15 Health Benefits of Exercise We have yet to see a diet work in which exercise is not at least of equal importance with healthy eating. In the L.E.A.N. program, exercise is nutrition’s close partner. If you wanna lose it, you gotta move it. Why not just stay on the couch and eat less? Restrictions […]
7 Ways to Improve Your Nutrition The final feature of the L.E.A.N. program is nutrition, which carries equal weight with exercise in the process of becoming lean. No, this does not mean going on a diet, at least in the way most people regard this four-letter word. Just the word “diet” can be a turn-off. “Die” […]
The ABCs of Teaching Nutrition to Your Kids From A to Z, we have 26 (and then some) ways to help teach nutrition to your kids. And who knows, you may learn a few things yourself along the way! Take a look at the ABC’s of teaching nutrition to your child on topics ranging from […]
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) History The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) was originally set up by the National Academy of Sciences during World War II as general guidelines for feeding the country’s soldiers. These recommendations have grown to be guidelines for the general public and were last revised in 1997 and given a new name. RDAs […]
Why Teens Need Better Nutrition Healthy nutrition — or the lack of it – can affect the three A’s of a teen: athletics, academics, and attitude. During teenage growth spurts, adolescents need extra calories, and they should be nutritious ones. The irony of teen eating habits is at the very stage they need to eat […]
Why Does Your Family Need Vitamins? Mother is right when she says, “Get your vitamins.” These substances are just that – vital to life. In the early 1900s these nutrients in foods were thought to be “amines” or organic compounds. Since they also appear to be vital to life, they were known as vit-amines. Unlike […]
Let Baby Enjoy the Benefits of Breastmilk Human milk is more than food. It’s a complex living substance, like blood, with a long list of active germ-fighting and health-promoting ingredients. These benefits of breastmilk help protect babies against all kinds of infections, common and not-so-common. A drop of breast milk contains around one million white […]
Milk is milk, right? Mammals make it (humans are mammals) and babies drink it. There’s more to the story than that. Each species of mammal makes a unique kind of milk, which meets all the nutritional requirements of its offspring at the beginning of life. Each species’ milk has specific qualities that insure the survival […]
The following chart compares the composition of formula to that of human breast milk. Many mothers do not realize there is a difference between breast milk and formula. However, as you can see from the chart there are many differences between the two. NUTRIENT FACTOR BREAST MILK CONTAINS FORMULACONTAINS COMMENT Fats Rich in brain-building omega […]
The Importance of Dad and Baby Bonding Most of the bonding research has focused on mother-infant bonding, with the father given only honorable mention. In recent years fathers, too, have been the subject of bonding research and have even merited a special term for the dad and baby relationship at birth—”engrossment.” We used to talk […]
7 Tips for Better Bonding with Baby The relationship with your child begins as soon as they come into this world. Let your newborn know they are loved right away with these simple tips to get bonding with baby off to a loving start. 1. Delay routine procedures Oftentimes the attending nurse does routine procedures—giving […]
It took nine months to put it on, expect nine months to lose baby weight safely. For months after giving birth, your body shows many telltale signs and feelings that you have grown and delivered a baby. The excess fat accumulated during pregnancy – normal reserve energy stores for you and your baby – may […]
