By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on March 7th, 2010
Post by Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – I FOLLOW a pretty healthy diet to help me lose weight naturally and to keep the weight under control, but eating raw foods to lose weight? Never. Until I met a raw food chef at a health product launch. The young raw food chef’s clear glowing skin and pencil slim fitness are testimony that this thing called raw foods do work. I was intrigued.
The next day, while shopping for my week’s supply of organic vegetables at my neighborhood organic grocer, I picked up a packet of organically-grown French Beans, washed them very, very lightly, and ate them raw.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on January 21st, 2010
Post by Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – Like your food spicy and tasty? Pass the bottle of processed chili sauce – and spice up your meals with an anti-cancer arsenal of turmeric power instead. Researchers have found that turmeric, a common yellow spice in Indian curries, is an amazing natural anti-cancer food. So, are you getting enough of this natural anti-cancer food? I make it a point to eat meals spiced generously with turmeric twice a week. I often add one teaspoon to one tablespoon of tumeric powder to fish, vegetable and bean dishes. Read more about turmeric and other anti-cancer foods in ”Anti-cancer A New Way Of Life”.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on October 13th, 2009
Post by Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – What’s that one spice you must add to your meals to keep cancer at bay? According to Professor Bharat Aggarwal at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, there is only one spice with such astonishing anti-cancer properties – turmeric. This orangey yellow powder also ranks as one of the top anti-cancer foods in Dr David Servan-Screiber’s book, ”Anti-cancer A New Way Of Life”.
The anti-inflammatory and healing properties of turmeric were recorded in ancient medical texts in India, China, Tibet and Middle East as far back as 2,000 years ago. Though turmeric is a common spice for making curries in South Asia and Southeast Asia, the ancient habit of eating this healing food is lost in the west.
But you cannot ignore the facts.
Research points to turmeric as a powerful anti-cancer food. The curcumin found in abundant quantities in turmeric has such a strong anti-inflammatory effect on tumors that it inhibits angiogenesis (multiplication of cancer cells) and actively promotes apoptosis (cell suicide). Laboratory experiments have shown that the curcumin in turmeric slows down and even inhibits multiplication of a large number of cancers: breast, colon, stomach, ovarian, brain and liver. Buy or borrow a copy of Dr David Servan-Screiber’s book, ”Anti-cancer A New Way Of Life” to read more about this ancient anti cancer food.
Fresh turmeric is easily available in Asian food stores that sell herbs and spices. It is cheap, smells good, and adds a healthy dose of spice and unique taste to your meals.
One thing to remember though: Make sure you add a dash of black pepper (not just any pepper), and mix it well with the turmeric to increase the body’s absorption of the yellow powder.
Recommendation: One-quarter teaspoon of turmeric powder with half a teaspoon of olive oil and a generous dash of black pepper. Add to vegetables, soups and salad dressings. That’s your anti-cancer cocktail!
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on August 11th, 2009
By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – Gift giving has recently turned healthy for me.
Buying a gift used to be an excruciating exercise looking for unique, memorable gifts. I would prowl the malls and gift shops looking for unique gifts, but I usually come home disappointed. Many gift shops seem to parade the same predictable merchandize – trinkets, photo albums, stuffed toys, porcelain figurines. You could make your own gifts, a tiny voice whispered in your ear. Unless you have the time and raw talent, you might end up feeling more flustered than ever.
Staying healthy is a mantra we hear everyday so why not give a gift of health? Healthy gift giving is eco-friendly and guilt-free. With this new found zeal for healthy gifts, I now select gifts with the health of the receiver in mind. The range of healthy gifts you can find on the internet is amazing. Here are a few of my healthy gift finds:
Instead of chocolates sweetened with white sugar and loaded with emulsified fats, choose dark chocolates like this bar of Gnosis Organic Dark Chocolate.
I bundle guilt-free, healthy gift hampers for friends on their birthdays. A basket of healthy nuts, seeds and dried fruits. Plus one or two bars of Gnosis organic dark chocolates. Gnosis chocolates is the creation of Vanessa (aka Chocolate Girl), a certified holistic health counselor who began experimenting with raw chocolate because of her passion for health and nutrition. David Wolfe’s Sunfood Nutrition stocks an exclusive range of Gnosis handmade organic dark chocolates.
