Although not many people know, carrots have got important therapeutic properties. Of course, many people have heard about the vitamin A and beta-carotene content of carrots and its effect on improving sight. But carrots also have other proprieties. For example, a carrot soup with red dates can hill cough at children. Skin burns can also be treated successfully with fresh carrot juice. If you want to get rid of an edema, cook on low heat five grams of carrot seeds in one glass of water, until the water is halved. By consuming the pickle resulted, you can significantly improve your diuresis. For those who want to improve their view it is recommended a meal of carrot with chicken or duck liver. By eating just half cup of carrots every day, our body receives two grams of dietary fiber, 4960 mcg of beta carotene, six grams of Vitamin C and 127 mg of potassium.



As we can see, carrots have got many therapeutic properties. So, a healthy meal should contain carrots as well, if not on everyday meal, at least weekly. And besides salads or full meals we can also make a tasty desert.

So what about a healthy carrot cake? The next recipe is ready in 45 minutes. You need, of course carrots, six cups, four cups of flour, three cups of sugar and butter. You have to cut the carrots and let them flow, and than mix all the ingredients. You just have to put the dough in the tray and than in oven.



Another recipe for healthy carrot cake is the next one. Blend 250g carrots and separately the 80 pineapple grams. Than mix 200g porridge oats, 200g bran flakes, 250ml milk and leave all to soak for ten minutes. Than add the pineapple and carrot you prepared earlier and two egg whites. Mix all together. Put the dough in a tray and than to oven for a hour. If you want to you can make as well a chocolate topping above.



If you just didn’t like any of these recipes, you should like this one.

Blend until fine 3/4 cups whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup oats, one teaspoon cinnamon, two tablespoons flax seed, allspice and cloves. Than mix in another pot 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup canola or olive oil, two large eggs lightly beaten, one mashed ripe banana and 1 and 1/4 cups grated carrot. After the mix is fine, add the first composition and mix again. Pour into muffin tins and bake for approximately 25 minutes.

Although you may enjoy traditional chocolate cakes, you just have to try these recipes. They are healthy and you keep you thin. And you will see that they are as well tasty.

Every October 31 we celebrate Halloween. The charm of the holiday makes us wait the whole year to be able to “trick or treat” and wear originally and uncommon Halloween costumes. The story of Halloween tells that in this day the spirits of people who died last year return to earth in search of living bodies to possess them during the next year, which is the only hope they have of life after death. Celts believed that all laws of space and time are suspended on this day, allowing them to interact with the living spirits. The living did not wanted to be possessed, so on the night of October 31, villagers fighting fires in their homes, in order to be becoming cold and so unwanted. They were dressed in all kinds of funny costumes and were participating in noisy parades in their neighborhood, trying to be as destructive as possible to scare away the spirits that came in search for livings.



Today, the holiday has a total different perception. Kids just love to dress up on Halloween as ghosts, skeleton, wizards or witches, monsters, vampires or other dark creatures and go trick or treat. But what about giving them some healthy Halloween treats? Although you can not give on Halloween fruits because for kids the whole concept of the holiday is about candies, you can try to be creative in cooking some healthy treats without ruining the spirit of the holiday.



However, here are some healthy Halloween treats ideas that you can use. Caramel honey apples, spooky honey popcorn bars, hermits, spicy roasted soybeans or spice pretzels are some treats that will be appreciated by children. Hot apple cider consists of apple juice, a few spices and orange peel, and takes just a few minutes to make. You can also try to bake some special Halloween cookies using the traditional pumpkin, such as pumpkin pie.

Let’s see how we can make some healthy apples. First you have to remove stem and insert a stick into the top of apple. Than melt white chocolate chips or candies and dip apples into melted candy or chocolate until they are completely covered. You can decorate them with chocolate chips. For kids you can make “Monster Apples”, meaning caramel apples with marshmallow eyes, raisin nose, a carrot pieces for mouth and nuts slices for hair. They will surly love that.



Maybe as an adult you don’t love Halloween anymore, but as a kid you surly did. Today, because of the many recipes existent, you can enjoy the holiday whiteout sugar abuse, and so you shouldn’t worry at all about you diet. In the same time you won’t kill the kid’s idea of the holiday as a sugar treat.

