Showing posts with label how to lose weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to lose weight. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2012

'The Drunk Diet': How To Lose Weight...Wasted

'The Drunk Diet': How To Lose Weight...Wasted
Huffington Post
For the next step towards his weight loss goal, he scoured the health section at Barnes & Noble. He ended up reading over 15 diet books, but says, "if you've read one, you've read them all." Among his many qualms with weight loss literature is a book ...

7 Simple Diet Tips to Cut Calories
becomegorgeous.com
The following 7 simple diet tips to cut calories help you lose weight effortlessly. Lighten your meals and snacks by using the following 7 simple diet tips to cut calories. Follow a healthy and balanced weight loss plan to get rid of extra pounds in a ...
 
becomegorgeous.com

New Study on Diet-induced Obesity Expands Omega-3 Health Benefits
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Nutri-Med Logic Corp adds, while this study investigated the benefits of Omega-3 in preventing diet-induced obesity, another very recent study found that consumption of Omega-3 also resulted in short-term weight loss in obesity.

Improve your cardiovascular health with diet, exercise
Fox News
You can prevent heart disease by making thoughtful and responsible lifestyle choices. Here are five ways to improve your heart health: Physical activity Physical inactivity drastically increases your odds of developing heart disease.

Diet Doc Weight Loss Announces How to Lose Weight Fast and Safely With New ...
Yahoo! Contributors Network
Diet Doc Weight Loss announces a new medical breakthrough in weight loss science helping people lose weight fast. Obesity studies have shown that being as little as 20 pounds overweight can cause debilitating health conditions, such as a reduction of ...

Yahoo! Contributors Network

Pro: Vegetable-based diet provides healthy option
Victoria Advocate
Christine Marquette, a registered and licensed dietitian with Marquette Nutrition andFitness, endorses a meatless diet to her clients. Marquette lives a vegetarian lifestyleherself. "I was never a big meat eater, so it was an easy transition for me," ...

Victoria Advocate

The caveman guide to health
Aiken Standard
By Brian B. Parr, Columnist What does a caveman know about nutrition and health? If you have been paying attention to a recent health trend, the popular Paleo diet - being more like a caveman - might just be the answer to good health.

Diet Soda May Cause Health Problems, Study Says
CBS Local
CHICAGO (CBS) – People often drink diet sodas to be healthier, but new research suggests some potential health dangers. CBS 2′s Roseanne Tellez reports a look at the risk and has some advice on what to do if you're a fan of those drinks.

CBS Local

Healthy Memphis: Adding wrong things to healthy foods can sabotage your diet
Memphis Commercial Appeal
This leads to high health care costs, misery from poor health and premature deaths. Some national and local officials have started concerted efforts to improve what we eat -- in schools, at home and outside the home. Many want to change what is ...

Eat 5, Move 10, Sleep 8 to Improve Heart Health
Diets In Review (blog)
Dr. Martha Grogan, a cardiologist with the Mayo Clinic and medical editor for the new book HeartHealthy For Life says there's a simpler equation we can use to achieve a healthy lifestyle and improve heart health. The answer, she says, ...

Excuse Me, Waiter, There's an Anti-Ager in My Soup: 5 Healthy Skin Diet Secrets
Diets In Review (blog)
Proteins are a good foundation to any diet to help strengthen blood vessels and connective tissue like collagen and elastin, as well as construct and repair damaged cells. Healthy protein sources include: eggs, poultry, fishes like salmon, tuna, ...

Con: Meat is necessary in diet
Victoria Advocate
The US Department of Agriculture recommends two to three servings a day of lean meat, poultry, fish and eggs to maintain a healthy diet. Isaac Almeida, a certified professional fitness trainer in Victoria, said he does not advocate vegetarian diets for ...
 
Victoria Advocate

5 great reasons to kick your soda habit
msnbc.com
But we've dug up several other disturbing facts about what soda does to your body, besides packing on the pounds, that don't get much attention in broader discussions about soda and its impact on your health. Diet or regular, all colas contain ...

msnbc.com

5 Questions with Dr. Lorenzo Cohen: An Integrative Approach to Prostate Cancer
Houston Chronicle (blog)
There are many lifestyle changes that men can make to improve their quality of life, biological functioning and overall health, making their body as inhospitable to cancer as possible. This includes a healthy diet, exercising regularly, managing stress ...

Houston Chronicle (blog)

Nutrition tips for pregnant working women
Times of India
A sound 8-9 hours of sleep is recommended to maintain good health. The diet of pregnant women should have basic 'five food groups'. (Grain, vegetables, fruits, milk and meat, fish.) Snack on healthyitems often and take small frequent meals.

Fruits and veggies 'improve skin appearance'
The Zimbabwe Standard
University of St Andrews researchers monitored diet in 35 people, finding more colouration in those eating more greens. Other research suggests these changes may make you more attractive. Other scientists said the study, in the PLoS One journal, ...

