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Diet Tips to Minimize Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is an exciting time for most women. However, along with choosing names and decorating the nursery, many women experience a weight gain beyond what their doctor recommends. You can avoid excessive amounts of weight during pregnancy by watching what you eat and staying active. Although friends and family may tell you that you are eating for two, Sutter Health, a network of physicians and doctors that serves Northern California, warns against consuming more than 300 additional calories per day, during the second and third trimesters. Healthy eating habits while you’re expecting can help you maintain a healthy pregnancy weight.
Soft Food Diet
Your idea of a great meal might not include broths and puddings. Even though you may crave steak and potatoes or sweet and sticky doughnuts, a health condition might require you to eat only soft foods for a period of time. Many hospitals and nutritionists advise soft-food diets after certain procedures or during periods of illness. Although you may miss the texture of your normal diet, healthy soft foods can supply your body with important nutrients and provide a source of energy.
How to Increase Metabolism to Lose Weight
Metabolism refers to the process your body undergoes to turn food into energy. Your metabolic rate can affect the speed at which you gain or lose weight and the ease of maintaining your weight. Typically, a fast metabolism equals easier weight loss and a slower metabolism may result in weight gain. Many factors contribute to how fast or slow your metabolism is. These include age, gender, activity level and the foods you eat. While some factors are out of your control, you can easily alter a few of your habits to increase your metabolism for weight loss.
Our Children's Biggest Problem: Obesity
What would you say is the biggest problem facing our children today? It is heartbreaking to know that childhood obesity is the most common nutritional disorder as well as a growing global epidemic in developed countries. It is also considered to be the underlying factor causing a variety of chronic illnesses in the Western World.
Diet Tips for Lower Cholesterol
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), a total blood cholesterol level of greater than 200 milligrams per deciliter of blood puts you at an increased risk of heart attacks, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease and stroke. While weight loss and regular aerobic exercise are recommended ways to lower your blood cholesterol level, incorporating low-fat habits into your regular eating routine is another excellent way to raise your HDL (“good”) cholesterol levels and decrease your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.