By: Dorothy C. Wood | 2011-01-14 | Cooking We live in a society of nibblers. Long gone are the traditional conventional three square meals each day. Today, people eat at their desks, catch a snack in the afternoon and eat late night goodies. Most, if not all, of these snacks are carbohydrate based and packed with sugar. This poses challenging to individuals who are trying to follow the Atkins plan. Snacking is an essential part of keeping your blood sugar up, but most packaged snack foods are forbidden on the plan. read more
By: Tammy Embrich | 2011-04-16 | Food & Beverage What do kids do when they get home from school? They go for the kitchen for a quick snack. They grab whatever looks good to them. And they usually don't think "healthy." read more
By: Daren | 2011-02-22 | Food & Beverage The unhealthy image of vending machines has changed a lot over recent years. Vending supplies are no longer seen as the evil, sugar-rich snacks that lead to overweight obesity. Instead they can provide a very beneficial source of balanced, regular, right-sized nutrition. read more
By: Joydeep | 2010-09-29 | Teenagers If you are interested in planning your child's summer activities, you are in luck. There are literally an unlimited number of backyard activities that your child, their siblings, or their friends could participate in. Popular summer activities include swimming, playing outdoor sports, playing water games, or relaxing outdoors. read more
By: Danica | 2010-10-14 | Beauty do you know that some snacks also can do us a lot of benefits? This article will introduce the profitable function of some snacks. read more
By: Maggie Rahn | 2010-03-31 | Nutrition This article discusses some of the benefits of healthy snacks or healthy snacking. It also gives a couple of ideas for what are good healthy snacks a parent can choose for their child. read more
By: kayleedefer | 2012-11-23 | Recipes Many times I’ve diligently planned our meals but thought little of snack time. I assumed I could simply throw something together when the need arose. As you can imagine, this hasn’t worked very well. My growing children seem to have more hunger pangs than my brain can handle. read more
By: Mary Schulte | 2010-03-28 | Nutrition Did you know snacking could eventually be a matter of life or death? Good nutrition has everything to do with the way we snack. This is especially with baby boomers and seniors. As we age our appetites may increase from all kinds reasons, including hormones, mood swings, stress, and medications. We might feel like snacking a lot more. On the other hand, our appetites may decrease. read more
By: Arnold Davies | 2010-12-23 | Diseases and Conditions Parents everywhere face the dilemma of attempting to get kids to eat healthier snacks. Sometimes convincing a child to eat healthy snacks really is not as easy as it is made out to be. While parents are wise in their effort to try and get children to consume healthier foods read more
By: Michael Morgan | 2010-11-11 | Food & Beverage Gourmet cheese is known more for flavor than health, but the nutritional benefits of savoring fine cheese are ample. read more
By: Trenton Pace | 2011-05-20 | K-12 Education Many parents and teachers believe that milk is a healthy kindergartener snack but this may not be the case. Milk may not be a good healthy kindergartener snack choice. While breast milk is one of the healthiest food choices around, Kindergarteners are beyond the breast feeding stage, and cow's milk and breast milk are far from the same thing. read more
By: Richard Hicks | 2012-03-01 | Food & Beverage In a society that preaches healthy eating, there are still junk food temptations all around us. Mainly vending machines, candy dispensers and even food dispensers at the grocery store give us unhealthy food options. If you’re craving something to eat, and need something quickly, it is possible to make your vending machine purchase guiltless. Simple tricks like choosing baked chips over fried, read more
By: Lauren S Johnson | 2010-03-29 | Nutrition We all love to snack. Whether we are watching a movie or entertaining a few of our closest friends, snacks are a must. However, majority of snack foods are laden with calories, trans fat and sodium. All of these ingredients sabotage our weight and our health. That is why it is absolutely crucial to find healthy alternatives. In this article I will reveal some of the smart snack choices. read more
By: Yuri Elkaim | 2010-04-03 | Nutrition To snack or not to snack? That is the question we ask ourselves each and every day. As such, it is critical to understand that we control our food choices by the power of what we focus on at any given moment. read more