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| Bar Diet Bar Diets Nutritious, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Mint, Oatmeal Raisin, Lemon Yogurt, Caramel Nut, Fruit Nut, Smore Granola | | 2008-07-23 09:27:39 | | Medifast Bars are a long-time favorite of our customers. Medifast Bars are perfect for a late morning or early afternoon meal. These nutritious bars give you the variety and convenience that your lifestyle demands, with the nutritional excellence that your body needs. Medifast Bars comes in 8 great tasting flavors: Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Chocolate Mint, Oatmeal Raisin, Lemon Yogurt, Caramel Nut, Fruit and Nut Granola and S’more Granola. Each bar contains 25 essential vitamins and miner | | By: My Outlook on Everything Blog | | |
| | 10 Reasons Why Fad Diets Never Work | | 2008-07-20 03:38:49 | | Our society is always searching for quick fixes to every problem. Why would we rather smoke a cigarette than take the time to research stress relief techniques and find out where the source of stress is coming from so that you can prevent it from coming back in the long run? Most people are [...] | | By: Fitness Tips | | |
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| Healthy Diets Shown to Have Benefit Despite Modest Weight Losses | | 2008-07-17 05:05:15 | | By TARA PARKER-POPE : In a tightly controlled dieting experiment, obese people lost an average of just 6 to 10 pounds over two years.
The study, published Thursday in The New England Journal of Medicine, was supposed to determine which of three types of diets works best. Instead, the results highlight the difficulty of weight loss [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | Detox Diets Are Not About Starvation | | 2008-07-09 22:17:38 | | Recent attacks on detox diets by the media have generated a lot of buzz about the truth about detox. One myth that merits our attention is that a detox diet means cutting out entire food groups and starving yourself into oblivion. The truth is, a detox diet can be an extremely effective way to lose weight while still eating the same amount, if not more, than usual. The difference is that you’re eating more of what I call “the good stuff,” instead of the staples of a typical standard American diet.While some detox diets involve juice fasting or drinking herbal concoctions, you can achieve great results with a detox while still enjoying all five food groups:1. Breads & Grains: There are plenty of options when it comes to eating from this food group. The key is to eat the right kinds. Avoid anything with white flour and stick to sprouted grains, spelt, quinoa, barley, and millet.2. Vegetables: Eating veggies during a detox is one of the best ways to speed up your internal cleans | | By: Health Care Guide | | |
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| What Everybody Ought To Know About Doctors, Diets And Weight Loss | | 2008-06-25 14:24:28 | | The day comes for your doctors visit and he does a physical on you and finds out you have very high cholesterol and triglycerides not to mention being very overweight. The doctor will give you a quick diagnosis and start writing a prescription for Lipitor or some other cholesterol lowering medication. Then he will tell you that you will need to be on these drugs for the rest of your life!The fact is that drug industry marketing is using tactics to persuade doctors, often through payoffs to prescribe drugs that patients do not need or should not use or for which there may be different alternatives.Do not get me wrong, doctors can provide some good services but with regards to your health and wellness they could care less. Go ahead and see for yourself. See your doctors and have them give you a physical. They will do a few small tests and then whip out a pen and paper and tell you to fill the prescription they hand you.Lets face it, weight loss and diet drugs are big these days and some | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Do Celebrity Diets Work? | | 2008-06-18 18:53:01 | | Almost every female celebrity has had her name associated with a certain diet at one point or another. However no matter how much you trust and admire a celebrity they don't always recommend good dietary advice.Remember Oprah Winfrey pushing the Cabbage Soup Diet about a decade or so on her television. This diet alternated eating one certain food all day with drinking a high sodium broth made from cabbages, V8 juices and Lipton's onion soup mix. One day you would eat nothing bananas, another day nothing but soup and another day nothing but meat. The problem with this diet is that it was basically a calorie deprivation diet that many people found hard to stick to. It was also a diet that was extremely high in sodium. Oprah later retracted her faith in this diet, but this is a good example of "When Good Celebrities Diet Wrong."Unfortunately, many celebrities do not really realize the impact that their blithe comments have on their faithful followers, especially when it comes to diets. He | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Successful Weight Loss Diets | | 2008-06-15 19:35:34 | | It is believed that the best way to lose and maintain weight loss is by selecting a diet that provides sustainable nutrition and also a diet plan depending on a persons potential to reduce weight and according to their choice and temperaments.It is not true that one size fits all. We are all individuals and what is right for one person may definitely be wrong for another.These following diets are recommended by nutrition