Think Like a Pro: 10 Diet and Exercise Tips From Athletes
FitSugar.com
Whether you're ramping up your diet and exercise for bikini season, or you just want to be ashealthy as you can be, look no further — we've got a plan for you, courtesy of professional athletes like Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin, Olympic gymnast ...

Weight Loss Success: John McCarthy Wanted To Set An Example For His Son And ...
Huffington Post
I did lose weight one other time. In February of 2009, I weighed 300 pounds. I lost 80 pounds by June of that year. But by February 2010 I was 269 pounds again, and gradually gained it all back, and more. I'd start every weekday at Dunkin' Donuts, ...

Healthy Bites: Here's the skinny on slimming down
Wausau Daily Herald
We whole-heartedly start a diet, only to give up a few weeks later because it just wasn't working the way we thought it would. Others are fairly content with their weight, but wouldn't mind toning up bit. No matter where you are in your weight loss ...

Superfit Real Housewife Brandi Glanville reveals diet and workout secrets
Examiner.com
Brandi now does Pilates three times a week and maintains an active, healthy lifestyle and follows a sensible, portion-controlled diet that includes carbs and the occasional dessert. "Now I do [Pilates] three times a week and besides that, I stay active ...

8 Celebrities That Have Shilled For Diet Pills
BlissTree
From Snooki to Jillian Michaels, these stars have advertised for weight loss solutions that, by and large, don't help you lose weight. Seeing a trusted celeb (especially one whose entire career is based on getting fit) on a bottle of pills at the ...

BlissTree

Eat more veg for a healthy glow
iAfrica.com
Always been jealous of those people with a "healthy glow" to their skin? Well, eating a good diet of fruit and vegetables might improve your skin colour. Scientists at the University of St Andrews found that eating fruit and vegetables for just a few ...

Are You Missing an Important Nutrient?
MarketWatch (press release)
It's a problem that causes a variety of health issues that could be prevented with small changes todiet and behavior, including frequent soaks in Epsom salt. A lack of magnesium, for instance, can contribute to high blood pressure, hyperactivity, ...

Joel Fuhrman on the dietary component of breast cancer risk
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
I do think that a segment of our population that embraces my nutritarian lifestyle at an early enough point in life can achieve that. First of all, excess weight is a major risk factor for breast cancer, and 35% of American women are obese.

Weight Loss Tips: Cutting Calories May Be Easier Than You Think
Newsolio (blog)
The International Food Information Council estimates that more than 54 million Americans are currently on a diet. Still, the council says, maybe just 5 percent manage to keep the weight off over the long term. Losing weight is a long-term endeavor, ...

Newsolio (blog)

Daily Java Helps the Body Burn Fat
dailyRx
Coffee is a great addition to a weight loss diet. For this study, Marie-Pierre St. Onge, Ph.D., led a team of researchers out of the New York Obesity Nutrition Center at St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University.

Way to lose weight
Times of India
Yep, for apart from the spiritual cleansing you go through in an ashram, living off a diet of traditional Ayurvedic food, mantras and yoga, you also have no access to vanity traps such as full-length mirrors in bathrooms, where a weighing scale ...

Campaign to Promote Gluten-Free Lifestyle
TopNews United States
It has been found in a recent report that people in Australia are being encouraged to have a gluten-free diet daily in order to prevent risks of developing the rare Coeliac disease. As per the findings of the report, the same is being done as a part of ...

TopNews United States

Over Half Of Brits 'Not Getting Their Five-A-Day'
Huffington Post UK
The HFMA poll, which is conducted every two years to analyse healthy diet trends, also revealed an unhealthy attitude to junk food - and interestingly, women were worse offenders than men. Almost 84% admitted to eating junk food with women more prone, ...

Vegetarian Diet Could Make You Happier And Less Stressed, Study Shows
Huffington Post
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown, for Blisstree.com Omnivores, take note: Embracing a vegetarian dietcould make you happier and less stressed, according to new research published in Nutrition Journal. The reason comes down to fatty acids: Diets that include ...

Average Brit hopes to lose one stone in 2012
Netdoctor
The majority of people in the UK hope to lose weight this year, with the average Briton intending to shed one stone. That is according to new research from low-cost gym chain Klick Fitness, which estimates that the nation as a whole hopes to lose a ...

Statins, Chronic Disease -- and the Definition of Insanity
Boston.com
Not a good thing for the public health and certainly not good for the individual affected with a new serious chronic illness. "If there were a major suppression of heart attacks or strokes or deaths, that might be justified.

Health Tip: The Right Diet Can Boost Athletic Performance - Drugs ...
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics lists these benefits of a healthy diet for athletes: Improved cardiovascular health, including better blood flow, delivery of oxygen and blood pressure. Improved respiratory function. A stronger immune ...
Drugs.com - Daily MedNews

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

What's your diet DNA?

What's your diet DNA?
RedEye Chicago (blog)
Years ago, McDonald might have picked up a diet book with a regimented eating plan or been put on a strict exercise schedule by a doctor. But now, experts such as Dr. Robert Kushner at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are trying to develop a new way of...

