We are putting together a resource for individuals who are vegetarian and are physically active/athletic.
My partner and I are nutrition students from the University of Saskatchewan and are trying to put together a resource for individuals who are vegetarian (various types, including vegan) and are physically active/athletic. We want to offer information that will help physically active vegetarians maintain and optimize health and performance through meeting their nutritional...
Where can I find a dietitian who works with low carbohydrate diets?
Where can I find a dietitian who works with low carbohydrate diets?
The Weight Management dietetic practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics specializes in working with weight control. You can find a dietitian at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Include your zip code or city/state and the type of service you...
A friend gave us a diet from Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital for overweight heart patients to lose weight.
A friend gave my husband a copy of a diet from Sacred Heart Memorial Hospital (location??) that is supposedly used in their cardiac care unit for overweight heart patients to lose weight prior to having surgery. It's a 7-day fat-burning diet consisting of vegetable soup, fruit, vegetables, skimmed milk, lean beef or skinless chicken...
Do I count calories or calories from fat?
Do I count calories or calories from fat?
Depends on why you are counting.
Counting total calories is helpful to maintain body weight. Counting fat is helpful to reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer.
It might be easier to keep track of the grams of fat you eat each day. To determine how many grams...
During my workout, I get light headed and yawn a lot.
I workout a lot. From time to time during my workout, I get very light headed and notice I yawn a lot. What do you think?
I feel I have a good diet. I don't eat fast food, fried food, or much junk food. I'm lactose intolerant, so I can't drink milk. I don't eat...
I feel your suggestion of consulting a dietitian for sound advice is not the only recourse.
Your comments on weight loss give much advice. I feel your suggestion, however, of consulting a dietitian for sound advice, is not the only recourse. There are many articles by nutritionists to rely on.
The Herbal Life Plan is one such alternative and people may tend to shy away from even looking at any of...
With long history of back injury, I have been advised to get my weight down.
I am a 57-year-old Australian man of 5 feet 10 inches weighing 105 kilograms (231 pounds). I have a long history of back injury with problems at L5 to L4 and now a new condition with L5 to S1 disk almost non-existent. I also have a narrowing at C6 from a broken neck. Don't...
What is your opinion about support groups? I belong to TOPS which is modeled after AA.
What is your opinion about support groups? I belong to an organization called TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) which is modeled after AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). It is non-profit and promotes no special diet - just group support. I found that this is the only way to control my eating and it is like Weight...
How much sugar is in a sucker?
How much sugar is in a sucker?
The size of suckers vary, but in a clear, hard candy sucker, there should be about 1 to 2 teaspoons of sugar (4 to 8 grams).
Are your brushing your teeth after eating a sucker? Sweet sticky sugars like suckers or candy adhere to tooth enamel. The bacteria in...
Why does metabolism slow down as we age?
Why does metabolism slow down as we age?
After growth has stopped at the end of adolescence, we produce less growth hormone which supported a higher metabolic rate as we grew in height and weight. As we age, we lose muscle mass which maintains a higher metabolism.
Weight lifting helps to maintain our muscle size and...