experts and most importantly, by the people that have successfully used them.Cabbage Soup DietThe Soup Diet, as it is commonly referred to, contains negligible calories and is based on a fat burning process. This diet consist on a combination of foods that almost force you to starve everyday although you are allowed to consume all the water and cabbage soup you want and a very restricted set of other foods.The cabbage soup diet has a 7 days diet plan losing 10 to 15 pounds. This plan includes a variety of low calorie vegetables like cabbage, onions, and tomatoes, flavo | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | | The Skinny On Those Weight Loss Fad Diets | | 2008-05-17 08:38:23 | | Everyone on the planet is gullible to try anything that promises to help them lose weight because they want to look or feel better, or because they are worried about getting weight related diseases like obesity and even worse diabetes. All companies that promote fad diets take advantage of this fact. They appeal to people by promising losing inches the easy and quick way. Many people prefer to try the quick fix of a fad diet instead of making the effort to reduce their weight through long term changes in their eating and exercise habits. Just look the diet bars and drinks and pills when you walk into Dominick’s or Jewel the next time you go shopping. Every container has a picture of the man or woman with the perfect body that never looks like they had an ounce of fat on them. If you walk down the magazine aisle you’ll see Oprah in her latest “garb” slim and trim and next to is an advertisement for one of those “sure thing” weight loss diets.Fad diets become popular because | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Why Low Carb Diets Are Bad For Weight Loss | | 2008-05-16 09:27:56 | | Copyright 2006 Jonathan PerezMany people looking to burn / lose a significant amount of fat / weight can become very confused when they read and hear all of the conflicting information that's spread on TV, magazines, the internet, and diet books. ..One of the most misunderstood techniques is the low carb diets that have been very popular in the last several years.The popular belief lately is that sugar (carbohydrates) should be kept to moderate to low levels in your eating.The reason for this is because of the recent popularity of low-carb diets, such as The Atkins diet, The Southbeach diet, The Zone diet, etc.Even in bodybuilding magazines all of a sudden everyone and their mother is recommending to keep carbs in your diets almost to a minimum.Well, the misconception that sugar is somehow "evil" and will cause you to get fat, raise your bad cholesterol, and even lose your "insulin sensitivity" is based on several MYTHS that have been passed around by the media and "monkey see, monkey | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Stay Away From Low Carb Diets To Gain Muscle Weight | | 2008-05-16 09:27:13 | | Copyright 2006 Jonathan PerezMany people looking to gain muscle weight can become very confused when they read and hear all of the conflicting information that's spread on TV, magazines, the internet, and diet books.One of the most misunderstood techniques is the low carb diets that have been very popular in the last several years.The popular belief lately is that sugar (carbohydrates) should be kept to moderate to low levels in your eating, even if you are trying to build muscle mass and / or gain muscle weight.The reason for this is because of the recent popularity of low-carb diets, such as The Atkins diet, The Southbeach diet, The Zone diet, etc.Even in bodybuilding magazines all of a sudden everyone and their mother is recommending to keep carbs in your diets almost to a minimum.Well, the misconception that sugar is somehow "evil" and will cause you to get fat, raise your bad cholesterol, and even lose your "insulin sensitivity" is based on several MYTHS that have been passed arou | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | 4 Strange Diets to Avoid | | 2008-05-16 09:26:25 | | Diet and weight loss ideas are all over the internet and other media’s. There are some legitimate diet and weight loss programs. There are also some very strange diet and weight loss ideas. It has become clear that when battling the bulge some people will stop at nothing to lose weight. Here are a few of the strangest diet and weight loss ideas on the internet.A lot of the new fad diets insist that you eat only one thing. The cabbage soup diets swears you can lose 10 pounds in a week if you can stomach eating cabbage soup and nothing else for an entire week. There are many variations of this diet that include everything from grapefruits to chicken soup. Eating only one item does not make for a healthy diet and weight loss program.A new fad right now is the Jesus diet. There is no biblical justification for this diet. It basically proclaims that the followers of this diet and weight loss program eat only raw foods, not including meat, and fast at least one day per week. Plus you are o | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | You Can Easily Use Low Carb Diets to Boost Your Metabolism | | 2008-05-14 20:11:31 | | The low carb diet craze that is going on right now is an industry that is gaining momentum and demand every day and is showing no signs of slowing down. This is an amazing accomplishment for Dr. Atkins, whose book was immediately labeled potentially dangerous when it first hit the shelves years ago and again after he died. Now, every individual who considers himself overweight, and some others are