Food & Beverages Articles

1. Weight Loss Exercise - A Great Start

By Audrey Overman I realize this sounds like a broken record, but if you want to loose weight and keep it off then you need weight loss exercise as part of your routine! Whether you think “but I don't want to exercise, I hate exercise, I don't need to exercise”... or whatever other excuse you might have, the fact is weight loss exercise is the key to success. The bottom line is you can join whatever fad diet you... read more

2. Unrealistic expectations can cause failure

By Caryl Ehrlich Weight gain is an evolutionary process. Some people call it creeping weight. The scale turtles inexorably upward – a tight skirt, a belt notch, a can’t-zip-up-my-pants inch at a time. Yet you expect the scale to go down as rapidly as a high-speed elevator. This erroneous thought pattern – practiced and perfected as with any bad habit – is an unrealistic expectation. Dangerous to be sure with any e... read more

3. Working Smart: 4-Easy Ways to Get Fit, Faster!

By Laura Turner Let’s face it, getting and staying in shape can be a costly investment. And, if you’re not careful, its greatest cost is the one commodity you could use the most of: time (keeping monetary costs in check is another volume, entirely). Yet, even many seasoned exercisers often have difficulty changing their bodies with regular workouts. And worse, many think the more hours spent training heavily,... read more

4. Reasons for Obesity

By Martin Harshberger Causes of Obesity Just like there is no weight loss pill or single "magic potion" diet plan to cure obesity there is no single cause of obesity. We are living in an age of two income families, job loss, stress, and time constraints. It makes it difficult to prepare and eat healthy foods. The ad agencies, the big food companies, and the 35 Billion dollar diet plan and diet supplement ind... read more

5. Picky Eaters - The Dawn of Understanding

By Jason Katzenback "In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced on television." (Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996) Once upon a time not so very long ago, you probably envisioned that your children would be good, healthy eaters while growing up. Naturally, they would like everything you placed before them on the dinner table, and would beg for seconds and sometimes thirds. However, because you ... read more

6. How To Use Ezine Articles To Promote Any Product, Service, or Affiliate Program You Choose, in 5 Eas

By Henri G. Schauffler How To Use Ezine Articles To Promote Any Product, Service, or Affiliate Program You Choose, in 5 Easy Steps By Henri G. Schauffler Do you have a great affiliate program or website all ready to go, waiting for the customers to come? Are your family and friends getting anxious, waiting for your new project to start breaking through? Then be sure to print out this article and follow the s... read more

7. Weight Loss Secrets

By Martin Harshberger The "Secrets" of Weight Loss The first and most closely guarded secret is there is no secret formula for effective weight loss. If a safe and effective diet pill is what you’re waiting for, I’ve got some bad news for you. It doesn’t exist, and probably never will. If you’re overweight, you have just two options – either learn to accept the way you are or learn how to lose weight. ... read more

8. The Cat and the Evil Parakeet

By Janette Blackwell Parakeets were “in” during the winter of 1952, and my little brother David had his heart set on one. On December 24, Mamma, Daddy, and I went to a parakeet breeder, paid $7.95, and brought home the pretty green bird we had reserved. The parakeet was hidden in the back bedroom overnight, but, in the early morning dark of Christmas Day, the softly glowing bubble lights on our tree revealed the bir... read more

9. The Process of 'Vivid Thinking' Which Makes Success Certain! - Part 1

By Jason Katzenback The Process of “Vivid Thinking” Which Makes Success Certain” - Part 1 by: Jason Katzenback Some principles are so simple that we often overlook their significance. For instance, success is lack of failure; each failure is due to some mistake; each mis­take in action originates in some mistake in thinking. To change from failure to suc­cess, it is necessary to develop those processes of thought... read more

10. 3 Great Reasons to Shop for Home Lighting Online

By Nicole Martins If you are a consumer who knows just what brand or style of lighting fixtures you are looking to buy, the internet can save you money. Conversely, if you are just learning about what lighting fixtures, interior and exterior, are available for your home, the internet is a great place to get educated. To begin with, here are several types of interior fixtures available for your home: sconces, cha... read more

11. What wine really is (just in case you thought you knew)

By Neil Best Although millions of people across the globe enjoy wine, very few of them know exactly what it is about a particular wine that they enjoy. By understanding each of the different components of wine, you can quickly establish the parts you prefer, and therefore choose your next bottle with more confidence. Sugar Sweeter wines have more sugar than dry wines. During the fermentation process a lo... read more

12. THE BEST ORLANDO HAS TO OFFER

By Cara Goldsbury, author of "The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World" So you’re headed to Orlando... but where to start? You’ll find such a wealth of fantastic resorts and restaurants it can be difficult to choose exactly what you wish to indulge in. How best can you plan a visit in which each day comes with the finest this marvelous vacation spot has to offer? In order to help you in making the overwhelming decisions of where to stay and what places to dine, here a... read more

