You don’t have to acquire a taste for olive oil, seaweed or soya to maintain a low-fat, healthy diet. Indian cuisine can be healthy too, if it’s cooked with oil and ingredients that take care of your heart and health. Ayurveda suggests you include all tastes — sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent — [...]
Trying to lose weight by adopting a low fat diet? You may be making the biggest mistake of your ‘weight loss regime,’ say fitness experts. Celebrity trainer James Duigan, whose clients include model Elle Macpherson, says, “It’s not fat that makes you fat, it’s sugar and carbohydrates.” Most fitness experts agree. Says sports nutritionist Deepshikha [...]
by Mark on March 13, 2010
What is the role of Thyroid in controlling the weight? Is the reduced thyroid function making you fat? Optimizing your thyroid can help control weight! Women in perimenopause and menopause (ages 35 to 55) are hit harder than anybody else. The symptoms of weight gain, along with fatigue, hot flashes, insomnia, irritability, palpitations, and “fuzzy” [...]
by Mark on March 13, 2010
About of 45 minutes during a daytime nap does not hamper sleep at night but boosts a person’s declarative memory performance. Daytime nap is unlikely to disturb ones seven to eight hours of night sleep.One has to remember that lack of sleep contribute to unwanted weight. Talking on mobile phone before bedtime can deprive you [...]
by Mark on March 13, 2010
If you are unable to get out of bed for Gym, there are sort cuts which can actually make you look slimmer than you are. These are some tricks to help you look slimmer. Use wide leg pants. These create an illusion of height and longer legs. Wide leg pants with a cuffed leg make [...]
by Mark on March 13, 2010
According to a University of Michigan Health System analysis of nine studies, people participating for a longer time in a pedometre-based walking program may lose a good amount of weight, without even having to change their diet. This analytical study led by Caroline R Richardson, MD, assistant professor in the U-M Health System Department of [...]
by Mark on March 12, 2010
Swimming is often considered as the best form of exercise for weight loss. And when you think about it, it seems to make sense. After all, swimming uses almost all of your major muscle groups. It places a vigorous demand on your heart and lungs. Swimming is also popular with people who are extremely overweight, [...]
by Mark on March 12, 2010
Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says. This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the [...]
by Mark on March 12, 2010
Scientists have discovered another contributor to unwanted weight. Lack of sleep is another major contributor for unwanted weight. You can find more articles and tips on reducing your belly fat at flatten-belly.com A recent study carried out by researchers in the United States, people who get less sleep at night are more likely to choose [...]
by Mark on March 12, 2010
High blood pressure, a largely ignored physical condition, is now turning to be one of the world’s biggest killers. What’s worse, it’s causing high mortality among people in developing countries like India and China. It is estimated that, about one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure, but because there are no symptoms, nearly [...]