hitting the supermarkets looking for the best high protein and low diet foods that they can find.The impact of low carb diets can be felt in just about every industry.The thousands of success stories has people going to the gym at a record rate. They know that the Atkins and the South Beach Diet will help them lose weight, but they want to keep that weight off for as long as possible and so they automatically begin to get more active as well.The major players in the grocery industry are now making even more space on their shelves in order to accommodate the low carb foods. Last, but not least | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Special Diets | | 2008-05-14 20:09:37 | | Doctors often recommend special diets for one simple reason: eating right can cure that which ails you. Eating right is the most reliable way to ensure your body gets what it needs to function properly. Eating right is so important in fact, that right now there are special diets that have been designed for adults, children, the elderly, infants and even animals.When most people hear the term special diets, they immediately react by thinking there is a need to lose weight. While it’s true that many diets have been created for the sole purpose of helping to lose weight, what many people don’t realize is that lots of people, whether overweight nor not, benefit from being on some type of diet.With the way life is today, it’s difficult to find time to eat right. Most of us grab our meals at the nearest take-out fast food restaurant and eat while traveling from one location to the next. Many others skip meals entirely. Sitting down to eat in restaurants is no better with serving sizes | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | The 411 On Detox Diets | | 2008-05-11 23:21:43 | | A healthy diet makes you live longer and better. Detox diets promote long-term health and well-being. Our body is constantly exposed to undefined toxins from environment, food adulterated by chemical pesticides and un-eliminated body waste. They keep on building up in the body over the years, eventually leading to a number of illnesses like weight gain, diabetes, heart problems, skin eruptions, cancer, aches and pains, lower immunity and other diseases. Occasional purging the body off these accumulated toxins and chemicals through balanced natural diet helps maintaining a healthy body.What is DetoxOur internal organs eliminate waste by-products daily through sweat, faeces and urine. Despite this, processed foods and environmental pollutants build up toxic matter in the body, which keeps on accumulating gradually. A simple detox diet clears the digestive system of all harmful toxic matter. Regular detoxification of the digestive system results in increased stamina, energy, mental clarit | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Detox Diets - The New Diet Fad | | 2008-05-11 23:20:27 | | Detox Diets are the newly-researched, scientific way of cleansing accumulated toxic wastes from the body. The human body is exposed to toxins from environmental pollutants, processed foods, pesticides and non- evacuated metabolic bodily wastes. They build up gradually over many years and remain stored within body fat, resulting in number of ailments. Diseases like cancer, heart attacks, ulcers, skin problems, various aches and pains, lowered immunity, obesity, etc are all caused by accumulated toxins in our body. A regular detox diet purges and purifies the body.Detox Diet FoodsNatural, unprocessed fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, low fat diary products are all detox diet foods.Elimination of meat, fish, eggs, and processed foods containing pesticides, heavy metal, stimulants like tea, coffee, alcohol and cigarettes for a few days from our diet can greatly reduce the toxic build up in our body. Consumption of purified water keeps the system hydrated and helps in flushing | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Carb Cycling:The Smart Alternative To Low Carb Diets | | 2008-05-09 18:16:44 | | As a sports medicine nutritionist, I am concerned about the lack of awareness and confusion people have over the best way to lose weight. In the 1990’s, we were erroneously told that all fat was bad for us. Now, carbs are being blamed for America’s increasing waistline. Even some athletes have fallen into the low-carb trap. I urge you not to make this same mistake. If you want to lose weight, build muscle, have tons of energy, and even improve your skin and sex drive – you need to eat carbs. It’s true – carbs are good for you! You just need to know when and how to eat them.First, let’s dispel some myths about low carb diets like the Atkins diet. It is estimated that nearly 60 million Americans have tried to avoid carbohydrate-rich foods, such as bread, pasta and cereal. Even Burger King is cashing in on this trend by selling a bunless burger! Still, the average person’s weight in this country continues to increase.What is going wrong? Low-carb diets do not work long-term | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Low Carbohydrate Diets | | 2008-05-09 18:15:58 | | Copyright 2006 Donovan BaldwinAny diet program is going to have its fans and its detractors. Also, many diet plans may have good points and bad points, and the low carbohydrate diet is no exception.WHAT IS A LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET?First of all, you are going to hear a lot of things called "low carbohydrate", the most famous of which is the Atkins diet. Other programs which do not claim to be low carb, such as the Nutrisystem weight