Dieting requires a lot of time and energy – shopping for food, planning meals, keeping a food journal, and exercising. Learn to make weight loss a priority. It’s a fairly common joke about dieting – “I went on a diet for ten days and all I lost was ten days.” While the dieter may consider…
Calorie-counting is an ineffective strategy for body fat reduction. Physiologically-based strategies are more effective. Chronic diseases and conditions such as obesity, excessive body fat, type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease and hypertension have reached epidemic levels in many industrialized countries. These chronic conditions reflect improper dietary practices and/or metabolic disorders [1,2]. They can be prevented…
Refined carbs can provide the spring-board for many chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Leafy vegetables and spices can counteract adverse effects. Refined carbohydrates (refined carbs) may be considered a man-made dietary hazard. Numerous chronic diseases are promoted by refined carbohydrates. These include obesity, effort angina, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, arthritis and others. The…
Restaurant meals are famously difficult for those losing weight. Find out how to make weight loss enhancing food choices in any restaurant. Ask anyone to sit down and create a diet that will result in weight loss and most can come up with a meal plan that will result in weight loss. The difficulty is…
Cream of Wheat was created in 1893. Some people believe the popular breakfast item can help them lose weight. The Cream of Wheat diet is low in calories. Dieting fads are at an all time high. It seems there is always someone out there who is willing to try anything. There are steroid diets, water…
The “Freshman 15”, weight gain in your freshman year of college, is a common occurrence that can easily be avoided by following 15 simple tricks and tips. Take the stairs. It’s a built in exercise! Instead of waiting for the elevator, walk up those 4 flights of stairs and feel the burn. Being more active…
Three detoxification system cleansing programs to help jump start weight loss. Compare these two week diets. Detox diets are used to increase energy through the cleansing of the digestive system. Detoxification is also used to achieve rapid weight loss. The body is ready for cleansing when the following symptoms are present: fatigue, insomnia, lethargy, recurring…
People with diabetes are expected to take care of their insulin plus monitor every bite they put in the mouth. These 1200 calorie diets require no calorie counting. As more people are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, additional diet plans are emerging to help people maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy weight. The ideal diet…
Raw foodists testify that the transition to a raw food diet made dramatic differences in their health and happiness, curing their diabetes, obesity, asthma and more. A drastic contrast to the standard American diet, the raw food diet may very well be credited as the cure for a panoply of ailments, including diabetes and obesity,…
Slim Fast is a company that offers convenient snack bars, meal bars and several varieties of meal replacement shakes for people who are looking to lose weight quickly. Slim Fast was first started by the Thompson Medical Company in 1977 but was then acquired by Unilever in 2000. As of March 2010, Slim Fast products…