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First, you have to understand just what the term free-range means, and that its definition can be a matter of perspective. Warning: It’s not all that simple. According to Mother Earth News, true free-range chickens eat a natural chicken’s diet that includes “all kinds of seeds, green plants, insects and worms, usually along with grain or laying mash.” True free-range chickens also spend time out of doors walking around and foraging—something factory farm birds can’t do. In addition, factory farm birds are usually fed cheap mixtures of corn, soy, and cottonseed meals with additives. Here’s the confusing part: The USDA defines free range as birds merely having access to the outdoors. Some manufacturers are taking advantage of this definition by leaving tiny doors open on huge sheds, which in turn leaves the door open for the manufacturers to label their eggs as “free range.” So what’s a consumer to do?

Ancill says, “Know what you’re getting for your money”. According to Mother Earth News–sponsored tests, free-range chickens produce eggs of superior nutritional value as compared to eggs from factory hens. In addition, when compared to the official USDA nutrient data for commercial eggs, the eggs from free-range chickens contained up to:

• Two-thirds more vitamin A
• Double the omega-3 fatty acids
• Triple the vitamin E
• Seven times more beta-carotene
• One-third less cholesterol
• One-quarter less saturated fat

To find out the names of reliable sellers of eggs from pasture-raised hens in your area, check out www.eatwild.com or www.localharvest.org.

The Next Idea (www.thenextidea.net) is a Retail Food and Restaurant Consultancy committed to improving the quality and Healthfulness of the products available to the US Consumer.


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The Next Idea is a highly innovative and experienced team of restaurant and leisure consultants, who have successfully opened and managed more than 250 restaurants, bars, and hotels worldwide. For more information or queries, feel free to visit our website: http://www.thenextidea.net

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“Health is Wealth” – This is a very well said proverb, universal truth for every person living anywhere in the world irrespective of any factors. Even in this damn economic world people are aware with the benefits of a healthy body and mind. They care for their health more than earlier days. Nutrition is among key priorities for elderly, young and kids.

Need for Healthy Diet

For a good health, you need to have healthy and nutritious diet, that too on time regularly. A good diet is important for good health. A healthy and nutritious diet can help to maintain a healthy body weight and reduce the risk of a number of diseases including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis or malnutrition.

What is Healthy Diet

A balance and healthy diet consists of all required components essential for body. A diet based on cereals, breads, potatoes, fruits and vegetables is a healthy and balanced diet. That also includes limited amounts of dairy products (like milk, butter, cheese and curd), meat, and limited amount of fat or sugar ingredients.

No single food can provide all the essential nutrients that the body needs. Therefore, it is important to consume a wide variety of foods to provide adequate intakes of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre, which are important for health. When fresh fruits and vegetables are unavailable, canned goods can be a healthy alternative to fulfill the need for adequate intake.

Guidelines for a healthy diet:

1. Eat a variety of different foods, several times a day
2. Follow principle of light and frequent eating policy
3. Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre
4. Eat plenty of fresh fruit and green vegetables
5. Avoid food with high fat ratio
6. Limit food and drinks with sugar too often
7. If you are a drinker, drink alcohol sensibly
8. Drink sufficient amount of water several times a day
9. Limit excess intake of coffee and tea

If you follow above guidelines, and take care of your healthy diet needs, you’ll reduce your chances of being ill or malnutrition. Remember a healthy and peaceful mind resides inside a healthy body. So, keep yourself healthy and full your life with yours and your loved one’s cheers.



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The Next Idea is a highly innovative and experienced team of restaurant and leisure consultants, who have successfully opened and managed more than 250 restaurants, bars, and hotels worldwide. For more information or queries, feel free to visit our website: http://www.thenextidea.net