Handcrafted tea gift sets are not only beautiful to look at, they make a very healthy gift. The design of Numi Tea handcrafted tea gift sets are a work of artistry in my opinion. Numi Tea was started by a brother and sister team who have a great love for tea. The sister, Reem, is an artist and painter and all the exquisite designs on the handcrafted tea gift sets are hers. Numi Tea is certified organic.
Find Stunning Tea Gift Sets Under $30 (Or simply goggle at the beautiful exquisite designs!) Shop Numi Organic Tea
Short of gift ideas? Healthy gift giving isn’t a bad idea.
I remember Sally Beare has included a number of healthy food recipes in her book. I told myself the first time I read her book that I would try some of the healthy food recipes she has listed.
In my previous blog post on “The Live Longer Diet”, I listed the 10 common healthy eating habits among the world’s longest living people which Beare has identified in her book. So, what exactly do they eat?
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on May 4th, 2009
By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – THE weight loss market is bursting with mind boggling choices of diet plans, but why choose the low glycemic diet (or low GI diet)? I chose the low glycemic diet for three primary reasons:
1) The low glycemic diet shows you how to make right eating choices.
2) The low glycemic diet is a scientifically proven way to lose weight naturally without ingesting pills that may be harmful to the body.
3) The low glycemic diet focuses on permanent weight loss; not quick fix solutions to weight loss problems.
Unlike other diet plans which impose strict food restriction, the low glycemic diet doesn’t. Under the low glycemic diet, you can enjoy a wide variety of foods in moderation, and without fear of putting on weight – by making the right eating choices.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on April 28th, 2009
By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – My curiosity to find out why some people live longer – and stay healthy longer – than the rest of the world got me reading ”The Live Longer Diet” by London-based nutritionist, Sally Beare.
According to Sally Beare, the secret to staying healthy and living longer has long been discovered and practised for generations – by five of the world’s longest-living communities.
In her book, ”The Live Longer Diet,” Sally Beare tells us why these pockets of people were able to stay slim, agile, and disease-free way past middle age – while the rest of the world battled with degenerative and life-threatening diseases.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on April 15th, 2009
By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – The practice of regular internal cleansing is just as important as the discipline of healthy eating in keeping our health and weight in tip top condition.
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By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on January 20th, 2009
Posted by Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabit.com - IN my previous post, I wrote about my morning ritual of eating half a grapefruit before breakfast and before heavy meals. This simple grapefruit eating habit has helped me stave off weight gain and maintain a healthy BMI.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on November 19th, 2008
IF you think eating healthy is bland, colorless and boring, this healthy eating video by certified herbalist and syndicated columnist Rita Heikenfeld might convince you to go green!
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on November 3rd, 2008
CAN eating the right foods really make you look younger than your real physical age?
In her book, ”The Live Longer Diet,”nutritionist Sally Beare wrote about her study on the world’s longest living people. She found that they not only shared similarities in their diet, many of them led physically active lives, and looked years or even two decades younger than their real physical age.
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on October 21st, 2008
I WAS snooping around the internet when I stumbled upon this healthy eating video clip by Dr Radhia Gleis, a certified clinical nutritionist at Austin Integrative Medicine -- and found it pretty good.
Dr Gleis spoke of a healthy eating lifestyle which I’ve been following for a couple of years now. And you know what? Eating the RIGHT FOODS can really transform the way you look, feel and fit into that pair of skinny jeans.
If you are confused by the number of healthy diets out there, Dr Gleis has one piece of health byte: Stick to the way Mother Nature made it. You can visit her website at: http://www.advancedhealthinstitute.com
By %Teresa Cheong%, RightEatingHabits.com on October 14th, 2008
MANY people have the wrong idea that skipping meals is a fast and easy way to control eating and stop weight gain. The truth is skipping meals is an unhealthy eating habit that promotes weight gain rather than weight loss.
By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com – Do you know what the world’s longest living people eat? It was this curiosity that made me read Sally Beare’s 
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