RedEye Chicago (blog) 

Diet Doc Weight Loss Now Offers Mediterranean Type Diet As Part Of Their ...
Albany Times Union
Diet Doc Weight Loss announces Mediterranean diet as part of their overall, medical weight lossprogram. Diet Doc incorporated parts of the Mediterranean diet associated with protection against small brain blood vessels according to a cohort study by ...

Tried the happiness diet, yet?
Times of India
If you smile while tucking into your favourite fare, it can also tackle your bulging waistline. A newweight-loss plan undertakes to get rid of the flab as it enhances the mood. Say hello to the Happiness Diet, that's influenced by how you feel.

Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition diet: NHS specialist recommends being fed on a ...
Daily Mail
The KEN, or Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition diet, involves eating absolutely nothing at all. Instead, for ten days at a time, a patented liquid formula made up of protein and nutrients is dripped directly into the stomach via a plastic tube that goes up ...

Daily Mail

Healthy Memphis: Diet rich in fiber, low in processed foods can hold off ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The doctor is likely to ask about your bowel habits, diet and current prescriptions. Your provider could check for signs of blood. A blood test is usually done. He or she might order an abdominal ultrasound, X-rays, or a CT scan.

Malaika Arora Khan's Diet Secrets!
BoldSky
She doesn't follow any particular diet but prefers eating good and healthy food! 2. To get the perfect slim figure, Malaika Arora never stopped eating! She has food at short intervals but in moderations. 3. Malaika Arora's diet secrets include lots of ...

BoldSky

Your natural partners for a healthy life
This is Leicestershire
Dieticians and exercise professionals have long argued the case of diet versus exercise for achieving a healthy body weight, but the evidence is now clearer than ever before. Since the start of the obesity epidemic in the mid-20th century, ...

Watch out, vitamin E could harm you!
Times of India
With innumerable diet digests and health studies promoting taking vitamins and nutrients on a daily basis, this comes as a shock! Japanese researchers are now saying that taking vitamin E supplements may make bones old and frail before their time.

Diet Advice From Israel: Eat Your Vegetables
The Media Line
Deciding between the Atkins Diet, Mediterranean diet or a traditional low-fat/high-carbohydratesdiet? It really doesn't make a lot of difference, says a team of Israeli nutrition experts. Your chances of losing weight with any of the three hinges on ...

Weight loss by diet shakes is temporary: experts
Pakistan Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Health experts have expressed uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of diet shakes for weight loss. At least 15 brands of diet shakes - some promising “a new you” in a matter of weeks - are in the market in Australia, but nutritionists ...

Include strawberries in your daily diet
Times of India
We all know strawberries are delicious, but they are also nutritious, and ideally should be a part of everyone's daily diet. You'll enjoy some health advantages by eating strawberries regularly, and the best part is strawberries are one of the most ...

Kardashians named in $5 million weight-loss product lawsuit
Vancouver Sun
LOS ANGELES — Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and two of her sisters have bween slapped with a $5 million lawsuit alleging they and the makers of QuickTrim diet pills falsely touted the product's effectiveness for losing weight.

Consume Less Calories, Lose Weight
TopNews United States
Dieticians and exercise professionals have long supported their own sides and roles ofdiet and exercise to maintain a healthy body weight, but some evidences are finally out to give a clear picture upon the factors maximum affecting the body weight.

TopNews United States

Five 'healthy' types of food best avoided
UPI.com
WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- A US registered dietitian suggests some foods might soundhealthy but some so-called health foods are best avoided. Katherine Tallmadge, author of the book "Diet Simple," told The Washington Post the US Agriculture ...

Albany CrossFit Announces Its Latest Fitness Competition: A Battle of the ...
PR Web (press release)
Albany CrossFit-- part of an insurgent fitness movement that is changing the way people around the world think about diet, health and fitness -- today announced its latest competition: the co-ed "X's and Y's" event to be held March 31, 2012 as part of...

PR Web (press release)

Five "Healthy" Types of Food Best Avoided
ThirdAge
A US registered dietitian suggests some foods might sound healthy but some so-called health foods are best avoided. Katherine Tallmadge, author of the book "DietSimple," told The Washington Post the US Agriculture Department's Economic Research ...

ThirdAge

Successful dieters know what it takes
Evansville Courier & Press
Add the prediction that half of the people in America will be obese by 2030 to the fact that healthcare costs are the fastest growth line in the American budget, mix in 75 percent of our health care costs coming from obesity, and sprinkle in 300000 ...

What is the right diabetic diet for me?
Arab News
SADDAH ESHKI The diabetic diet is not a specific diet, but a set of eating guidelines designed to help diabetics manage their insulin levels and blood sugar. Different doctors recommend varying types of diabetic diets, but some aspects of the diet are ...

Arab News

10 changes in your kids' diet to help them top their exams!
India.Com Health
A child's diet is one of the most neglected aspects during their exams. It has been observed that even kids who usually eat healthy end up eating a lot of junk food and drink pots of coffee to stay awake during exam times. Plan out your kids' exam diet ...

