Food & Beverage

The Weight Loss Benefit
Of Green Tea

When they interpreted the data they collected, they found that the men receiving regular dosages of green tea extract showed a significant increase in their 24-hour energy expenditure and a reduction in their respiration quotient (which means that more fat is burned, thereby achieving maximum weight loss).

On the other hand, those men who were only given caffeine or a placebo with every meal showed only minimal increases in their metabolism rates.

5 Reasons To Grow Your Own
Fruit And Vegetables

Price

Much of the supermarkets' fresh produce is grossly overpriced, despite their advertising claims. Growing your own from seed is about as inexpensive as you can get, and even growing from small plants you buy is likely to provide you better food at a lower cost. With many plants, you can use the seed from one growing season to provide plants for the next - a self sustaining cycle that will cost you only time and effort to keep going.

Heart Healthy Fast Food

If you're really craving a burger and fries, it's okay to have them once in a while. However, you do want to watch portions. Many fast food restaurants offer portions that are large enough for two or three meals.

Opting for a kid's meal or a small burger and small fries will help to keep your intake of saturated fat to a minimum. When you're feeding your children fast food, remember that there are usually healthy options such as apple slices and mandarin oranges available for the kid's meal. You can also opt for juice or milk instead of soda.

Nine Facts About Fiber

5. Kids need fiber as well. Children that are older than 2 years of age should consume a daily intake of fiber. Kids are most receptive to fiber found in fruits, vegetables, and even fortified breakfast cereals.

6. More fiber needs more water. In order to keep fiber moving through your digestive tract, you'll need to consume a lot of water. With your diet of fiber, you'll need eight or more glasses of water every day.

7. Fiber cannot be cooked out. When you cook your fruits and vegetables, don't worry about cooking the fiber out, as it stays. The fiber found in fruits and vegetables aren't just in the skin or in the peel.

Fast Facts On Potatoes

Potatoes are also high in fiber and carbohydrates and contain more potassium than a banana.

A potato is naturally low in calories and contains no fat, sodium, or cholesterol. The skins of the potatoes provide a helpful dose of fiber, iron, potassium, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, and several B vitamins.

You can prepare potatoes by boiling them, steaming them, or even roasting them. If at all possible, you should avoid putting potatoes in the refrigerator or freezing them, as cold will turn the potato starch to sugar and cause them to turn dark when they are cooked.

Marjoram

Marjoram is a relative to the mint family. You get the most flavors from marjoram if you use the fresh leaves rather than dried marjoram. One big difference between oregano and marjoram is while oregano tends to prosper in taste the longer it simmers in a sauce or stew, marjoram is the opposite and should be added into the dish as late as possible. Although marjoram is sweet and mild, it is also at the same time minty and has a hint of citrus. Marjoram blends very well with bay leaves, pepper, and juniper. While all vegetables can benefit from a hint of marjoram, it seems to work best on adding and enhancing the flavor of cabbage and legumes.