Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Soda junkies: It’s high time you find some healthy drink alternatives to soda. You don’t need to be a nutrition expert to realize that those bubbly beverages shouldn’t be your go-to drink of choice. If you needed further confirmation, a 2012 study from Yale University found most respondents want to…
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Diet Reviews / Low Fat
The plan utilizes three strategies – cut back calories, eliminate refined, fatty and fried foods and increase lean proteins and fresh vegetables. Low in carbs, low in fat and low in calories, the “Spoonlight Program” might sound like a drag until you get the fabulous French recipes such as fish…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
You’d start exercising, but you’re just too tired, right? It sounds counterintuitive, but a regular exercise program actually increases energy. Researchers found that typically sedentary people who complained of fatigue increased energy levels by up to 20 percent, and 65 percent reported less fatigue. The participants in the study simply…
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Diet Reviews / Other
It does not matter if you are following at Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers or any other diet. DietWatch works along with whatever approach to weight loss you decide to follow. The resources available at DietWatch.com include a personalized meal planner, customized shopping lists, nutrition tracker, automatic reminders, exercise tracker,…
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Diet Reviews / Low Calorie
According to their website, the diet lessens the chance of diabetes, obesity, heart disease, hypertension, renal illness and other ailments. There is actually a Rice Diet Clinic in Durham, North Carolina supervised by a staff of doctors, dietitians and nurses. Anyone interested in following the program without checking into the…
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Diet & Fitness / Fitness
The holidays are notorious for being a time when even the most health-conscious woman lets her fitness goals slip to the wayside as she happily accepts a second helping of mom’s famous pumpkin pie and skips that day’s planned trip to the gym. All those indulgences coupled with a busy…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
“Twas the night before Christmas and hopefully you’re armed with a plan for surviving the big day without a major diet derailment. By following a few helpful hints, you can be sure you’ll stay on track and still enjoy the merriment. For many people, the Christmas holiday revolves around big…
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Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Mexican restaurant food is a lot like a girl with a bad reputation. Everyone focuses on the faults without seeing the good qualities underneath. Contrary to the rumors, fresh, wholesome foods are lurking under the cheese and sour cream of a typical Mexican meal. To eat more sensibly and still…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
Develop coping mechanisms for cravings. When your stomach starts churning for a Snickers bar, do you have a plan? Or do you simply cave in and suffer from a heavy dose of remorse for the remainder of the day? Devise a list of activities that will provide a distraction from…
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Diet & Fitness / Wellness
by Elizabeth Kelly It’s one of the most frustrating feelings a woman can have. You wake up one morning to find that the jeans that looked so good yesterday won’t even zip today. You’ve been exercising and eating right, so that can mean only one thing: the dreaded bloat. And…
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