29 April 2007

Bye-bye to high calories snacks at school

Good news for hundreds of parents of elementary and middle school kids. Congressman have asked the Institute of Medicine to to recommend new standards for school snacks and foods that sharply would limit calories, fat and sugar. This means that schools would have to offer healthier foods including those that are sold in the vending machines.

The new foods will include:
Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nonfat or low-fat dairy among others

09 April 2007

Cranky-Free Diet

Hello guys,

I read article on Yahoo.com about cranky-free diet, and this diet will help you to lose weight without altering your mood. The diet consists on 1,600 calories per day and gives you a variety of low-calorie foods that you can substitute from the high-calorie foods without losing the protein and vitamins.

07 April 2007

Negative Calories Foods

What are negative calories foods? Well, those are the type of foods that instead of adding calories to your budy, it actually helps you substracting calories and thus help you to lose weight. In order for your body to process foods, it needs at least 100 kcal to digest your food. Some fruits such as apple, cranberries, orange and mango are considered negative calories foods or what is most often known as "wonder foods".

To see the list of negative foods click here.

05 April 2007

Healthy kids in Florida

According to the Sun-Sentinel, lawmakers are persuading a bill in which schools will be required to offer physical education or PE every day. I think it would be very beneficial for children to learn the importance of practicing a sport and to become good at it, since we have seen little kids suffering from diabetis and other health related problems such as obesity, to the lack of exercise and healthy eating habits.

Healty Kids in Fla.

Steve's expresso = Unhealthy FAU's coffee shop

Like most of the students at FAU, we rely on the little cafeteria that FAU's Fort Lauderdale campus has. To my misfortune, Steve's Expresso only sell high calorie foods, like pizza, hamburgers, and sandwiches. But, I found an interesting way of saving calories. First, if you like wraps or sandwiches, try to get whole wheat bread or wraps, the difference between whole wheat and white bread is 62 kcal. If you like cheese I suggest you to have an American cheese which contains 369 Kcal less than the Provolone cheese, same when deciding whether to buy a diet soda versus the regular.

For snacks, I highly suggest you to eat an apple which contains 70 Kcal, this fruit is actually a negative calorie food, this means that instead of adding calories to your body it actually helps you lose some.

24 March 2007

Chinese food is bad for you


I always thought that Chinese food wasn't as bad as eating McDonald's or BK, but to my surprise Chinese food contains more calories in a meal that someone needs the entire day. For instance, an egg roll contains 200 calories, cup of rice has another 200 calories, a plate of stir-fried green has 900 calories, six steamed pork dumplings has 500 calories; this meal contains about 1,800 calories and an adult is supposed to eat 2,000 calories a day! So, if you still want to eat Chinese food once in a while, I suggest that you only eat half of everything and take the other half home.

Stay healthy!

more on Chinese food

23 March 2007

healthy café shop

Hello guys,
For those of you who enjoy a cup of coffee with a sandwich, well I have good news for you; Nature's Way Café is an alternative for you to eat well and healthy. Their motto is "Eat well, Be well", they offer various healthy alternatives for breakfast and lunch.


This coffee shop has 12 different locations in Palm Beach County, so don't think twice and eat healthier at Nature's Way Café.