Ohio State University was recently published in the Journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity. They did a study gauging the impact that fish oil has on inflammation and anxiety. The study involved 68 first and second year medical students. They gave half the students the omega-3 supplement and the other half placebos. OSU conducted 6 studies [...] Read More
It is so important to be aware of everything that comes in contact with your skin while on the HCG Diet. Per Dr. Simeons' manuscript, "When no dietary error is elicited we turn to cosmetics. Most women find it hard to believe that fats, oils, creams and ointments applied to [...] Read More
Buying organic foods is quickly becoming a trend among the growing number of consumers who want to lead a healthier lifestyle. Grocery stores that only sold conventionally grown foods a few short years ago are now embracing natural, organic, and locally grown produce. You can find organic fruits and vegetables right beside their non-organic counterparts [...] Read More
vs. Your body needs healthy fats in order to function properly - and to lose weight. Healthy fats come in the form of foods like avocados and nuts as well as the oils you cook with. Olive oil and canola oil tend to go head to head in their competition to be touted the healthiest cooking [...] Read More
Simple Girl Sugar Free Carolina BBQ Sauce is perfect for the low calorie phase of the diet and many dieters continue to pour on that sauce after completing the low calorie phase BUT for HCG Maintenance and the “rest of your life”, there is another option…Simple Girl Low Sugar BBQ Sauce – Sweet N’ Spicy. [...] Read More
vs. Both eggs and avocados have had their share of demonizing. During the misguided low-fat craze of the 1990s, trendy restaurants whipped up egg-white omelets, and Mexican restaurants put the guacamole on the naughty side of the beans and rice, where many health-conscious people left [...] Read More
Milk is one of the most convenient ways to add extra protein and calcium to your diet. You can drink it plain, use it on cereal, or create a wide range of shakes and smoothies with it. The only limit to the uses for milk in your diet is your imagination.Milk Varieties If you walk past the milk displays [...] Read More
Several pantry picks can actually outperform common meds. Here's what you need to know:Make muscle pain a memory with gingerWhen Danish researchers asked achy people to jazz up their diets with ginger, it eased muscle and joint pain, swelling and stiffness for up to 63 percent of them within two months. Experts credit ginger’s potent compounds called gingerols, which [...] Read More
There are so many things that tend to make us feel fat, including super models, insulated winter coats, funky mirrors, and our own clothes. It's so not fun to put on your favorite jeans and feel like they were dried 3 times on high heat before being placed on our dresser. We all know how what its [...] Read More
Quinoa, pronounced "keen-WAH" (if you have trouble remembering that, just remember it's the exact opposite of "Joaquin," which is pronounced "wah-KEEN,") is a whole grain that's gluten-free, and packed to the gills with iron, Vitamin E, magnesium, and potassium. It's a primo source of fiber, and it's rich in lysine, an amino acid that promotes healthy tissues. Quinoa is a [...] Read More