Blog: Tag / Women’s Health Magazine

  OK, I love a salad as much as the next person but do we need a whole month to celebrate the much maligned salad? Is there massive salad discrimination conspiracy theory, running wildly through the Wendy's salad bars? Are lettuce heads rising up in protest in the vegetable section of your local grocery store? I think? But you better watch out those protesting cherry tomatoes, you could get hit by a stray and flying red object? I think the salad world is at peace, I would say more people are eating salads than at any other time in history. What do you think? Or am I full of peas...


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"Fitness Food Face-Off" from Women's Health gives us 11 popular fitness food choices to compare and how they work or don't work in our quest to bust the fat in our daily eating routine.  Bars, bottles and packaged smoothies are easy to throw in your car or gym bag, but real food can be just as good for pre-, post-, and mid-workout energy and hydration. In fact, in some cases real food can be even better. Choose a food face-off below to see if real food is better than the packaged stuff at home, the office, or the gym. Pre-Workout: Energy Bar vs. Egg McMuffin - Eating 60 to 90 minutes before...


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Faker, faker. Are fake sugars safe? I put regular sugar or cane sugar in my tea and coffee. This started after years of using the fake stuff and I finally realized that saving a few extra calories, wasn't worth putting the chemicals in my body. This isn't a medical finding, it's a personal choice. Here's a look at the story, "Are Fake Sugars Safe?," from Women's Health Magazine. Move over, Splenda. Sugar's new doppelganger is coming soon to cafés everywhere.  Made from Rebaudioside A, an extract of the leaves of the stevia plant, the newest zero-calorie sugar sub promises to be up to 300 times...


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