Snacks are one important part of our eating habits and it has been proven that our majority intake of calories comes from the snacks that we have between the meals or when we do not find time to eat and we grab something to crunch . By eating in this manner , we tend to eat almost everything that is at hand and most of the snacks contain a high level of calories and a great amount of fat ; this leads to gaining weight and if you start losing control on your weight you start having health problems .



If you don’t want or you can not quit at snacks at least , try to prepare them yourself and to find some healthy snacks recipes.  For example , a healthy snack recipe can be Avocado Tea Sandwiches . For this you need some slices of avocado , 1 spoon of fat free mayonnaise , a bit of lemon juice , some black pepper , 8 really thin slices wheat bread , 2 ounces sliced salmon , some slices of cucumber . Make a dressing in a large bowl out of mayonnaise , lemon juice and pepper . After spread it on bread , then on top put the slices of cucumber , avocado and salmon . In this kind of way , you can prepare many types of sandwiches which do not mean more than 150 calories .You can try also this kind of sandwich with chicken breast ,tomatoes and some low fat cheese . In this way , you can eat something between meals or it can be a main meal if you do not have the time to make something else or other ingredients to prepare something more complex .



When we refer to sweet snacks , you should keep in mind that is much more healthier to eat fruits than eat all kind of sweets that are available in all stores and rather than drinking soda , it is recommended to replace them with milk or natural juices . One healthy snack idea for something sweet can be Pineapple-Raspberry Parfaits . You need :2 cups of nonfat yogurt , ½ pint fresh raspberries and one and a half cups of frozen or canned pineapple . Take  4 glasses and divide and layer the yogurt and add the fruits . In this way , you can eat something sweet , low in calories , it has only 100 calories per serving , and you eat fat free . You can try different mixtures of fruits with yogurt or milk , you can even froze it for a couple of hours and you will have a natural and delicious ice cream .



We do not have to quit at all eating snacks but we should pay attention at what we eat and figure out that it does not take much time to prepare something ourselves than go to buy them from store . In this way we control our intake of fat , sugar and calories and you can always invent more and more healthy snack ideas .

Healthy eating habits and a balanced lifestyle can help you to prevent a lot of diseases  and you can control your weight . Despite the fact that nowadays life has a much more faster rhythm and we have less time for cooking and take care of our health , we should not forget that we are what we eat  and what we has influence on the quality of our lifestyle . During the last years , there have been developed different types of eating plans and with them have appeared many healthy cooking recipes .



These recipes respect some main principles : the meat or potatoes should not be fried , it is advisable to be boiled or grilled ; white meat such as fish and chicken is considered to contain less fat ; we should avoid creamy fat sauces and do not use dressings that we find on the market because most of them are rich in calories ; it is better to use lemon juice or olive oil .

Some examples of healthy cooking recipes are dishes such as : Curried Chicken Pitas . For this plate , you need : 6 spoons of low fat yogurt , a quarter cup of light mayonnaise , 2 cups of boiled chicken breast , 1 diced pear , 1 stalk celery , half cup of dried cranberries , some sliced almonds , 4 pita breads and 2 cups sprouts . First step is to make a dressing out of yogurt , mayonnaise and curry into a bowl . After that you add the chicken , pear , celery , cranberries and almond ; you may also toss to combine . The final step is to fill each pita with ½ cup of chicken salad and with ¼ sprouts .



Another good example of a healthy meal is Green Goddess Salad . It is vey healthy because the majority of the ingredients are vegetables : avocado , fresh herbs such as tarragon and sorrel , green leaf lettuce , cucumber , cherry tomatoes , artichoke hearts and celery . You will also need : ¾ cups of nonfat buttermilk , 2 teaspoons of white-wine vinegar , anchovy pasta , some cooked shrimps . Fist of all , you have to smooth in a blender the following : avocado , buttermilk , herbs, vinegar and anchovy till you get a dressing . Make 4 plates of the lettuce , after add tomatoes , shrimps , cucumber ,artichoke hearts and celery . In the end , you pour the dressing on top .



These two examples show that white meat combined with many vegetables and home made dressing with olive oil, vinegar and lemon juice are more healthier and are also rich in vitamins and pour in calories . They are simple to make , they take little time to be prepared and the best part of them is that you keep the intake of nourishing substances .

