Archives for healthy food

Keeping Up With ProZone – June 2021

16 June 2021

Carol’s Corner The Zone vs. Alternative Diets   There is a lot of interest in alternative diets such as paleo & keto (which used to be called the Atkins diet). The other one that many people are intrigued by is intermittent fasting, either the 5/2 diet or variations on that such as the one below that Kevin tried. Kevin and I first started eating in the Zone about 24 years ago. The science behind eating this way, as developed by Dr. Barry Sears, made a lot of sense to us and we both ended up with very positive benefits. Kevin
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Categories: Other, Products, and Recipes.
Tags: balanced, Balanced Bars, blood sugar, carbohydrates, Fish Oil, good health, health, healthy food, Krill Oil, nutrition, omega 3, recipes, Supplements, weight control, and Zone.

Fish Parcels

24 July 2015

These are so easy and quick to make as well as being tasty & healthy. 4 x 120g (3 block) or 160g (4 block) boneless skinless fish fillets such as gurnard, terakihi, snapper, hoki 2 tablespoons soy sauce (I use salt reduced) 2 teaspoons sesame oil 1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce 1 clove minced garlic 1 red chilli, finely chopped 2cm piece of ginger, peeled & grated fresh coriander (use the stems and save the leaves for garnish)   Preheat the oven to 180C Lay 4 large rectangles of tinfoil on an oven tray and place a fish fillet in the centre of
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Categories: Recipes.
Tags: balanced, Fish, healthy food, nutrition, protein, and Zone.

More Comment on the Paleo Diet

21 May 2015

Contributed by Kevin Bateman Bevan Eyles is a fitness professional who writes a weekly feature health wellbeing and diet in the Dominion Post. I have found his articles to be basic sound advice and his comments about the Paleo diet Dom Post Thursday 21 May are no exception. Mr. Eyles writes about the experience of an acquaintance with the Paleo diet who lost 5 kilos in his first month of following its rules which included giving up alcohol and junk food. Eyles quite rightly commented why most diets appear to work i.e. they are a set of rules and any
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Categories: Comments and Science.
Tags: alcohol, diet, healthy food, lifestyle, nutrition, Paleo, portion size, sustainable, wellbeing, and Zone.

Cauliflower Pizza Crust

30 April 2015

I often get asked how to use a cauliflower apart from cauliflower rice so here is a recipe for cauliflower as a pizza crust 1 cup riced cauliflower 3 cups mozzarella divided in two 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 egg olive oil olives artichokes sun-dried tomatoes   Pulse one head of chopped up cauliflower until it looks like grain.  Microwave for 8 minutes. In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup riced cauliflower, 1 & 1/2 cup mozzarella, oregano, garlic salt, garlic & egg.  Spray baking paper with baking spray.  Pat out
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Categories: Recipes.
Tags: cauliflower and healthy food.

Testimonial

30 January 2015

Hi Carol I’m on day 6 of The Zone and feeling soooooo much better than I was. I’m having berries / low fat milk / almonds / protein powder smoothies for breakfast.  1/2 zone bar for each of my three snacks (they are SO yummy).  Fish, a ton of salad veges, avocado / black olives for my lunch and evening meals.  It’s all really easy and I’m never hungry and I’ve already lost that tired / heavy / bloated feeling.  Henry (the dog) is getting longer brisker walks too. I must say that I got a shock when I read
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Categories: Comments and Testimonials.
Tags: energy, good health, healthy food, and Zone.

Obesity in Children

14 August 2014

Every day there are more and more articles in the paper and in other media about the obesity epidemic and the concern about the growing obesity in children.  Last weekend I heard an interview on National Radio with Professor Boyd Swinburn from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University.  He said that while other countries around the world, including the United States, were starting to reverse the obesity levels in children, New Zealand was not which is very concerning.  Younger and younger children are developing Type 2 diabetes and even needing hip replacements because of their uncontrolled weight issues. According to an
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Categories: Comments.
Tags: children, diabetes, healthy food, obesity, weight control, and Zone.

Festive Entertaining

5 December 2013

 Instead of getting in the traditional Christmas cake and fruit mince pies for visitors consider better options. Put out attractively arranged cheeses, ham, turkey, smoked beef, other sliced meats and shellfish with grapes, cherries and strawberries, nuts and olives, cherry tomatoes and perhaps a salmon and cottage cheese mixture with a few Arnotts Vita Wheat crackers or raw or lightly cooked vegetables with a yoghurt and tahini or peanut butter dip. These platters are quick and easy to put together, always look attractive and are very popular.
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Categories: Comments.
Tags: Christmas, healthy food, and platters.

Best Wishes for the Festive Season

5 December 2013

Holiday Season Tips For some people the festive season can provide a temporary challenge to their Zone nutrition lifestyle. If you want to take a Zone holiday fine, although you will find that you feel a lot better if you roughly eat in the Zone at all those festive season events. Many clients report to us the good effects and how easy they find making Zone balanced choices at Christmas functions, parties and for Christmas dinner when they resolve to “just Zone it”. Following are a few tips on how you can enjoy the party season and still not stray
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Categories: Comments.
Tags: balanced, Balanced Bars, healthy food, meals, nutrition, and Zone.

New Heart Foundation Recommendations

7 November 2013

The NZ Heart Foundation’s new revised healthy food choice advice has been released and published in the 7th November edition of the The Dominion Post. They have distanced themselves from their old failed model by scrapping the well known Pyramid completely and have replaced it with a stylized heart. The new advice recommends consuming food groups in what appears to be approximately the following proportions: 40% vegetables and fruit – eat most 25% breads, cereals, grains, starchy vegetables – eat some 15% fish, meat, chicken, legumes, eggs 12% milk, yoghurt, cheese 5% oils, nuts – use some 3% cut back on
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Categories: Announcements, Comments, and Science.
Tags: carbohydrates, fat, healthy food, Heart Foundation, pyramid, sugar, and trans fats.