The wait is finally over!  After months of hard work and careful consideration, the Nutrition For You website will transform into the new and improved Eating Free website on June 22nd.
For those of you currently using the earlier version of the website, be rest assured.  Your transition will be more than gentle.  You’ll still be able to enjoy all the wonderful features you’ve grown accustomed to, such as our unique and invaluable coaching, but in a friendlier format.  Plus, you’ll love all the additions and improvements, such as your freeQ …

By Manuel Villacorta
What happened to elegance in eating? When did the concepts of “eating-on-the-go” or devouring plastic-wrapped or boxed meals become appropriate methods of dining? How did eating in front of the TV or in the car become alternatives to the dinner table? Our modern lives are often hectic and mindless; jumping from work to family to social and community obligations. Running down the long to-do list, barely crossing each item off, even exercise has to be scheduled. Many of us have lost touch with …

Back in October last year we blogged about KFC’s Double Down Chicken Sandwich: bacon, swiss cheese, pepper jack cheese and the “Colonel’s special sauce” sandwiched between two fried breaded chicken fillets instead of buns.  On Monday they are finally releasing the sandwich.  Nutrition for You thinks it’s a serious waste of calories
Clearly, there is no nutrition benefit in replacing two buns, which are equivalent to 2 grams of fat and 160 calories, with two fried chicken fillets. The KFC Double Down sandwich has an …

Spring is a great time to go outdoors and run! It’s a great time to train for marathons, half marathons, 5Ks and 10Ks in the Summer and Fall.  The cool weather is perfect for running.
Nutrition is key in long-distance running and is just as important as a good training regimen. The number of calories you need for running depends on a number of factors: your body weight, how fast you run, how long you run, and your training frequency. A recreational runner will have very different calorie needs than a …

1. Eat before you go. If you eat about thirty minutes to an hour before dining out, it will make sticking to your meal plan much easier. When your stomach is growling, making good food choices is hard. A good example of a premeal snack is a small piece of fruit, a yogurt, and a bit of low fat cheese.
2. Avoid skipping breakfast and lunch to “save up.” Skipping meals will definitely make you overeat and will slow down your metabolism.
3. Eat the lower-calorie foods first. Order …

1. Keep cleaned and prepped vegetables in your fridge like broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, and turnips.
2. Double up on vegetables in sandwiches and wraps.
3. Eat a salad with lunch and dinner or even as a snack. A salad can be as simple as mixed greens with tomato drizzled lightly with olive oil and seasoned with salt and ground pepper.
4. Make stir fries. Add a low-fat sauce to diced and frozen cut vegetables.
5. Add extra vegetables to sauces and casseroles. For example, …

Spring is the time to enjoy fresh and sweet asparagus spears!
Asparagus is best when the blossom heads are tightly closed and the stalks are smooth, firm and brightly colored.  Thinner spears are usually more tender but fatter ones are sweeter once they are peeled.  Choose similarly sized asparagus so that they will cook evenly.
To prepare asparagus, hold each spear and bend until it snaps.  The spear will break at the point where it becomes tender.  For fat spears, use a peeler to remove the paper-thin layers of skin to expose …

Myth.
You need a combination of cardiovascular exercises and strength training. Cardiovascular exercises helps you become more cardio fit and create a deficit of calories faster than muscle training, but strength training helps you maintain muscle mass, which is key to a strong metabolism.

by Kate Haisch
Sumo wrestling is an ancient Japanese sport; where the heavier you are the better! They stare each other in the eyes and slap their feet and enormous thighs, trying to break their opponent’s courage. One of the heaviest sumo wrestlers, or rikishi in Japanese, was Hawaiian born Konisiki. He weighed 630 at his peak. So, how do sumo wrestlers get so big?

Sumo Wrestlers’ Tricks for Getting Big

Don’t eat breakfast. Sumo wrestlers never eat breakfast. This is a great way to slow your metabolism way down and will definitely …

Have you ever thought twice about indulging in those free Friday doughnuts at work?  It’s just one doughnut every Friday, after all and it wouldn’t hurt, right?
Well, we don’t think so.  Ditch those doughnuts because the costs can be pretty steep.
A doughnut is typically packed with 300 calories and 14 grams of fat.  Let’s say you have just one doughnut every Friday.  In a year, that would amount to 50 doughnuts, assuming you get two weeks off.  How much would indulging in free Friday doughnuts cost?  You would gain 4 …