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Deep Breathing to Lose Weight
Adding some deep breathing to your daily routine can actually help to boost your metabolism. Now you are probably thinking, really? Well, although breathing alone is not going to eliminate those excess pounds, when combined with a healthy diet, plenty of water and adequate exercise it can really make a difference. Deep breathing is something [...]
Calorie Restriction
Definition The definition of calorie restriction is when the body does not receive an adequate intake of energy. This can result as a consequence of lack of availability of adequate volumes of food. However, sometimes the failure to consume an adequate calorie intake may be a conscious and deliberate decision, for example, in individuals seeking [...]
1000-Calorie Diet
Here is a balanced eating plan containing about 1000 calories. Due to its low calorie content, it is for short-term use only (eg. 14 days), perhaps to restart weight loss, or as a form of cleansing diet. Ideally, include a daily multinutrient (multivitamin/multimineral) as part of your daily eating to ensure adequate nutritional intake. Please [...]
Top 10 Super Weight Loss Foods
Here are the 10 foods that I always, always have in my house. They are all natural, healthy and nutritious, and they’re all really cheap and easy to find too! 1. Chickpeas Also know as garbanzo beans. They are normally found precooked and canned, but you can also buy them in a dried form and [...]
Top 10 Diet Tips
The basics of losing weight are no mystery – eat less, exercise more and watch the pounds fall off. Real life, however, is not always that simple. Sometimes we need a little push in the right direction before we can start to really achieve our goals. This page has the top 10 diet tips from [...]
Trans Fats and weight gain
There are two types of Trans Fats – one natural and the other man-made. This article is all about the man-made one, because the trans fats that naturally occur in animal products are actually beneficial. The artificial kind, on the other hand, causes weight gain, cellulite and bad skin, all things that every successful model [...]
Types of Cooking Fats and Oils
Not all fats are the same. Following are some basics on the various types of fats to help you make sense of what is best for your own body. Saturated Fats: Saturated fats are mainly animal fats and are solid at room temperature. These fats include butter, cheese, whole milk, ice cream, egg yolks, lard [...]
Eating Habits
term eating habits (or food habits) refers to why and how people eat, which foods they eat, and with whom they eat, as well as the ways people obtain, store, use, and discard food. Individual, social, cultural, religious, economic, environmental, and political factors all influence people’s eating habits. Why and How People Eat All humans [...]
Weight Loss Tips
Follow our Weight Loss Tips and stay on track to lose weight and stay slim. Did you know that simply changing the temperature of the water you drink can speed up your metabolism and burn more calories? Drink hot water! Did you know that foods like bran cereal are more dense and will make you [...]
All about vitamins and a fit you
By: Jessica Thomson Facts about Vitamins From childhood we are told by our parents how important are vitamins for us. Since our body cannot manufacture these essential compounds on their own and neither can survive without these, we need to take it in our diet. The number of vitamins in a human body is thirteen [...]
