Bananas, Dieting, and Blood Pressure
Bananas are one of my favorite snacks on this low sodium, low fat diet. They are full of flavor, as are most fruits; they are portable, come pre-wrapped, and more importantly are loaded with potassium....
View ArticleHooray! I'm Overweight
When I looked at the photographs my colleague took today I didn’t recognize the guy in the pictures, and it was me. Today I weighed in at the fitness center and found that I have lost a total of 41.25...
View ArticleBaked Salmon in Dill Sauce on a Bed of Steamed Spinach
Tonight's dinner was a nice salmon filet baked in a mild dill sauce. Preparation was quick and easy and the result was impressive as well as being healthy.Ingredients2 filets wild salmon 4 oz. each12 C...
View ArticleLow Sodium Barbecue Sauce
In the middle of a diet, there are times when a hunger strikes that is so deep it can only be satisfied by barbecue. Here is the solution. Commercial barbecue sauce is high in sodium (370 mg for a 2...
View ArticleJoel’s Black Bean Confetti Salad
This healthy salad goes well with an outdoor barbecue or a formal dinner. It is served cold and has black beans, multicolored bell peppers, red onions, and yellow corn in fat-free lime vinaigrette. A...
View ArticleFood Labeling: Part 1
Understanding food labeling is important for maintaining any diet that is based on making choices among different foods on the basis of calories, fat content, and sodium. The strategy I’ve been using...
View ArticleFood Labeling: Part 2
Knowing about food labeling is important for any diet that is based on making choices among different foods on the basis of calories, fat content, carbohydrates, and sodium. Tracking our food...
View ArticleFood Labeling: Part 3
In this blog I will revisit the food label with emphasis on the nutrients. Our understanding of food labels will empower the choices we make with regard to the foods we most commonly eat and the...
View ArticleFood Labeling: Part 4
This is the last in my series of articles about the food nutrient facts label that is required to be on all food products (with some exceptions for raw products) sold in the United States. Both the...
View ArticleJoel’s Healthy Enchiladas
I am fond of Mexican food but most of it is too high in sodium, and frequently fat, to fit my diet. I had a taste for enchiladas the other day and decided that I would try to see if I could come up...
View ArticleBody Composition Testing: Feeling the Pinch
Friday I am going to have two different types of health assessment. In the morning, I will go to the Mena Medical Center to have blood drawn for testing. This is the “after” part of the 8 week walking...
View ArticleRethinking My Goal: Only 7 Pounds Away
I am much closer to my goal than I thought. Today was the day that I had my skin-fold body composition testing. I also had my blood work done, but I won’t have the results from it until Monday. I have...
View ArticleBalsamic Turkey Scaloppini with Eggplant
Tonight I made a scaloppini casserole with eggplant based on thinly sliced turkey breast. This recipe is a winner with loads of flavor and is very low in calories, sodium, and fat. I used the...
View ArticleAs I Close In on My Goal, the Loss Continues Slowly
When I found out last week that, based on my body composition using skinfold testing, I was only 7 pounds from my goal, I was excited about pushing across the finish line. The first two months of my...
View ArticleDining Out on a Diet: Chinese
Today is the day before my wife’s birthday and as I am going to grill bison tomorrow night, I decided to take her out for a birthday dinner a day early. As before, I ordered off the menu while she...
View ArticleMetabolism, Weight Loss, and Diet
Tomorrow I will start a series that I have been researching on the role metabolism plays in determining how many calories we can take in without gaining weight, and how what we choose to eat and drink...
View ArticleWhat Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism: Metabolism Basics
Metabolism is the rate at which our bodies burn calories in order to maintain our bodies, and perform work. Our metabolic rate affects our Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). Weight loss is a based...
View ArticleWhat Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism: The Role of Muscle
This is part 2 in the series, What Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism. Part 1, Metabolism Basics, can be found here Muscle drives the body’s metabolic engine. It is denser and weights more than...
View ArticleWhat Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism: Eating Strategies for...
This is Part 3 in the series, What Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism. Part 1, Metabolism Basics, can be found here, and Part 2, The Role of Muscle, can be found here. Our metabolism burns the...
View ArticleWhat Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism: Thermogenic Foods to Boost...
This is Part 4 and the last in the series, What Every Dieter Should Know about Metabolism. Part 1, Metabolism Basics, can be found here, Part 2, The Role of Muscle, can be found here, and Part 3,...
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