Miracle Noodle Blog

What's the Best Protein Powders for Weight Loss?
To Whey or Not to Whey....that is the question, when it comes to protein powder.   Then, there's also egg white, hemp, soy, rice, pea, and even beef protein powder.    So how do you know which protein powder is the best?   Before answering that question, let it be known that 'drinking' your breakfast is an easy and healthy way to lose weight.    Instead of eating a several hundred calorie breakfast of potatoes, bacon and eggs and toast, smoothies or health shakes are a low-calorie nutrient dense option. ... Read more...
Best Low Carb Smoothie
If you want to fall off the Low-Carb bandwagon, go visit one of the ubiquitous Jamba Juice's around town and order any fruit smoothie. In fact, right on their own website, they list the nutritional info for their Classic Smoothies, one of which is Aloha Pineapple. This smoothie has a whopping 67 grams of carbohydrates with 63 of them coming from fructose. There's only 1 gram of fat, which might sound great if you don't understand nutrition and thinks that consuming dietary fat makes you fat, which of course it does not;... Read more...
High Fiber Diets Prevent a Deadly Diabetes Side Effect
One of the biggest early mortality side-effects for diabetics is heart attacks. But a recent study says that those who have experienced heart attacks but then adopted a high fiber diet had a much lower risk of dying.   The study tracked over 2,200 women and 1,800 men who had survived a first heart attack and never had a stroke. The study's authors mentioned that one pitfall many diabetics fall into is the reliance on pharmaceuticals to lower cholesterol levels. This study, the authors said, validates a key concept of healthy... Read more...
How to Cook Indian Food the Low-Calorie Healthy Way
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Recipe for White Tea Matcha Smoothie
It's tempting to want to drink 2 or 3 cups of coffee in the morning to get you going. But even though coffee contains no fat or carbs, excess coffee can lead to weight gain.   Here's the short explanation how: caffeine stimulates the adrenals, two almond shaped glands that rest on your kidneys. The adrenal glands release cortisol, the so-called 'stress hormone.' Continually asking the adrenals to release cortisol eventually makes your adrenals struggle to deal with stress and consequently messes up your metabolism, potentially leading to weight gain. ... Read more...
The One Pasta Dish You Should Avoid (Even if it's with Miracle Noodles)
Despite what the Miracle Noodle Team has preached to you over the years, that first and foremost, you should replace at least one high-carb pasta or rice dish daily with Miracle Noodles, there is one dish that you should largely avoid, even if you're cooking this dish with Miracle Noodles.   Before divulging, however, what exactly this dish is, let's review a basic nutrition rule....   Even if you're trying to cook healthy and manage your weight, you need dietary fat for your body to conduct basic physiological functions and... Read more...
Have You Been Properly Tested for Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity?
  As this blog is written (May, 2014) , it is Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Celiac Disease, just in case you're not familiar with it, occurs in about 1% of the U.S. population, but that's only those who have been diagnosed. Almost 20% of those with celiac have not been diagnosed.    Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder caused by the body not being able to digest wheat proteins (barley and rye and cross-contaminated foods as well). As a result of celiac disease, the protective lining of the small intestine... Read more...
What to do When You Have Low Blood Sugar
It's a hot, sultry day. But you want to get some exercise. So you walk a neighborhood trail that has a very steep section. You're huffing and puffing and sweating, grateful for the fresh air and spiritual well-being of sauntering in the great outdoors.   But when you crest the steep hill, you become weak and you feel like you're going to faint. You've been in this situation plenty of times before, so it doesn't come as a surprise. The first time this happened though, you were scared.    Now,... Read more...
Exercise During Pregnancy Prevents Gestational Diabetes from Developing into Type 2
Up to 10 percent of all expecting mothers may develop gestational diabetes, and most of these women are ones who are older, heavier and non-Caucasian.    But even if gestational diabetes develops, if, postpartum, you up your daily exercise routine by 20 minutes or more each day, the chances of developing type 2 diabetes are greatly reduced.    The study, published online at the Journal of the American Medical Association's Internal Medicine, concluded: "Among the one-fifth of women who exercised the least, about 19 percent developed diabetes later on, compared... Read more...
Why is Olive Oil so Healthy?
Why does Western medicine and science need another scientific study to validate the health benefits of olive oil? We already know that it's good for the heart. By that, we mean specifically that olive oil's omega-6 polyunsaturated fats help prevent cardiovascular disease.   Mediterranean and Middle Eastern traditional cultures that did manage to (or still are miraculously managing to) avoid processed, mass-industrialized food and Western sugar-laded junk food possessed an innate understanding of health and the nutritious properties of whole foods. Think, for example, of soup broth. Traditional cultures broil... Read more...
Is Grapeseed Oil Healthy to Cook With?
What oils do you have in your cabinet?   (If you're thinking, "None, all my oils are sitting out on a shelf," you need a quick health refresher: oils should be kept in dark bottles, in dark pantries to avoid heat and sunlight, both of which, cause spoilage.)   Maybe you've got a jar of organic, cold-pressed virgin coconut oil and local olive oil from a farmer's market merchant, and perhaps some ghee, clarified butter to cook with.    You've been convinced by other Miracle Noodle Healthy Cooking blog posts... Read more...
5 Easy Ways to Lose Weight
One of the most effective ways to lose weight is to exercise often. But for many people, just hearing the word 'exercise' is a big turn off. If you swap the word exercise with 'active' then perhaps more people wouldn't be so loathe to burning more calories moving their body. So let's get that out of the way first, before listing 5 easy ways to lose weight.   You don't have to run a marathon, do impossible yoga classes where you twist yourself into a pretzel in a 105-degree room,... Read more...