What would you say if I told you about a not-so-secret elixir that requires no prescription from a physician, comes with zero side-effects and is real cheap to obtain? Now, what would you say if I told you that taking this ‘medicine’ before every meal you could win the battle of the bulge permanently? Would [...]
With all the talk about boomers and their ascent into retirement, there is also a lot of attention given of late as to what that will mean when they enter into their ‘golden years’ as it pertains to fitness.
One thing that is a fact: realizing that the aging process cannot be avoided, many boomers are [...]
If you have been thinking about weight training, more currently known as strength training, but have procrastinated, there are some ways to get you on course to a stronger, leaner body.
Most people will never set foot in a gym or pick up a weight as a means of getting in shape. All they want is [...]
As our society continues to struggle with skyrocketing weight issues, from simply being overweight to the morbidly obese and all the health-related impact that comes with it, what can we do? With all the diet plans available today, you would think there would be no weight problems, right? However, as it is with anything, when [...]
Just when you finally decide to lose some weight and go on the proverbial ‘diet’, up pops the issue as to whether the diet food choices are really healthy or not! Who would have thought that, in order to drop some pounds in order to get healthy, the diet you are about to embark on [...]
So far, in the first two installments (here) and (here), we have discovered some misconceptions as to what the cause of obesity and other related illnesses is. We referred to a recent study conducted that gave credence to the possibility that the wide-spread addition of high fructose corn syrup into the food chain is not [...]
In part one, we discovered a correlation between the consumption of fructose found within many food products and weight gain. We revealed that the two entities that influence both our being hungry and feeling full are compromised by the introduction of fructose into the digestive system. As a result, we not only don’t feel full, [...]
There is a popular saying that goes something like: “You are what you eat”. However, for the sake of this article, we are going to take a look at this from the perspective that it is more likely that you are what you do with what you eat.
There is another major study released that is [...]
A current study performed by the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that the two most common forms of sugar, glucose and fructose, perform in radically different ways when introduced to pancreatic cancer cells in a laboratory setting.
This most recent finding is increasingly challenging the prevailing position that sugar is sugar.
The study revealed that, [...]
No matter where you look, there is always someone trying to lose weight. If this describes you, I can relate. I have been searching high and low for the perfect diet that will enable me to accomplish my goal. Here is the frustrating part of this search:
I have a balanced diet and I exercise regularly, [...]
One of the central focal points when embarking on any weight loss plan is calorie counting. Along with regular exercise, the number of calories consumed will have a great impact on weight loss. However, if the number of calories is reduced beyond a certain point, the potential of it doing more harm than good exists.
It [...]
The issue of weight loss is quite possibly the ‘third rail’ that needs to be addressed but not pointed out for fear of offending someone. Especially in our looks are everything society, sensitivity to not having that Hollywood figure factors prominently in both men and women looking for ways to drop some pounds. One of [...]
Without a doubt, everyone picks up a bad habit here and there. As it is with most bad habits, we pick them up over a period of time. And, because of this, we often don’t realize that it has become a bad habit until it begins to affect our life in a negative way. Especially [...]
If you keep in mind that you didn’t put on the pounds overnight, you will better understand that it won’t come off overnight either. No one has come up with a pill or shot that can take off the weight quickly. In fact, short of surgery, the only way to get in shape is to [...]
Do you find yourself overweight and out of shape? Have you made up your mind to lose those extra pounds and get back into shape once and for all? In this image conscious world, many find themselves both carrying a little extra weight and being out of shape. However, dropping the extra pounds and the [...]
One of the ways in which people try to lose weight is through a low carb diet plan. Even though many refer to this as a fad diet, it is not. However, as it should be with any diet plan, we need to go into a low carb diet plan with our eyes wide open. [...]
When it comes to gaining proper nutrients for our diet today, many are beginning to take a look at supplements as one way to ensure we get all the vitamins necessary to lead a healthy life. Even though this approach has met with some resistance within the medical science community, many see the taking of [...]
Without a doubt, the issue of nutrition is front and center today more than ever. The wealth of information available, especially due to the Internet, has people much more aware of the impact that wrong eating habits have on the body. Because so much of our food is processed, it is not conducive to a [...]
Among all of the so-called ‘fad diets‘ out there today, the low carb diet is one of them. Even though varying forms of low carb diet plans have been around for hundreds of years, they have only recently become popular throughout the industrialized world, including the United States of America. In the last few years [...]
There is a saying that goes something like this: “You are what you eat.” I tend to agree but we often don’t make the connection to what this truly means. If by this we think that, if we eat a lot of meat we may become ‘beefy’ we are most likely missing the deeper point. [...]
