Fats
Smart Substitutions: Sweet Cravings
Eating healthy does not mean that you must eliminate all sweets from your diet. You just have to be smart about how you satisfy your sweet ...
Celebrate Valentine's Day in a Healthy Way
Valentine's Day brings not only feelings of love and joy, it also brings high-calorie chocolates, candies, cookies, and other treats. Since February is American Heart Month, ...
Being a Couch Potato Is More Harmful Than You Think
The idea of "couch potatoes" tends to conjure up images of overweight, lazy unkempt slacker-types. We've heard about the research that has shown that the more ...
Healthy Living 101: Classifying Foods
Foods can be classified by the way they affect the body and/or by their food group. It is important to understand both in order to ...
The Truth About Brown Fat
You may have heard of the term "brown fat" before, so what does that mean exactly? It's not a type of fat you cook with, but ...
Proteins, Fats, and Carbs: How to Balance Your Diet
Dieting can be confusing. High-protein diets claim to help you lose weight quickly, but can lead to high cholesterol and increase your risk for heart disease. ...
Excess Weight Ages Us More Quickly
We all know that being overweight or obese can pose threats to our health, especially at a young age. But what effects does overweight or obesity ...
Healthy Living 101: How to Read a Nutrition Label
Too often, purchasing food can be confusing, especially with all of the persuasive marketing tactics used by food companies. Learning how to read, understand, and compare ...
Calorie Saving Substitutions
If you eat more calories than your body needs, your body will inevitable store them as excess weight. The trick is to reduce your calorie intake ...
Ideal Body Composition: What You Should Know
We live in a culture that has become increasingly more obsessed with body image and weight. Dangerously thin bodies are celebrated and coveted, perpetuating the unrealistic ...
Eat This, Not That: Breakfast Edition
You've heard that breakfast is the most important meal. It boosts your metabolism, staves off hunger, and provides you energy to start and get through your ...
Real FitDay Users Share: What Was Your "A-Ha" Moment?
What sparked you to embark on your fitness journey? For many of us, it was one moment or incident - the "a-ha" moment - that got ...
Meal Planning Made Simple
The key to long-term weight management and healthy eating is consuming a balanced diet. Restrictive eating and fad diets may provide temporary weight loss, but they ...
10 Tools to Help Keep You on Track
1. Good Pair of Shoes Make sure you have a pair of shoes that fit you well and are made for the type of activity you plan ...
Healthy Kitchen Staples to Start 2012
If you want to make over your health, refrigerator, and pantry, then make a note of these 12 staples that will get you eating right in the ...
The FitDay Guide to Healthier Holiday Baking
The holiday season always seems to throw us all into a baking frenzy. We whip up dozens of cookies, cupcakes, pies, candies, and other treats that ...
5 Ways to Eat Mindfully at Holiday Parties
The holidays can cause an internal struggle between the desire to splurge on festive treats at numerous feasts and the will to avoid the inevitable weight ...
Using Thanksgiving Day Leftovers in a Healthy Way
Turkey Day has come and gone, leaving us all feeling a little softer around the middle. So what are you supposed to do with all of ...
How to Cut Extra Fat, Sugar, and Calories from Fall Vegetable Dishes
Sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, and other colorful squash are available in abundance during the fall season. Upcoming holidays like Thanksgiving also bring these vegetables to the ...
Omega-3 and Omega-6: The Essential Fatty Acids to Include in Your Diet
Essential fatty acids are polyunsaturated fats that we must get from food. They are necessary for optimal brain function, metabolism regulation, hair growth, bone health, and ...
Recent Fats
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The Difference Between Polyunsaturated Fat and Monounsaturated Fat
Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight or lower their cholesterol count has faced the task of trying to figure out the differences between polyunsaturated ... Read More »
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What Are Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids?
The difference between unsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids involves the chemical structure of these fats. Indiana University notes that while saturated fats contain carbons ... Read More »
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The Best Sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
There is a plethora of research highlighting the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids have been correlated with protection against cardiovascular disease, cardiac ... Read More »
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What Is Saturated Fat? How Much Should I Have?
The difference between saturated fat and other types of dietary fat has to do with its chemical structure. Saturated fats contain carbon atoms saturated with hydrogen ... Read More »
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What Is Serum Cholesterol?
Serum cholesterol is the total amount of cholesterol found in your blood. It is a soft, waxy substance found in the blood and cells of the ... Read More »
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4 Foods that Contain Polyunsaturated Fat
All foods with fats in them contain varying amounts of polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and saturated fats. Some of the more beneficial types of fats are Polyunsaturated Fats (... Read More »
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Lipids: Fatty Acids, Sterols, and Triglycerides Explained
Call it fat or lipids, these terms can get confusing. But it is important to be able to differentiate them when talking about this category of ... Read More »
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Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fatty Acids
Fats are essential to good health and you need to consume some every day for your body processes to work efficiently. Fat is a necessary nutrient ... Read More »
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Polyunsaturated Fats: Myths vs. Facts
Polyunsaturated fats may sound like they are bad for you, but the truth is that polyunsaturated fats, when eaten in moderation, can actually be beneficial for ... Read More »
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Lower Cholesterol With Diet Changes: Simple Steps
High blood cholesterol is a serious condition that increases the risk for heart disease, which is the number one killer of Americans in both men and ... Read More »
