Archive for October, 2008
Recipes: Grilled Pineapple With Cocunut Ice Cream
8 servings Ingredients: 1 ripe pineapple – peeled, cored 1/2 stick unsalted butter 6 packets sugar substitute 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon vanilla-coconut ice cream Preparation Method: 1. Prepare a medium grill. 2. Cut pineapple into 1-inch thick rings. 3. In a small saucepan or microwave safe bowl, melt butter. 4. Mix in sugar substitute and [...]
Low Carb Recipes: Creamed Turnips
4 servings Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds turnips – peeled, and cut into 1/2″ cubes 1 tablespoon butter 1 packet sugar substitute 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper Preparation Method: 1. Place turnips in a large skillet. 2. Add 1/3 cup water and butter to the skillet. Sprinkle turnips with [...]
Low Carbohydrate Diet Does It Work!
Low carbohydrate or low carb diets are used as a tool in weight control. In most programs, high carb foods are replaced in on those containing ideal amounts of fats and proteins. One of the most popular low carb diets is the Atkins diet. During the 1990s and the first part of 2000s, low carb [...]
Hoodia: Source Natural Hoodia
Hoodia — a succulent, not a cactus, as it’s often erroneously described — has lots of hoopla, but little science, at least little published science, as even advocates admit. Experts familiar with it say hoodia tricks your brain into thinking you’re full. Hoodia gordonii (Hoodia) is a stoneage wonder plant found throughout the dry arid [...]
Pure Hoodia For Weight Loss
Hoodia is a powerful appetite suppressant that has received lots of media attention lately. Here we’ve compiled a list of some of the most frequently asked problems and answers regarding hoodia for weight loss. What is hoodia? Hoodia is a plant called a succulent. Resembling a cactus, hoodia grows over a underside tall and features [...]
Dietary Soy Protein And Its Effects
Dietary soy protein compared with casein retards disease progression in a gender-specific manner in the pcy mouse. In this model of polycystic kidney disease (PKD), kidney insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels are elevated. Dietary periods of 32 days were separated by washout periods on self-selected diets. Fasting lipid and Lp(a) levels were measured throughout. Soy [...]
Soy Protein And Weight Loss
Soy is the only vegetable that contains more protein than carbs! Soy protein has been found to positively influence bone and calcium balance in postmenopausal women. Results were especially significant for women who were not receiving hormone replacement therapy. Soy protein concentrate is used in meat and poultry products to increase water and fat retention, [...]
Herbal Remedies: Aloe Vera
Almost everyone is aware of the healing virtues of aloe vera. This well-known medicinal plant is used around the world to treat skin ailments, burns, and in many other herbal remedies. Aloe is commercially cultivated in warm, tropical climates — such as Barbados, Haiti, Venezuela, and South Africa — and warm regions of the United [...]
