Easy Healthy Chili Recipe
This easy healthy chili recipe is a great way to add a ton of veggies and protein to your diet!
Wild vs Cultivated Blueberries
Who doesn’t love a handful of fresh blueberries on cereal or a scoop of frozen blueberries in a smoothie?
Blueberries are well known for their positive health benefits, particularly their high antioxidant content. There are 2 main types of blueberries, wild and cultivated. Let’s see how these compare from a nutritional standpoint.
What is a Calorie?
It is almost impossible to talk weight loss without some mention of Calories. You may have heard the term Calorie a million times, but what is it and why is it so important?
The number of Calories you see on a food label tells you how much energy you are getting from a set amount of that food. Just like a light bulb requires a certain amount of watts to power it, our bodies require a certain amount of calories.
If you consume more Calories than you use the extra energy is stored in your body, eventually as fat. If you consume less Calories than you need your body will tap into your extra energy stores, fat, to get the rest of the energy it needs. This is why the amount of Calories you consume is directly related to the amount of weight you will lose or gain.
A rule of thumb for weight loss is that 3500 Calories is one pound of fat. This means if you consumed 500 less Calories per day than you need you would lose one pound a week. This number will vary depending on a lot of factors, but it is a good guideline. Healthy weight loss, that is more likely to stay off for good, is 1 – 2 pounds a week.
