Where’s Your Diet Danger Zone?

Where’s Your Diet Danger Zone?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When examining your eating habits, where you eat may be as important as what you eat. If you’re trying to get to the source of stress eating or habitual eating, then examine what you’re doing and where you’re doing it when the binge takes place. For example, if you snack…

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Dieters: Music To Your Ears

Dieters: Music To Your Ears

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s a reason MP3 players have taken over the gym. One of the best ways to pump up your adrenaline during a workout is to turn up the tunes. Studies have shown that listening to music can actually heighten the flow of your exercises. If you’re a runner, then the…

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A No-Nonsense Butter Substitute

A No-Nonsense Butter Substitute

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Give yourself a pat on the back by giving up those pats of butter. One tablespoon of butter has 100 calories and 11 grams of fat (7 grams of saturated fat). There’s no reason you have to give up the great taste, however. There are plenty of butter substitutes out…

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Your Steakhouse Survival Guide

Your Steakhouse Survival Guide

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

It seems like mission impossible, but you can survive the steakhouse without contributing to your bottom line. Although you may hear the call of coconut fried shrimp and fried onions, don’t respond. Coconut shrimp are swimming in the bad stuff with 521 calories and 19 grams of fat. Meanwhile, a…

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Ward Off Exercise Injuries

Ward Off Exercise Injuries

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Regardless of whether you’re a novice athlete or a professional athlete, it’s always important to make time for a little R & R. Periods of rest are instrumental in helping to make sure you get the most out of your workout. In fact, the days off from working out are…

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Downsize Your Plate and Your Waist

Downsize Your Plate and Your Waist

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Use smaller plates. When you’re trying to get a handle on portion sizes, your dinner can drown on those 12-inch plates. Suddenly, those healthy helpings can look smaller than ever. Trick your brain by enjoying sensible servings on a smaller platter. It will be difficult to “overdo” it when there’s…

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Don’t Fall for Faux Claims

Don’t Fall for Faux Claims

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you think that certain phrases on the labels of foods mean they’re healthy choices, think again. Get down with the lingo before buying something that looks like it’s a boon to your health. Don’t think it’s all good if you see the words “all natural” – after all, saturated…

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Pick a “Pec” of Great Chest Exercises

Pick a “Pec” of Great Chest Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Many women worry about getting a man’s physique by doing chest exercises, but working out the pectoral muscles can help firm sagging breasts. A strong chest helps perform all kinds of daily tasks, like manipulating the steering wheel, pushing a baby carriage and pushing a grocery cart. Even sitting at…

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Should You Go Gluten-Free?

Should You Go Gluten-Free?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

For many people who suffer from celiac disease or wheat allergies, eating a sandwich or drinking a beer can be uncomfortable at best and nearly fatal at worst. Products that contain gluten, a thickening additive that is also present in wheat, barley, rye and oats, can pose problems such as…

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