Adventures in Food and Fitness: Exercise counters calorie-counting fears
News Sentinel
“The next time I hear someone whine, 'I wish I had her metabolism,'” said my drill sergeant of a sister, “I'm going to say, 'You can — just get up off the couch!'” Tanya Isch Caylor, a News-Sentinel copy editor, blogs about diet and fitness at ...

Vitamin E 'may be bad for bones'
BBC News
Vitamin E supplements may interfere with the process that keeps bones healthy, suggest Japanese scientists. Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, the Keio University team said mice given large doses had lower bone mass - if the same was true in ...

BBC News

Five food items that'll help you lose weight!
India.Com Health
Here are 5 food items you should incorporate in your diet to get rid of excess baggage and the obese tag. Egg whites are a valued high protein-low carbohydrate source. During any weight loss regime it is essential to consume enough protein to help you ...

Qnexa & Weight Loss
KERA News
A diet pill promising a ten percent weight loss could offer hope to a nation with an obesity rate near 35 percent. But Tammy Beaumont is concerned. In a KERA Health Checkup, the Weight Management Director for Methodist Health System talks to Sam Baker ...

Healthy lifestyle at 20, good heart health at 40: Study
HealthJockey.com
There is no doubt that a healthy way of life inclusive of diet and yoga could go a long way in improving general health. Northwestern University professionals have revealed that succumbing to a healthy lifestyle as young adults could result in better ...

HealthJockey.com

Prevent Obesity by Reducing Intake of Calories
French Tribune
Growing cases of obesity among kids have left the mums aghast as they don't know as to which weight loss program they should adopt for their younger ones who are growing and need good amount of food. Controlling intake seems to be the best way of...

French Tribune

Salt reduced
Sydney Morning Herald
A pinch of salt in cooking can enhance the flavour of your food and, in small quantities, it's essential for health. A little sodium in the diet helps maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body, and helps nerve-impulse transmission and muscle ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Why Is Gaining Weight So Much Easier Than Losing Weight?
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Use up more than your intake and you will lose weight. One pound of body fat represents 3500 calories. You can increase or reduce that amount – it would seem – by equal measures. But that is not necessarily so. A great number of additional factors must ...

What Is a Balanced Weight Loss Diet?
Hive Health Media (blog)
Having a balanced diet can prevent many health problems that include heart diseases and even some types of cancers. One of the benefits of taking a well-balanced diet is that you are able to maintain healthy weight, which in turn has several benefits.

Pauline Quirke weight loss: 'I was just fat because I was greedy'
Daily Mail
By Sarah Bull And now Pauline Quirke has come forward to talk about her weight loss, admitting her weight was simply down to her being greedy. In excerpts taken from her new autobiography Where Have I Gone?, the 52-year-old actress writes in a diary...

Daily Mail

Taking vitamin E linked to osteoporosis: research
AsiaOne
The mice developed osteoporosis after eight weeks on the diet, which had levels of vitamin E significantly higher than those found in a mouse's natural diet, according to the study, published in the journal Nature Medicine. The team, led by Shu Takeda ...

AsiaOne

A fruity diet for your hair
Times of India
While it's a known fact that eggs or curd are homemade solutions for healthy conditioned hair, people suffering of dry and/or brittle tresses can look for remedies in fruits like pineapple, guava, grape, apple, mango and banana.

Why Does Body Need Vitamin E?
BoldSky
Vitamin E for body is very essential.. Its anti oxidizing nature helps overcome vitamin related disorders and following a healthy diet plan is very important. Vitamin deficiency can cause a lot of health related issues some of them are noted 1.

BoldSky

Former VNSNY nurse creates raw food company that sells healthy snack bars ...
Nurse.com
While working for seven years for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Benedetto said she saw chronic illness and health problems influenced by diet. "I came to believe in food as medicine," she said. "The body reacts to how we eat, drink and take ...

Why are some physicians bashing a weight loss drug before it's even out?
CTV.ca (blog)
Is it because I think people should "Do it the right way", the "old-fashioned way", the "diet and exercise" way? Good god, no! It's just that to date, the medications that we've had available to us haven't been particularly impressive.

Low-carb, high-protein diets win the battle against the bulge, Israeli study finds
Haaretz
It showed that for losing weight in the short term, which the researchers put at six months, a low-carbohydrate diet, based on meat, fish and eggs - in short, a refined version of the famous Atkins Diet - led to the highest weight loss, with an average ...

Haaretz

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Diet Health News Uk | The Best Diets For You
diet health news uk Your body requires all the energy it can get to cure Shingles fast. It’ s not unusual. Some things to consider are price, flexibility, features ...
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CheckInTheMirror: Let's Talk Diet (Healthy Snacks Haul & Diet Tips)
Posted by Rachel at 12:19 AM · Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook. Labels:Diet, Health, Rachel Talbott, RachelTalbott, Wellness ...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Why it's OK to cheat on your diet

Why it's OK to cheat on your diet
Fox News
I'm going to assume you're smart enough not to go on a very low-calorie crash diet that sends your body into a metabolic slowdown. The thing is, even if you follow a logical, moderate caloric deficit over time to lose flab in a sane manner, ...

