The Grape Diet is ideal for detoxing the body and losing weight at the same time. When we feel tired and sluggish, miserable and stressed, it’s usually because we’re overweight, or our body is clogged up with eating junk and fatty foods. You can detox and lose weight by exercising proper diet control. Usually that [...]
Some things you have to be careful about when taking diet pills are: Dangerous side effects and drug interactions – Some prescription diet drugs are very strong. Possible side effects occur in almost all prescription medications, and some can be very serious in nature. Each diet pill has its own unique set of side [...]
Each pound of fat your body stores represents 3,500 calories of unused energy. In order to lose one pound, you would have to create a calorie deficit of 3,500 calories by either taking in 3,500 less calories over a period of time than you need or doing 3,500 calories worth of exercise. It is recommended [...]
Australians are often divided into the haves, and the have-nots. But they’re not always talking about money. These days, it’s often the haves (too much body fat), versus the have-nots (not overweight). We can’t seem to make up our minds whether to eat at McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, and All-You-Can-Eat fast food [...]
How much salt do I need? Although our body must have some salt (or sodium), we often eat more than we need. Fresh foods such as cereals, vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy products contain plenty of sodium – there is no need to add extra salt to food. Less than 2300mg of sodium (equal to [...]
Table salt is made up of the elements sodium and chlorine – the technical name for salt is sodium chloride. Your body needs some sodium to work properly. It helps with the function of nerves and muscles. It also helps to keep the right balance of fluids in your body. Your kidneys control how much [...]
Every year, millions of Americans decide to lose weight for their New Years resolution. But how many actually succeed at reaching their ideal weight goals? And why do so many struggle to lose weight but just can’t seem to keep it off? These are questions I’ve been asking my self and clients for years, seeking [...]
Why would I want to write about yet another fitness program? There are so many out there. There is no escape from fitness programs whether you watch TV or read a magazine or newspaper. The reality is that most of us are not happy with our physical state and we are looking for solutions. We [...]
Some of you may have heard of the south beach diet exercise, especially if you have been known to stay up to date on the health industry. For those of you who are a little less familiar with exactly how the diet has grown to be so successful, its actually a really easy concept. The [...]
Everyone knows that maintaining a healthy weight involves maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but who’dathunk that cookies, chips, puddings and beer could be healthy? Long before the dawn of agriculture, our ancestors spent 2.5 million years fine-tuning their metabolism and collective physiology to an opportunist’s diet that included everything from found or hunted meats and seafood [...]
