Fruit And Rice Diet Resources

Solid 'finger food' may help babies avoid obesity: study
Infants outgrowing a liquid diet who give themselves finger food rather than being spoon-fed puree are likelier to eat healthily and avoid getting fat during weaning, reports a study released Tuesday.

Diets That Let You Eat Out
Even on a diet, you can enjoy a meal out. Here are 7 restaurant-friendly diets.

Know good carbs from bad carbs
Take this list shopping to help you weed out the bad carbs. BAD CARBS: Soft drinks Sports drinks Fruit drinks Beer French fries White rice White bread Sugar-sweetened cereals Bagels Baguettes Croissants Potato chips Pastries Cookies White crackers Brownies Cakes Pies Candy Sugar Brown sugar Honey Debatable Corn Popcorn White potatoes Pasta 100 percent fruit juice (limited quantities) GOOD CARBS ...

Stick to Your Diet
One of the first obstacles I hear from clients trying to stick to their weight loss goals is while dining out on the weekends. Knowing how to navigate a menu can help you from veering off track. The following are some suggestions and common menu items to keep you trucking along toward your goal.

Food combining works
I ALREADY wrote about food combination in a previous column. But some interested readers insisted that I write more about the topic. I first learned about food combination from a vegetarian-friend, who is a fitness buff and loves to eat right. I was quite surprised because she has remained healthy and thin even if she eats a lot. Her skin looks glowing and shiny.

What If I Ate Only One Type of Food?
A British teenager collapsed and was rushed to the hospital this week after eating primarily chicken nuggets for the past 15 years. Stacey Irvine, 17, has reportedly survived on her nugget-heavy diet, occasionally supplemented by a bag of chips or piece of toast, since she was a toddler. Doctors have urgerd her to change her ways, but Irvine's case got us wondering: what would actually happen if ...

Go green, eat greens
HEALTH professionals these days advocate eating more fruit and vegetables (up to 13 servings of fruit and vegetables a day) and less meat. It's not just for health; environmental reasons are equally important.

Senior menus for Tarrant, Johnson counties
For week of Jan. 23-27

Scientists crack the code for the DNA diet
British scientists have cracked the code of the DNA diet which claims to help women shed pounds using genetic fingerprints.