Ditching the diets, living a leaner lifestyle
WTNH
(WTNH) - If you've tried every diet on the planet from Atkins, to South Beach to Cabbage Soup and you still end up fat, broke and unhappy, then stop! The following tips are guaranteed to take the weight off and improve your health.

WTNH

Bitter truths about sugar
The Hindu
She would shake off all refined sugars from her diet. You won't catch her biting into a piece of black forest cake. We can't always buy, cook or order food with a nutrition manual in hand. But about sugar we can be sure: Added sugar (AS) is unhealthy.

The Hindu

Nutrition tip: Choose the Mediterranean Diet
Lakenewsonline.com
By Anita Marlay If you are looking for a heart-healthy eating plan, the Mediterranean diet might be for you. It's well proven that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, beans and seeds provides a steady supply of fiber, micronutrients, ...

Dance your way to fitness
Manila Standard Today
by Joba Botana Most health and wellness experts will agree that any diet plan or method works better when paired with physical activities such as exercising, running and the latest form which is making a trend nowadays is dancing.

What Do You Want to Change About Your Diet?
FitSugar.com
Making over your plate is an important step in developing a healthy diet, but there are lots of other habits we can't seem to quit when it comes to food. Whether it's eating when you're not hungry or opting for take-out instead of cooking at home, ...

4 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
FitSugar.com
Frolicking from one fad diet to another is a surefire way to prevent permanent weight loss. That's because diets just don't work — once you lose weight and go back to your old ways, you'll gain it all back. Weight loss is more about lifestyle changes ...

Sugar branded a poison with calls for tax and regulation
The National
It is everywhere, often using a different name and even appearing as the chief ingredient in so-called health foods such as sports drinks. But now health experts are getting very worried about our craving for sugar. The sweet-toothed habit is said by ...

The National

The information's available
The Star Democrat
By DAVID EVERMAN That's all you need to cut out of your diet every day, seven days a week, to lose one pound a week. "You have to have a deficit of 500 calories a day 3500 calories per week to lose one pound," said Deborah Blood RD, LDN, CDE, ...

Weight Loss Tips for When You Have a Lot to Lose
Newsolio
When you have fifty, seventy or even one hundred pounds – it can be very frustrating todiet. Your diet is less of a sprint and more like a marathon. But you too can be very successful and be a weight loss loser! Get support for your weight loss ...

Newsolio

Kristen Jordan Shamus: 1 step closer to a healthy life
Detroit Free Press
What really mattered was being healthy and comfortable in my own skin. If my clothes fit, that was all I needed. Each time I had a baby, clothes that used to fit didn't anymore. So I'd buy new clothes in a bigger size, telling myself that the extra ...

Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr unfolds deepest secrets on her beauty !
International Business Times AU
Namita herself being a diet & fitness promoter was very inquisitive to know how serious was Miranda about her nutritional status. To that this is what the supermodel had to say " I adopt the 80/20 rule. 80% healthy and organic, 20% indulgent and that ...

Health Update
Herald Times Reporter
Here's one more reason to avoid trans fats in your diet, especially if you are an older woman: A new study found a 39 percent increased risk of stroke among postmenopausal women who ate the highest amount of this common ingredient in baked goods, ...

Beware of added sugar
The Province
By Nanci Hellmich, McClatchy-Tribune March 4, 2012 Experts warn that added sugars, which add empty calories to the diet, are edging out the food that kids should be eating, especially fruits and vegetables. Kids are gobbling far more added sugars than ...

Meals That Heal: Sorbet for summer
The Hindu
The body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A. Both the nutrients are essential for healthyeyesight. Consumption of a high amount of Vitamin A daily reduces the risk of cataract by as much as 40 per cent. Women who eat cantaloupes regularly are a ...

Kardashian sisters sued for $5 million over ineffective diet pills
allvoices
By Michelle Lincaster The Kardashian sisters always come up with new ways to stay in the media spotlight and this time around they have caused a stir with the QuickTrim diet pills. It has been revealed that the media-loving sisters are reportedly ...

Good Heart Habits In Young Adulthood Pay Off Later In Life: Study
Huffington Post
Northwestern University researchers found that people who led healthy lifestyles as young adults (meaning a low body mass index, not drinking too much alcohol, not smoking, eating a healthy dietand exercising regularly) were also more likely to ...

Is It Possible to Lose Weight without Dieting?
Hive Health Media (blog)
Why assault yourself with yet another diet program, or an exercise routine, when there are better, less painful ways to tackle the issue of weight loss? The very first thing that crosses the mind of a person when he decides to do something about his ...

