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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lose weight and feel great
- Many people search for a pill, a special diet or some other quick fix to lose weight. The key to weight loss and good health is changing bad habits and developing a healthy lifestyle. If those new diets are not helping you, here are some tips that will.1. Mistake number one is skipping meals in an effort lose weight. When you starve yourself your body reacts by holding on to fat. Also, when...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - New hope for attaining--and maintaining--a healthy body weight
- The percentage of Americans who are overweight and obese is increasing very rapidly. "Overweight" is defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) from 25.0 to 29.9 whereas a BMI of 30 or above is defined as "obese." According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 56% of the population was overweight during the reporting period from 1988 through 1994, and 23% was obese. During the period from ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 tips for dining out
- There is no doubt about it; Americans are eating in restaurants more often than ever before. In 1970 Americans spent just 26% of their food dollars on restaurant meals. Today we spend 46% of food dollars on eating out. This is likely the result of a fast paced lifestyle and more convenience of restaurants. What have also grown are restaurant portion sizes. The average restaurant portion size is la...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resolve + enthusiasm = power
- Think for a moment about the highest mountain you ever climbed, the deepest valley you ever crossed, or the longest river you ever had to swim. Perhaps it was healing a relationship with an estranged loved one, closing a big deal at work, overcoming an addiction, surviving an illness, succeeding against the odds or making what seemed like an impossible dream come true. I imagine that there were mo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Could false memories be an efficient diet helper?
- Speculating on the scientifically proven memory unreliability, the memory specialist Elizabeth Loftus, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Irvine thought of using the technique of false memory induction as a new approach to dieting. And this is how: by inducing false memories about specific foods. It was proven by scientific studies that under the right circumstance...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight control: operationalizing your plans
- We have such good weight loss intentions. We emotionally beat ourselves up for lack of self-discipline, weakness, cheating. We swear to change, to put looks and health ahead of comfort and self-indulgence. We promise to change. We want, more than almost anything else, to be the svelte, attractive individual we see in our own minds.Before you run off, filled with enthusiasm for your latest, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Surviving glycemic diets (ketogenic, low-carb or atkins):
- 1.The first step to living a Glycemic Diet Lifestyle is knowing what you can have, and have lots of. This includes a large variety of vegetables and fruits. The best you can do is eating 5 vegetable servings of ½ cup per day and 4 ½ cups of fruits (Please be selective) per day.2.Remember that eating refined white flour, white potatoes, white rice to you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Diets may have long term side effects...do you know what they are?
- To see the "low carb" diets on the way out is a somewhat reflective process, not that I was an advocate of ketogenic diets at all unless you have Adolescent Epilepsy, but bringing the "low carb or ketogenic diet" into the forefront of our American Society meant that more people were being educated about obesity, food and eating. This acknowledgment about food was astounding and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hybrid sweeteners in todays health
- What is the advantage of these new half sugar and half synthetic baking sugars that are on the market? These drink products made with ½ the sugar carbs and ½ synthetic sweeteners and foods marketed and eaten by our kids, does it really give the consumer that much more of an advantage?There was a national news story on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brocaw (1...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - To be or not to be: low carb...
- I get asked all the time, "what do you think about the Atkin's Diet?". Well, as a Nutritional Bio-Chemist, my opinion and answer to that question would have to be a biochemical response.First of all, lets start with the foundation of the Atkins Diet. Robert Atkins did not invent the Low Carb diet. It was first administered over 80 years ago by John Hopkins Medical School and Hospi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Basic approaches to weight management
- Being over weight is usually being 20 percent or more over the normal weight for his or her age, sex, build, and height. According to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, a person's weight is healthy if it falls within the acceptable range for his or her height and age; if the pattern of fat distribution does not place the person at increased risk for certain diseases; and if the person has no...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Saint valentine never had it so good
- There are several theories on the origins of Valentine's Day. Some believe it originated on February 14, 269 A.D., when Saint Valentine was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. Others subscribe to the story of Saint Valentine, a priest imprisoned for defying the Emperor Claudius. And some of us don't really care how it started (have you heard of Romance Grinches?).Early records re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spring forage
- Thankfully, winter does not last forever! In the spring there is no more temptation to dip into the white flour canister and whip up biscuits and gravy or grandma's banana bread. Ah, as the daylight hours grow longer, we lose the urge to rummage through the fridge for high carb "no-no's." With the onset of spring, thick, sweet, hot, heavy, bloating, high glycemic platters of food suddenly have no ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Half of our nation is overweight!
- Experts say obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest health problem of the decade. They are predicting a quarter of the population will be suffering from weight related diabetes by 2013.Doctors have coined the phrase "diabesity" to describe the condition, which is affecting a rising number of chronically overweight adults and children.In Australia researchers say 4 out ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The health effects of being overweight
- Both men and women around the world are becoming fatter and it's partly because of our modern lifestyle, too much fatty food and too little exercise. Some people say, 'Why should it matter if I'm overweight as long as I feel okay?' But being overweight does matter because it increases the risk of health problems such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some cancers. Being at a healthy weight on...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Tips for effective weight loss
- Weight Loss tipsAll throughout my childhood and teenage years I watched helplessly as my mother tried every fad diet under the sun. I recall one time she ate boiled cabbage and nothing else for a whole week. I felt my mothers' frustration and misery but I could not understand why it was so difficult for her to lose weight and keep it off ? until that is I became a weight loss coach.F...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find the right new year?s resolution to get into your best shape ever!