loss program, and the South Beach diet may find themselves dumped into the "low carb" category because their eating plans either control carb intake or concentrate on "good" carbs...that is, carbohydrates that in essence not only fuel the body, thus providing energy, but which also are less likely to wind up as fat deposits in the body.As a rule, and as their name implies, low carbohydrate diets generally recommend a higher consumption of protein and fat, with decreases in consumption of carbohydrates. Again, as a rule, these eating plans are going to recomme | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | "DNA Diets" : Junk Science? | | 2008-05-09 18:15:16 | | Copyright 2006 Danna SchneiderDieting and weight loss products and programs are such a big budget, big profit business today. We've all heard dozens of sales pitches for diet and weight loss products, plans, books, and other items that will supposedly help us miraculously lose that extra weight we've gained with the least amount of effort possible.Each of these programs, books and products also usually tout themselves as being based "unique" and strongly backed science and technology.These hyped diet aids range anywhere from diet supplements that claim to burn fat and/or blast calories away, help to suppress the appetite, or even help to block carbs and fat from even entering the blood stream and being stored as fat or extra weight. But how do we as consumers really know that any of this will actually work?One of these so called scientifically based diet fads, which costs a fairly lofty sum of money, called the DNA Diet, has recently been in the news for allegedly preying on customers | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Why High Protein Diets Won't Help You Lose Weight | | 2008-05-03 19:41:49 | | Copyright 2006 Jonathan PerezThere are all kinds of diet recommendations all over the bodybuilding magazines, fad diet books, and websites that advise to divide your eating into different "ratios" and "percentages" for weight loss and fat burning.Some recommend high fat, low carb, others say moderate carbs, moderate fat, high carbs, low fat, etc.But the one thing that each and every one of these "weight loss" / "fat burning" diets say is it must be HIGH in protein.Well, I'm here to tell you the TRUTH.It is NOT necessary at all to eat a diet high in protein to lose weight.Just about everything you read says to eat 1-2 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight.Some even go as high as suggesting you have to not only eat high, but massive amounts of protein to lose weight and burn fat.This MYTH is due to 3 reasons:1) Everyone thinks that muscle tissue is made up mostly of protein2) Everyone thinks that either high amounts of fat or high amounts of carbohydrates will cause you to get fat3) E | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Cleansing Diets | | 2008-04-22 19:42:34 | | One of the most common cleansing diets is a detox diet. This is a diet that will release the toxins in the body that have been stored in the fat cells and will allow the body to excrete them and cleanse your body.Why use a cleansing diet? This is used to eliminate toxins and other contaminants from the body. The main purposes of doing this is to:Improve healthFeel more energeticImprove immunityImprove your mental conditionAid in digestionHelp with weight lossThere are various ways to do this.You can do a complete fast. This would entail not eating or drinking at all.Just drink water. This would be not eating or drinking anything but water.Just drink water and juice-the same as above accept you would be adding juice.Eat certain foods-some diets will consist of just vegetables and fruits others will be just liquids. There are many variations on this.Use herbs: Herbal cleansing has been used since ancient times. Certain herbs are used as cleansing medicines to release and excrete toxins f | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Don't Use The Word Diet As Diets Don't Work | | 2008-04-12 16:30:12 | | If you want to lose weight, the word diet should be banned from your dictionary. Most diets focus on weight loss rather than fat loss. Losing weight more rapidly means losing muscle tissue which is body's major fat burning component. Diets are temporary and lifestyle change is important for successful weight loss. When you reach your target weight, you return to your normal eating habits so the weight usually comes back. Change the way you eat and CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK. Don't ever say "I am dieting" because most diets fail. Diets don't work long term. On most of the diets, you are not eating stuff you will be eating for the rest of your life. You might lose a few pounds but once your diet is over, then you will most likely regain all of your weight again and chances are they'll bring a few pounds extra too. | | By: Weight Loss | | |
| | Low Carb Diets | | 2008-03-13 04:02:19 | | This trend has been dominating the fitness field for the last few years. Weight loss programs, such as Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem, have based their entire course around controlling these critical macronutrients. But why is there such a fuss over carbs? I will try to answer as many questions as I can [...] | | By: Fitness Tips | | |
| | Why Diets are Only Temporary | | 2008-02-13 23:18:10 | | By: Joseph Norton
Through this article I hope to explain something which I have found to be the most essential piece of information for anyone serious about wanting to lose weight or even just to eat better.
