Since increased physical activity is one of the major ways to reduce health risks, along with eating a nutritious diet and maintaining a healthy weight, different exercise programs can offer important benefits to your health.
A bowl of steaming hot oatmeal is a good way to start a cold winter day. With four grams of dietary fiber in each cup of oatmeal, it’s a great way to boost fiber intake. Includes recipe for oatmeal pancakes.
The amount of food you’re served influences how much you eat more than what the food tastes like. That’s the conclusion from researchers who looked at how much stale popcorn people ate when given different-sized amounts.
Something steamed may be just the break you need during the holiday overeating season. Steaming is a traditional Chinese cooking technique that uses gentle heat and no oil to cook foods. Includes recipe for Steamed Fish and Vegetables.
Party dips are good to have on hand for the holidays. Commercial dips are often high in fat, calories and sodium, but you can make low-fat, vegetable-based dips that are quick, easy and flavorful with ingredients you usually have in the kitchen.
From a steaming cup of cocoa to brownies and fudge, chocolate is associated so closely with sweets that we rarely think of enjoying its rich flavor in savory dishes.
Americans know hoisin sauce as the chocolate-colored, jam-thick condiment used on the pancakes served with Peking Duck. Incorrectly, some also call it barbecue sauce, although it is only one of a blend of ingredients Chinese cooks use for flavoring roasted meats and poultry.
A recent study of women in a cancer risk assessment program highlights the confusion people still have about soy foods. Are you one of those women?
The latest report card on the nutritional composition of the American diet tells us a lot about the food choices we’ve been making. If we reshape our eating patterns, we could improve our nutrient intake and lower our risk of health problems.
Today, nearly two-thirds of the 12 million Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have blood sugar levels that are out of control, putting them at risk for serious complications. Are you one of them?
Patients with higher levels of trust in their regular physicians are more likely than patients with less trust to have better care, according to a study.
Recipe for Sweet Potato – Raisin Cookies from our Desserts recipe section.
Recipe for Nutty Rice Loaf from our Vegetarian recipe section.
Recipe for Colorful Rice Pilaf from our Side Dishes recipe section.