Weight Loss
Overeaters Anonymous: 12 steps to weight loss
Facing a dozen strangers seated around a table, a heavyset man put down his coffee and paused before introducing himself: “My name is Christian, and I’m a compulsive overeater.”
For the next hour, members of the MetroWest (Mass.) Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous shared personal stories of long-term weight gain and triumphs over and continuing struggles with [...]
Morning Banana Diet: The weight loss wonder food
The Morning Banana Diet is possibly the world’s easist diet to follow – except in Japan where its intense popularity has led to the nation’s worst-ever banana shortage.
Banana importer, Dole Japan Company, has increased supplies by 25 per cent over the corresponding period last year but is still struggling to meet demand.
Consequently, banana prices are [...]
Female weight-cycle: the ups and downs of love
There’s a great many reasons why a woman’s weight may fluctuate.
Some might say it’s a hectic work schedule preventing them from getting to the gym.
Others may suggest it’s the temptation of the office chocolate machine.
But research suggests there’s only one real reason – their men.
A study into the ups and downs of the [...]
Olive Oil May Hold the Key to Weight Loss
A”good” fat found in abundance in olive oil may provide one of the keys to appetite control and weight loss.
Oleic acid, a type of monounsaturated fat, suppresses hunger pangs and so can help prevent snacking between meals, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
In a study involving lab mice, the researchers found that [...]
High Fiber Diet – are you getting enough fiber?
Understanding fiber may be the single most important step you can take in improving your health. Fiber is sometimes also called roughage. A healthy diet should have a high component of fiber food intake. A high-fiber diet may also help reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Age old thumb rule lays down [...]
Low Fat, Low Carb, or Mediterranean cooking?
Obesity is a worldwide problem and is getting worse. Losing weight is difficult for most people. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports fewer than 25 percent of Americans who try diets actually lose weight and a majority who do lose weight have difficulty maintaining the loss. Billions of dollars are spent on weight loss programs. VOA’s Melinda Smith has more on recent findings that may put to rest the argument about which diet works the best.
Realistic weight loss in one month?
Even if have the tools and motivation to have the most realistic and individualized weight management program, it will not work if you have the wrong expectations and attitude.
Impatience will not lead you to the finish line. Some people would cut down drastically on food intake and/or exercise for more than two hours a day [...]
Tea-Diets – is not your everyday diet tea
Tea-Diets based on Vancouver has taken the dieting world by swirl and has introduced the revolutionary concept of consume more to lose more which is against the basic principle of dieting. The company markets a wide range of slimming teas and diet teas which give requires a new word to describe it-TEAVOLUTION.
Gone are those days [...]
10 Volumetrics Tricks to Help You Lose Weight
Volumetrics – the term Barbara Rolls, professor and Guthrie chair of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University, has coined to describe the method, which is based on a simple principle: People tend to eat the same weight, or amount, of food from day to day. Since some foods are less energy dense-that is, they have fewer [...]
Making Changes to Create the Results You Want
People just like you give up on their weight loss program everyday because they don’t get the results they want. Though they may lose weight quickly in the beginning, all of a sudden weight loss seems slower or stops altogether. Losing weight shouldn’t be a solitary activity. It is suggested to enlist [...]
