Archive for July, 2011
FAT: It’s Not Always Bad!
Fat Facts Experts agree that a healthy diet involves eating a variety of foods and keeping your fat intake to 30-percent or less of your total calories. Easier said than done? We will take a look at how simple it really is. But first, a word about fat. All fats contain nine calories per gram, [...]
Weight Loss Fat Loss
To make things worse in the world of fitness and weight loss, you’ll often read about weight loss – only to turn around and find yourself reading about fat loss. Is there a difference? Yes, there is. Weight loss and fat loss are not only confusing subjects, they can be conflicting and enormous amount of [...]
Sugar, Sugar
Have you heard the fact that a 20-ounce bottle of regular Coke contains the equivalent of 17 teaspoons of sugar? Can you imagine going to your sugar bowl or canister and eating 17 teaspoons of sugar straight? Do you check the sugar content on food and nutrition labels? Health “experts” proclaim the average American eats [...]
Grab a Free Printable Food Diary
Keeping a food diary can be surprisingly helpful when trying to diet – and it can be a surprise! Sometimes we eat more in a day than we realize. Not on purpose but rather by rote. So give a food diary a try – it won’t take much time and it may help you determine [...]
Fitness: Beating Confliction, Confusion and Chaos
So you know you’re over weight and seek out some advice on how best to cope with this unpleasant fact. You happily start reading with a positive attitude but subsequently start feeling agitated, confused, berated and belittled – then you give up and have a snack, feeling “down” and out of sorts. Nothing gets accomplished. [...]
Do Americans Consume Too Much Salt?
Do we consume too much salt in America? Yes, in fact, we eat ten times the amount of salt and/or sodium than our ancestors and the dangers of doing so are multiplying. Salt and sodium are pretty much the same thing. Many think the danger in high salt/sodium consumption is only in those with high [...]
Thirty Symptoms of Toxicity
The human body is created with a wisdom that is difficult to grasp; that being that it miraculously is able to heal itself from injuries, illness, and trauma. When toxins build up in our bodies, under normal, healthy circumstances the body can usually repair and restore. However, when overburdened with toxins, we can develop any [...]
Killer Legs
Sorry, this isn’t about “killer” as in “well built”, but literally – killer. People who are off their feet (laid up) for awhile can develop killer blood clots. DVT is not usually life threatening, but it can be if the bloodclots break loose and go into the lungs. Anyone who is off their feet for [...]
Kick The Morning Blues
Many of us are poor starters to the day. We feel languid, uninspired. It is as much as we can do to get out of bed and stand under the shower. However, there are a number of techniques we can adopt to boost our energy levels and reduce our feelings of stress at the start [...]
Whole Foods Boost Mood
Eat more whole foods to boost your mood! People whose diets are high in whole foods have a lower risk of deprssion than people who eat more processed foods. Researchers analyzed data from more than 3,000 participants with a mean age of 55.6 years. Two dietary patterns were identified: The “processed food” pattern, which includes [...]
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