Here it is, you ready? Diets are only temporary.
What do I mean? Well, by it’s very nature Diets are only [...] | | By: Student Fitness.Org | | |
| | Hypertension Diets - Easy Ways to Eat High Blood Pressure Away | | 2008-02-11 16:02:08 | | Hypertension diets are commonly used to lower high blood pressure. Foods enriched in nutrients, mainly calcium, potassium, magnesium, protein and fiber are recommended to lower blood pressure. Decreasing salt and sodium enhanced foods are typically included in all hypertension diets.
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| | Low-Carb Diets or Low-Fat Diets for Preventing Diabetes | | 2008-02-09 22:16:42 | | A diet low in carbohydrates but high in animal fat and protein doesn’t seem to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in women.
The findings, were a bit surprising in that most doctors and nutritionists recommend a low-fat diet to prevent type 2 diabetes.
For this study, researchers examined the association between low-carb diets and the [...] | | By: Health blog | | |
| | Arthritis Diets | | 2008-01-28 14:01:48 | | Arthritis is now a huge problem here in America. What can we do to relieve the symptoms of arthritis?
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| | Physical exercises instead of gym and diets? | | 2007-12-24 13:50:33 | | For those, who can’t afford daily visits of a gym, the doctors advise to replace them with simple walks. It will save you from a heart attack and a diabetes and will help to be fit.
Many scientists struggle to find the ways to get rid of excess weight. Someone offers diets, someone a miracle-tablet, [...] | | By: Pharma Blog: All About Everything… | | |
| | Why Fad Diets Don’t Work | | 2007-12-18 05:45:00 | | For more than 20 years the media has bombarded us with a perpetual diet craze. An avalanche of fad diets are announced one after another as breaking news while producing zero true results. Sure, you may lose 5, 10 or even 20 pounds on a fad diet...but you'll gain it all back and then some. How can I be so confident that your results will be short lived? It's actually a simple concept, and once | | By: healthy life | | |
| | Weight Loss Diets | | 2007-12-18 05:41:00 | | Studies in recent years about obesity and overweight tendencies in human beings have shown that people who are obese and over-weight are consuming food, which is more than their actual energy requirements.
