by Mira | Apr 30, 2010 | Recipies
There is nothing like a crisp salad on hot summer days, and these 2 salads that I like share one easy dressing. Sweet mustard dressing: Serves: 3 Calories per serve: 30 ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon honey 3 teaspoons lemon juice Freshly grounded black pepper...
by Mira | Apr 28, 2010 | eat out, fat, fiber, Trans fat, unsaturated fat
The old saying goes “you are what you eat”. But who has the time to check every supermarket purchase? And even when you have time to read the label, can you really understand all the numbers? Let’s stop for a moment and find out what’s really in your food....
by Mira | Apr 26, 2010 | Events
“Future managers”, an active club in Kuwait university has organised a full week exhibition that focused on changing all bad habits and start new ones, including health and education. Sunday, April 25, 2010 was the first day of the exhibition. It focused...
by Mira | Apr 25, 2010 | cholesterol, fiber
Confused by fiber? Well, you’re not alone. Most people are!! Is added fiber as good as natural fiber?? On average, it is recommended that women get 25 grams of fiber daily and men get 35 grams. Fiber is naturally found in beans, fruits, vegetables and whole...
by Mira | Apr 23, 2010 | soy
SOY is known as a food that can prevent breast cancer. It is all due to compounds in soy called isoflavones, that act as weak estrogen in the body. Researchers still don’t know whether isoflavones stop the growth of tumors by acting like estrogen or prevent...