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Calories Count First!
Hardly a day goes by when I am not confronted by different popular diets including the well-known low carbohydrate, high protein diet.
But we do know for sure, that "Calories Count First"!
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Overeating?
Many people think that only overweight people overeat, but
most people overeat at times. It's just that people of average weight overeat less often. So, why do we overeat?
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The Importance of Keeping a
Food Journal!
Studies show that people who keep a food journal lose more weight and keep more of the weight off. Keeping a food journal is an important tool that helps weight
loss.
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Eat Often!
Eating often may serves many purposes. One major purpose
"eating often" serves is that it can help us to lose
weight and now especially during the upcoming holiday season, it
can help to prevent us from gaining. How and why? First, what do
I mean by eating often?
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Body
Mass Index (BMI)
Know the Body Mass Index, a simple
way which everyone can get a good indication if is bellow the
ideal weight, overweight or obese.
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The Anti-Aging Magic of
Regular Strength Training!
The average 25 year old woman has 25% body fat, and
men are not excluded from this! How does this happen?
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Carbohydrate
Unloading: a Reality Check
A high-carbohydrate diet makes you fat and hurts your athletic
performance. Hard to believe? It is--yet it's the premise
of several carbohydrate-bashing diet books currently on the
market. This article will check this.
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Holiday Celebrations and
Alcohol!
The holiday season is officially here, and so are the parties! Most
with lots of drinks! It may seem like day after day of eating
and drinking. So, let me say that nothing packs on the pounds
like alcohol.
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Weight loss
& nutrition myths
This fact sheet will help clear up some of the confusion
about weight loss and nutrition and be a guide for making good
decisions about your health.
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Physical
Activity and Weight Control
This article shows how physical
activity helps you control your weight, and give you advices on
became physically active.
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Do you know
the health risks of being overweight?
Read this article to know the risks for your health of
being overweight. You can improve your health by losing just 10 to 20 pounds.
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Very Low
Calorie Diets
What is a very-low-calorie diet, who should use it, health benefits and adverse effects of a Very Low Calorie Diet.
Setting
Goals for Weight Loss
Learn how to set a realistic approach
to lose weight gradually and safely.
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Helping
Your Child -
Tips for parents
This article will guide you on helping
your child to have healthy eating & physical activity
habits.
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A Responsible and Safe
Weight-loss Program
This article help you make informed decision about joining a weight loss program.
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Tips for Weight Loss and
Maintenance
If your goal is to lose weight or maintain your current healthy weight, here are some tips to help you achieve that goal.
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Fruits
& vegetables help manage weight
Did you know that eating fruits
& vegetables can be a powerful, healthy way to lose or maintain weight?
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Obesity and Genetics
Genetic factors that affect metabolism and result in an inborn susceptibility to gain weight.
Tips to reduce fat
& cholesterol in my diet
What are some tips to reduce cholesterol and fat and in the diet?
Food composition tables:
Table of calories of the foods
Table
of cholesterol of the foods
Table
of fat of the foods
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Weight loss
for life
How we lose weight, types of weight-loss programs and diets, physical activity to lose weight and behavior
change.
Weight Loss Claims
Are No Joke For Dieters
Lose weight while you sleep, lose 30
pounds in just 30 days, medical miracle... Are these claims true?
Weight
Cycling
Weight cycling is the repeated loss and regain of body
weight. When weight cycling is the result of dieting, it is
often called "yo-yo" dieting.
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Surgical options for weight loss
Explanation of the surgical options that are available for weight loss.
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Liposuction
treatment for weight loss?
This article explains if the liposuction is a recommended
procedure for weight loss.
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Weight and
waist measurement - How to measure your - tools for adults
This article tells how to measure your BMI and waist circumference, and what these measures mean for your health.
False
claims about weight loss
If the claim looks too good to be true, it probably is. Five most common false claims regarding easy weight
loss.
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List of Diets:
Atkins Diet
South
Beach Diet
Macrobiotic Diet
Paleolithic
Diet
Vegetarian Diet or Vegetarism
Fruitarian diet or Fructarianism
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Losing Weight Safely
Some tips to lose weigh safely including sensitive goals, exercise and diet.
Weight loss drugs
& medications:
Ephedrine
or ephedra
Anorectics
or appetite suppressants
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