One needs to have a balanced caloric intake in order to balance the energy proportion in his/her body. People who are very eagerly trying for weight loss need to make wiser choices while | | By: healthy life | | |
| | Diets don’t work | | 2007-09-20 11:30:10 | | A meta study at the University of California of 31 studies into diets shows that diets don’t work. In the long term no diet, Atkins, South Beach, the bread diet or any other, shows any results. After 4 to 5 years of people who followed a diet are back at their old weight or even [...] | | By: Masenka.Be - your guide to a healthy lifestyle | | |
| | Custom Online Diets | | 2007-09-13 08:39:44 | | If you’d like to drop a few pounds or do a total body makeover, online diet services are a great place to turn to in your weight loss endeavors. However, there are a few things to consider before selecting a diet program. • Selection-Everyone has a different physique, and your work-out and nutritional needs should be attuned to that. EDiets gives you many choices, such as the GI Diet Plan and the infamous Atkins. • Fitness Program-Diet services should include versatile work-out routines and fitness ideas. The popular South Beach Diet gives you the Best Buddy Program, where you compare weight loss routines and progress with a virtual friend! • Recipe Options-We all know that a healthy meal is just as important as rigorous fitness training. Consider a weight loss program that includes customizable recipe options. • Meal Purchases-Sometimes a great way to shed the pounds is by following a diet plan and purchasing their pre-approved, pre-selected meal items. South Beach Diet & | | By: Make Money Online : Tips from I Digg Anything | | |
| | Raw Food Diets - Are They Healthy? | | 2007-09-05 20:28:12 | | Proponents of the raw food diet basically say that dogs should be fed raw meat, vegetables and bones...basically what they would eat in the wild. In addition, they say that your dogs should never eat grains, rice or other carbohydrates. Why? Apparently, grains are one of the biggest sources of allergies in dogs and, because grains make up the majority of commercial dog food, our pets will be free of allergy-related symptoms once they start the raw food diet (and they won't have flatulence).When can your dog eat chicken bones? Apparently on the raw food diet. I was taught to never give a dog chicken bones, but it seems you can if they're raw because raw bones are not dangerous - they are soft enough to bend easily and break well for the dog to digest.Those in favor of the diet claim dogs are healthier, have more energy, require fewer trips to the vet, have fewer weight problems, produce much less stool and stool is firm and disintegrates easily. Apparently raw food also cleans the dogs teeth and reduces body odor.And now, the other side of the coin. From what I've read, those not in favor of the raw food diet claim that there is not enough evidence to support the health claims and there are nutritional imbalances, meaning your dog is not getting enough of the vitamins and minerals they need.If you decide to start your dog on a raw food diet, there will be a period of detoxing where your pet will be vomiting, have diarrhea, bad breath and itchy skin. Also, I've read that their fur can fall out but it's to make way for the new growth.There does not appear to be a lot of vet support for raw feeding, however, many vets are like doctors - they benefit from commercial dog food manufacturers much in the same way medical doctors get kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies.From what I've read, the raw food diet is more expensive and time consuming than buying a big bag of commercial dog food at the grocery store, but the choice is yours. Read...read...and read some mor | | By: All About Shitzus | | |
| | POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DIETS | | 2007-09-05 07:52:00 | | Popular diets (sometimes pejoratively called "fad diets") usually derive their popularity from the personalities of their proponents. These proponents include "diet gurus" and celebrity converts. "Diet books" are the primary means of communicating the specifics of popular diets.Most popular diets experience short-lived popularity, partly because new diet books are continuously being published.Judging the effectiveness (and nutritional merit) of popular diets can be especially difficult. Diet proponents often locate medical professionals to back up their work. Some diets are so controversial that they divide the medical community.Many popular diets advocate the combination of a specific technique (such as eliminating a certain food, or eating only certain combinations of foods) with reduced caloric intake, with the goal being to accelerate weight loss. Others ignore traditional science altogether.LOW FAT DIETSLow-fat diets were popular during the 1980s and 1990s, encouraging people to eat foods low in fat (or without fat altogether) and instead eat foods high in carbohydrates. The general public came to believe, partly due to information from low-fat diet proponents, that carbohydrates were "energy food" and that only fat made people fat. This led to high consumption of low-fat foods high in refined carbohydrates (notably corn syrup), which may have contributed towards increased weight gain as carbohydrates (particularly refined carbohydrates) have a low nutrient density and high in calories. Some low-fat diets like the Pritikin diet focus on whole grains, vegetables and lean meats.ATKINS DIETThe Atkins diet was developed by Dr. Robert Atkins' and intended to control blood sugar by reducing the number of carbohydrates consumed (particularly refined carbohydrates) while replacing them with significant quantities of fat and protein.The Atkins diet was originally designed for diabetes patients who wanted to manage their insulin levels more effectively. The short-term c | | By: WEIGHT LOSS TIPS | | |
| | Is This The Future of Diets - The Self Absorbed You Tube Diet? | | 2007-08-09 20:07:56 | | As I've previously mentioned, Weight Watchers and I never worked out very well. Why?
