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It’s easy to forget the importance of everything we put into our bodies. While you can’t always eat a completely balanced diet, you can reduce your stress levels simply by choosing stress-fighting foods.

Since everyone is different, some stress-relieving foods might work for you while others may not. Your best bet will be to try them all and then incorporate the ones that work for you into your regular diet.

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This article by Isabel De Los Rios is in a simple question and answer format. She answers the most common questions people have about calories like,

• "What is a calorie?"
• "How are calories burned?"
• "Is it possible to eat too few calories?" and…
• "What are the consequenses of following a low-calorie diet?

Many people don’t eat until they’ve consulted their little calorie counting book. The question is, do we need to be so anal about calories? Does it even help? Allow Isabel to clear up your misconceptions about calories so that you unhook yourself from the calorie counting ball and chain.

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When you want to achieve success, making one change at a time is a technique that brings results. You shouldn’t be surprised to discover that one of the most beneficial changes you can make towards success is what you eat!

The type of food you eat has an impact on brain function and how you feel overall. For example, the guys over at Google eat sushi for lunch and they’re always coming up with innovative ideas that make our lives easier!

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Let me start out this article with some news that may shock you.

Cholesterol is not the major culprit in heart disease.

I know this may be hard to believe after all you’ve heard about the dangers of high cholesterol from doctors and the media.

But the truth is, it’s not high cholesterol levels alone or the cholesterol containing foods that are the guilty party in heart disease, it’s a combination of those foods and any other thing that causes inflammation in your body that is the major cause of heart disease.

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uestion. I’ve seen quite a few diet books lately that are based on the color of the foods you eat, including the rainbow diet, the color diet and the "color code" (sounds like the Da Vinci code, LOL!)

Anyway, I’ve been reading your newsletters for a long time and I know how you feel about diet pills, books and gimmicks and I was wondering what you thought about these programs. Is this color coded diet thing just another gimmick?

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Watching television can make you fat. And not just because it’s a sedentary activity, but because the information most commercials are dishing out about food are misleading and confusing.

I contend that TV brainwashes you to like fattening foods. That’s one of the reasons why I avoid it. Most people who know me, know I’m not a TV watcher.

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Is milk a necessary component of a healthy diet when attempting to lose weight? Do we have to drink milk each day to get a sufficient amount of calcium? Will our health suffer if we stop drinking milk?

The answer to these questions is NO. We do not need to drink milk as part of a healthy diet or a healthy weight loss plan in order to obtain a sufficient amount of calcium each day.

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Omega 3 fats are crucial to your health but where do they come from and how can you incorporate them into your diet?

Watch this short video by Isabel where she talks about a vital source of fat that everyone MUST have. Not only does this good fat improve your health it also helps you burn fat off your body.

Questions answered in video:

• What’s the best source of Omega 3 fats?
• What’s the best source of Omega 6 fats?
• What is the proper ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fats in your diet?
• What foods should you avoid to balance out your Omega 3 fat and Omega 6 fats?

Some bonus tips that Isabel shares are how you can easily get Omega 3 fats into your breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Saturated fats have been getting blamed for heart disease for decades along with other health related issues. Doctors have been warning their patients to stay away from them. Is it true, should you avoid fats at all cost? Or is it false, are saturated fats not as bad as claimed?

Watch this short video by Isabel where she clears up the misinformation about saturated fats and points her finger at the real culprits causing heart disease.

Questions answered in video:

• What has caused the dramatic increase in heart disease in the US population since 1950?
• If we are eating less saturated fat now than was eaten fifty years ago why has heart disease increased?

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The previous video revealed the truth about how bad high fructose corn syrup is for you. This video will show you how to find where high fructose corn syrup is lurking in your grocery store and in your cupboard.

Questions answered in video:

• Why do manufacturers put corn syrup in your food?
• What beverages can you find corn syrup in?
• Is Gator Aid good for you?
• Is Raisin Bran good for you?
• How about Ritz Crackers?
• WHAT IS GOOD FOR ME?

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