13. Weight Loss Facts and "Magic Bullets".

By Martin Harshberger Facts not Fiction about Weight loss: Weight Loss Facts If you take anything away from reading this article it is my hope that you will fully understand and be able to differentiate weight loss facts from fiction. To put it plainly, no diet in the world is going to help you lose weight and keep it off permanently. This is especially true if you buy into the latest fad diets touting high p... read more

14. Winning Your Weight Loss War For A Lifetime

By Beth Scott Are you fighting the uphill battle of weight loss? Stuck with not knowing who or what to listen to anymore? One person tells you one thing, the next tells you do the exact opposite. Who should you believe? There are so many weight loss diets and plans out there that it's growing increasingly harder to decide what actually works and what isn't even worth wasting your time on. You've go... read more

15. Natural Weight Loss is the Only Path to Permanent Ftiness

By Martin Harshberger Natural Weight Loss is the Only Path to Permanent Fitness: We as educated people need to start getting angry at all the junk aimed at us everyday. The average American sees thousands of ads each and every day for everything from diet pills to prescription drugs. Most promise a quick cure for whatever ails us. The weight loss industry alone is estimated to be over $35 Billion dollars annually... read more

16. How to Change Your Conditioned Responses to Certain Foods

By Caryl Ehrlich When trying to lose weight, there are certain foods that each person is more attracted to than other foods. Some find the morning cup of coffee quite addictive. To others it is bread. Many cannot have dinner in a restaurant without having an alcoholic beverage. With me it was always something sweet. Tally A good first step is to tally the number of times you consume each ca... read more

17. Chocolate Is Good For You!

By Janette Blackwell Great news on the chocolate front! Chocolate is good for you. Under certain circumstances. Katherine Tallmadge, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, says, in the February 9, 2005, WASHINGTON POST, that “cacao, or cocoa beans, contain ‘flavanols,’ naturally occurring plant compounds also found in tea, red wine, and apples. Their properties have been studied as heart disease in... read more

18. Old-Fashioned Tomatoes

By Janette Blackwell Raw vegetables are dangerous and must be thoroughly fried, steamed, and boiled into submission. So thought our ancestors. The original sin of a recalcitrant vegetable was of course lessened by heat, but the conscientious nineteenth-century cook continued to boil it long after it had sogged into a jelly-like mass, just in case some evil remained. In the nineteenth century an hour’s cooking ... read more

19. Weight Loss and Fitness - Facts not Fiction

By Martin Harshberger Weight Loss And Fitness The world of weight loss and fitness is certainly vast, and the American consumer can absolutely get lost in the thousands of easy effortless and ostly useless ads if not careful. With my books and research I want to clear the air about the various myths and false statements regarding our health and fitness that have clearly muddied the waters for many Americans. ... read more

20. The Common Sense Approach to Fitness and Wellness

By Martin HArshberger Common Sense Approach to Fitness and Wellness: "Common sense is not so common." Voltaire Do you ever wonder why people behave as they do? I am constantly amazed at the behavior of people and the things they do. As I get older I get more and more curious and spend much more time thinking about things than I did in my twenties. It just seems we have swung the pendulum so far ... read more

21. PARENT’S TIME-OUT AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

By Cara Goldsbury, author of "The Luxury Guide to Walt Disney World" So you think a trip to Walt Disney World is one only the kids can enjoy. Well, think again! Here are a few tips for making your vacation to Mickey Mouse Land a memorable one for the whole family. *Start off by hiring a babysitter for an evening or two alone. If you’re a registered guest of a Disney resort, drop off the kids at one of their child care centers for around $10 per hour, per ch... read more

22. One Change Can Make All The Difference

By Danielle Rivers Ever wondered why some people manage to keep their weight off easily and others just pile it all back on when they stop that new diet? The answer is easy, it comes down to one simple change. Before we get to that simple change, you need to keep in mind these rules of thumb when it comes to dieting. 1. Never do a diet which forbids a food group. This is simply asking for trouble. One day, n... read more

23. The Cat and the Evil Mower

By Janette Blackwell “A coward dies a thousand deaths; a brave man dies but once.” Our cat Der Doc proved that this applies to cats as well. Caution was the watchword in Der Doc’s life. He was a grey cat, striped like a tiger but decidedly without the tiger’s courage. Daddy said, “He’s the original scaredy-cat.” Der Doc had the run of our farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, and the farm had multitud... read more

24. 7 strategies to stop eating junk food !

By Jenny Mathers FACT: Obesity accounts for 300,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. Research into junk food and fast food restaurants have found that there is a direct relationship between the number of fast food restaurants located within your local area and obesity rates. The way in which we eat, and what we eat, is of vital importance to our state o... read more