1. I'd miss meetings because of work or laziness, mostly laziness so I'd
2. Have to pay for the missed meetings and
3. When I did go, everyone got on my nerves, either pronouncing them the "Queen of Weight Loss" or asking stupid question. I don't play well with others apparently. Acutally, I'm a social butterfly | | By: Crazy Diets | | |
| | Dietary Therapy: High Fiber Diets | | 2007-06-18 15:26:00 | | Can high-fiber diets really do all they claim to do? Studies have looked at the relationship between high-fiber diets and many diseases, including colon cancer, coronary heart disease and diabetes.Proven benefits of a high-fiber diet include prevention and treatment of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulosis. In addition, certain types of fiber help decrease blood cholesterol levels.Dietary fiber comes from the portion of plants that is not digested by enzymes in the intestinal tract. Part of it, however, may be metabolized by bacteria in the lower gut. Different types of plants have varying amounts and kinds of fiber, including pectin, gum, mucilage, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.Pectin and gum are water-soluble fibers found inside plant cells. They slow the passage of food through the intestines but do nothing to increase fecal bulk. Beans, oat bran, fruit and vegetables contain soluble fiber.In contrast, fibers in cell walls are water insoluble. These include cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. Such fibers increase fecal bulk and speed up the passage of food through the digestive tract.Wheat bran and whole grains contain the most insoluble fiber, but vegetables and beans also are good sources.Sometimes there is confusion as to the difference between crude fiber and dietary fiber. Both are determined by a laboratory analysis, but crude fiber is only one-seventh to one-half of total dietary fiber.Insoluble fiber binds water, making stools softer and bulkier. Therefore, fiber, especially that found in whole grain products, is helpful in the treatment and prevention of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulosis.Diverticula are pouches of the intestinal wall that can become inflamed and painful.It is now known that a high-fiber diet gives better results once the inflammation has subsided.Some types of fiber, however, appear to have a greater effect than others. The fiber found in rolled oats is more effective in lowering blood cholesterol levels than the | | By: Healthy Diets | | |
| | Low Calories Diets – The Healthiest Way To Your Ideal Weight | | 2007-06-14 15:03:00 | | Having the ideal diet means not exceeding the appropriate weight for your height and build. How important is it to have the ideal weight? You cannot even begin to imagine that. Let’s just say that a lot of health hazards are related to obesity, and this condition is unfortunately way too frequent all over the world. Bad eating habits and complete lack of physical exercises are just two of the factors that lead to being overweight. This in its turn can lead to serious medical conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, arthritis, and so on.The good news is that you have to be seriously over your ideal weight before you can begin worrying about health issues. Even so, as long as your are not obsessed about it, there is nothing wrong in try to lose weight in order to look good. You’ll probably ask yourselves what is your ideal weight. This is a rather complex subject, and what you should think of first and foremost is the ratio of fat to muscle. No body weig | | By: Healthy Diets | | |
| | Why Do We Cheat On Our Diets? | | 2007-06-13 10:22:00 | | If only we could solve this question, the world (for many) would be a better place! Well, the reality is that there are real answers to this question that will apply to many people. It will take a good dose of reality and a brave heart to stop denying what really happens. Read on to discover some answers that may change your life forever and give you the impetus to lose weight and keep it off!Justification?Being overweight can be used as an excuse for being unhappy, especially when you do not do anything to help yourself. Subconsciously, over-eating is a comfort for many people and this then allows them to hide behind their weight problem and helps them to justify rejection and avoid being hurt. They can then shift the blame of rejection on their weight-problem, without addressing other aspects of their fears. Sometimes it seems easier to hide behind your “weight problem”, than address other matters where you may have a greater fear of failure.Eating Without Thinking?If you are concentrating on another activity while you are eating you are more likely to overeat because you are not fully aware of how full you are feeling. This factor can be difficult to change because it is not a conscious action. Try to only eat when you don’t have a lot of other distractions. Sit down, eat slowly and enjoy the food you are eating, and remember that it is not always necessary to go back for seconds. It takes 20 minutes for food to reach your stomach