Posts Tagged ‘health benefits’

Running – Make it your Exercise of Choice

By Team TFLA On May 23, 2011 No Comments

26 years ago I started running if an effort to prevent gaining weight after I had quit smoking. During the past 26 years, running has been the most notable staple in my life. It has not only kept my weight in check, but has provided me with more health benefits, body, mind and soul, than I could list.

Running for weight loss and good health. {Running has so many health benefits that there’s no reason you shouldn’t give it a try!}

Like me, many people start out running for one or more of the recognized health benefits. But what makes them continue is the love of running. And it’s this love of running that builds the commitment to continue running and include it in their

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Olive Oil Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In Olive Oil?

By AlexMiller On March 12, 2011 No Comments

As you go about cooking your various meals, one healthy fat that you should regularly consider adding is olive oil.

Olive oil offers many heart health benefits and will nicely improve the taste of many of the different foods that you’re choosing to prepare.

Let’s show you the nutritional information that you should know about olive oil so you can learn precisely how to add it to your diet plan.

Major Nutrients Found In Olive Oil


Since olive oil is a very fat dense food with 100% of it’s calories coming from fat, the calories it contains do add up quickly. For this reason, if you want to maintain your body weight, watching your serving sizes will be a must. It’s far

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Red Wine Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories in Red Wine?

By Team TFLA On January 23, 2011 1 Comment

You don’t have to give up all of your favorite vices just to shed a few pounds. When it comes to eliminating certain things from your diet, like red wine, it’s important that you keep a few of the most harmless vices for special occasions. When someone hands you a beautiful fragrant glass of merlot, you don’t want to start finger counting to figure out how many appetizers will allow you 2 glasses of red wine…do you? Good because we’ve come up with this comprehensive guide so you know how many calories are in your favorite red wine!

red+wine+moderation_calories+in+red+wine[This is how you guarantee consuming thousands of empty calories in red wine!]

The good news is that the calories in red wine are fewer than calories in white wine, the bad news is not by much.

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Whole Milk Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In Whole Milk?

By AlexMiller On January 14, 2011 1 Comment

For some people, the taste of skim milk is something that they just do not enjoy. They find it tastes like water and if they’re going to drink milk, it’s going to be the whole milk variety.

While it is definitely true that whole milk will be a lot creamery than the skim milk counterpart, before you down glass after glass of whole milk you may want to take a look at the nutritional considerations so you know what you’re putting into your body.

Here’s what you should know.

Major Nutrients Found In Whole Milk


While you will get some protein in the whole milk just like you would with skim milk, along with that protein you’re also going to be taking in

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Baked Bean Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In An Baked Beans?

By AlexMiller On December 16, 2010 1 Comment

If you’re looking for a nutritional all-star to include in your diet that will supply you with plenty of energy and help to increase your dietary fiber consumption, baked beans are a great option. Many people overlook this food as they choose the more common rice or pasta to serve with their main protein source, but it may be a good idea to bring this food back into your diet more often.

Let’s take a look at the main health benefits that baked beans will provide.

Major Nutrients Found In Baked Beans


Baked beans are not only a great source of protein, carbohydrates, and dietary fiber, but they’re also rich in folate, tryptophan, manganese, magnesium, vitamin nB1, and phosphorus.

They’re also going to provide you with up

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Cauliflower Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In Cauliflower?

By AlexMiller On December 11, 2010 No Comments

One healthy vegetable that unfortunately is all too often doused with cheese sauce, taking away from the health benefits it has to offer is cauliflower. Cauliflower is commonly eaten raw, however can also be prepare in a number of other enjoyable manners so you’re able to easily incorporate this into your overall meal plan.

Let’s take a look at what you should know about the nutritional information on this vegetable.

Major Nutrients Found In Cauliflower


Cauliflower is slightly higher in total calorie content compared with broccoli, but at just 25 calories per cup, it’s hardly what you’d call a ‘high calorie food’. You can virtually eat this by the cupful without having to worry about it ruining your diet so there’s no reason not

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Liver Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In Liver?

By AlexMiller On December 3, 2010 No Comments

One source of protein that most people will turn their nose up to in a hurry is liver. While liver may not have the best rap as being a tasty option that you want to enjoy on your diet plan, make no mistake about it, there are health benefits to including this in your diet.

It isn’t a fat free protein source by any means but it’s still considerably leaner than some of the other choices that you could be having that are available.

Let’s take a closer look at what all a serving of liver will provide you with.

Major Nutrients Found In Liver


As you can see from the nutritional chart above, liver does come in decently high in protein intake and is going to

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Haddock Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In Haddock?

By AlexMiller On October 31, 2010 No Comments

Getting more fish in your daily diet is one of the best ways to promote overall better nutrition because of the fact that fish is such a healthy choice.  Being low in fat, high in protein, and virtually carb free, whether your goal is muscle building or fat loss, you really can’t go wrong with this option.

Haddock is one fish that some people tend to forget about which is unfortunate because it offers numerous health benefits.

Let’s have a closer look at the nutritional content of this nutritional powerhouse fish.

Major Nutrients Found In Haddock


As you can see from the chart above, Haddock is almost 100% total protein content with just a minuscule amount of fat which is going to be of the healthy variety.  This fish

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Egg Nutrition Facts – How Many Calories Are In An Egg?

By AlexMiller On October 6, 2010 3 Comments

If you’re someone who is looking for a cheap, convenient, and tasty protein source to add to your diet, eggs would be it.  Eggs can be cooked in so many different ways that it makes it virtually impossible not to find a way to add them to your day.

As long as you are sure to cook them without a lot of added butter which would increase the overall saturated fat content, eggs can definitely be a healthy part of your day.

Let’s take a closer look at what nutritional benefits you’ll experience when eating an egg.

Major Nutrients Found In An Egg


Eggs are going to be a rich source of a number of nutrients, one of the largest being the tryptophan amino acid.  In addition

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Martial Arts as a Way To Stay Healthy

By Mike On December 16, 2009 9 Comments

Today’s post comes to us all the way from Italy. My good friend Oscar Del Ben is a personal development blogger who writes about really cool lifestyle topics such as productivity and business, and he’s also a martial arts fan. I asked him to share some of his thoughts with us on alternative activities to achieving a healthy lifestyle – hence the topic of martial arts.

Martial Arts for Fat Loss
[Nothing like a side-kick-to-the-chops to get someone's attention]

Oscar is usually very quick to point out his lack of English writing skills because it’s not his native language but rest assured I think he has a very good handle on it and does a fine job expressing his points of view. You can find his blog at FreestyleMind.com and

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