Category: Diet & Nutrition
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Does The Paleo Diet Work or is it Another Fad?
If you’re someone who’s hoping to shed weight quickly, one approach that you may be considering is the Paleo diet plan. The Paleo diet is one diet plan that many people are quickly jumping on the bandwagon for as it promises to not only help you lose weight, but dramatically enhance your health as well.
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Protein Diet: Feel Better & Lose Weight
If you’re looking to see fast weight loss success, a protein diet is a smart way to go. Many people who are going on weight loss programs completely overlook the importance of protein, and if anything start to reduce it from their diet plan.
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Tips On How To Lose Weight Safely
Are you looking to lose weight? If so, one thing that you must make sure you consider that some people quickly overlook is how to lose weight safely.
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Body Fat Calculator: Measurement and Control
There are several ways to determine your body composition. You could step on a scale with a body fat calculator function or use record some body measurements and do a little math to determine it yourself.
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Oreo Cookie Addiction Study Has a Few Flaws
The latest news about high-fat, high-sugar food (Oreo cookies in this case) comes from Connecticut College professor Joseph Schroeder and his students. They claim that Oreo cookies may be as addictive to rats as are cocaine and morphine, and deduce from this that the obesity epidemic is in part caused by a drug-like addiction to…
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Best Diet for Extending Life in Older Adults
If you’re an older adult concerned about reducing your mortality risk and living a longer life, there are certain foods you should make a habit of eating.
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Health Benefits Of Green Tea
If you’re getting ready to start up on a health promoting nutrition program, one thing that you need to learn is the benefits of green tea. When it comes to hydration, for most people, their day goes a little like this…
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You Don’t HAVE to Gain Weight this Holiday Season. You Know That, Right?
December is perhaps the most dangerous time of the year when it comes to weight gain. I’ve heard several different stats concerning how much weight the average person gains this time of year, but for a population that is losing the fight with obesity any weight gain is cause for concern.
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Don’t Blame Price of Healthy Foods on Your Junk Food Diet
It’s generally true that healthy foods cost more, but there are ways to jump through this hoop and eat a healthy diet even on a tight budget. The high price of healthy foods is often cited as the reason obesity is more prevalent in people on limited budgets. Let’s take note of what the Harvard…
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6 Benefits Of Quaker Oats For Breakfast
If you’re looking for a way to kick-start your day and improve upon your nutrition, you should not overlook the benefits of Quaker oats.
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Does the Type of Fat You Eat Matter?
The medical community tends to dumb weight gain or loss and changes in body composition down to the overly simple equation of calories in vs. calories out. If you take in more calories than you burn, according the equation, you’ll gain weight. And typically, that weight gain is in the form of increased fat stores.
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Fast Food vs. Grocery Store for Childhood Obesity
Whenever there’s an article that involves an obese child, either a particular one or childhood obesity in general, many comments to the article say things like, “Lay off the fast food,” or, “The fast food chains are to blame.”
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Mediterranean Diet Lowers Disease Risk; but Do You Really Understand this Diet?
Don’t make the mistake of many people by only thinking you’re on the Mediterranean diet, when in fact, you’re nothing but. A new study associates the Mediterranean diet with a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, a painful condition that affects the legs
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Pregnancy Weight Gain: What’s Healthy and What’s Not
Here are straightforward guidelines for how much weight a woman should gain during her pregnancy. Just how many pounds equate to healthy pregnancy weight gain? Let’s first put to bed—permanently—the myth that “eating for two” means eating for two adults.
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How to Increase Metabolism: 5 Easy Steps
No matter how “slow” you think your metabolism is, there are scientifically proven ways to speed it up. There are five approaches that you should adopt if you want to know how to increase metabolism safely.
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Dark Chocolate Heart Health: Include Hostess Cupcakes?
We all know that dark chocolate is heart healthy, and we now know why, too, but where does one draw the line as to which dark colored cocoa products to eat?
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Low Blood Sugar Symptoms You Should Know
As you go about your diet program, one thing that you need to be aware of and prepared should the event occur is low blood sugar. Some people tend to suffer from low blood sugar symptoms more frequently than others and there are many factors that can influence this.
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Bodybuilding Diet Plan: Eat Your Heart Out and Stay Ripped
Most aspiring body builders today, especially beginners are actually equipped with the weapons they need in order to reach their goals, which is to build muscle, get ripped and strong.