The holidays are over and so is the feasting. In case your resolve about eating healthily during the holidays weakened, then you're probably thinking of ways to shed off the pounds that you put on.
Though it is pretty tempting to go for quick fix/crash diets, we all know that going on one is not the right way to go about losing weight. First of all, crash diets are not not good for your health. And second, they're not an effective way to keep those pounds off. Sure you might lose a few pounds when you go on a crash diet, but since this kind of dieting is but reactionary, you'll find that those pounds will come creeping back snagging you into an endless crash diet roller coaster.
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The holidays are here, and so are the tempting food that could be detrimental to your health. With overflowing food on the table on Christmas Day, and loads of leftovers to finish of the day after, it is no wonder that people find themselves gaining a pound or two over the holidays. Add to that the countless alcohol and hors d' oeuvres consumed in parties between Christmas and New Year, and the measly pounds add up to an eyebrow raising amount. That would have been fine if the only effect would be weight gain, but there's also all that heart-clogging cholesterol to think of, diabetes-inducing sugars, and other unhealthy things you'll be stuffing inside your body.
To help you have a more healthy holiday so that you can enjoy a longer fun-filled life, here are some tips you can follow:
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Heart
disease is no joke. Whether you've recently been diagnosed or simply want to make sure you're doing all you can to prevent it, it is important to realize that half your battle is in the kitchen. Some of the food choices we make on a regular basis cause our bodies to react in strange ways – retaining salt and fluid, clogging our arteries, and so on. Here are some cooking tips to help you better safeguard the health of your heart.
Create a Weekly Meal Plan
One of the hardest parts of sticking to a healthy diet is planning what you're going to eat from one meal to the next. While it's always easy to run through a fast-food line, gorging on sodium-laden foods, it isn't as easy to look in the fridge and decide what to make. Start each week by spending some time writing out a specific meal plan. What will you have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day? Make a trip to the grocery store and purchase the healthy ingredients you'll need. The more you plan, the easier it will be to make healthier choices for your heart.
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Have you ever heard of the
Slow Food Movement? I heard about it a year ago but I did not really pay attention to it. I just thought that it would be a good thing to share the idea with you guys, as many of you might want to adopt this movement.
So what is the Slow Food Movement? Their philosophy is:
Slow Food is good, clean and fair food. We believe that the food we eat should taste good; that it should be produced in a clean way that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health; and that food producers should receive fair compensation for their work.
Their mission is:
Slow Food works to defend biodiversity in our food supply, spread taste education and connect producers of excellent foods with co-producers through events and initiatives. ...
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The start of a new work week is here again, and I am pretty sure that many of you – if not most – are looking for a pick me upper. After all, the weekend is ALWAYS too short! If you want to try, take a look at these different kinds of food that may just help give you a boost.
Oatmeal. Tomorrow morning, load up on some oatmeal. If you do not normally eat breakfast, then it’s about time that you did. Your grandmother told you so. Your mom told you so. And now we’re telling you the same thing. Breakfast can give you a jumpstart and keep you going all day! By the way, stick with plain old oatmeal. Forget the instant or flavored ones for maximum ...
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There are many available diet supplements out there that promises a better body by assisting in the shedding of pounds, increasing the speed of metabolism, and even in losing the desire to eat too much. You may try one or you may test everything, to know what is best for your body and your lifestyle. Remember to consult with a physician to see if pursuing a dietary program should be adaptable.
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Want to lose weight? Stuck on deciding which diet to go with?
According to a study published in the
New England Journal of Medicine it doesn't really matter which diet you choose to go with as long as you choose one and stick to it. The study,
Comparison of Weight-Loss Diets with Different Compositions of Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrates (whew that is a long title!), all participants of the different diets tried lost and average of 6kgs in 6 months though and by the end of the study (2 years) those that stayed on lost more than 10% of their original body weight. Though that might not seem much the point is not how much weight was lost but that the important thing is to reduce the calorie intake. In short, you can go low fat, low carb, high ...
When you go to the grocery store to stock up your pantry, do you have a list? Or do you go through each aisle and just pick up whatever item you feel like taking home with you? It may be oversimplifying things, but if you tend to do the latter, you just might be an impulsive buyer. And guess what? Researchers say that financially impulsive people might be damaging more than their checking accounts! In fact, they go as far as to say that those who are financially impulsive actually overeat, damaging their health as well!
The Telegraph reports about the findings:
Researchers asked over 40,000 people if they would prefer £45 in three days or £70 in three months. Those who wanted the smaller amount were also impulsive in other areas of their ...
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People are now more health conscious than ever before and who wouldn't with the dozens of infectious diseases and health risks that we face each and everyday. Life has gotten a lot healthier with respect to how commerce has changed and adjusted preferences to make them healthier. More and more people are opting for the healthy lifestyle as they begin to realize the advantages of good health that can take them well after their prime.
From proper exercise, diet and living, seems we all been bit by the health bug. Mother nature has produced for us some of the healthiest and most powerful healing plants that are enough to rival a pharmacy.
Herbal cures for aches and pains have long been known to ...
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I am sure that you have seen a lot of advertisements online that promise to make you lose weight within a certain number of days – 10 or 20 or 30. But how true are these ads? Do they deliver on their promises? Let’s examine these more closely in order to find out the truth.
Promise #1: Fast to fast track your weight loss.
Well, it does make sense, right? Do not eat and you will lose weight. Then again, did you know that when you fast, your body goes into “fast mode”? This is wherein the body slows down the metabolic rate in order to conserve the resources that it has stored. What happens then is that you do not really fast track your weight loss program. More so, if you have ...
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