By Mike Geary My overall goal is to give you recipes for healthy food that is both delicious and beneficial to your overall health, preferably for years to come, getting you closer to physical fitness and overall internal health. The following is intended to provide a different view on health food. I will start by... »
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Understanding Potatoes, “White Foods” and the Glycemic Index
It is important to have a good understanding of carbohydrates, especially "white foods" and potatoes. Many heath and fitness professionals encourage people to avoid potatoes because they are high on the glycemic index. Some of these professionals even tell people to "avoid any and... »
What is a Healthy and Balanced Diet?
A diet that is rich in a variety of plants, vegetables and fruits has been shown to improve health and ward of disease. There is a lot of debate over what proportion of your diet should be dedicated to plants to have the maximum... »
Eat Green Bananas To Lose Weight
Bananas are a fantastic food for athletes as they are easy to digest and can be eaten just before exercise to help fuel the muscles. However, they also have... »
Fish Oil Helps Protect Cells to Prevent Aging and Ill Health
We have know that fish oils, specifically omega 3 fatty acids that are found in oily sea fish such as salmon, mackerel or sardines, are good for our health.... »
The Small Plate Diet Plan For Weight Loss
Sometimes it is simply little changes to the way that we eat that can help the most when it comes to losing weight. Research has shown that eating from... »
Top 10 Weight Loss Diet Mistakes
Losing weight and maintaining that loss, while also remain fit and building muscle is often more of an art than a science. Everyone is different, and so we all... »
Healthy Christmas Dinner
Christmas dinner can be a healthy affair without changing too much. In fact, if you accept the fact that a little saturated fat will do no harm, then there... »
The Egg Diet
The Egg Diet is not a diet consisting of only eggs. However, it does involve eating a larger part of your protein allowance in the form of eggs. The... »
Ephedrine Fat Burners – What Are They?
Many people talk about and recommend fat burners as a way to lose fat quicker, but few people bother to find out what they are or even ask if... »
Fight Colds with Garlic Tea
Many people start taking multivitamins and massive amounts of vitamin C when a cold starts to take a hold on their immune system. We prefer to take more drastic... »
Low Carb or High Carb Diet – Which is Best?
Not so long ago the low carb diet was all the rage. Atkins and other plans such as the Zone and South Beach said that limiting bad carbs (often... »
Is 6g of Salt a Day Too Much?
The recommended daily allowance of salt is currently 6g per adult. However, some people feel that this is still too high. A group called Consensus Action on Salt and Health... »
The One Day Detox Diet
Sometimes you may be feeling run down and in need of a detox or cleanse, but a full detox is not possible. To cleanse is really to fast, and... »
Anti Varicose Veins Diet
Varicose veins are becoming a bigger problem in Western society while in societies that consume mostly nutrient rich, unprocessed food, varicose vein are very rare. There is a genetic... »
Brazil Nuts – Supernut or Deadly?
Brazil nuts have a high level of cholesterol, unlike many other nuts, and this can increase the risk of heart disease. The an culprit for this increased cholesterol is... »
How To Make Thanksgiving Dinner Healthy
Thanksgiving does not have to be an unhealthy meal full of saturated fat, salt and sugar. With a few simple changes to your usual dinner thanksgiving can be a... »
Holiday Weight Loss – Thanksgiving and Christmas Do Not Have To Ruin Your New Year
Conventional wisdom is that most people gain from five to ten pounds of fat during the holidays. Happily, that much at least appears to be false. However, Americans do... »
How to Cook Healthy Thanksgiving Meals
Thanksgiving recipes generally contain a lot of fat and this increases the energy in the food which leads to weight gain over the holiday period. Listed below are the ingredients... »
How To Avoid Food Cravings
The only way to really successfully prevent food cravings is to take control of your sugar addiction. A majority of people that are overweight are addicted to sugar, however... »
The Tomato Diet
There is no silly diet plan really, so please do not change channel. Scientists at Reading University in England have discovered that the humble tomato has a little secret. »