With some self discipline and consumption of vegetable ,fruits and aliments with low content of fat , we will enjoy the benefits of a higher quality standard of life and we would be exposed to so many illnesses.

Lately , more and more people are diagnosed with heart diseases ; some of them are not so serious and what it is even more curious is that the prevention is quite at hand for everyone .  The doctors recommend a specific lifestyle that can help us stay protected by all this kind of affections . One of the most important things is your eating plan . What you eat , influences your hole body but especially some substances are direct linked with your heart and  your heart health depends on them .



If you want to have a healthy heart , you should consider the advices given by doctors . First of all , 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , less than 30% must come from the fat you eat each day . You should also keep the intake of dietary cholesterol at 300 milligrams and you have to limit your sodium intake at 2400 milligrams per day . Another important issue is the number of total calories that you eat each day : you should eat enough calories to maintain your weight and to reduce your cholesterol level .

One of the most recommended aliments is chicken because it provides you with a lot of good proteins and also it contains less fat than the rest of the red meat . There are a lot of healthy heart chicken recipes that you can try . One recipe of this kind is : Chicken and Garbanzo Bean Soup . For this , you need the following ingredients : 2 cups of sliced carrots , 1 cup of garbanzo beans , 1 onion , 1 boneless chicken breast , 1 spoon of fresh marjoram and one of dried marjoram , black pepper , 1 can reduced – sodium chicken broth , 2 cups water and 1 cup fresh spinach or escarole . In a pan , combine the  carrots , beans ,fennel , onion  and chicken pieces . After add the dried marjoram , pepper and the water . Cook the soup for 3 hours . Then remove the chicken and slice it into bite-size pieces and put it back into the soup. In the end add the spinach and fresh marjoram .



Another good example is Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Cream Sauce . The ingredients are : 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts , fresh pepper , ¼ teaspoon salt , canola oil , 1 shallot , 1 cup sliced mushroom caps , 1 glass white wine , 2 spoons cream and some minced fresh chives . First of all , you have to cook the chicken in a pan after you have added the oil , salt and pepper till it’s golden and then put it on a plate . In the pan , add the mushrooms , add the wine and cook it till the wine is almost evaporated . Add the cream , chives and in the end add the chicken and cook it for about 1 minute .



Healthy heart chicken recipes are easy to cook , are tasty and you do not have to eat dishes that you can not enjoy and above all you will eat something that you like and that keeps you and your heart healthy .

For us it seams almost impossible for sports to gain weight or become overweight. They just exercise so much that they couldn’t get fat no matter what they eat. But that is not quite true. Sports have special diets made by trained nutritionists depending on the type of the sport they practice.



A runner performance depends on many elements, but it also depends on when o competition is, because a runner's diet is important not for only maintaining good health, but also to promote peak performance. They have different diets depending on what to eat before, during, and after a run, as well as anytime in between.



Some of the best foods that help runners achieve a healthy diet are:

-Whole grain pasta and bread, less processed than normal bread, containing more of the natural nutrition found in the grain, including more fiber, needed because of the rich carbohydrates composition.

-Eggs are recommended because they satisfy almost 10 percent of the daily protein needs, and the amino acids in eggs will help with muscle repair and recovery. Eggs also contain a recommended amount of vitamin K, which is crucial for bone health.

-Beans have high protein and fiber composition, a plant source of iron and low in fat.

-Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, which helps promote a strong immune system. They are low in calories witch makes them a great snack for runners.

-Bananas are a good source of carbs and they also contain potassium, which runners lose through sweating and help regulate muscle contraction and prevent cramping.

-Low-fat yogurt is a great source protein and carbs and it also contains calcium.

-Salmon is an excellent protein source. Salmon is one of the best food sources of omega-3 fats, essential for brain development and function.



Runners need to eat healthy to fuel their workouts properly and help build stronger bodies. That is also true for people who exercise, but aren’t practicing running as a performance sport. There are many average people who use running to manage their weight, increase their energy and lead healthy lives. But they have to keep in mind that a healthy diet is also need. It takes only 100 extra calories a day to gain 10 pounds in a year. That's one high-calorie snack that you didn't need or one unnecessary bottle of sports drink. The extra weight many runners carry around is simply a result of eating for energy or performance with little regard for total calories. But calories count although runners tend to underestimate the amount of the eating and overestimate the amount they burn by exercising.

