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- Macrobiotic Diet Foods – An Overview - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Michael Locklear"Let food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be food." -Hippocrates The benefits of macrobiotic diet foods are becoming increasingly recognized. Over the last several decades, the macrobiotic diet has been the catalyst for positive dietary and lifestyle changes around the world. The ...
Views: 1439 - 2 Simple Weight Loss Hacks - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2019 from James MaloneAre you interested in learning about one of the simple weight loss hacks I share at my Effective Weight Loss Strategies class? I tell attendees that the program is divided into two parts; the initial lecture and the guided experience. Believe it or not even if for some strange reason you ...
Views: 1438 - Are You Living a Fat Life? – Find Out How to Add More Fat to Your Belly - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Anthony ChapmanLet me give you an example of a typical day of a busy person and the unhealthy habits that go hand in hand. A typical day for most people begins with a stampede to make sure they get to work on time; this is normally after failing to wake up after hitting the snooze button multiple times. ...
Views: 1438 - Binge Eating: How to Stop Binge Eating and Get Back in the Driver's Seat - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Melissa McCreeryBinge eating is eating "gone wrong." Binge eating is eating gone on automatic pilot, eating disconnected from physical body sensations like fullness and hunger. After a binge you may experience a glazed feeling and a "coming back to awareness." "What happened here?" and "I wish I could undo ...
Views: 1437 - High-Fat Diet May Adversely Alter Your Brain Structure - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Byron RichardsIn a rather sobering study, scientists have demonstrated that a high-fat diet has the potential to drastically alter the architecture of the brain, resulting in poor circulation within the brain, down-regulated metabolism, and outright brain damage in areas of the brain central to appetite ...
Views: 1437(2 votes) - Tricks to Win the Game of Mixed Martial Arts - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Emile JarreauAs the name suggests Mixed Martial Arts is a hybrid kind of sports that employs various moves and tactics from different form of martial arts from ancient to modern times in the game. Need less to say that the people who engage in this game form are owners of top quality health, stamina and ...
Views: 1437(1 vote) - Good Food For Good Mood - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Karen Schachter"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf was on to something: food - and our relationship to it - is our sustenance, our life blood. It has the potential to ...
Views: 1435(4 votes) - High protein diets is the best muscle building programme - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Healthy DietPlanThe excessive protein diet has been thought-about as one of the crucial sought after diets now-a-days. The fundamental concept of this excessive protein food plan is simple, regardless of your goals, everyone can leverage from consuming a excessive protein weight loss plan and eating excessive ...
Views: 1435 - The Jenny Craig Diet Summarized - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Chester Ku-LeaFounded in 1983, Jenny Craig, Inc. is one of the largest weight management service companies in the world. The Company offers a comprehensive weight management program that helps clients learn how to eat the foods they want, increase their energy level through simple activity, and build more ...
Views: 1435(5 votes) - THE 5 SECRETS TO ACHIEVING A LEAN, FIT, AND HEALTHY BODY FOR WOMEN OVER 30 - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2006 from Heather PickenWhat I have found that as women get in their 30’s they feel it’s just not possible to change their bodies as a result of getting older and lack of motivation. In my 10 years experience I have heard this so many times and have helped women change not just physically but mentally even in their ...
Views: 1434 - 3 Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2012 from JoLynn BraleyWould you love to avoid the yearly holiday weight gain? What if you could sail through the holiday season without fear of weight gain, deprivation, or struggle? What would it feel like to finally be done with the ongoing struggles with food and your weight? What's exciting is that the ...
Views: 1433 - Focus On Your Health And Your Weight Will Take Care Of Itself - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2008 from Dori SchwaigerEveryone writes about weight loss and diets these days so I wanted to write an information packed article about the benefits of good health. What most people don't realize is that when you focus your attentions on practicing the right steps towards a healthy vibrant lifestyle you will very ...
Views: 1433 - Lose Belly Fat - 4 Tips to Get Ripped Abs Without Sit Ups and Crunches - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from rena wongDo you spend hours doing crunches or sit ups and yet, you are not getting ripped or six pack abs? Chances are you've been doing it all wrong! It's a common mistake in most people who want visible abs to do abdominal exercise only. Sure, you develop abdominal muscle but it's only hidden under ...
