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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…)

Lose Weight with Focus And Motivation

By: Mike Lath

At first thought, motivation and focus may not seem related to dieting and weight loss, but in fact the two are deeply interconnected.

Many times we will eat in order to deal with problems or stress.

But by starting each day with a plan and focusing, you will do well to guard yourself against this type of destructive eating.

Before you get out of bed in the morning, imagine everything you wish to do during the day.

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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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Asian green tea and Weight Loss

By: Bill Nad

Asian green tea has been around for thousands of year. It is believed that Asian green tea was discovered by a Asian emperor by accident. It comes from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis, as traditional black tea and oolong tea.

For centuries, Asian medicine has used it to treat headaches, digestive problems, lack of energy, and immune enhancement. The Asian diet green tea is produced by steaming the fresh tea leaves at high temperatures, leaving a significant part of the nutritional enzyme content intact.

Different from the black and oolong tea, the green tea is never fermented. Instead, its leaves bypass the fermenting process and steamed, baked or pan heated. The leaves are rolled and those tightly rolled leaves have long been considered as a sign of quality.

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Get healthy! Make the weight loss decision!

By: Peter Wolf

Weight loss is on everyone’s mind. Being successful at weight loss is a combination of several things. In fact, it is kind of a gradual process. It’s often treated as a “quick fix” or short-term goal. But it is a simple concept, you need to burn more calories than you consume.

A slow but consistent weight loss method is better than a rapid one. But most health experts agree that a fast result is a bad result. Quick weight loss is absolutely, positively, 100% guaranteed to result in residual weight gain. So, weight loss is not easy and not often successful.

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Risks of Dietary Supplements

By: Chris Chenoweth

A dietary supplement is a product that is intended to provide enhancement or improvement to your diet that contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs or other botanicals. It is taken orally as a pill, capsule, or liquid.

There are now thousands of dietary supplements on the market. Most contain vitamins and minerals that supplement the nutrients we can be missing from our regular diets. There are also products that do not contain vitamins or minerals, but other ingredients like botanicals, herbs, enzymes and amino acids.

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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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Demystifying Diet Myths

By: Lee Dobbins

In today’s modern culture wherein Paris Hilton is the goddess and the abs of Usher are every man’s goal, more and more people are into dieting. Unfortunately, a lot still fall into the diet myth trap out of their desire and eagerness to fit into a size 2.

The worse thing though is not only the fact that these myths are widespread, but that these diet myths, when practiced, have adverse effects on the body.

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Do Fad Diets Work?

By: Chris Chenoweth

Fad diets are weight loss plans that promise amazingly fast results. They do not offer any sort of long-term plan for success and they are usually very unhealthy, sometimes actually dangerous, for your body.

Some of the more popular fad diets are listed below:

LIQUID DIETS:

You drink a nutrient-rich liquid twice a day in place of your regular meals and eat a well-balanced meal as the third meal of the day.

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