Food & Beverages Articles

1. How Wine is Made

By Neil Best The first stage in the wine making process is to crush the grapes. In days gone by the grapes would be loaded into a large vat and the wine maker(s) would gently tread on them to break the grapes' skins to release the juice. Nowadays this procedure is almost invariably carried out using a machine called, unsurprisingly, a crusher. In the case of white wines, after crushing, the juice is sepa... read more

2. And you thought coffee was bad for you!

By Vince Manzello I am sure that if you are a coffee enthusiast, you have heard this, but if not let me state it here. "Coffee is good for you!" Recent research has shown that coffee is the number one source of antioxidants in the American diet. Antioxidants, are nutrients that are responsible from protecting your body's cells from being destroyed by toxins. This destruction has been linked to an increased risk ... read more

3. Solving The 7 Most Common Whole Wheat Bread Baking Mistakes

By Beth Scott Let’s face it EVERY cook makes mistakes (yes, even us professional bakers make boo boo’s). I’m going to list here, the 7 most common whole wheat bread baking mistakes that you’re probably making, or might make if you’re not forewarned, and what you can do about them. Whole Wheat Bread Baking Mistake 1 By far the most common bread baking mistake is when the salt is forgotten to be added ... 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. 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

6. Four Stages of Breaking an Addiction

By Caryl Ehrlich Nowhere do the Four Stages of Addiction come into play more powerfully than they do when you resist changing a habit relating to the foods with which you self-medicate. For most of us those foods are the instant, and easily available – Bread, Beverage, Dessert, or Alcohol. For others they are the fatty foods, and plenty of them. You might choose huge portions of steak, hamburger, and French fries... read more

7. 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

8. BARF Diet For Dogs - Not As Gross As It Sounds!

By Tara Pearce Are you just starting to research the BARF diet for dogs – also known as “bones and raw food” or the RAW diet? It can be confusing – I remember asking TONS of questions when I first started. How do you know how much to feed? WHAT do you feed? Can you mix the BARF diet with processed food? How long does it take to prepare the raw food? How much does it cost to buy all the BARF products necess... read more

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. How to Store Wine

By Neil Best Having invested possibly hundreds of dollars in your latest bottle of vintage wine (ah well, we can but dream), the next important decision is where to store this prized possession? The main issue when it comes to storing wine is that it needs to be maintained at a cool temperature of between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius. Shoved under the bed won't do. Many modern wines do not need to be aged o... read more

17. How a Low Carb Lifestyle Can Help Your Entire Family

By Henri Schauffler The latest challenging fact to be learned about the great American obesity problem is that among children, the number of clinically obese children has doubled in the last two decades, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In fact, by 2002, NIH says that one in five children in the US is overweight. Obese children are also developing diseases like Type 2 Diabetes that used ... read more

18. Cellulite: The Biggest Female Epidemic

By Beth Scott [EMAIL] [FNAME],[LNAME] Cellulite is probably one of the most embarrassing of all physical faults that women have. Cellulite isn’t just a problem with the obese or overweight either. Normal sized and even skinny women suffer from cellulite as well! It has been surveyed that 90% of ALL women have cellulite somewhere on their bodies. That leaves only a small 10% who are actually fre... read more

19. 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

20. The 'Doing Process' Which Always Succeeds Part 1

By Jason Katzenback The “Doing Process” Which Always Succeeds Part 1 Published by Jason Katzenback The “Doing Process” Which Always Succeeds Here is a process of success. It is a dual process. In other articles, I presented the mental process which prevents mistakes. In this article, I pre­sent the doing process which always leads to success. A process is the way in which a thing is done. There are four differ... read more

21. How to Live a Low Carb Lifestyle

By Henri Schauffler How to Live a Low Carb Lifestyle (Instead of Just Being a Low Carb Dieter) We’ve all heard a great deal in the past year about the Atkins Diet, Low Carb Dieting, and so on. I’m here to tell you, however, that diets don’t work we need to turn our eating habits into a lifestyle. Notice the word, habits. As with many people, I have tried various diets over the years some worked, some... read more

22. Nutrition Is More Than Counting Calories

By Connie Roemer Nutrition usually only comes up when people are finally deciding to diet. By that point, the only purpose of mentioning nutrition is just to find a reason why one particular diet might be better than another. However, most fad diets do not work nearly as well as the originators claim they will, due to the nature of most strict diets. Most of the serious diets we hear about work by simply removi... read more

23. 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

24. 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