and for your brain to register that you are full.Cravings?The famous “Pavlov’s dogs” were conditioned to eat at the sound of a bell, and we human are much the same when it comes to habitual cravings. If you wonder why you always feel like a chocolate when you sit down to watch a movie, or you have to have a box of popcorn….think again. You are not necessarily craving these foods because you are hungry, but rather consider force of habit. During the time when you have a craving, try to ask yourself whether you are really hungry or not. If you are hungry, reach for a low fat snack rather than a chocolate bar or bag of crisps.Indulging?Eating or thinking about food can be a distraction from your troubles and you may therefore be unnecessarily over-eating. Emotions and hormones can trigger certain cravings, for example, if you are feeling low, chocolate and carbohydrates assist the production of serotonin in your brain. Serotonin helps you feel happier. This is why we might crave sweet or starchy foods during times of sadness or stress.If you identify with any of the above factors, you could be on your way towards discovering what is triggering you to overeat.By: Kim BeardsmoreArticle Source: http://www.isnare.com/ | | By: Healthy Diets | | |
| | Liquid Diets | | 2007-06-07 08:38:00 | | A typical meal replacement plan or liquid diet involves substituting a number of meals and snacks with a nutritionally balanced shake made from sugar, skimmed milk powder, fiber, vitamins, minerals and sweetener. Some plans offer candy-like bars as an alternative.WHAT YOU EAT AND DRINK:Typically, you replace two meals and one snack per day with one shake. Each shake contains about 200 calories. Your third meal is a nutrient-rich meal of about 600 calories. Thus your total daily intake adds up to about 1200 calories.ADVANTAGES:The diet is nutritionally balanced and very convenient. All you have to do is open a can, grab a glass, and add milk. In addition to being very sweet, these shakes/bars are good news for anyone with a sweet tooth.The liquid diet benefits certain types of procedures, both pre- and post-op. In pre-operative cases, a clear liquid diet flushes the bowels while decreasing strain on the digestive system. Before beginning this type of liquid diet, a physician will provi | | By: Healthy Diets | | |
| | Do Fad Diets Work? | | 2007-06-06 08:18:00 | | Fad diets are weight loss plans that promise amazingly fast results. They do not offer any sort of long-term plan for success and they are usually very unhealthy, sometimes actually dangerous, for your body.Some of the more popular fad diets are listed below:LIQUID DIETS: You drink a nutrient-rich liquid twice a day in place of your regular meals and eat a well-balanced meal as the third meal of the day.LOW FAT HIGH CARB DIET: This diet severely limits the fat in your diet and encourages the intake of carbohydrates.DIET PILLS AND SUPPLEMENTS: Diet pills and/or supplements are supposed to decrease your appetite, resulting in weight loss.FOOD RESTRICTIVE DIETS: There are many of these types of diets that require you to severely restrict your calorie intake.Unfortunately, the claims of fad diets prey on people who are usually so desperate to lose weight, they will try anything. Most people would rather try a quick fix instead of making the effort to lose weight with healthy long-term chan | | By: Healthy Diets | | |
| | Low-carb diets have higher death rates | | 2007-05-31 22:31:06 | | I was just reading this article from New Zealand, this post isn't about the topic per se, so if your concerned, Regina covered it nicely here.What this post is about however is a couple of quotes in the article that were so moronic they made me laugh so I thought I'd share :)Heres the first one which I think is a real gem:Dietetic Association president Jan Milne said people who cut carbohydrates out of their diets missed out on an important source of nutrients, including B vitamins and iron."If a parent goes on a low-carb diet, the rest of the family sometimes ends up on it by default,"she said."This is particularly dangerous for children, who typically get a lot of their iron from bread." Now I am sure I do not need to explain the stupidity of that comment, I mean if anything it is the other way around...Heres another, just as stupid:Mrs Milne said many foods marketed as "low carb" or "low fat" actually contained large amounts of sugar, which was "incredibly dishonest".Low fat, YES... but low carb products containing large amounts of sugar *laugh* | | By: Pinch of... | | |
| | Why low-fat diets don't work | | 2007-01-14 05:13:00 | | Quite simply, they don't work because
1) You feel deprived; fat tastes good and our bodies crave it because it is necessary to life.
2) You feel hungry. Protein and fat satiate - they keep you full longer than carbohydrates ever could, no matter how "complex" they may be. Any diet that restricts fat is likely going to make up those calories with carbs, which leave you with swinging blood sugars | | By: Carbohydrate Addict | | |
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