What you need to do is match your eating plan to your running habits. A healthy diet for runners means a diet with calculated calories and carbohydrates for an balanced life stile.

Who doesn’t enjoy eating snacks in front of the TV or watching a football match? Snacks are often regarded as bad behavior for our health and most of the times are eliminated from diets. However, snacks can be an important part of your nutritious eating plan if the foods you choose are healthy and contribute to a well-balanced diet. So, the problem is not if you have snack, but what kind of snack do you have. Healthy snacks are important because they provide you extra energy for exercise or help you to sustain your energy until a meal is eaten. Choosing healthy snacks between meals can also prevent overeating by reducing hunger at meal times.



Here are some healthy snack ideas. You can make a green salad using a cup raw vegetables and diet jelly. It is tasty and easy to cook. But if you want something that looks more like a traditional snack try the sweet and crunchy apple cubes pair nicely with smoky deli turkey and rich cheese. You just have to mix all those ingredients.



Some others healthy snack ideas, for busy people who have got no time to cook or prepare something, are:

-four carrot sticks, two cherry tomatoes and four green beans served with guacamole dip
-one oatcake with cottage cheese and fresh coriander
-a small bowl of natural yogurt with 1/2 cup unsweetened granola
-fat-free canned refried beans with salsa, chopped  fresh cilantro and tortilla chips
-one rice cake topped with a hard-boiled egg and mixed herbs
-two multi-grain crackers topped with a small serve of cheddar cheese and sliced green grapes
-a small bowl of frozen berries and natural yogurt, topped with linseed
-chickpeas with extra-virgin olive oil, ground cumin and ground allspice
-one rye crisp bread with cottage cheese and a pinch of garam masala
-two small kiwis sliced and six almonds
-eight cashew nuts, tree carrot sticks, and two thick slices of cucumber
-two rice cakes spread with hummus, and topped with cherry tomatoes.




So, if you are having a diet, don’t eliminate snacks, but make sure to pick healthy, low-calorie snacks and skip the junk food. You shouldn’t forget that snacking can be good for you, but remember snack calories count in your total calories for the day. Still, they are an alternative to fattening desserts or junk food when you get hungry between meals. Because there are many healthy snacks idea, it won’t be hard for you to find something you like, but you can still try to make one of your own if you are felling creative. It is not hard to mix some ingredients you like as fruits, yogurt or cereals, so you just have to try it.

Eating fast food is one of the major problem of the people in the entire world nowadays. Fast food is the easiest solution for anyone who is in a hurry but also for someone who wants to spend time with friends out. Fast food restaurants offer the most convenient menus as prices but with a low-quality and with high level of fat, sodium and calories .



Although fast food is a permanent temptation for the people who want to go out for lunch/dinner you can make better choices if you want to eat healthier. Someone said that the people spend more money on fast food than on higher education ! Fast food has even been called junk food especially because it contains some toxins that can cause different types of cancerous cells .



We can talk about a fast food dependence but which can be controlled with a minimum effort.When we say fast food we often think about a menu with fried potatoes and hamburger with a fat dressing and a soda drink. Even if you enter in a fast food restaurant and pay attention to the menu items you can select something good, tasty and healthy. For example you can choose a vegetable salad, grilled hamburger and water instead of any kind of soda.Another good choice for drink is a glass of milk or a natural juice of fruits. The dressing for the salad has to be free of fat , and the hamburger has to be without mayonnaise or other creamy sauce.Today most of the fast food restaurants have alternatives menus so that we can eat tasty and healthy if we aware the content of the meals.



Wherever we eat , out in restaurants  or even  at home we have to pay attention and avoid  the fat dishes with a large number of calories.It is important the quality of food we eat but also the quantity. Today , many people eat quantitative more than they supposed to or they eat one consistency  meal per day late in the evening . A healthy food means also discipline and we have to have breakfast, lunch and dinner.

