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Five "health foods" that may be making you sick!
There are many of us who are dieting and trying to live a healthy lifestyle. We exercise and go out of our way to eat the best foods we can. Most of us already know that trans-fats, white sugar and white flour are not the bes...read more
Frozen diet meals - a simple review!
Eating nutritional meals while dieting and leading a busy life can be hard. I have recently gotten into the habit of buying a bunch of "diet" frozen dinners and taking them to work. A quick ...read more
Great info about the south beach diet
Formulated by Florida-area heart specialist Arthur Agatston, the South Beach diet, stresses the intake of beneficial carbs and beneficial fats. He produced this diet for his heart patients supported upon his ...read more
Healthy choices on raw vegan diets
A raw food vegan diet may be defined in various ways, but usually entails at least 80% by weight being raw plants. Many people report feeling healthier and more energ...read more
Healthy eating for pregnancy
Including the right things in your diet when you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant is extremely important. Knowing what to eat and drink and what to avoid goes a long way to ensuring the health...read more
Healthy ways to end each day
A diet is not as exclusive as it seems to suggest. There are many ways to maintain a healthy body without sacrificing your favorite food or free time. In fact, little effort is needed to lose...read more
How to lose weight by eating for energy
Are you bewildered when intuitive eating guides tell you to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full? It can be a difficult skill to relearn after years of dieting and/or bingeing. One entirely differ...read more
How to package "skinny"
I'll be the first to admit I not much for dieting as you probably guessed from reading last week "Beer Profits Drop Could it be the Packaging?". I do watch my weight, exercise daily and try to eat well balan...read more
How to treat alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's or Presenile Dementia is characterised by confusion, loss of memory, speech problems, hallucinosis, and the ability to perform and follow through with purposeful movements.Its most likely cause is...read more
Living with a frozen shoulder: how to survive the ordeal
Keep your frozen shoulder warm I know that it almost sounds too obvious but it works! Use warm or hot compresses (or buy a heating pad) and use it over your shoulder four or five times a day for fifteen minu...read more
Low-carb dieting: not new...
Low-carb dieting is not new but has been around for many years, long before low fat diets. Earlier, if you wanted to lose weight you cut out the potatoes, biscuits and pastry, and reduced the...read more
My achievable detox plan
An internal ‘spring clean’ does help towards optimal health by allowing your body to rest and find equilibrium – the best way to do this is by following my Detox Plan which ...read more
My practical weight loss diet
Certainly you must be wondering, what is the best weight loss diet. I mean I sure you realized by now you can get a six pack abs by eating fast food and snacks right? Those foods will bring y...read more
Preganancy and your diet
If you are in good health, you are maximising your chances of conceiving. A vital part of a healthy lifestyle is your diet. We have outlined what you should and should not do when you are try...read more
Reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer
Get to know your bowel pattern – This will enable you to know what is normal for you and to recognise when and if changes occur. Check your motions – look in the toilet pan, use a torch if t...read more
Self- help techniques to treat depression
Self - help involves a number of different approaches and techniques which may alleviate or even prevent mild depression. These techniques are complementary to professional treatment, and sho...read more
Something more about obesity
The current opinion in medicine is that diet is definitely not entirely about willpower. It's controlled mostly by the brain, which gets signals and sends signals to other organs and systems implicated in met...read more
Special diets versus healthy eating
Which approach is best for weight management and health maintenance? I have put together this article to outline some of the advantages and disadvantages of both specialist diets and healthy eating. I must e...read more
Teenagers and eating habits
It is so frustrating when we have spent ages cooking a healthy meal and the kids turn their noses up at it. Even young children can use food as power and making an issue of what they eat can easily slip into a power struggle ...read more
The basics of good nutrition
Your body is a biochemical organism. The chemicals you add into this system dictate how efficient it functions. Or in other words: You are what you eat!Your food intake helps dictate yourThe importance of a healthy diet for ms patients
The importance of a healthy diet cannot be overemphasized, especially in people dealing with a chronic, energy-taxing, debilitating disease. People with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) are faced with...read more
The vegetarian mother and baby
The first thing to assure you of is that a vegetarian diet provides all the nutrients you need during pregnancy, just as it does at other times in your life. Many, many women have gone through successfulWeight loss psychology - tips for easier dieting
Introduction Losing weight is 100 times easier if you are mentally prepared for it. This may sound elementary, but in my experience most dieters quit their weight loss plan not because they feel hungry or ha...read more
Weight loss with the Atkins diet
What if I told you you'd able to eat all the juicy steaks, succulent seafood with butter and bacon and cheese omelettes and still lose massive quantities of weight? What if I also explained to you that you wouldn't necessaril...read more
Weight loss without dieting
Could this be possible? Yes it is but that is solely dependant on what you consider a "diet". When most of us hear the word diet we begin to think of rice cakes, lettuce and an overall deprivation o...read more
What are gallstones and how are they affected by my diet?
What are gallstones and how are they affected by dieting? Gallstones are a fairly common condition affecting as many as 1 in 12 Americans. Your gallbladder contains an emulsifying fluid called bile and when o...read more
What causes acne?
Like in any other skin diseases and disorders, acne may be caused by a number of reasons. In addition, there are lots of contributing factors to the fact that until now, there is still no complete cure for the skin di...read more
What treatment is available for irritable bowel syndrome?
Although the irritable bowel syndrome may produce troublesome symptoms, it does not lead to serious complications. It is important to know and understand this. An explanation of the disorder and how symptoms ...read more
Why do some people become binge eaters?
There doesn't seem to be one single factor that makes certain people become binge eaters, although dieting seems to play an important direct role in the cause of binge eating.Certain personal...read more
Why you are fat - natural weight loss dieting program
Have you ever wondered why you are fat and have considered going on a weight loss dieting program? If you did, then you must know why certain food makes you fat. Most if not all of us are somewhat carbohydrat...read more