Views: 1433 - Why you're not skinny (yet) - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Sukie BaxterDo you ever hang out in coffee shops, sipping your double Americano – no cream or sugar – nibbling on air, and staring around you at the local color, silently tallying up the calories in their triple vanilla lattes, hand forged donuts, scones, and delectable baked treats, marveling at their slim ...
Views: 1433(2 votes) - Fast Track Your Way Back To Health With The Power Of Fresh Juice - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Brendan McCarthyThe food we eat plays a major key as to how our body performs and holds fat. The majority of food we eat is processed or cooked so much that all the living enzymes inside the food are dead I call this type of food ‘Empty Foods’. We human-beings are living organisms and we need living enzymes ...
Views: 1432 - Going On A Diet? 10 Reasons Why Diets Fail - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2007 from Holly RigsbyIs your New Year’s Resolution to Lose Weight? Will You "Go" on a Diet? Surprise...Look at where it will "take" you. The only thing growing faster than the $65 billion diet industry is the American waistline. If your Resolution for the New Year is to GO on a Diet, the only place I guarantee you ...
Views: 1432 - Patch Sewn Into Tongue - Makes You Eat Less - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2013 from Richard ClarkeHave you heard the one about the man who had a patch stitched into his tongue so he could eat less food? I’m afraid to say there is no punch line and it’s not even a joke, it’s true. Some people are so stupid. They would rather opt for crazy surgery than do so basic things right. The ...
Views: 1432 - Take Charge of Your Weight: Give Up versus Take Charge Talk - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Bob Weinstein, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army, RetiredTake Charge of Your Weight: Give Up versus Take Charge Talk By Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, USAR-Ret Discouraging and disempowering talk and self-talk will drain you of the positive emotions you need to accomplish life’s many tasks, excel at work and nurture relationships. You will discover ...
Views: 1432(2 votes) - The Downfall Of The American Diet - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Dori SchwaigerWhy are so many Americans heading towards, if not already battling an obesity problem? What are the main factors to this growing epidemic and what can we do to stop it? Let's take an eye opening look into the downfall of our diet and our changing culture. Here we will outline the cause and ...
Views: 1432 - Avoiding Thanksgiving Day Stuffed - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2006 from Alice GreeneAre you already starting to worry about overeating during the Thanksgiving holiday? It is such a tradition to eat until you are as stuffed as the bird that you may not even realize how full you get. Few escape the need to unbutton their pants or loosen their belts by the end of Thanksgiving ...
Views: 1431 - Complete Weight Loss Program: The Truth About The 5-Factor Diet - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2007 from Sharon BellThe 5-factor diet is a weight loss program that basically goes around with concepts that are linked to the number 5. This program was developed by Harley Pasternak and has been proven to bring about effective weight loss results within five weeks. Nevertheless, many users of this diet program ...
Views: 1431 - Hunger Pangs and How to Handle Them Healthily - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2017 from Harshad JethraThrough the nutrition we get, the body gets used to a certain energy level. When we go on a diet, we tend to eat too little food. Now the strategy is likely to backfire. Over time, the body would send starvation signals to the brain. One then tends raid the fridge at midnight. This may at ...
Views: 1431 - Stick To Your Diet With Online Diet Trackers - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2006 from Pauline WallinAre you one of the millions of people who will be starting a diet on Monday? The most important factor in losing weight is keeping a record of what you eat. In fact, research shows that the mere act of monitoring your food intake reduces the amount you eat! If you are looking for a little help ...
Views: 1431 - You Can Overcome Sugar Cravings And Addictions! - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2011 from Mika MaddelaA sweet tooth makes weight loss even more difficult that it already is. A sugar addiction means that a person is physically dependent upon sugar. When a sugar dependency develops, your body begins building a tolerance and beating the addiction becomes more difficult. It's sometimes difficult to ...
Views: 1431 - Goal Setting for Weight Loss - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Kathy ButlerWhat goals are you setting for your weight loss and health? The setting of goals can really help you achieve weight loss or become healthier and fitter. Knowing how to set these goals is the first step in the process. Goals which are set effectively are more likely to be achieved. The ...
