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Fast-food chains buckle under demand for Atkins-friendly foodNew Zealand fashion-culture columnist Megan Johnson is shocked at the impact of Atkins diets. Despite the allegations the diet promotes high cholesterol and kidney damage, the diet continues to gain momentum. Fast-food chains are reeling from this change in consumer behavior, and are scrambling to meet... Take good care of yourself!
Whole-grain trend may re-energize grain industry after low-carb induced slumpThe Atkins diet, and the subsequent low-carb craze, slowed the nation's consumption of grains -- but the popularity of whole-grain foods seems to be changing that. The interest is spurred on by the Whole Grains Council's stamp, which shows which foods have whole grains. Some consumers are reluctant to... Take good care of yourself!
Low glycemic index diets met with praise from healthcare professionalsScientists have found that including one extra low glycemic index food per meal helps lower blood sugar, thereby slightly lowering the chances of diabetes. The British Dietetic Association warned of over reliance on the diet, since ice cream is also low on the glycemic index. A spokeswoman for the charity... Take good care of yourself!
5 Ways to Break a Weight Loss Plateau If you've ever tried to lose fat for any sustained period of time - you may have hit a plateau. You have changed nothing, but suddenly the fat no longer disappears. The human body is incredible adaptive, and will do its level best to maintain equilibrium (homeostasis). The plateauing effect has to be the biggest motivation-killer there is. Unfortunately many... Take good care of yourself!
Fruit Power For Weight Loss Fruits Secrets by Sharon Hopkins Fruits, goldmine of vitamins, minerals and fibre are ideal to consume at least 4-5 servings in a day. Since they are in the natural form, account for largest part of water and 100% bad cholesterol... Take good care of yourself!
Weight loss secrets 1. Sleep Does sleep really affect health? You bet it does. During sleep, your body is resting and recovering from all the work is has done throughout the day. Your serotonin levels are brought back in line, your muscles relax,... Take good care of yourself!
Low-carb craze may not be dead yetAlthough trendy low-carb diets like the Atkins diet have died down in popularity as people have started to recognize cholesterol problems associated with the diet, the low-carb craze is not entirely dead; some Atkins-related diets such as the South Beach diet are still going strong and some speculate... Take good care of yourself!
How To Get Started On A Healthy Lifestyle How many times have you gone to sleep at night, swearing you'll go to the gym in the morning, and then changing your mind just eight hours later because when you get up, you don't feel like exercising? While this... Take good care of yourself!
Weight Loss Reality TV: Why? BBC UK has a interesting opinion piece about the current glut of reality TV focused on fat folks. There is a relative banquet of programming out there to choose from, "Biggest Loser UK"," Biggest Loser US", "Perfect Bodies", "Extreme Make Over", "Honey We're Killing The Kids", "Super Size Surgery" to name a few - enough to satisfy the biggest appetite... Take good care of yourself!
How to (not!) get fat in five easy stepsYou may think it's strange to find a "How-To" article focusing on five easy steps for adding fat to your body. You might say that we already know how to do that: two thirds of the people in the United States are overweight and one third are considered clinically obese. Obviously we've mastered this topic... Take good care of yourself!
Pass The Tea Bag Drink it - don't wear it... Herbal teas are a great option for hot drinks. I became a herbal tea drinker many years ago during a drawn out camping experience - all we had to drink was a large box of different herbal tea flavors. There was something therapeutic about sitting around the campfire sipping herb tea.... Take good care of yourself!
McDonald's Global Decline: Too Uncool? Over the last year I have watched as two local McDonald's outlets have closed - no reason given. I was waiting for big refurbished McDonald's to appear - but they didn't. In my area, there are now an equal number of Subway and McDonald's outlets. This anecdotal evidence is hardly an indication of global decline. McDonald's revenue is as healthy... Take good care of yourself!
Goodbye KFC KFC has more than 11,000 outlets in 80 countries. There is just one problem: bird flu. For many months now we've been completely set-up by over-zealous reporting of the impending doom. I am no prophet and truly have no idea what may or may not happen. The great irony is that in many developing countries, people are already dying from... Take good care of yourself!
Weight Loss through Foods that Fight Fat Some foods can magically melt pounds, and that train of thought has been around for a long time. While exercise and a variety of wholesome foods help will help you lose weight, there are foods that burn calories and suppress... Take good care of yourself!
Calcium Pills? They Don't Work Yet another long held belief is about to be turned on its head. Researchers spent $18 million in a huge study (36,000 women aged over 50) that tests calcium supplements. In a nutshell - they found no broad benefit in preventing broken bones. The differences between the placebo group and the supplementation group were so small as to provide... Take good care of yourself!
12 Herbs for Safe Weight Loss 1. Dandelion: (Taraxacum officiale) Identity: Roots, Leaves - Can commonly be viewed as a weed in the yard that needs to be eliminated. However, it has been used over the centuries in salads and in Herbal Remedies for its help-healing... Take good care of yourself!
Glycemic index may be next trend in dietingAlthough low-carb diets such as the Atkins diet and the South Beach diet are fading in popularity, one of their underlying concepts is gaining new currency among dieters: the glycemic index, a ranking of a food's carbohydrates from 0 to 100 based on how they affect blood sugar levels. Dieters can use... Take good care of yourself!
Losing Weight- The Best Way Everyone knows that to lose weight you need to eat less and exercise more. Exercise is essential whether you choose to lose weight or maintain your present weight. Someone that increases the amount they exercise, but maintains the same diet... Take good care of yourself!
7-Color Cuisine: Enjoying Your Meal Enjoy what you are eating and take your time. Think about how wonderful each bite tastes and how it will nourish your body. You'll rediscover that one of life's greatest pleasures is enjoying good food. By eating slowly and thoughtfully... Take good care of yourself!
