Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Can you handle the tooth about soda? You’re about to find out. Americans drink more than 50 gallons of soda per person each year, according to the American Dental Association. That’s a lot of soda. The question is — are these sodas, particularly diet sodas, rotting your teeth? Recent studies…
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When it comes to dropping those extra pounds, are you unknowingly sabotaging your own efforts? Below are 10 mistakes that people make that throw them off the path to successful, permanent weight loss. 1. Not doing the math When it comes to counting calories, there’s no eyeballing those mashed potatoes…
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by William Winch Each year, more that 300 new junk foods are introduced to the marketplace. Compare that to the 10 new health foods that are introduced each year, and you can see why America has an obesity epidemic. How can a person successfully stay on a healthy weight loss…
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Obesity in pets is common these days and causes real problems. Pet obesity is due to overfeeding, improper diet or lack of exercise. Obesity in pets is also attributed to the modern lifestyles of people, who leave their pets alone in their house, eating for themselves whatever they want and…
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Looking at natural weight loss supplements, there are more and more products that are promoted by practitioners and producers alike. Some of these have been proven to be effective, some are still under review, and others are probably totally useless for the purpose of losing weight. You can determine which…
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There are many delicious foods that contain natural anti-inflammatory compounds. But first, let’s make sure you’re not consuming foods that are actually increasing your discomfort. Sugar really disrupts your body chemistry in many negative ways and can make your body and mind feel tired and achy. People often crave sugar,…
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If you haven’t heard of the Paleolithic diet by now, you’ve probably been living under a rock. The hottest new trend in the diet industry takes a page out of the history books – or rather, prehistory. The Paleolithic diet – otherwise known as the Paleo diet – has everyone…
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by Dr. Lynne Kenney Families today are busy. With after-school sports and other activities driving of our lives, a sit-down dinner often falls off the “to-do list.” But a family dinner is more than just eating vegetables; research shows that sitting down to dinner is an important protective factor in…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
You have one of those natural, slender bodies that most people can only look at with both longing and envy. If this is you, and you have not had to fight tooth and nail to achieve this body, then you are very lucky. Think being so slim means that you…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
by Rita Chaney For many of us who work and want to watch our weight and eat healthy, lunch can be the most difficult meal of the day. We’re “stuck” away from home with very little time to make decisions about where to go for lunch and what to eat…