Author: Annie Micheaux

When you think of avocados, you typically think of guacamole. Or, if you are me, you think of Kriste at the office who (in her own words) is “totally obsessed” with avocados and will eat them sliced, diced or on the “half-shell” when given the chance. Once shunned because of their high fat content, avocados…

Water is essential to good health, but let’s face it, compared to soda, juice, wine or beer, water is pretty … um … boring. But it has zero calories, no sugar, is filling and may help with fat-loss, so drinking plenty of water makes sense. The problem is, water just doesn’t have much zip to…

Kombucha diet health tea is nothing new, in fact it has been around for centuries. There are reports of Kombucha tea being used as a health drink or folk medicine as far back as 200 BC in China. Despite its long time use in the east, Kombucha has not caught on as quickly in the…

A complete protein is a protein source that contains all eight essential amino acids in the sufficient proportions to support normal biological functions. In adults, the eight essential amino acids are: Phenylalanine Valine ​Threonine ​Tryptophan ​Isoleucine Methionine ​Leucine Lysine These amino acids are called “essential” because the body cannot make them, so they have to…

First, let’s understand exactly how we are determining “highest protein content” of a given food. To determine how much protein content a food has, you have to look at the percentage of total protein in relation to the rest of the macro-nutrients in the food (carbohydrates and fats) and things like fiber, water and vitamin…

Cleaning up your diet and eating healthier is often just a matter of knowing where to start.Unfortunately, many people think that a healthy diet is only about removing foods, not adding them in. This list of the 10 Best Foods to Eat focuses on what you should be eating, not on what you shouldn’t eat….

We’re all busy, so making healthy choices with the many activities that stake claims to our time can be a challenge. We’re told to exercise, get enough sleep, eat healthy and minimize stress. With all the responsibilities we have, attempting to do all that can be daunting, but it can be done. The trick to…

The “healthiness” of cereals and foods is often relative. Same goes for Cheerios. For example, if you are regularly skipping breakfast and then grabbing a bagel and cream cheese at the office, a bowl of Cheerios with skim milk would be a much better option from a nutrition standpoint than your usual choices in the…

When the only positive thing that experts have to say about the cabbage soup diet is that it encourages people to eat more vegetables, it is clear that this diet is one with more than a few short coming. This restricted food, restricted calorie diet consists primarily of a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup, select…