Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Eating and sticking with a low-calorie diet is one of the biggest challenges for most dieters, and it’s a plan that backfires for more than 90 percent of dieters. How can you lose weight without regaining the weight back in a few weeks? The answer is to cut calories slowly…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
In today’s health-conscious world, fast food is one indulgence that is off the table for dieters. However, there are times when a trip through the drive-through becomes necessary; whether in a hurry or on vacation. So what should the savvy dieter order from the fast-food menu? What are the smart…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Before starting a new diet plan or spending money on a new weight-loss product, it’s important to first define your goal. What exactly do you consider your ideal weight to be? Are you looking to reduce your weight to Y pounds, lower your body fat to X percentage, or lower…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
By Ron Subs Diets like Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem offer a diet and fitness diary with their plan. Before you throw it away with the packaging, you might want to take it out and try using it for awhile. These journals are great tools for your weight loss…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
While many people turn to the latest fad diet or diet program in hopes of “losing 10 pounds in 10 days!” or experiencing “fast weight loss overnight!” few people actually get results from these programs and end up gaining weight from their yo-yo dieting habits in the long-term. Experts say…
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by William Winch Each year, more that 300 new junk foods are introduced to the marketplace. Compare that to the 10 new health foods that are introduced each year, and you can see why America has an obesity epidemic. How can a person successfully stay on a healthy weight loss…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Snacks with less than 100 calories are not hard to find. The key to a good snack is finding food that effectively fights off hunger. If you choose a snack with fiber and/or protein, it will most likely hold you over until mealtime. Whether you prefer sweet or salty, you…
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by Ginger Voight In our Super Size world, it can be easy for us to lose track of how to portion our food. Promises of “all you can eat” for pennies more than you’d pay for smaller quantities tantalize not only the taste buds but those seeking a bargain. Unfortunately…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
According to the National Cancer Institute, dietary factors play a significant role in cancer risks. A recent review estimates that 80 percent of cancers of the large bowel, breast and prostate are due to dietary factors. Clearly, what we eat affects our health. We can fight this dreaded disease by…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Have you put on a few winter hibernation pounds? Worried about how you’ll look at the beach this summer? Perhaps with kids, work, family and all of your responsibilities of being a superman or superwoman, you are in need of more consistent energy throughout the day. If you want to…