- Yep, it is that time of year again! Time to moan and groan about the weight we gained over the holidays as we resolve to lose it all in the New Year! If memories of failed New Year's resolutions are haunting you, it is time you found the right resolution for 2005.The reason that most New Year's Resolutions fail is that they are too extreme or time consuming. Who is really going to give up a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight loss: n y millionaire weight loss ?secret? revealed
- It is a fact that about 70% Americans are overweight. There may be genetic, social and psychological factors involved in this problem.Hi, my name is I-key. All my life, I have always tried to eat well. I constantly exercised and my weight remained stable for about 15 yrs.I believe that good health is one the greatest assets one can have.Read on and discover my simple weight lo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to spot false weight loss and diet advertising claims
- Flip through a magazine, scan a newspaper, or channel surf and you see them everywhere: Ads that promise quick and easy weight loss without diet or exercise. Wouldn't it be nice if - as the ads claim - you could lose weight simply by taking a pill, wearing a patch, or rubbing in a cream? Too bad claims like that are almost always false.Doctors, dieticians, and other experts agree that the b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lose weight and get healthy; can laughter be a cure for obesity?
- Once there were these two Nuns and they...just kidding! Do you feel any thinner or healthier? Well, according to recent studies, you might not in the beginning but over the long haul, you could actually drop weight.Now, if you are laughing because you are binging on some kind of pastry or you getting trashed on alcohol, this might not work for you but if you are laughing for other reasons, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to be a big fat loser in 2005
- Now that the temptations of the Holiday season have passed it is time to stop feeling like a big fat loser and become one by losing all the fat you gained. And I am here to tell you how to do it in seven easy to follow steps.1.) Cut all the sugar out of your diet 2.) Reduce the size of your portions 3.) Always eat breakfast. 4.) Never let yourself go hungry, it slows down your m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Body wraps & weight loss
- Body wraps can help tone and tighten the skin, improve blood circulation, detoxify the body and help mobilize fat so it can be eliminated from the body naturally. You do not need any special equipment other than a mixing bowl, heating pot and wrapping sheets like thin towels.Body wraps work in two stages: absorption and squeezing (compaction). In the absorption stage you apply a substance o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Theres still time for your new years resolution and lowering body mass index
- This year, we all made some of the typical New Year's resolutions. We want to quit smoking, spend more time with our kids, and drop a few pounds. They are all great goals, but as February has arrived, how are we doing?If you have found yourself lagging behind on meeting your goals, don't get upset. Making a resolution on January 1st is a good time for renewal, but today is just as worthy of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 part plan to beating childhood obesity
- Everyone from politicians to parents is talking about fighting the war against childhood flab. It is odd that in a relatively wealthy countries such as the US and Australia improving children's health, weight and fitness should be a problem but it appears to be a sticking point with many.Childhood obesity in a developed country like Australia and the United States is essentially a lifestyle...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - High carbs/low fat diets and cardio vascular disease
- For the past 20 years, the American public has been bombarded with the message: "Fat is bad!" As a result, our food supply is now inundated with "low fat" foods, engineered foods and foods processed to remove natural fats. In every instance, low fat foods are loaded with carbohydrates.The result: Americans are suffering from a variety of endocrine problems and degenerative diseases directly...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Acupuncture weight loss? plus 5 step weight loss plan
- I remember back in my senior year of high school - my best friend since 5th grade was living in France. He wrote that they didn't like Americans much. "They think we're all fat," he said. With his own skinny frame, of course, he confounded their belief.But, he added a funny, or perhaps ironic capstone to the issue. "I went to a store, and they were selling statues of these fat people, and, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Motivation: keeping the fire going in your fat loss plan
- Motivation is a factor often overlooked when it comes to weight loss endeavors because you feel strong and determined when first embarking on a fat loss plan. You're positive you'll never lose sight of your goals. But, what happens when you lose your focus and motivation takes a serious dive? Can you ever regain your fierce determination and get back on track? YES YOU CAN!Are you ready?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can caffeine tights beat cellulite?
- At around £350 pounds a treatment, Lipo-Dissolve the so called "flab-jab" injection that dissolves fatty tissue in the knees is costly, painful and requires ugly plasters on both knees, as recent pictures of Gerri Halliwell and Nicole Kidman show.There is an alternative however, that involves no effort, discomfort or sticking plasters, wearing Coffee Tights!...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Buildingmorethanbodies: best proteins for burning body fat and building lean muscles and strong bone
- Lean turkeyLean ground beefChicken breastFish, halibut, orange roughy,More fish, shark, red snaperLean hamLean deli style meatsTuna in waterCottage cheese, (regular or low)Egg whitesWhole eggsShrimp, scallopsSoy based proteinsEggbeeter** Serving size 3-6 oz per meal.These are a great start!!...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using the glycemic index to lose weight after pregnancy
- The vast majority of postpartum women will not return to their pre-pregnancy weight without the help of proper nutrition. This article will explain why extreme diets don't work and why the Glycemic Index may be the best long-term solution for postpartum weight loss.Don't Go To ExtremesThere are thousands of "diets" on the market, yet the question still remains: how can we a...