Dropping The Carbs - The Pros and Cons of Ketogenic Dieting The Atkins diet itself is only the most popular of an approach usually called low-carb diets because of the primary interest in restricting consumption of Carbohydrates. Since the entire spectrum of our food is drawn from proteins, fats, carbohydrates or water, severe restriction of one group is seen by many as an arbitrary and possibly even dangerous step.
Hoodia Gordonii - The Hoodia Cactus - Whered My Appetite Go? My Experience with Pure Hoodia The Hoodia cactus, or the Hoodia Gordonii plant, has become the latest buzz in the world of weightloss due to it's long history of appetite suppressing qualities. Pure Hoodia is currently the best all natural appetite suppressant out there. Read about my experience with Hoodia Gordonii...
Keen To Be Lean? – Some Metabolic Musings Metabolism is the process by which your body changes food into living tissue and changes living tissue into energy and waste products. Metabolic Rate is the speed at which the body uses energy (burns calories.)There are two genetically-determined types of people; those with a naturally low metabolic rate (slow fuel burners), and those with a naturally high metabolic rate (fast fuel burners). Slow fuel burners tend to have trouble keeping weight off.
Maximize Your Fat Burning Potential Discover the secrets of losing that last 5-10 pounds of body fat! Minor changes can make a big difference.
Negative Calorie Effect in Foods Whatever food we eat, our body has to work hard to digest it and absorb. Some foods need more energy than the others in the process of digestion. It is likely that there may be certain foods that require more calories to digest than the caloric content of the foods themselves. In fact there are certain foods in nature which possess this property. Such foods may be termed as negative calorie foods because these foods take these extra calories from the body fat. Similarly there may be foods that require the same amount of calories as the calorie content of these foods. Such foods are effectively of zero calorie.
School for Overweight Teens A residential school program for overweight teens comes with a hefty price tag (some in excess of $5,000 per month). These programs rely on the same formula for weight loss as is commonly recommended; strict eating guidelines and increased activities. If you can't afford this type program, design your own by finding activities you and your kids can all enjoy. Here are ideas from video games (yes, they can be quite strenuous) to getting out-of-doors and everything in between.
Self-Sabotage Snacking After Gastric Bypass Surgery: Why Do We Do It? Snacking is the single biggest problem for people after having gastric bypass - the problem being we snack on unhealthy items, we sabotage our weight loss or weight maintenance and we spiral back into the self-loathing that is so much an emotional part of morbid obesity. Why do we do it?
The Miraculous Claims of the Zone Diet One way of recognizing a fad diet is said to be the promise of multiple miraculous effects upon health. And Zone diet promises a lot.
Wellness Coach Reveals Celebrity Diet We have watched the paparazzi hunt them down just so we can get a picture or a glimpse of their lives. However, the "money shot" doesn't tell us everything. Especially how they stay in shape and maintain such flawless skin.
Your Words Affect Your Weight Loss - Stop the Struggle Telling yourself you have to "struggle with this weight issue for the rest of my life," is as good as telling yourself there's no point in trying. "Why bother? I'll just gain it right back. It's no use. I might as well eat more cake. Poor me. Life is hard." You know the drill. Life's a beach and then you die. But it doesn't have to be this way. You can change from talking trash to talking yourself right into doing what you say you want to do. Here's how.
