Category Archives: Food

Health Benefits of Omega 3, 6, and 9 Fish Oils

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Greg Asseff

Fatty acids, found in high concentrations in oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and tuna have been proven to support and promote several health benefits. The health benefits of the Omega 3, 6 and 9 groups of fatty acids all contain essential fatty acids (EFA’s) and support several bodily functions while warding off several types of life threatening and debilitating diseases.

The difference in the three types of EFA’s, Omega 3, 6, and 9, can be defined by the location of the first double bond from the methyl end, or the Omega end, of the carbon chain. Hence, the Omega 3 fatty acids first double bond is located at the 3rd position from the end of the carbon chain. The Omega 6 fatty acids first double bond is located at the 6th position from the end of the carbon chain and Omega 9 fatty acids first double bond is located at the 9th position from the end of the carbon chain.

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A Look Inside Healthy Sports Mascots

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Greg Asseff

What better way to promote a healthy lifestyle than by combining athletics and vegetables? What are we talking about? Well, more specifically, over the last several decades, several high schools and colleges have adopted some type of vegetable as their sport team mascot.

Some American sports teams are making quite an effort to differentiate themselves from their rival sports teams by opting for a more non-traditional team mascot; when compared to the more typical mascots that have been used for years – Mascots resembling lions, tigers, and bears. In addition, several of the sports teams are choosing various vegetables as a way to encourage healthy well balanced eating habits. Below are a few examples of the vegetable choices that some sports teams have chosen as their mascot and to represent their team.

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Nutritional Facts Associated with Buying Salmon

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Greg Asseff

With so many different words, terms, and definitions used to describe the food labels associated with buying salmon, it is no wonder that there is a lot of confusion. Most typical salmon food labels include terms that utilize words like genetically modified, Scottish, farmed, organic, and wild.

Unless you have a thorough understanding of each of the previously mentioned terms and words, an understanding of the process that is associated with each of the words, and to a slight degree, a basic understanding of chemistry, it can be fairly difficult to choose the type of salmon that is the most nutritious and healthy for you. Below are several definitions and descriptions associated with the various ways in which each type of salmon is raised and how they are processed. From there, you can then determine which type is best for you and your family.

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4 Common Food Label Fallacies

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Greg Asseff

As a health conscious consumer, understanding food labels is an extremely important aspect in relation to leading a healthy and fit lifestyle, especially in the understanding of the differences between advertising and marketing ploys and actual nutritional value and content.

With so many foods being mass produced and processed at large factories throughout the world it is no wonder that so many individuals are nutritionally deficient. The human body requires the continual intake of well balanced whole foods that are that are high in nutritional value to optimally perform, function, and ward off disease. As more and more of our food supply is mass produced using additives and preservatives, consuming all natural foods that are nutrient rich becomes more difficult. Below is a list of four of the most pervasive food label fallacies.

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3 Common Food Additives that Prevent Weight Loss

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Greg Asseff

One of the primary aspects associated with safely and effectively losing excess body fat through a reduction in overall dietary caloric intake is to ensure that the foods that you consume are derived, in large part, from whole foods that are highly nutritious, healthy, and well balanced.

By ensuring that your dietary weight loss approach centers around sound nutritional principles, the probability of creating a nutritional deficiency will be greatly reduced. One approach is to focus on consuming a wide array of all natural whole foods that include several types of lean meat, chicken, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and whole grains. In addition, there are certain common food additives can actually cause weight gain or inhibit the rate at which excess body weight is lost. Below is a list of three additives that may slow down or inhibit weight loss.