Scientists are having a hard time explaining why over 50 percent of our population is overweight. Could the chemicals we use daily be the culprits? Obesity is growing in epidemic proportions worldwide – pun intended. In Canada, over the last 30 years, 59 percent of the population has become overweight. Infant obesity has risen by 70 percent….
Maximizing your weight loss can be easy. Add these simple changes to your schedule, boost your metabolism, burn more fat and lose more weight. Significant weight loss takes commitment, lifestyle changes and a lot of sweat. But there are a lot of small things you can do in between exercise sessions that will maximize the…
Brides are taking extreme measures to lose a few pounds before their big day, but at what cost? How far would you go to lose 10-20 pounds? Especially when you know it won’t stay off and you will gain it all back once you eat normally again? There are many extreme diets out there that…
One of the biggest diet traps is being tired. While It’s easy to eat foods that will stop your weight loss, here are tips that can help you overcome fatigue. You don’t even have to look at the clock. You already know what time it is by your inability to keep your eyes open and…
Many people eat reasonably, exercise moderately and do the right things for weight control, but still gain weight. Weight loss can be complicated. Weight control is a major problem for tens of millions of people in the United States. Over 60% of adult Americans are overweight. Most people understand that the major causes of weight…
Type 1 diabetes has been known as juvenile diabetes for some time, but the rate at which children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is also on the rise. 1 in 400 kids and teens has diabetes, according to Diabetes.org. Diabetes in Children Children are diagnosed with diabetes when their pancreas is unable to produce…
Sometimes summer creeps up on you and you just don’t have time for all that exercise you were going to do. Here are a few short-cuts. Despite your best intentions, that beach holiday is just around the corner and your New Year’s resolution to eat more healthily and take more exercise is a distant memory….
New research has determined that weight-loss surgery can reverse and potentially cure diabetes. Two research studies that were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, compared stomach-reducing operations to medicine alone for possible curative impact on type 2 diabetes caused by obesity. The findings of both studies determined that surgery helped significantly more patients…
Read the ingredients on the foods your purchase. Research the health effects of food ingredients. Don’t let big business control your diet! Every day we unknowingly consume dangerous additives and poisonous chemicals in our drinking water and food, many of which have been allowed into the market by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)….
Government and health agencies are constantly tell us to reduce the amount of sodium in the diet. But is this the best advice for the hard training athlete? Sodium is a chemical which is found naturally in the body and in lots of different foods as well as ordinary table salt. It is essential to…