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A Diet to Break the Sugar Addition

Everyone loves sugar. Yes we tend to love something sweet. May be it is because sugar is identical to energy in our body. The mood of us will be good if we have enough sugar in our body. When the amount of sugar in our blood drops to a certain level, our mood will also change. Then we will try to ea

Organic Food the Only Option for a Healthier You

In our everyday life we are often in contact with lots of artificially created products and agents. Be it pollution in the air we breaths in, or the food we eat, we are always taking in chemicals into our body. And do you know that these manmade agents can potentially do lots of harm to our body? Yo

How to Make Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash is a perfect pasta swap that just happens to grow in nature! This is a step-by-step guide to making healthy meals using spaghetti squash.

Choosing a Medifast Lean and Green Meal While Eating Out at a Restaurant

People often ask me if it's possible to comply with the medifast diet while eating out or going to restaurants. This is most certainly possible. The key to this is really understanding the requirements of the foods and of the diet. And, one of the easiest times to eat out on medifast is during

Nutrisystem Weight Loss Program - An Overview and Review

I find that there are a lot of misconceptions about Nutrisystem.I've had people write to me and express that they thought that this was a diet for which you had to visit and get your food from a clinic. (It's not.)Some people assume that this is a shake or liquid diet.(That's not accu

Can You Have Pistachio Nuts On Medifast? How Many?

I sometimes hear from people who are concerned that they won't be able to have their favorite habitual foods while on the Medifast diet. Many make a pact to still have the foods as long as the limit the amount. They often wonder if this sort of compromise is going to hurt their results. "I

Raw Food Living

In the past, raw food has languished amid erroneous connections to E.coli and salmonella illnesses. The truth is both E.coli and salmonella live beneficially as part of a health gut flora. Given this fact, the idea of eradicating these microbes is ridiculous, especially since they are everywhere. Ar

Create Your Own Food Culture

One of the most significant problems with any diet overhaul is the psychological addiction that people have to their 'comfort foods'.Everyone is part of a culture, and part of that culture includes foods that are traditionally given in certain circumstances like chicken noodle soup when il

Negative Calorie Diet Pros & Cons

If you're looking for a solution to lose weight, there are many diet programs out there. One of them is called the Negative Calorie Diet. Read on to find out its pros and cons.

The Dangers of Intermittent Fasting

Celebrities and alternative health practitioners claim that fasting eliminates toxins from the body and quickly reduces weight. Yet there are several serious physiological consequences to fasting intermittently. Fasting essentially depletes nutrition in the body, disrupts the body's hormone balance,

Food List With an Acidic pH Balance

Food can be classified as either alkaline, neutral or acidic. What classifies food as either acidic or alkaline is a urine pH test. A food will either increase the acidity of urine after digestion or turn the urine alkaline. Generally meats, grains and other high protein foods are acidic while fruit

Inside the South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet was developed in the 1990's by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon. Initially it was developed as a healthy heart diet aiming to help their patients lower their risk of heart disease. Rapidly however it became popular as an effective weight loss plan. The

The Mediterranean Diet Menu - Why is it So Healthy?

Modern Mediterranean diet weight loss plan is based on the principles of the traditional Mediterranean diet. Mediterranean diet menu is not restrictive and depriving like many other fad diets, it is a diet plan which sets on the eating habits followed by the people living in the Mediterranean Region

Zone Diet Blocks

Zone diet is a wonderful way to wellness. It is not only a diet but helps lead you to a healthy and balanced lifestyle. People on Zone diet create their meals based on Zone diet blocks. The blocks help you know how much of each macro nutrient to eat.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots - Is Dieting Without Exercise Possible?

If you watch television, you will see an abundance of infomercials all touting the effectiveness of the latest diet and exercise plans. You will see exercise gadgets, video workouts, menu plans, books and more all designed to take your money.