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5 Tips for Preparing a Heart Healthy Diet

Written by Charlie on October 20, 2011
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. diet 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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Categories: Diets

Are You An Impulsive Buyer? You Might Be An Overeater As Well!

Written by Charlie on February 9, 2011
3092_MEDIUMWhen 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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Can You Really Lose Weight In 10 Days?

Written by Charlie on November 11, 2010
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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Categories: Diets, Weight Loss

Eat Much?

Written by Charlie on November 6, 2009
bottled-waterIf you had asked me this a month ago, I would probably have laughed and said “You think?” I have been experiencing some drastic changes in life, though, and about a month ago, I couldn’t focus and couldn’t even muster enough desire to eat. Of course, I did eat a little, and after a couple of weeks, I started eating “normally” again. However, at that point, it seemed that my stomach had gotten used to not eating much, so I was able to lessen my food intake. I do fully understand what it feels like to want to keep on eating, especially if the food is good. For those of you who think they eat too much, here are some simple tips which can help you. I have tried them myself, and they work! Have ...

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