Lindsay Bonnar: Smart choices, not diet pills, the answer
La Crosse Tribune
After reading an Associated Press article headlined “Does a miracle diet pill exist? A safe drug is elusive” (Feb. 25 Tribune) I found myself thinking —of course a safe drug is elusive, it doesn't exist. The article touched on many things I am ...

The Kardashians 'lied about weight loss pills'?!
heatworld
The Kardashians are being sued for promoting a weight loss pill which just so happens to not work, AT ALL! Major fail… Turns out the drug, called QuickTrim does not trim quick in any way, shape or form and in fact does NOTHING.

heatworld

Kardashian sisters sued for $5 million for falsely claiming that diet pills worked
TheCelebrityCafe.com
The Kardasian sisters, Kim, Kournety and Khloe, are reportedly being sued for $5 million for claiming that the over-the-counter weight loss pills called QuickTrim were the reason why they look so good. TMZ reports that the suit was filed in New York by ...

Harvard Medical School Adviser: Lifestyle changes help combat liver disease
Detroit Free Press
The most important thing you can do is embark on slow, steady weight loss -- and that requires a balanced, calorie-restricted diet along with regular exercise. It's another example of how healthfullifestyle choices improve health.

Untangling health and fitness (dis) information
Ottawa Citizen
Tired of faux-science spins on health claims, Caulfield, a healthlaw professor at the University of Alberta, went on a quest to find out what really makes us healthy. He spent a year looking atweight loss and fad diets, alternative remedies (like ...

Serving size scams that can make you fat
msnbc.com
Well, something like that is happening right now in America's restaurants and supermarkets, but instead of costing you money, these rip-offs are costing you your health and your waistline. See, food manufacturers know that you want to eat healthy, ...

Healthy stuffed cabbage Italian-style
NorthJersey.com
A serving of cruciferous vegetables gives every meal a healthy dose of vitamin C. One potential downside: Cooking cruciferous vegetables, cabbage included, can tend to get a little malodorous or even stinky in the gassy way.

NorthJersey.com

Drink barley water for a thinner waistline
Times of India
Extremely low in calories it acts as a wonderful diet supplement and helps maintain a slim stature. Being low in cholesterol, it is known to reduce cholesterol levels. The core ingredient in this highly useful grain is beta-glucan that is also found in ...

Avoiding skin diseases this rainy season
The Nation Newspaper
Two of the main causes of diseases are wrong diet and lifestyle, which an individual follows either knowingly or unknowingly. Following a diet or life style that is against the season or the nature of a person, creates an imbalance in bodily energies, ...

BLOGS OF THE DAY: Diet soft drinks increase risks of strokes and heart attacks
Daily Mail
By Mail Today Reporter People who drink diet soft drinks daily might have increased risk of vascular events such as stroke, heart attack and vascular death, US researchers said. Study leader Hannah Gardener and her team examined the relationship ...

Daily Mail

The YOU Docs: Make sure those calories you're counting are nutritionally sound
In-Forum
Is counting calories the best way to lose weight? – Lynn, Destin, Fla. A Calories do count – and they're one way to measure your weight-loss efforts – but it makes sense only if the calories you're counting are healthy. We YOU Docs want you to imagine ...

Bonnie Lee Black's ABC's of healthy cooking
Taosnews.com
A healthy approach to healthy cooking boils down to three basic points — attitude, balance and creativity. This is the philosophy of Bonnie Lee Black, former New York chef and caterer, who teaches healthy cooking and bread baking classes in UNM-Taos' ...

Nutritional myths
24 Hours Vancouver
TRUTH: Dietitians are uniquely trained to advise you on food, healthy eating, and nutrition. Dietitians must be part of a regulatory body, just like doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The terms "Registered Dietitian," "Professional Dietitian" and ...

24 Hours Vancouver

Finally, a Weight Loss Product that's actually good for you
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
NEWtritious™, a fortified functional food and beverage company announced today that its Kherb Appeal™ product is formulated to do much more than just promote healthy weight loss - it can potentially provide the support needed for healthy metabolic ...

Healthy lifestyle lowers mid-age cardiac risk
Zee News
Washington: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle from your 20s into your 40s may spell lower cardiovascular risk in mid-age, says a new study. "The problem is few adults can maintain ideal cardiovascular health factors as they age," said Kiang Liu, ...

Zee News

Get Your Plate in Shape
Daily Mail - Charleston (blog)
This is a great chance to reflect on how you eat and determine if your diet needs a few changes. Take some time this month to get your plate in shape. Eating a healthy diet doesn't have to be difficult. 

Kardashian Sisters and QuickTrim Face $5 Million Lawsuit
Diets In Review (blog)
Kim Kardashian along with two of her sisters are being sued for $5 million dollars for allegations the sisters and the makers of QuickTrim made false claims about the product's weight losseffectiveness. The Kardashian sisters had an endorsement deal ...