Losing Those Last Five Pounds My mother told me a little story the other night. When she first started working in sales, she said, her goal was to 'write a string of pearls' - in her parlance, five weeks in a row of 100 sales... Take good care of yourself!
How to (not!) get fat in five easy stepsYou may think it's strange to find a "How-To" article focusing on five easy steps for adding fat to your body. You might say that we already know how to do that: two thirds of the people in the United States are overweight and one third are considered clinically obese. Obviously we've mastered this topic... Take good care of yourself!
EDNOS? What is EDNOS? It is an acronym for an "Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified". To be honest, chronic dieting can sit squarely within that definition. Constance Rhodes, author of Life Inside the Thin Cage, describes EDNOS in some depth.... Take good care of yourself!
Pass The Tea Bag Drink it - don't wear it... Herbal teas are a great option for hot drinks. I became a herbal tea drinker many years ago during a drawn out camping experience - all we had to drink was a large box of different herbal tea flavors. There was something therapeutic about sitting around the campfire sipping herb tea.... Take good care of yourself!
How to (not!) get fat in five easy stepsYou may think it's strange to find a "How-To" article focusing on five easy steps for adding fat to your body. You might say that we already know how to do that: two thirds of the people in the United States are overweight and one third are considered clinically obese. Obviously we've mastered this topic... Take good care of yourself!
McDonald's Global Decline: Too Uncool? Over the last year I have watched as two local McDonald's outlets have closed - no reason given. I was waiting for big refurbished McDonald's to appear - but they didn't. In my area, there are now an equal number of Subway and McDonald's outlets. This anecdotal evidence is hardly an indication of global decline. McDonald's revenue is as healthy... Take good care of yourself!
Whole-grain trend may re-energize grain industry after low-carb induced slumpThe Atkins diet, and the subsequent low-carb craze, slowed the nation's consumption of grains -- but the popularity of whole-grain foods seems to be changing that. The interest is spurred on by the Whole Grains Council's stamp, which shows which foods have whole grains. Some consumers are reluctant to... Take good care of yourself!
Eat Healthy and Lose Weight If you accept the analogy that our bodies are like an engine, then it follows that this engine will perform better if it receives the type of fuel that it was designed to run on. In years gone by, before... Take good care of yourself!
12 Herbs for Safe Weight Loss 1. Dandelion: (Taraxacum officiale) Identity: Roots, Leaves - Can commonly be viewed as a weed in the yard that needs to be eliminated. However, it has been used over the centuries in salads and in Herbal Remedies for its help-healing... Take good care of yourself!
Low-carb diet leads to fastest weight loss among obese women, study saysObese women who follow a low-carbohydrate diet may lose twice as much weight in six months as those who go on a low-fat plan, a new study reports. But the reason for the low-carb craze's dramatically better results is still not clear, the researchers say. Previous studies had suggested that low-carbohydrate... Take good care of yourself!
New Anti-obesity Pill Helps Weight Loss The study said the weight loss drug, plus diet and exercise, promoted modest but sustained reductions in weight and waist circumference. Take good care of yourself!
Slow-carb diet most effective in weight loss and heart health, study saysA new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that a "slow-carb" diet focused on low-glycemic index foods is far more effective than a traditional low-carb, low-fat and low-calorie diet in losing weight and preventing heart disease. "Slow-carb" dieters were told to eat carbohydrates... Take good care of yourself!
Low-carb fad may be dying, new report showsThe low-carbohydrate lifestyle popularized by the Atkins, South Beach and other similar diets may be a dying fad, a new report indicates.In February of 2004, about 9.1 percent of the American population was on some sort of low-carbohydrate diet, a New York marketing firm reports. And a year later, only... Take good care of yourself!
Herbalist draws fire from low-carb diet supportersHerbalist Gina Lindhart, with her assertions about the toxicity of low carb diets still lingering in the blogosphere, has drawn the ire of low-carb dieters like Jimmy Moore, who takes Lindhart to task over several assumptions made in her Hurricane Valley Journal article. Related articles on this topic... Take good care of yourself!
The F2 Diet Do you remember the F-Plan? It was released in 1982 - the days when diets were not so prolific. The "F" is all about Fiber - lots of it. Author Audrey Eyton has just followed this up with the F2 Diet. According to Amazon it's a: ...ground-breaking diet for the 21st century that will revolutionise the eating habits of... Take good care of yourself!
Pass The Tea Bag Drink it - don't wear it... Herbal teas are a great option for hot drinks. I became a herbal tea drinker many years ago during a drawn out camping experience - all we had to drink was a large box of different herbal tea flavors. There was something therapeutic about sitting around the campfire sipping herb tea.... Take good care of yourself!
Free Versus Expensive Diets Some weight loss programs can cost thousands per year. Others are free (see 10 free tools here). So why pay anything? As in any product - cost is just one factor. Quality and service (particularly after the sale) are also very important factors to consider.... Take good care of yourself!
Low-carb fad may be dying, new report showsThe low-carbohydrate lifestyle popularized by the Atkins, South Beach and other similar diets may be a dying fad, a new report indicates.In February of 2004, about 9.1 percent of the American population was on some sort of low-carbohydrate diet, a New York marketing firm reports. And a year later, only... Take good care of yourself!
Pass The Tea Bag Drink it - don't wear it... Herbal teas are a great option for hot drinks. I became a herbal tea drinker many years ago during a drawn out camping experience - all we had to drink was a large box of different herbal tea flavors. There was something therapeutic about sitting around the campfire sipping herb tea.... Take good care of yourself!
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