Holiday Dieting: A Sweet Way To Cheat

If your diet is making you a humbug this season, there’s some good news. Turns out dark chocolate, that decadent confection, may actually be good for you! Yes, recently conducted studies published . . .

Acupuncture Weight Loss - Fact or Fantasy?

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 . . .

Intelligent Weight Loss is as Simple as 1, 2, 3

"Forget the complex diets, weight loss is about intelligent and committed effort." Focus your meals around lean sources of protein such as: white chicken and turkey meat, lean cuts of beef, egg whi. . .

Why Many Fat Free Diets Do Not Work

Most people understand that it is wise to limit the amount of fat grams in their daily diet. The dietary reference intake amount for an adult ranges from 20% to 35%[i] of daily calories; or about . . .

The Zone Diet Explained

Developed by Barry Sears PhD, the 'Zone Diet' is the latest in a long line of attempts to get a fresh angle on weightloss, and is currently among the 5 most popular diets in the States, partly beca. . .

Food Selection for Gastric Bypass Patients

Dieters who dejectedly complain they are figuratively “stuck” with their excess fat may be surprised to learn there is a scientifically-accurate truth to their statement. Fat cells -- which are cr. . .

10 Easy to follow Tips to help YOU Lose Weight

Dieting is not easy. If it were, we would probably all be thin. Since we are not, here are some tips that successful people use to lose weight so that others can benefit, too. SUCCESS TIP NO. 1: . . .

Basic Weight Management

The perfect diet should be combined with a healthy weight management or activity program. Weight management may conjure up that dreaded "exercise" word. And exercise to some means pushing the body . . .

Current Dietary Recommendations in Strength Training

Efforts to expand the limits of human strength and endurance have kept the scientist and the athlete occupied for centuries. The quest for another pound of muscle, or to lift next couple of kilos h. . .

A Diet Deficiency Today is a Clinical Event Tomorrow

For those of us that understand nutrition and it's importance in our lives, this statement makes all too much sense doesn't it. Today, six out of the top ten causes of death are diet related and ch. . .

Diet Is A Four Letter Word!!!

Good health is decided largely by personal habits and lifestyles. Choices that influence health negatively can be the use of tobacco products, alcohol, illicit drug use and the stress of a high pac. . .

Body Fat Distribution Factors

Most men and women put on weight differently. But on what makes fat settle in a preferential way, there is little evidence.Scientists ascertained that the specific body shapes are: the android shap. . .

What You Should Know About Mixing Medications and Diet

"...Medicine is dominated by a conservative inertia in which, for what they conceive of as medical-legal safety, 95% of the entire pack moves forward slowly, and together, to incorporate advances i. . .

Eating for Health, Happiness and Successful Weight Control

Don't diet, just eat and lose weight!First, the following "diet" is really not a diet, in the conventional sense, but a natural way of eating. It allows one to eat essentially anything one wishes,. . .

Get Fit By Getting Fat

Getting enough of the good fats will help you lose fat, build muscle, and recover faster from your workouts. In addition, it has myriad health benefits, including being good for your heart. Good fa. . .

Whither Low-Carb?

Fads fade for a reason. Like pet rocks, low-carb diets will disappear because they just don’t do anything worthwhile. The dropout rate is high – about 50 percent – because the diets are boring and . . .

11 Top Secrets for Dieting Success

If dieting were easy, I suppose we’d all be thin. As we are not, here are 11 tips that successful people use to lose weight. They can help you succeed too. SUCCESS TIP NO. 1: DRINK 8-10 GLASS. . .

Understand the Science of Obesity And You're On Your Way ...

Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true. An overweight person has a surplus amount of weight that includes muscle, bone, fat and water. An obese per. . .

The Danger of Curbing Hunger Artificially

Unhealthy eating is a harmful problem in America, and contrary to a very outdated perception, this harm is not limited to those who suffer from obesity[1]. In reality, according to the Directors of. . .

Kids and The Low-Carb Lifestyle

Some pediatricians have been prescribing a low-carb diet for a select group of children for decades, and what they have seen is very unsettling. The ketogenic diet was developed more than 80 years . . .