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Fat Burning Foods And Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating Natural Fat Loss Foods Eating healthy natural foods is really the key step to better health, have more energy and lose your excess body fat. Look around your grocery store filled with processed foods. And we wonder why the obesity rate in this country is out of control. Well guess ...
Is my metabolism affected by what, how, and when I eat?
The famous baby doctor Benjamin Spock was known for telling young mothers,“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” The same holds true for weight loss. There is no reason to feel bad if you have tried the diets and products that promise a metabolism-inspired weight loss. Everybo...
Omega-6 Fat Syndrome: Balance the Fats
Why You Need to Balance the Fats It’s not enough to supplement your diet with fi sh oils or to eat enough omega-3 fats in your diet—it’s merely a good start. The health benefi ts of omega-3 fats depend on the balance of omega-6 fats in your diet. But that’s a big problem in the [...]
Why can’t I lose weight?
The most common question heard among overweight people isn’t “Can I have more sour cream?” It’s “Why can’t I lose weight?” While you may think you know the answer (severe pancake addiction), the real reason is biological: We’re actually hardwired to store some fat. Our bodies have...
Foods That Burn Fat
This recommended list of “fat-burning foods,” also known in the Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle (BFFM) program as “the terrific twelve,” might be the most valuable resource you’ve ever laid your hands on. Although the possible variety is your food choices is nearly infinite, these twelve ...
Fats
Fats Some fat is essential in everyone’s diet. Fats provide a source of concentrated energy as well as the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Fat transports these vital nutrients around the body. We also need fat for hormone metabolism, healthy skin and hair, tissue repair, protecting the intern...
Human Nutrition – Phytonutrients, Carbohydrate, fat and protein
Phytonutrients The importance of antioxidants is highlighted in the California pyramid, with the baseline here occupied by foodstuffs, notably fruits and vegetables, which are rich in these and other ‘phytonutrients’ (i.e. plant-derived nutrients). People living on plant-rich diets generally ...
Omega Fats Are Not Created Equal
I thought all omega fats are healthy.” I can’t tell you how often I hear people saying this. While many people imagine that the term omega is synonymous with omega-3 fats, that impression is far from correct. It’s easy to get confused, because the fats and their names can be a bewildering t...
Basics of Human Nutrition (alcohol) – Energy
Energy The main sources of energy for the human body are carbohydrates, fats and proteins. However, we must stress that alcohol is a source of energy. Energy in food is quanti ed on the basis of calories, one calorie being de ned as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram...
Omega-3 Fats Keep the Pace and Rhythm of the Heart
The heart is an “excitable” tissue, meaning the heart cells generate electric currents, which trigger the heart to beat regularly. Fatal rhythms occur when the electrical signals get chaotic, which disables the heart’s ability to beat and pump blood. One of the ways omega-3 fats benefit the...