Views: 1430(1 vote) - Live Longer, Feel Better, and Look Better: Is a Calorie Restricted Diet for you? - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2009 from Marjorie GeiserWhen I was working at the hospital, in the '90's, we accepted dietetic interns and one of those interns was a student from Singapore, whose husband was in medical school at the same time. Their plan was to return to Singapore to open their own wellness center. I share this because it was from ...
Views: 1430 - Losing Weight Naturally – The Absolute Best Way to Lose Weight… - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2015 from Peter KirwanThere's a certain relationship that's very often forgotten or ignored by people taking part in a weight-loss program. What is it? It's the very important relationship that losing weight naturally and effectively shares with the shape of your body - you need to get both sides of the relationship ...
Views: 1430 - Taking the Disguise off Health-Food Impostors - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Roberta MittmanWhat am I hearing most often these days from patients at my wellness center and coaching clients across the country? Food confusion! Real information about what's nutritious and healthful gets lost in all the advertisements, false claims, and myths swirling in the media. Food fads come and ...
Views: 1430(2 votes) - The #1 Reason Diets Fail - by Submitted on May 26, 2012 from Laurel InmanThe first diet I went on (keyword “first” out of many) was calorie counting with Weight Watchers(R). They don’t like to use the word diet, but let’s face it, they are giving you numerical parameters to follow. When calorie counting later got such a bad rap, because it really didn’t solve our ...
Views: 1430(1 vote) - The Real Reason Your Diet Didn't Work - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2012 from JoLynn BraleyI know how frustrated you feel that you've done yet another diet but you're still not getting permanent results. The permanent results of dropping the fat and keeping it off. After all, who really wants to go on diets over and over again? That's not any fun! What's fun is to achieve ...
Views: 1430 - Weight Loss Herbs That Work Safely - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2014 from Neil TeasdaleTwo out of every three Americans are considered as being overweight, and every year nearly half of the American population resolves to lose weight. One popular tool that has been tried by many is that of weight loss herbs; these are natural remedies that usually claim to work by suppressing the ...
Views: 1430(1 vote) - 5 Easy Healthy Lifestyle Tips - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Melissa McCreeryJust thinking about shaping up, losing weight, or eating healthier makes many women exhausted. Changing habits is hard work, but sometimes we approach healthy lifestyle changes in the most difficult way possible. Instead of picking your biggest challenge, consider starting where you know you can ...
Views: 1429(2 votes) - Eating Out Made Easy for Those Want to Lose Weight - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Melonie DodaroIt’s one thing when you’re in the comfort of your own kitchen to decide what to eat, but quite another out there in the world of temptation! Yikes…but if you look you’ll find healthy options at restaurants, fast food places and coffee shops.You just have to know what to look for. The ...
Views: 1429 - Have We Missed the Point of the Paula Deen Debate? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Cory CouillardPaula Deen has become more publicized despite the possible harm that her foods may have caused to millions of people. Many people are talking about the hamburger donuts, the fact that she withheld information about her diabetes and even that she receives money from pharmaceutical companies. Are ...
Views: 1429(1 vote) - Quick Stress Reduction Strategies for Busy Women: Nourish Yourself - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Melissa McCreeryFor women who are busy, one of the biggest challenges can be figuring out how to keep their personal needs and priorities, including healthy eating and fitness routines, on their agendas when schedules get crowded. While skimping on self-care may seem like a time saver in the short run, ...
Views: 1429(1 vote) - 10 Tips: Eating Out and Staying Healthy - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Brendan McCarthyWith the array of restaurants available to us these days, dining out has become the norm rather than the exception. Gone are the days when going out to a restaurant was a unique event saved for special occasions with family or friends. Hectic lifestyles and busy schedules often make dining out a ...
Views: 1428 - Childhood Obesity Prevention - How to Prevent Obesity in Your Child - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Shawn HorwoodWith the ever growing obesity rate, parents are getting more and more worried about their children & preventing their child or children from becoming obese. In this article, I would like to share 3 ways that you can prevent childhood obesity in your kids. Some people would like to blame the ...
