Archive for the ‘Weight Loss’ Category
June 29, 2010
- Fifty, Fit, and Fabulous
So the big five-oh is coming up. Are you panicking or getting a little nervous? Don’t! A milestone such as 50 is a great opportunity to take a look at the things you might not be so happy about your life and try and change them for the better. Are you suffering from hair loss? [...]
June 20, 2010
- Beat Childhood Obesity with These Simple Tips
Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. Nearly 15 percent of children are overweight, leading to spiraling medical bills and health issues later in life. How do you stop your child suffering this fate? Diet Pills are not really an option that most of us want to consider for our children, so [...]
May 23, 2010
- Diet Tips for Diabetic Moms-To-Be
If you have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes you are probably feeling pretty overwhelmed. But don’t worry, once you get the hang of your new diet and absorb all of the information being thrown at you, you will feel in control and empowered knowing that you are eating right, and doing everything that you can [...]
May 12, 2010
- Tips for Banishing Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is plaguing the new generation; as many as 1 in 6 kids will be obese today. Maybe this is due to our busy schedules, the over-availability of cheap processed foods, and less freedom for children to spend time outside exercising, but whatever the myriad of factors that can or may lead to this [...]
May 3, 2010
- Losing Weight and Lowering Cholesterol: Choose Fats and Sweets Sparingly
If you cut fat and sweets out of your diet completely, you’d likely lose a lot of weight quickly without having to turn to diet pills or your trusted generic Zocor. You’d probably also lower your cholesterol without even trying too hard to do so.
There’s only one problem with cutting these coveted food products from [...]
August 18, 2009
- 4 Foods That Help Lower Cholesterol
There are many foods available that help reduce your cholesterol level and ensure a healthy heart. Read food labels before you purchase any products to make sure you’re consuming the following nutrients:
1. High fiber products – Many studies have found that high fiber products can significantly decrease the LDL (bad cholesterol) cholesterol level. Oats, beans, barley, [...] - How to Maintain Healthy Cholesterol Levels
It is very important to maintain your HDL cholesterol levels, also known as “good cholesterol,” to prevent heart disease and heart attack. There are few guidelines to maintain healthy cholesterol levels:
• Exercise regularly – Getting regular exercise actually helps raise HDL cholesterol level while lowering total LDL (bad) cholesterol. Exercise has other benefits such as [...]
May 26, 2009
- Emotional and Addictive Eating
Many of us are emotional eaters and don’t even know it—but knowing it is half the battle, as controlling emotional eating is the key for many women dieters to finally dropping the weight they wanted. For those who don’t know, if you eat in response to your feelings, especially when you are not hungry, you [...]
May 25, 2009
- Turmeric Extract Fights Fat Growth
Could you imagine a common spice that is actually proven to help you lose weight? Well, it may not be so far off for us wanting to lose a bit of excess fat! A recent study has shown that curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, seems to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress [...]
May 11, 2009
- Probiotics May Prevent Obesity
For those of you who don’t know about them, Probiotics are bacteria that help maintain a healthy bacterial balance in the GI tract by reducing the growth of harmful bacteria, and are part of the normal digestive system. Researchers have for many years been studying the potential of using probiotic supplementation to address a number [...]
April 23, 2009
- Chew Gum, Manage Your Weight
Who doesn’t enjoy a nice piece of chewing gum? Well, I may be jumping the gun a bit here but I do love a nice stick of sugarless cinnamon gum. And now it turns out that chewing may be very good for weight control too! Here’s the deal. In a recent study sponsored by [...]
April 12, 2009
- High BCAAs Plus High Fat Diet Equals Insulin Resistance Risk
We know that insulin resistance is a condition that is a precursor to diabetes, but we’re still filling in the pieces as to the blood chemistry of those obese people who actually develop insulin resistance. One recent study out of Duke has found that these obese people have been found to hold onto proteins called [...]
April 10, 2009
- Lowcal Probiotic Veggie Juice
I’m a huge fan of probiotic products so any new development in this area of the food industry is quite interesting to me. And just last week, some food scientists in China came out with the news that they’re developing a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice that’s custom-designed for the millions out there with diabetes and [...]
April 6, 2009
- What’s So Great About Olive Oil?
There’s probably no one out there reading this blog right now who is not aware of the many benefits of the Mediterranean diet and its heart healthy basis—which is olive oil. This “liquid gold” has long been hailed for its ability to increase the good HDL cholesterol in your blood, protecting you against heart diseases. [...]
March 31, 2009
- Essential Nutrients For Fat Loss
I have some important news for you folks–all of the dieting in the world will never be maximized to your advantage if you’re not getting enough vitamins and minerals, which are essential to regulating how your body responds to protein, carbohydrates and fats—and key to losing fat. Here are a couple of key nutrients which [...]
March 26, 2009
- Simple Formula Stays True: Eat Less, Lose Weight
The world of diets is downright confusing, isn’t it? If you’re looking for how to lose weight fast, you may have tried Atkins (high fat, low carbohydrate), Dean Ornish (low fat, high carbohydrate), the acai berry diet, and even South Beach, but which one is truly best has always really been a coin toss, until [...]
March 20, 2009
- Calcium for Weight Loss
A study recently published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss (who needs those diet pills anyway?!), but only in people whose diets are deficient in the mineral. The 15-week weight loss program was conducted on obese women and the participants consumed [...]
March 16, 2009
- Looking North to the Nordic Diet
We have all heard of the Mediterranean diet which is supported by scientific data showing that people living in countries bordering the Mediterranean have lower levels of cardiovascular disease, obesity and some types of cancer. The diet is rich in large amounts of vegetables, nuts, bread and fish, making the Mediterranean diet very low in [...]
March 13, 2009
- Super L-Arginine
Just to refresh your memory, amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and our bodies get most essential amino acids from the protein we ingest. Arginine is one of those essential amino acids that is only essential on a conditional basis, meaning we need arginine at a certain age and only under certain circumstances. [...]
March 9, 2009
- Swept Away by Agave
Many mistakenly think that the agave is a kind of cactus but agaves are actually closely related to the lily and amaryllis families. Though this post is about the use of agave as a sweetener, I think the other uses of agave are interesting too. Way before the days of antibiotics, the Aztecs used to [...]