Tag: Food

  • I am challenging myself to a sugar detox

    I have a very big sweet tooth and daily eat something that includes a large amount of sugar, specifically white sugar. I have noticed that I get these highs when taking candy or a cookie and then later I get very tired. So, I was told that I should cut out sugar to see if…

  • Baking Tip for Wheat Flour Alternatives

  • Power food for your workout – Eating for Fitness Recipes

    You may not be a competitive athlete, but supplying your body with energy and proper recovery is just as important to you as for a top athlete.

  • Ginger Papaya Smoothies

    Smoothies can make a delicious workout recovery snack, this recipe has the ideal ratio to speed recovery immediately after exercise. Dates are high in glucose, which makes them the perfect natural choice to re-fuel your body. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties, aiding in recovery and helping to keep any inflammation under control.

  • My favorite workout food – Swedish Blåbärssoppa, blueberry soup

    My favorite workout food – Swedish Blåbärssoppa, blueberry soup

    My favorite workout food is blåbärssoppa, growing up in Sweden this was the drink rich in energy that was served to us at school and at sporting events. It was also given to someone that had an upset stomach.

  • Torbjorn Zetterlund: Control you sugar intake to get that six pack

    Torbjorn Zetterlund: Control you sugar intake to get that six pack

    I been training for years and I always had a bit of a stomach bulge filled with fat, it did not matter how often I trained or how much. I ate regularly mostly healthy food,  did cardio and strength training but my little bulge never changed, the rest of my body did. I looked over…

  • The Pareto 80 – 20 rule in eating healthy

    The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule, the law of the vital few,  and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

  • Antioxidant Rich Snack Foods Made Easy

    Those who have made a new year’s resolution to become healthier now have an alternative for that afternoon snack. Toronto based organic food distributors, Mike & Mike’s, have released a new line of 100% certified organic snack foods aptly named Organic Select. Currently being sold at select retailers across the GTA and Ottawa, Organic Select…

  • Hot Ginger Lemonade

    Stir all ingredients together. Drink warm. Ingredients 1 1/2 T ginger juice1 1/2 C boiling water1 T honey2 T lemon juicePinch cayenne pepper This recipe is from the Ginger People, www.gingerpeople.com

  • Make Your Own Energy Bars

    In the current turmoil, we as the consumer have to start preparing our own food and not buying ready-made. I have turned my attention on power bars, I eat a lot of power bars while doing my exercises, specifically while on my bike. Instead of buying power bars, I have started to make them myself.