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Losing weight at the age of 40+ becomes a completely different ball game. You are not just dealing with the slower metabolism; you may also be going through hormone imbalance, which can have negative side effects such as fluid retention, bloating, poor thyroid functions and weight gain. You shoul...
In recent times child obesity has been on a steady rise with distressing implications. Surveys show that in the last 30 years there has been an increase in number of obese children aged between 6 and 17 years. It has increased from 5.5% to 19.3% by the year 2008; which is an alarming threefold in...
The Super Foods part of our official website has been one of the most visited sections of our readers. On the page, we enumerated a lot of healthy foods, which are of course beneficial to our health in general. Among the string of foods listed, I decided to choose the top five of the healthy foods.
I am a visual eater. I love the look of food sitting on the plate. I like vibrant colors of the food playing off of the plate. It excites me to eat my dinner, lunch - whatever. Our parents and grandparents most likely told you what they told me when we took too much food: you are eating with your...
Obesity is fast becoming the number one killer in the United States. The numbers are staggering when one in three people are overweight or fast approaching being obese. Many people attribute this number to the lazy way of life that we have adapted.
Many people have the compulsion to literally starve themselves in order to fit into their swimsuits for pool season. Many off the wall fad diets get their start this way. The only real secret to losing weight is that there is no secret: Eat healthy! The real way to losing weight is to burn off mo...
Even though many of us wish we didn't tip the scales quite so much as we really do, we still keep up a relatively inactive mode of existence. Many people spend a great deal of time watching television, and while they watch, they eat. In addition, what they eat often is not healthy. These TV snack...
It is an accepted medical fact that overweight and obese people are at much greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. We say developing because this disorder is often an acquired one and it is acquired due in large part to weight issues.
Why is it difficult to lose weight? We increase our body's weight when we eat more than we can burn off but this statement is not true all the time. Because there are ailments that contribute to gain weight which are food sensitivity, hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, prescription drug use, org...
When you are overweight or obese then you will probably be going through every popular magazine or newspaper column to find a right diet for you. There are over thousands of diets and weight loss programs to choose from. Thus, you can be very confused as to which diet to take in order to lose wei...