Source: http://www.articletrader.com ]]> http://www.articletrader.com/food/restaurants-consultants-marketing-relevance-in-peoples-dining-habits.html http://www.articletrader.com/food/restaurants-consultants-marketing-relevance-in-peoples-dining-habits.html Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600 The reason behind everyday blooming restaurants chains or fast food joints around business hubs are an example of this changing dining trend. The current e-generation is more prone to fast food and other ready to eat foodstuffs to spend less time wasting for their dining needs. Another reason is increasing involvement of kids and youngsters in family decisions.
For a restaurant, café or fast food brand to grow it must have clear identity applied consistently across every area of its operations. Electronic Media is also busy in reaping benefits of this trend by broadcasting advertisements encouraging this culture. For restaurants or hospitality chain, it is very important to reach to their target audience that needs proper marketing and advertisement. Marketing and advertisement campaigns for dining services provider needs industry experience as well as proven knowledge of dining trends and habits of people. In such case, need for industry expert consultants come up.
Restaurants and Café consultants provides their clients with excellent, innovative as well as unique marketing and advertising ideas to reach maximum possible clients. Their long-term industry experience helps clients in gaining more popularity as well as more feedback that is positive for their business prospects. Restaurant and Café consultants take care of everything from branding to product delivery for their clients. They manage their restaurant marketing plans, menu selection, employee training, interior and exterior decoration settings, as well as lucrative offers to lure more and more footfalls during peak hours. In brief, restaurant and café consultants increase business of their clients with help of their experience as well as ideas.


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The Next Idea is a highly innovative and experienced team of restaurant and leisure consultants, who have successfully opened and managed more than 250 restaurants, bars, and hotels worldwide. For more information or queries, feel free to visit our website: http://www.thenextidea.net.

Source: http://www.articletrader.com ]]> http://www.articletrader.com/health/nutrition/mediterranean-diet.html http://www.articletrader.com/health/nutrition/mediterranean-diet.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600 According to Robert Ancill, President of The Next Idea, Los Angeles based Restaurant Consultancy consumers are taking increasing interest in Mediterranean cuisine.
In 2007, The Journal of the American Medical Association reported, a combination of the Mediterranean diet, moderate exercise and drinking, and no smoking can lower mortality rates by 65 percent.
What is the Mediterranean diet? It’s heavy on the olive oil and light on meat and dairy. It also includes lots of fish, vegetables, seeds, grains, nuts and legumes.
The first study was conducted over 12 years (1988–2000) by researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands and other European universities. Twenty-three hundred healthy people between the ages of 70 and 90 were surveyed about their eating habits and physical activities.
Another study conducted at the Second University of Naples found that people who suffered from “metabolic syndrome” improved after following a Mediterranean diet. Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Symptoms include being fat around the middle, having high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and improper processing of glucose. After two years, only 44 percent of those on the Mediterranean diet still suffered symptoms.
Ancill reports that The Next Idea has experienced a larger than normal interest in Mediterranean concepts both from entrepreneurs and restaurant investors. In a recent interview Robert Ancill commented; “Possibly we will eventually see a Healthier consumer if such a trend gains traction in the market place, the question is whether operators will understand the unique economics of executing a Mediterranean menu”.


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Look and feel is a pleasing factor, in hospitality it is one of the most important factor. It can have positive effects on your restaurant business and provides proper returns of money invested in interior designing. Excellently designed interior of your restaurants provides a soothing and comfortable dining experience to your customers.



It is true that walls, furniture, utensils, textures and colours, employee dresses, paintings, lightings, and carpets, everything is representing your restaurant. Together they make the visual impact of your restaurant. Its not yet over, very soon your design will become your brand identity. We can easily notice a single theme accepted by all key players of Restaurant and Café Industry. Take example of McDonalds, or Café Coffee Day, you will find a common there in every outlets of these restaurant chains. This common theme is in fact a part of their brand identity promotion.



This visual impact is the first appearance of your service offerings to your customer. Your interior designing theme will decide your customer’s mood, that mood will decide their selection of cuisine presented in your menu. It is not easy to decide about interiors of your restaurant. You need to take help of experts in this field to maximize the benefits of your investment.



There are several Restaurant and Café consultants providing interior designing services. Even there are several interior designers expert in hospitality interior designing services. They know how to create an effect through interiors using different arrangements, perfect placements of furniture, attractive lighting painting, and perfect blend of colours and textures.



The Next Idea is a pioneer is providing interior designing services to its numerous clients in hospitality industry. Next Idea experts have several years of experience of developing restaurants and creating perfect ambience for future customers of its restaurants and café business clients.



For more information of The Next Idea services and offerings, please visit: http://www.thenextidea.net.

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For more information of The Next Idea services and offerings, please visit: http://www.thenextidea.net.

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