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Choose whole food for health
Changing to a good diet should not be a matter of making stressful adjustments, such as avoiding all sweet and fatty foods, and living on a monotonous fare of brown rice and vegetables. Fad diets are also not...read more
Diabetes and diet
Diabetes mellitus is one of the so-called diseases of lifestyle that is starting to occur more and more frequently in South Africa.While one of the most important things to remember if you are diabetic, is th...read more
Dietary recommendations for diabetics
General Dietary Recommendations The diet advocated for diabetics is not a 'special diet'. It is a healthy diet which is recommended for everyone. Everyone with diabetes has different dietary requirements dep...read more
Dieting and your dental health
You know that what you eat can make a difference in the way you feel and perform. That is why you should try to choose foods that will help your body stay strong and healthy. But did you know that your choice of foods and you...read more
Do athletes need a special diet?
Vitamins and minerals perform the same essential functions for athletes and non-athletes alike. The key to obtaining the vitamins and minerals that athletes need is to eat a ...read more
Female pattern hair loss
The most common type of hair loss seen in women is androgenetic alopecia, also known as female pattern alopecia or baldness. This is seen as hair thinning predominantly over the top and sides...read more
Find out the truth about weight loss
There are a lot of things said about weight loss that are just not true. Keep reading to see how these beliefs are myths and are now going to be unmythed. Myth 1 If you stop eating regular...read more
Gestational Diabetes
Diabetes affects approximately 1 out of every 100 women in her childbearing years. Gestational DiabetesApproximately 2 to 5% will develop "Gestational Diabetes" during her pregnancyread moreGolden rules of dieting
The golden rule of dieting is to make rules that can be kept. This means that the must be practical, flexible and able to withstand weddings, weekends and holidays. I w...read more
How not to lose weight
If you are determined NOT to lose weight, this article has some good advice that will help you to achieve your ambition. You can do this in several ways. Firstly by: going on a starvation diet That is missi...read more
How to avoid cellulite
Definition Cellulite is fat that is deposited in pockets just below the surface of the skin. It occurs around the hips, thighs, and buttocks. Given how close cellulite is to the surface of ...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
Is diet a factor in developing MS?
Comparison with general population A diagnosis of MS does not mean that someone has nutritional difficulties. One research study showed that the majority of people who are newly diagnosed or who have only mi...read more
It all starts with good nutrition
We all want to enjoy good health don’t we? But some of the food we allow to enter our bodies is definitely not in our best interest. Too much stodgy or fatty foods, that fill us up, ma...read more
Overconsumption has a history
The damaging pattern of the western diet is embedded in social and industrial development. Since the turn of the century greater wealth has led to increased consumption of processed, high-sugar and high-fat f...read more
Practical food tips to improve your mood
Stop Dieting! Losing too much weight too quickly may result in a weight loss that is initially impressive but, before you know it, progress may start to slow down, stop and be overtaken by weight gain. A lot...read more
Simple ways to lose weight
Fighting the superfluous pounds is often a hard thing to do. It takes character and determination to keep up dieting and getting enough exercise. Often people want to see immediate results and when these fail...read more
The declining quality of our diets
Eating a balanced and healthy diet seems to be getting more difficult in the 21st Century. Your body needs lots of ‘bang’ for its nutritional ‘bucks’ and this means eating the best qua...read more
The mediterranean diet
It has been found that people living in mediterranean countries such as Southern France, Spain and Italy live longer than people in other parts of the world. Why is this? It’s what they eat and how the mediterranean&rsq...read more
Three things we all want
Three universal-goals most of us share are: to live longer to live free of illness to control our weight Interestingly enough, normal walking lets us achieve all three...read more
Treating diabetes
The treatment of Type 1 diabetes The most important aspect of the treatment is the subcutaneous administration of insulin to maintain tightly controlled glucose levels throughout day and night. The tight con...read more
Treating High Blood Cholesterol
When a patient without heart disease is first diagnosed with elevated blood cholesterol, doctors often prescribe a program of diet, exercise, and weight loss to bring levels down. National Cholesterol Educati...read more
Very little evidence to show weight loss programs work!
A study has found that solid evidence that major commercial weight loss programs in the US are helpful over the long term is hard to find. What evidence there is suggests that while many people lose w...read more
Watch out for dietary supplements
A lucrative industry It seems as if everyone knows at least one person who uses dietary supplements or herbal remedies religiously. Did you know that Americans spend over billion on dietary supplements rang...read more
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