General cooking tips
Buy Local Food : Check out farmers markets, roadside farm stands and tailgate markets (where parking lots are temporarily transformed into areas of commerce), and don’t be afraid to ask questions about where the food is grown.
Buy Seasonal Food : If you're eating foods out of season, it's likely that they have come a long way - try to eat food that is both locally produced and can be found at that time of year, locally!
Dieting tips
The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a diet system started by Dr. arthur agatston, a cardiologist from miami, usa, which emphasizes that one should eat "good carbohydrates" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats"
Doctor agatston developed his weight loss system for people who have cardiac problems, based on his detailed study of scientific research on other weight loss regimes.
"good" foods include, lean beef, chicken breast, clams, cottage cheese, peanuts, lowfat yoghurt and certain vegetables, like green beans, cucumbers and snow peas.