Category: Nutrition

Be Careful With Diet Pills

Be Careful With Diet Pills

  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 [...]

February 3, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Eating the Australian Way

Eating the Australian Way

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 [...]

January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Natural Weight Loss Supplement Hoodia Gordonii

Natural Weight Loss Supplement Hoodia Gordonii

In my time I have been an international competitive swimmer, ranked number 1 in the UK, in the top 20 worldwide, represented England, and won medals at World level. Having been in the environment of top class athletes, and everyday healthy people, I have become very knowledgeable in the area of nutrition and fitness. Still [...]

December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
How To Get Past a Weight Loss Plateau

How To Get Past a Weight Loss Plateau

Everyone who has ever been on a diet has hit a plateau at some point. It is that point where no matter what you do, you cannot seem to lose any weight. I myself have hit many of these and I am going to give you a few ways to blast through your weight loss [...]

October 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Peaches for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

Peaches for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

The peach tree (Prunus persica) is a species of Prunus native to China that bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach. It is a deciduous tree growing to 4–10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It is classified with the almond in the subgenus Amygdalus within the genus Prunus, [...]

September 11, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Grapefruit for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

Grapefruit for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

The grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi), is a subtropical citrus tree known for its bitter fruit, an 18th-century hybrid first bred in Barbados. When found it was named the “forbidden fruit”; it has also been misidentified with the pomelo or shaddock (C. maxima), one of the parents of this hybrid, the other being sweet orange (C. [...]

August 17, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Benefits of Yogurt – Yogurt for Weight Loss and Health

Benefits of Yogurt – Yogurt for Weight Loss and Health

Yogurt needs no introduction, it is a popular snack for people who are trying to monitor their weight. In addition to aiding in weight loss Yogurt has a lot of nutritional benefits. What is Yogurt? Yogurt is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. In the process of fermentation, the bacteria will convert [...]

June 26, 2011 | 3 Comments More
Orange – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

Orange – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × ?sinensis (syn. Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., or Citrus aurantium Risso) and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo (Citrus maxima) and mandarin (Citrus reticulata). It is a small flowering tree growing to about 10 m tall with [...]

February 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Cherries for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

Cherries for Weight Loss – Health Benefits and Nutritional Value

Cherry is the fruit of plants of the genus Prunus. It is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium. The name ‘cherry’, often as the compound term ‘cherry tree’, may also be applied to many [...]

February 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Cantaloupe for Weight Loss- Health Benefits and Nutritional Values

Cantaloupe for Weight Loss- Health Benefits and Nutritional Values

Cantaloupe (also cantaloup, muskmelon, rockmelon or spanspek) refers to two varieties of Cucumis melo, which is a species in the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes nearly all melons and squashes. Cantaloupes range in size from 0.5 kg to 5.0 kg. Recent Studies have shown that cantaloupe can greatly aid in weight loss. Originally, cantaloupe referred only [...]

February 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More