We have to keep in mind that  one of the most important causes for many diseases is unhealthy food; unfortunately  many  people  have to keep a diet  all their life when they are diagnosed  with disease like diabete, blood pressure, heart or  weight diseases

Everybody likes chocolate and cookies. Well, maybe not everybody, but most people do. So, what to do if you are having a diet? Or if you want do conserve your figure? Sweets are forbidden on most diets. But, before banishing cooking form your life, try the healthy cookies recipes based on healthy natural ingredients. These kind of healthy cookie recipes use sweeteners judiciously, have no hydrogenated fat, contain all-natural ingredients and as much whole-grain flour as possible. And they are still delicious.



Chocolate cakes and cookies are famous among people who love cooking or who love sweets, so we can call them an old fashion treat. But they can be cooked in a different way, based on the concept of healthy food, using whole-wheat pastry flour and walnut oil. And you muss not forget to put a little drop of chocolate, just for the taste.



The recipe for chocolate cookies is very simple and is ready in only one hour. It hasn’t got many calories, so you don’t have to worry at all about your weight. The recipe of these healthy cookies is almost the same as a normal chocolate cookie recipe, but you have to use some special ingredients. For example instead of normal sugar you have to use brown sugar and instead of four, whole-wheat pastry flour. You must also use walnut oil or canola oil. It is advisable to use bittersweet chocolate, a type of chocolate that has less sugar and more liquor than semisweet chocolate. The bittersweet chocolate is a dark chocolate often used for cooking purposes, recommended in some special diets.

The idea that tasty cookies have to be made using milk and crèmes is now passed. Today we can bake tasty sweets without those ingredients. There are recipes of cookies a hundred percent natural, using brown sugar and oak flakes and different fruits.



Although, everybody supports healthy eating, you shouldn’t eliminate some food form your daily diet. For example, dark chocolate is useful for heart condition patients, if it is consumed in a small amount every day. Dark chocolate contains the same natural antioxidants found in tee, fruits or vegetables. Studies have shown that chocolate improves blood circulation especially in adults, decreasing hypertension, and influencing blood sugar and insulin sensitivity and so reducing the risk of diabetes. Honey is a blood purifier. Studies have shown that honey not only has nutritional qualities but it has an effective therapeutic action, exercised both on digestive disorders and in cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous system disorders or diseases of nutrition and infections. Glucose is very good for extended intellectual efforts, improving metal and intellectual activity. It is also known for its energetic proprieties, glucose being one of the most important nutriments in medicine.

We now live in a modern world, a world in witch we are in a continuous change and movement and most of the times we don’t have enough time to stop and eat properly. Well, because of our full schedule we never have time to exercise and that is way today we all have so many health problems. But how can we be at work all day, exercise in the morning and still have time to cook a good dinner at home?  If we can not do all that every day, we certainly can cook a meal using a quick healthy low calorie recipe.



There are many debates about what is natural and healthy and what is not, and in most cases it depends on what the purpose of the diet is. For example, if you want to adopt this healthy eating as a type of lifestyle, you must reduce the sugar and salt from your daily diet. If you just want to eat healthy and to lose weight at the same time, you have to do more than that.

The most important thing when we are thinking of cooking something healthy is to use natural products and ingredients. We must avoid high fat ingredients and try to use as much as possible vegetables and fruits, rich in vitamins, carbohydrates and minerals.



One healthy low calorie recipe ready in about 25 minutes is the sautéed mushrooms salad. It has only 82 calories and contains 3 g protein, 1 g fiber, 133 mg sodium, 339 mg potassium and 6 g carbohydrates. There are not many ingredients and it is easy to cook. The most important ingredients are: one pound white mushrooms, one small onion, two cloves garlic, two tablespoons extra-virgin oil, dry sherry, lemon juice and grated Parmesan cheese. You should also add salt, chopped fresh thyme, pepper and eight cups bitter salad greens.

The preparation process is simple. You have to heat one tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Than add onion and cook until softened, for about tree minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until they release their juices, for ten or twelve minutes and than add garlic and thyme until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add sherry and cook until mostly evaporated, for about tree minutes. Mix in the remaining one tablespoon oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper and continue cooking for about one more minute. Pour over greens in a large bowl and toss to coat. Than the meal you prepared is ready.



This is one of the many healthy low calorie recipes you can find, and it is also ready in a very short time. Most of the healthy food recipes contain, in a way or another, vegetables, like this salad, or different fruits.