Learn to Love Your Body at Any Size

Learn to Love Your Body at Any Size

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

Learning to love your body is crucial. From magazine ads to music videos, women are barraged by images of stick-figure women who are far from the norm. If a woman is not a size 4, she may consider herself overweight and strive to obtain a body image that’s unachievable. These…

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Add Avocado to Your Menu

Add Avocado to Your Menu

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Most people confuse an avocado as a vegetable when it’s actually a fruit. Whether used in a salad or prepared as guacamole, avocado isn’t just delicious — it packs a mean nutritional punch. Avocados, which are low in calories, are rich in Vitamin E, Vitamin C, thiamine and riboflavin. Each…

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Use It, Don’t Abuse It

Use It, Don’t Abuse It

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When using the equipment at the gym, make sure you’ve properly adjusted it to fit your height and shape. This reduces your risk of injury and makes the exercise more effective. From the stair climber to the rowing machine, each and every machine has a specific function. In order to…

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PAM Will Save Calories

PAM Will Save Calories

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Meet PAM. You can’t imagine foregoing butter. After all, how will you saute” your meats and vegetables? How will you grease those baking pans? Well, meet PAM, a fat-free cooking spray that comes in Original, Butter, Olive Oil and two other flavors. With PAM, you can eliminate the need for…

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Cambridge Diet

Cambridge Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

There are four ways to do the Cambridge Diet that go from using the products as your main meals to consuming them as nutritional supplements in conjunction with a diet low in calories: 1. FAST START PROGRAM – Consume 3 to 4 Cambridge servings a day with no other foods…

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Idiot Proof Diet

Idiot Proof Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

The idiot-proof approach is to change fat-burning hormones in order to lower the storage of fat-storing hormones. Rather than cutting back on what you consume, they claim you will eat more than three times the amount you usually do. One of the main tenet’s of the Idiot Proof Diet is…

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Gluten Intolerance Symptoms: Do You Have Them?

Gluten Intolerance Symptoms: Do You Have Them?

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

Cramps, constipation, queasiness…if these uncomfortable symptoms result from feasting on your favorite foods, then you may be experiencing gluten intolerance symptoms. The symptoms of gluten intolerance may resemble celiac disease, but they are two very different conditions.  Sufferers of this uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing condition may experience symptoms hours after…

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Pass on the Pasta

Pass on the Pasta

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Many dieters believe they can eat as much pasta as they want without damaging their diet. But just because you’re only topping your Italian dish with marinara sauce or fresh vegetables doesn’t give you a license to consume all you want. A serving size of pasta is approximately 1/2 cup…

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