When you are dieting and trying to slim down, the most daunting place you can go is your local supermarket. There is just so much food and you can’t get in and out without passing by your favorite sweet treat or deli counter. Shopping for groceries when you are trying to lose weight takes a bit of practice, but once you’ve learned the basics, you’ll be able to sail right past those cookie samples without even a glance. Here are a few tips to get you in and out...
Read MoreWhich Form Of Vitamin D Is Best?
By now you may have learned what vitamin D can do for your bones, muscle, your heart, and even your telomeres (those protective caps on chromosomes), but are you getting the right amount in the right form to boost levels optimally? Vitamin D is perhaps the most unique and certainly the most broadly influential vitamin in our diet. Given the scope of its action it may be no surprise this vitamin is not a vitamin at all, but works more like a hormone. Supplement users are acquainted with vitamin D in two forms: vitamin D2, available in plants and fortified foods, and vitamin D3, the natural form produced in the partnership between skin and sunshine and also found in...
Read More5 Ingredients Clean Grill Recipes
We are just 4 short weeks away from the unofficial start of summer Memorial Day. For some of you that means pulling out the grill and hosting your first BBQ. Personally I grill year round provided it’s not snowing or raining to hard =). I really enjoy the way food tastes on the grill, put it make cleaning up a cinch! Here are 2 of my favorite recipes. Grilled Steak Tips In Sweet Balsamic Marinade 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp dark brown sugar 1 garlic clove, minced 1 pound steak tips, trimmed salt and pepper In a large glass bowl, whisk together the balsamic, Worcestershire, brown sugar, and garlic. Add the steak tips to the mixture,...
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