Mediterranean Diet benefits

by Chris Chenoweth

The people who live in countries that border the Mediterranean Sea have a significantly decreased incidence of heart disease, chronic diseases, and cancer, and the highest adult life-expectancy rate. All of these health benefits even though the traditional Mediterranean diet contains 40% of total daily calories from fat. How is this possible?

Olive oil, a staple of a Mediterranean diet, is a monosaturated fatty acid and counteracts animal fats. This type of fat does not raise blood cholesterol levels and is an excellent source of antioxidants. Monounsaturated fats are, in fact, required for the body in order to function effectively.

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Detoxify your Body, Lose Weight and Start the Year off Right

By: Dr. Alan Jenks

A new year, a new body. A great time to really make things happen for your health. One of the best ways to start taking the weight off and getting your body into healthy shape is to cleanse your body of the toxic waste that has built up all year.

Signs of toxic waste build-up are feeling sluggish and stressed. Your body may experience aching, diarrhea, constipation, and feeling of clumsiness. Rapid weight gain and the incapacity to lose the excess weight can also be signs of having toxins in the body.

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The Three Phases of the South Beach Diet

By: Bill Nad

The South Beach Diet is essentially an eating plan that holds the principle that one must eat the right carbohydrates and right fats in order to have a healthy life full of vitality and a great looking body. Consequently, what you eat; and indeed what foods are good and what are bad for you, is a paramount principle in the South Beach Diet.

In the South Beach Diet plan, you must eat the right carbohydrates and the right fats. South Beach Diet plan is very trendy, with a lot of people following it these days. Although a lot of people consider the South Beach Diet as a popular diet, many are still not aware about the foods to avoid on the South Beach Diet.

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Get the Low Down On Low Carb Diet Foods

By: Lee Dobbins

Carbohydrates come from a wide array of foods - bread, pasta, fruits, doughnuts, ice creams and pie. Carbohydrates refer to a group of molecules that is made up of small sugar units composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

They are needed by the body and therefore included in our diet as a major source of energy. Some carbohydrates are simple and are made up of small units of sugars while others are made up of several units of sugar arranged in chains or branches. A healthy diet cannot go without these molecules.

Carbohydrates give body cells the source of energy to support all their activities. This is the reason why when the body’s sugar level is so low, the person experiences a feeling of weakness and lack of energy. (more…)

Meals for Low Carb Dieters

By: Lee Dobbins

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With so many diets to choose from, how will you know which one is the best for you? From the looks of it, South Beach Diet has proven to be popular not only with the ladies but also with the men.

South Beach Diet primarily consists of low-carb meals, therefore cutting the individual back on saturated fat, carbohydrates and sugar. It takes some getting used to but once the dieter gets the hang of low-carb meals, then South Beach Diet is simply a walk in the park.

For example, if you want a full meal that contains low carbohydrates, you can opt for cheese topped chicken with mashed cauliflower. All for the reason because the calories it contains are a mere 334 g and as for the carbs, it only has 12 g.

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Lose Weight in 10 Easy Steps with Traditional Chinese Medicine

By: Elie Goldschmidt, L.Ac.

Every few years another weight loss drug gets thrown out because of their proven health risks. It used to be Redux and Fen-Phen. Yet, the FDA still approves new diet drugs, despite potential side effects that may be damaging to the heart. Is there another, safer way to lose weight?

The majority of people who resort to drugs to help them lose weight have previously tried dieting. Unfortunately, many studies indicate that as many as 95% of these people regain all their weight within a year.

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Mediterranean Diet benefits

By: Chris Chenoweth

The people who live in countries that border the Mediterranean Sea have a significantly decreased incidence of heart disease, chronic diseases, and cancer, and the highest adult life-expectancy rate. All of these health benefits even though the traditional Mediterranean diet contains 40% of total daily calories from fat. How is this possible?

Olive oil, a staple of a Mediterranean diet, is a monosaturated fatty acid and counteracts animal fats. This type of fat does not raise blood cholesterol levels and is an excellent source of antioxidants. Monounsaturated fats are, in fact, required for the body in order to function effectively.

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Weight Loss Forever Program

By: Alberta McKain

This is not a weight loss forever program which you must respect strictly, because nobody can stick to those for long enough.

Instead, it is a simple way to make weight loss a easy and natural part of the life you already live. You don’t have to give up forever the foods you love or join a gym. It’s about balancing calories in tiny ways that add up to big benefits in a weight loss program.You just adopt some tricks naturally lean people do. Pick the ones you like and stick with them.

Make a Lifestyle Change

Permanent weight loss requires a lifestyle change, not just a diet. Too many people are focused on the immediate results rather than the long term maintenance. Weight loss which will not remain forever, if you don’t have a lifestyle change.

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Is Jenny Craig Any Good?

By: Bill Nadraszky

Jenny Craig, is it good for you or bad for you?

My wife has recently restarted going to Jenny Craig and because of the popularity of Jenny Craig I thought I would write a bit of an article about Jenny Craig.

Jenny Craig is a diet that you do by going into an office and getting the full meal deal, and you pay for that. The program that Jenny Craig offers for weight loss is to have your consultant ask some questions and then put you on a specific calorie plan.

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