Here are the six significantly damaging dietary habits you may not realize you have got. See how each of these habits affects your body. continue reading »

This is a guest post by Dr. Kal from Dr. Kal’s Weight Loss Tips.

When it comes to personal goals and weight loss, the two can run hand in hand. Weight loss isn’t typically a direct goal. Instead it is usually a method to the means. Many people choose to lose weight for health reasons. Just as many want to lose weight for cosmetic purposes.

Weight loss can be embraced as both a positive and negative happening. Certain health conditions and medications can cause drastic weight gain. Being overweight can attribute to high blood pressure, anxiety, type II diabetes, and difficulty breathing. Obesity can also attribute to stress on the joints and muscles of the body as well as a person’s self esteem. Society often has a negative perception of overweight people. continue reading »

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My name is Randa and I will be your guest poster today! I’m really excited about this post, because I am sharing with you how I have lost 55.2 (I have to be exact) pounds! Let me just start with it took a lot of dedication.

This time last year (on Valentine’s Day to be exact) I found out I was pregnant and I was thrilled. I weighed over 160 pounds, I was heavy enough as it was. During the course of my pregnancy I wanted to exercise but was told that since I didn’t jog or do anything before, while pregnant wasn’t the best time to pick it up. So I waited, and while I waited I gained an additional 30 pounds! continue reading »

Believe it or not but chewing a sugar-free gum does make you lose weight (but please don’t try losing weight that way!)! The effect is based on the 2 main factors:

1. Chewing helps to better digest the food. Saliva breaks the food down so that the nutrients are absorbed while they are still in the mouth. That’s the very first step in the digestive process which boosts your body metabolic processes.
2. Sorbitol, used as a sweetener in chewing gum and sugar-free sweets, acts as a laxative.

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There are a few really creative ad campaigns promoting healthy leaving and beautiful body. Some of them are really motivating, some of them are just mean.

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With grant funds received from the General Mills, Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, and on behalf of the scientific programs of the American Society of Nutrition, a 2006 press release from the Federation for Experimental Biology reported on a study done at Arizona State University correlating the amount of Vitamin C in a person’s body to the levels of of body fat. The results of the study, presented at Experimental Biology 2006 in San Francisco by graduate student Bonnie Beezhold, proved there is a direct link between a depletion of Vitamin C and fat oxidation. continue reading »