If the health food trends in the media have captured your attention, you may be interested in learning more about how you can apply positive eating habits to your daily life. Hundreds of Web resources are available, sponsored by governmental...
Eating local is in. The "locovore" lifestyle is one of the top food trends, according to the Food Channel. Some of the locally-produced foods easiest to find are those native to the Americas. These plants adapted to the American climate over...
Adding egg to ricotta cheese helps to bind the cheese for lasagna so that it does not ooze out of the casserole when cut. Although ricotta is a classic addition to many Italian dishes, it is finding its way into more restaurant dishes and was...
The Food Network named umami one of the top 10 food trends of 2010, reports Canada's newspaper The Globe and Mail. Umami is sometimes called the fifth flavor because it's as distinctive a taste as sweet, salty, bitter and sour. The taste is hard...
The American diet evolves from one decade to another, reflecting significant overall changes. Which foods are the most commonly consumed depends upon factors such as food and diet trends, product improvements, cost, convenience and availability....
The food trends seem to be changing from one that encourages any type of carbohydrate consumption to one that favors whole grains and eliminates refined white flour and sugar. Refined white flour and refined white sugar cause rapid blood sugar...
Kids should consume between one and two cups of vegetables per day, depending upon their age and gender, reports Dr. Mary L. Gavin, the medical editor of KidsHealth. Getting your child to eat those vegetables can seem nearly impossible, but you...
What you eat has a direct effect on how you feel. When you eat foods that are low in nutrient value and hard for the body to metabolize you can feel tired and sluggish. When you eat foods that are high in vital nutrients and are easy for the body...
Many people follow a low-fat diet and exercise routine to maintain a healthful weight, but sometimes a quick weight loss plan can get rid of those last few pounds. Several fad diets are available that are short in duration and promise to boost...
Goji berry has become one of the more popular "super foods" to hit the market and is sold as a supplement, juice and other products. This berry, also known as wolfberry, gou qi zi and Chinese desert thorn, is credited as having antioxidant,...
The daily American diet includes a variety of foods and can often reflect regional and ethnic preferences. The healthiest American diet follows dietary guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Achieving weight loss by dieting can help you shed excess pounds and reach your weight-loss goals, but some diets may also come with their own set of disadvantages. As you pick your diet choose one that can help you achieve all your weight-loss...
Carbohydrate intake recommendations range dramatically in the weight loss industry depending on whose book or website you read. In the early 2000s, many American and food manufacturers responded positively to the low-carb diet made popular by Dr....
A flexitarian is someone who sticks mostly to a vegetarian diet, but will occasionally indulge in meat or animal products. Flexitarianism makes it easier to dine out or to participate in social engagements without calling attention to your eating...
Turmeric joins traditional spices such as garlic and ginger in the American Institute for Cancer Research's list of cancer-fighting foods. The website notes that micronutrients in turmeric contain powerful chemicals that may help reduce your risk...
A fad diet, the Beverly Hills Diet has been around for quite a while. Creator Judy Mazel first conceived of the weight loss plan in 1981, although she republished it and brought it up to date in 1996. It's somewhat complicated, and like other fad...
Food trends change over the years, yet the U.S. Department of Agriculture notes that since 1910, on average, Americans have consumed 60 lbs. of beef each year. Corn-finished beef is tender with a rich taste, and grass-fed beef from grazing cattle...
Food trends change from minute to minute. One day fruit is the key to weight loss, and the next, its complex carbohydrates and healthy sugars get blamed for obesity. Oranges, just like any other food, can cause weight gain if you eat too many of...
In America, childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Authors Marti Jordan-Welch, PhD, and Bonnie L. Harbaugh, PhD, report in the June 2008 publication of the "American Nurse Today" that 2003 to 2004 projections indicate that 26.2...
A wave of popularity catapulted wheatgrass into the public eye in the 1970s, and ever since, wheatgrass juice's nutritional value has been legendary. The truth of these claims has been examined in today's age of scientific nutritional research....
Going green carries the promise of health benefits, whether they are dietary or planetary. One remedy that regularly appears in health food trends is liquid green. Green health drinks have been credited with everything from cures for cancer to...
A well-planned vegetarian diet can be a healthy way to eat, but for some people it is too restrictive. If you want to eat well but still enjoy meat, fish and poultry, you have hundreds of dietary options. Nonvegetarian diets can still help you...
Americans eat 120 percent more chicken and 17 percent less beef than they did 25 years ago, according to a March 2008 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. The average American eats 60.4 lbs. of chicken per...
You like the idea of eating more plant-based foods in order to help manage your weight, improve your health and help the environment, but you also do not want to give up bacon forever. In comes the Flexitarian diet plan, which offers options for...
A report from the Economic Research Service indicates that Americans eat about 60 lbs. of chicken a year, which is a healthy, low-calorie choice. Americans also consume about 100 percent more sodium in their diets than recommended levels,...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, is located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and works to protect public health and safety at the federal level. Though the CDC does not officially endorse any...
Food trends come and go, and the one of the latest to hit foodies' radars is kombucha tea. Consisting of a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY, the tea is made by adding the culture to sweetener and, most commonly, black, white or...
Losing weight has become more a matter of adopting a healthier lifestyle and diet than fulfilling a short-term New Year's resolution. Dieting and using diet pills may help you shed extra pounds in a pinch, but they can sabotage your plans to stay...
Diet trends change a food from a nutritional rock star to the cause of all our health problems overnight. Eggs have been through the food trend ringer. They've been touted as one of nature's most perfect proteins, as well as scorned for being...