Friday, March 2, 2012

hCG diet warning

Beware of the hCG diet
SunHerald.com
"Dr. Mark Vierra is a respected bariatric physician (a doctor with a special interest in weight loss) in our community. He was recently asked to comment on one weight loss regimen making the rounds...the hGC diet. "Twenty years ago," Vierra begins, ...Bottom line? "No responsible scientist or physician has concluded that the hormone, hCG, can help you lose weight," says Vierra. He cites the position of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians: "1. The Simeons method for weight loss is not recommended. 2. The Simeons diet is not recommended. 3. The use of HCG for weight loss is not recommended.". . . "

Getting to the Heart of a Healthy Diet
MarketWatch (press release)
MISSION, KS, Mar 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- (Family Features) Healthy habits such as eating well, being physically active, and maintaining a healthy weight are key strategies for managing cardiovascular disease -- the number one cause of death ...

Alkaline Diet Sets the Weight Loss & Health Industry on Fire in 2012 as ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
In the year 2012, TheAlkalineDiet.org sets the new trend for losing weight naturally and a healthier body, influencing over 10000 people to be committed to the Alkaline Diet in January. WILMINGTON, DE, March 02, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ ...

A healthy diet is a marathon runner's bread and butter
Herts and Essex Observer (blog)
JUST as key to a marathon runner's preparation as their training programme is theirdiet, of course (“You wouldn't put diesel in a Ferrari” is Coach Kelly's mantra). I write this having just polished off a Costa ham and cheese panini for breakfast to ...

Herts and Essex Observer (blog)

A good diet is all a question of balance
This is Plymouth
A POOR diet is recognised as a major contributory risk factor for ill-health and premature death. When it comes to a nutritious diet, balance is the key to getting it right, experts say. The majority of Plymouth people are not eating the recommended ...

Combat stress with a balanced diet
Times of India
You can cope with stress, depression and anxiety by avoiding certain foods and eating a balanceddiet. Our expert tells you how We live in times where pill popping has become a solution to all our physical and mental health problems.

Healthy Hollywood: Ask Keri Glassman — Kick The Soda Habit!
Access Hollywood
NEW YORK, NY -- Caption Keri GlassmanNutritionist Keri Glassman is back with Access' Healthy Hollywood team. Keri, who regularly shares her expertise on Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live, is now answering your nutrition, diet, andhealth ...

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March 2, 2012: Time to ban the boloney
Saga Health News
By Judith Wills , Friday 2 March 2012 Known in the 80s as 'the UK's leading diet guru', Judith has spent 2011 blogging about her attempts to lose weight and improve her fitness. After injury and illness she'd reached 12 stone and could barely walk, ...

The 'beer diet' exists, and it's a bad idea
msnbc.com (blog)
Celebrate over a beer, but don't build your diet around it! By Jim Galligan I was recently explaining to my son the occasions leading up to Easter, and doing a pretty poor job of it. After all, the last time I was in a church was...umm...yeah.

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Annette Larkins vegan diet: Woman, 70, defies ageing process with vegetables ...
Daily Mail
The image of health, vitality and youth with a petite size four frame and a line-free face, Mrs Larkins is in fact 70 years old. The resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida, attributes her youthful looks to her raw vegan diet and grows almost everything ...

Daily Mail

The Hunger Games: The diet and the fitness regimen
Tulsa World (blog)
One fitness trainer has released a workout regimen based on the film. I wonder, has she read the series? It's not exactly a sunny situation, where all you can think about is having six-pack abs. But Lisa Wheeler, of DailyBurn, has introduced a workout ...

Omron Healthcare & Fitness Expert Bob Greene Encourage Americans To Make Every ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LAKE FOREST, Ill., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Despite recommendations that suggest the average American should take around 10000 steps a day to maintain proper fitness, many people take about half of that, averaging 5117 steps daily.

Mediterranean dishes provide healthy, balanced eating pattern
The Coloradoan
Supplementing our diet with fish oils improves memory and concentration, which seems to affect the neurotransmitter pathways in the brain.” » Difficulty in concentrating, indecisiveness, slowed or fuzzy thinking. Mia goes on to suggest proper food ...

6 Healthy Weight Loss Tips
becomegorgeous.com
Did you make a commitment to yourself about the radical changes you want in your look and lifestyle? The following 6 healthy weight loss tips help you achieve your slimming goals. Getting in perfect shape and embracing a nutritive eating plan requires ...

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Postmenopausal women at greater stroke risk from high trans fat diet
Newstrack India
In the largest study of stroke in postmenopausal women to date, Dr Ka He and colleagues analyzed data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI-OS) - a prospective cohort study of 87025 women between the ages 50 and 79 who are ...

Take steps to help sharpen your memory as you age
Chicago Tribune
A number of lifestyle changes can often help sharpen your memory. First, stay active physically and mentally. Physical activity increases blood flow to your body, including your brain, and that can help your memory. So, take a brisk walk, or go biking, ...

Weight Loss Success: Ed Cooper Made Over His Relationship To Food And Lost 96 ...
Huffington Post
I've done it all -- prepackaged foods, liquid diets, no-carb diets, cabbage diets, grapefruit diets -- almost every diet under the sun, which always resulted with substantial weight loss and later substantial weight gain. I did not understand why this ...

