Weekly Nutrition Tip #4
Tip #4
Revving Up Metabolism
by Dr. John Berardi I recommend more calories than most do. That’s because there’s no such thing as a stagnant metabolic set-point. Instead, metabolism chases [...]
Eggs – Guilty Before Proven Innocent
Eggs get a bad rap because they have a high amount of cholesterol. Many people have recommended to not eat eggs because of this, and eggs have also been blamed for heart disease and obesity. However, despite their high cholesterol content (210 milligrams – all from the yolk), eggs do not raise blood [...]
Reading Nutrition Claims and Food Labels
Cathy Fitzgerald, registered dietitian with MFit, the University of Michigan Health System’s health promotion division, offers the following tips for reading nutrition claims and food labels:
Look for the claim, “May reduce the risk of heart disease.” This means that there is enough scientific evidence for the FDA to back up this claim.
Nutrient content [...]
Weekly Nutrition Tip #1
I plan to post one nutrition tip each week for the next 27 weeks. We will start things off with a tip about pasta.
Tip #1
Eat Pasta… Carefully
by Dr. John Berardi
As a God-fearing Italian, I have to admit that I love pasta. But, as [...]