Views: 1428(7 votes) - Handling the food addiction: What to do when slip-ups happen - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Scott Q MarcusHe was celebrating four years of sobriety. When I asked how he knew it was time to initially seek help, he said, “I finally realized I had no control over alcohol. I thought about it all the time. I couldn’t wait to drink. I was obsessed with it.” As I listened, I thought, “Substitute the ‘food’ ...
Views: 1428(1 vote) - How To Find Your Motivation To Lose Weight - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from mike medeirosDeciding to lose weight is usually a simple thing to do. Really committing to losing the weight is a bit harder. A single way to make your weight loss challenge easier is to discover your motivation to lose weight. Once you have your motivation to lose weight, the actual weight loss may be ...
Views: 1428(1 vote) - Weight Loss Programs Can Work With The Right Preparation - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2011 from Fred wilsonWeight loss and weight loss programs in the twenty first century are often approached with the mindset that they must be delivered, and indeed completed, in record time. It seems like every few days there is an exciting new program released that is that better than the ones before it promises ...
Views: 1428(2 votes) - Diet and Exercise Promote Weight Loss - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from John PhillipThe food we eat provides the building blocks required for cellular construction as well as all metabolic and chemical reactions which our body performs to function in good health. In the same fashion, our diet and level of physical activity directly influence our hormones that determine if fat ...
Views: 1427 - Good Nutrition The Foundation For Weight Loss Success - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2011 from Patrick HaveyEvery year, millions of people endure the pain of going on a diet in the pursuit of getting a more fit, healthier body. While weight loss in and of itself is worth pursuing, the emphasis is too often wrongly placed on loss of pounds rather than healthy living. In order to lose weight ...
Views: 1427 - You’re Never too Busy to Eat Right - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2010 from Torri MylerMost of us if asked to use only one word to describe our day would probably say “busy”. We get the kids to school, rush off to work, juggle a couple of meetings, take care of business and then run errands from drycleaners to the grocery store and everything in between. Then we get home and there ...
Views: 1427(3 votes) - One Man's Journey to Weight Loss Success - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2007 from Jason FarmerMy name is Jason and I am overweight. I am a pretty basic guy, married 2 kids with a 9-5 job sitting in front of a computer, and that is my downfall. when I was young and my metabolism was in top shape I was always active, now I sit in front of a computer drinking way too much coffee and coming ...
Views: 1426 - 13 Simple Ways To Boost Weight Loss - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Cornelia DoctrovePerhaps you are like many people who add on pounds as if by magic, have already started a weight loss program and are now looking for simple ways to boost weight loss because your efforts have come to a screeching halt. Those extra pounds make you feel uncomfortable and heavier and seem to hang ...
Views: 1426 - Fat Information Service – Propaganda Machine? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Richard ClarkeIn the last few weeks I have been watching a story unfold online and I just have to bring it to your attention. It involves a new online service called the Fat Information Service (FIS), which has been set up to help people better understand the role and benefits of dietary fats, primarily ...
Views: 1426 - How to Avoid Stress Eating At Your Desk - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Melissa McCreeryDo you find yourself stress eating, comfort eating or even boredom eating during your workday? That's emotional eating. Emotional eating is the eating that happens when you're procrastinating tackling a difficult project, struggling with writer's block, or avoiding a difficult conversation. ...
Views: 1426 - How To Get Your Diet Back On Track - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2014 from Richard ClarkeCountless well meaning individuals eat and exercise well and get into a great routine and then something happens. It could be anything from a night out, a flat tyre, a holiday, Christmas! Anyway this event throws out your healthy eating plan/regime sometimes only for 1 day but it can have a big ...
Views: 1426 - Let Your Light Shine! ~ 5 Tips for Cultivating Your Inner Light - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Rebecca Astara“Raising your vibration is a choice. You are the master of your own light. Within you lives this undeniable radiant beauty. Awaken to your gifts and share them as was intended.” ~Ananda Anahata Tip #1 Choose Optimal Fuel The way we fuel our bodies deeply and radically affects the way we ...
Views: 1426 - Does Your Child Have an Eating Disorder? - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from Ofira ShaulMillions of young people suffer from an eating disorder- whether it is anorexia, bulimia or binge eating. At one point, the family was seen as the cause of their loved one's eating disorder. Although there may be dysfunctional relationships within the family, many professionals now see that the ...
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