Best Lose Weight Fast Diets –Day 1

Today is Day One of my lose weight fast diets … And I feel terrific. Let me tell you what my plan is. I will tell you on a regular basis exactly how I am progressing. Of course, I had planned to blog daily, but that just is not going to happen. But, I promise to post regularly. I’ll tell you what I am eating. How I am feeling. I’ll tell you if I exercised or not. At the end of each month, I’ll tell you if I lost any weight, and how much I...

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Vitamins: Good for You, Bad for You, or What?

nt now Image credit: Wikipedia This week research came out in theJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggesting that taking a daily multivitamin may reduce the incidence of cancer in older men (specifically, the study concluded: “daily multivitamin supplementation modestly but significantly reduced the risk of total cancer”). On the face of it, this seems like good news for the vitamin industry and has probably already...

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Best 20 Superfoods For Weight Loss

After reading a fantastic article over at Self Magazine, I believe it’s time for a new slim-down mantra for everyone! ‘Eat more to weigh less’. This isn’t some late night infomercial pitch we should all run from! It’s all about the basics, the right foods help you drop pounds by revving your calorie burn and curbing cravings. The magazine consulted top experts for the best picks and asked leading chefs for easy, tasty ways to prepare them....

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When, And Possibly Why, America Became Obese

We Did Most of the Damage Before Y2K Why has the American population gotten so fat? That, just in health care terms alone, is literally the $64 billion question. (We’ve come a long way from the days when $64,000 was enough to get people watching a TV show.) There have been enough books, articles, reports, surveys and studies published purporting to have the answer(s) to that question to fuel a very substantial bonfire. I am not being critical;...

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Best Superfoods for Weight Loss

Apples An apple before each meal helps you lose weight. High in pectin and fiber so you feel full longer. Bake apples with the center filled with walnuts and a sprinkle of brown sugar. **************** Bananas A slightly green, medium-size banana will fill you up and boost your metabolism with its 12.5 grams of Resistant Starch. Even a ripe banana still ranks high on the list of foods containing RS, with almost 5 grams. ***************** Tomatoes  very...

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Why I Believe Counting Calories Doesn’t Work

As the founder of a gourmet vegan and raw food business in Buenos Aires, I’m often asked for calorie information for the meals we serve, but I don’t provide it. The reason being is that I don’t believe that diets that restrict are effective. In fact in most cases, calorie-based diets can be counterproductive and cause weight gain in the long term. The biggest issue from my viewpoint is that counting calories is a way of looking at food that can easily become obsessive and unhealthy for both the mind and the body. I also see that many people...

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weight loss plan

Commit to our four-week plan of healthy eating with regular exercise and you can soon make a difference to your figure. Our plan, devised by a registered nutritionist, will help you lose weight at a steady rate of about 1lb to 2lb per week. The good news is, the more weight you have to lose, the faster the pounds will disappear. Be sure to complete the recommended exercise too. It will help you build muscle tissue that will speed up your metabolism....

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