Starch Blocker Diet

Starch Blocker Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Carb

The body has an enzyme known as alpha amylase which turns starches into sugar. After this happens, the sugar is stored as fat in the body leading to weight gain. To fight the process, scientists turned to a protein found in white kidney beans to get rid of more than…

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Grapefruit Diet

Grapefruit Diet

Diet Reviews / Low Calorie

Legend has it that grapefruit makes the fat-burning process move more quickly. The beta-carotene found in pink grapefruit lowers cholesterol and improves heart health. Most people grapple with the grapefruit diet to lose their extra pounds fast. Yet, common sense says it is more a by-product of drastic calorie reduction…

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Write Your Diet Wrongs

Write Your Diet Wrongs

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Just for the record, most diet and fitness experts can’t say enough about the benefits of journaling when trying to lose weight. After all, what better way to keep track of your successes and failures than by logging it all? It’s a tool that comes in handy when you’re recording…

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Sneaky Supermarket Schemes

Sneaky Supermarket Schemes

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you find your grocery bill creeping up and your waistline expanding, then it would be a smart idea to take a hard look at how and where you buy your food…and all those other seemingly inevitable extras. Seasons, smells and samples can empty your wallet and fill your belly,…

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Stretching Facts You Need to Know

Stretching Facts You Need to Know

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Make stretching a mandatory part of every workout. When muscles perform any exercise, they tighten and shorten as a result. Stretching can help maximize your range of motion. A simple warm-up walk while moving your arms in a circular motion is sufficient. When doing strength training, you could stretch each…

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Preventing Cancer

Preventing Cancer

Diet & Fitness / Wellness

By Kieran Waldron Governments throughout the world rarely tell their populations what the individual can do to prevent a disease occurring in the first instance. While all the emphasis is put on building more hospitals, better equipped hospitals and reducing waiting lists, lowering the need for hospital space by preventing…

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Overcoming Your Sugar Cravings Naturally

Overcoming Your Sugar Cravings Naturally

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Sugar cravings are the biggest challenge most of us have to face when choosing a healthy, nourishing diet. Even after learning about the negative health impacts of eating sugar, the thought of reducing or eliminating your sugar consumption can seem like an outrageous and impossible feat. Phasing sugar out of…

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Family Wellness: Don’t Mention It!

Family Wellness: Don’t Mention It!

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

If you’ve been trying to get your family to adopt healthier habits, whether it’s eating better or moving more, then stop nagging. Trying a more positive approach could benefit everyone more. And being sneaky about it doesn’t hurt, either. If you’re not comfortable even broaching the subject of weight loss…

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