7 Lessons Dr. Seuss Taught Us About Diet and Fitness
Diets In Review (blog)
Step with care and great tact / and remember that Life's / a Great Balancing Act.” You can apply his thoughts to your life in general, or break it down to summarize one particular area, like relationships,weight loss, work, or politics.

Diet More Important Than Exercise for Optimal Health, Experts Say
CisionWire (press release)
Virtually all studies, say the Griesels, indicate that minimizing calories while optimizing or supplying adequate nutrients results in the best physical health. The most important factor in optimal healthis diet, say boomer generation health experts ...

Innovation Direct™ to Become Marketing Catalyst for Healthy 5 Food Group Tray ...
PR.com (press release)
Miami, FL, March 02, 2012 --(PR.com)-- An innovative new product designed to make healthy and balanced eating much more convenient, the Healthy 5 Food Group Tray, has been developed by Brenda Anderson of Lewisville, Texas. The invention's unique design ...

City is simply the breast for a healthy feed
The Star
By Rachael Clegg A healthy diet starts at birth - with breastfeeding believed to be one of the best ways to beat obesity in later life. But how practical and comfortable is it for new mums to breastfeed in public in Sheffield?

The Star

Workshop gives strategies for healthy lifestyle
RU Daily Targum
Mariam Merced, director of RWJUH's Community Health Promotion Program, said the event, called “Matters of the Heart,” aimed to explore the different useful strategies in living a heart-healthy lifestyle. RWJUH's cardiology department sponsors and hosts ...

Diet impacts skin, not just weight
BCM News
HOUSTON -- (March 1, 2012) -- A healthy diet does a body good inside and out, and a dermatologist at Baylor College of Medicine says that this especially true for the skin, but not in ways that most people think. "Some people believe eating a greasy ...

Lifescript Launches New Healthy Food Section
TopWireNews (press release)
Lifescript.com, a women's health and wellness website headquartered in Mission Viejo, Calif., has just released a new Food section to help women improve their lives with family-friendly recipes,healthy eating guides, diet and fitness tools, and more.

Woman who weighed more than entire family loses 31 stone
Telegraph.co.uk
But after undergoing a rapid weight loss regime, she has shed an incredible 31 stone - more than the weight of all four of her offspring put together. Marie, a housewife from Newark-on-Trent, Notts, said: "At my heaviest, I couldn't even get up the ...

Telegraph.co.uk

KU nutritionists give students advice on healthy eating habits
University Daily Kansan
Maintaining a nutritious diet and keeping off the pounds is often difficult, but students can still find simple ways to eat healthy. Living a sedentary lifestyle, inadequate consumption of produce, lack of sleep, and stress are all reasons students ...

Rash of Nickel Food Allergies Linked to Healthier Diet
HealthCanal.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Whole grains, oatmeal, legumes, nuts and soy are all recommended as part of a healthy, balanced diet. ​These foods also contain trace amounts of nickel. As a result, more people are developing allergic reactions from nickel, ...

Foods that make you look younger
Times of India
A healthy diet loaded with lean protein and whole grains will allow you to retain muscle tone but lose excess fat as you age, while plenty of antioxidant-rich fruits and veggies will help stave off those wrinkles. The waistlines of middle-aged people ...

It's a mad, fad food world
The Hindu
This is the cabbage soup diet, which the Internet claims, has millions of followers worldwide. In these times of instant gratification, rapid weight-loss programmes or fad diets are getting increasingly popular, with celebrity endorsements to boot.

The Hindu

QNEXA: Weight Loss at What Cost
InjuryBoard.com
In October 2010, when Qnexa was first submitted by the manufacturer, Vivus Inc., the FDA rejected the diet pill due to concerns over side effects such as raised heart rate, psychiatric problems and birth defects. Vivus resubmitted the drug this year ...

Trans Fats Increase Stroke Risk
Medscape
February 29, 2012 — Postmenopausal women whose diet is high in trans fats, found in fried foods and packaged products, are at higher risk for certain types of ischemic stroke, a new analysis shows. Using data from the Women's Health Initiative ...

Why Does a Diet High in Fructose Cause Health Problems?
The Checkup
A new study shed light on why a diet high in fructose contributes to the development of obesity and diabetes. Previous studies have linked fructose consumption to obesity, diabetes, liver disease and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome, a group of ...

The Checkup

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Simple budgeting for a healthy diet - Health & Fitness - Daily ...
Eating healthy, once it becomes habit, is simple but can be taxing on your bank account. However, budget concerns should not inhibit healthy habits as there are ...
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Donohue: Is a vegetarian diet healthy for 9-year-old? | The Town ...
Dear Dr. Donohue: My 9-year-old granddaughter became a vegetarian more than a year ago, and she has stuck to her guns. Her mother lives a harried life and ...
www.thetowntalk.com/.../Donohue-vegetarian-diet-healthy-9-...

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