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Boosting Your Metabolism: Anabolism and Catabolism
So while we haven’t gone into any medical detail – because we don’t need to or want to – we have covered some key basics about metabolism. In fact, you probably know as much about metabolism now as many so-called experts.
Negative Calorie Diet: Oxygen
Thats right, you havent been very good to your old friend. We take our old friend for granted. We dont remember our old friend very often. Sometimes we run, do aerobics, or something similar to get back in touch with our old buddy. Then, after were done panting and wheezing, were back t...
Be a Dairy Queen
To lose weight, don’t forget your five a day – and we’re not talking about just fruits and veggies anymore. A new study found that dieters who ate five servings of low-fat or non-fat dairy a day, lost more abdominal fat than those who got only three. The likely reason: The high levels of cal...
Negative Calorie Diet: The Soup
This is a pretty simple diet to follow. Stick to it and youll average about a pound per day (usually more) weight loss. Dont cheat! Cheating is the largest reason for failure. Youve got to get into the right frame of mind. Take it a meal at a time.
The Negative Calorie Diet
Negative Calories. What are they? Negative Calorie foods have what we will refer to as a negative calorie effect. To give you an idea of what that means, well go through the process. You eat an apple. The apple you consume has 80 calories however, your bodys chemical processing, digestio...
Low Fat Dessert
What to do? You want that little bit of joy at the end of the meal, but you don't want to become a lard ass. Well, you can have your cake and eat it too. We will discuss some of the more healthy desserts that you can eat.
Labels that Lie…
Well you probably already know you shouldn’t believe everything you read, except for this blog of course. What I am actually referring to is the language, phrases, and words used on Nutrition Labels of foods. These labels are there to inform you the consumer what is in the food you are about to p...
Build-A-Meal: Better Breakfast
Starting the day with a balanced breakfast is crucial to getting your metabolism going and getting off to a good start. Pam suggests keeping breakfast, lunch and dinner fairly consistent in calories and enjoying small snacks between meals to avoid blood sugar spikes and dips.
Childhood Obesity
There have always been overweight children. Historically, chubby babies and toddlers were more likely to survive infections and contagious diseases, and overweight children and family members were often signs of affluence and financial security in a community. Thus, in some cultures, overweight ...
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are one of three macronutrients that provide the body with energy (protein and fats being the other two). The chemical compounds in carbohydrates are found in both simple and complex forms, and in order for the body to use carbohydrates for energy, food must undergo digestion, absor...
