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Can You Trust the Diet Experts
If you had a life-threatening health problem, would you listen to the advice of a doctor (who had spent many years studying medical science) or some trumped-up blogger? The answer is obvious.
06-Mar-2006 - Details

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Seven Ways to Jump-Start Your Diet
Beginning a diet to lose weight and improve health is a worthy goal, but it can be a bit overwhelming. There are bound to be challenges whenever you start something new, especially when it involves something you do several times each day – like eating and drinking.
08-Mar-2006 - Details

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Diabetes: Weight Loss Program
A few months ago (March 2005), the American Diabetes Association announced the findings of the comprehensive Diabetes Prevention Program. The DPP was conducted at over 25 medical centers nationwide and involved thousands of participants who volunteered to have their habits monitored and to follow dietary and exercise recommendations. All participants had been diagnosed with 'pre-diabetes', a condition where the blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet in diabetic ranges. Untreated, more than half of those people diagnosed with pre-diabetes will develop full-blown type 2 diabetes within a decade.
13-Mar-2006 - Details

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How Much Coffee Should You Drink
How much coffee? That is one of the great modern debates. The pendulum swings every few months or so. Recently there has been talk about the anti-oxidant levels in coffee.
13-Mar-2006 - Details

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Pregnancy diet has lifelong effects for baby
Poor nutrition in the womb and in the first months of infancy can condemn an individual to a life of poor health including higher risks of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
21-Mar-2006 - Details

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Weight gain during pregnancy
I had a baby three months ago and gained 15 kg, what can I do?” “Ever since Johnnie’s birth my figure has been ruined. Help!” These cries from the heart are very real. Thousands of women all over the world gain weight during pregnancy and then battle for months, if not years, to shed those unwanted kilograms. What can be done to firstly prevent massive weight gain during pregnancy and, secondly, to lose this weight once the baby has been born?
22-Mar-2006 - Details

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Top 10 Tips to Stay Fit While on Vacation
Summer is officially here and you know what that means -- vacation time! A time to relax, kick back, take in the sun and let work slip from your mind for a few days.
16-Jun-2006 - Details

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10 Best Foods for Women
This week Mr. Bad Food turns his attention away from the worst foods and toward the top 10 foods a woman needs to live happily ever after!

I'll now turn the column over to my friend Leanne Ely, author of Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table (Ballantine Books).
16-Jun-2006 - Details

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10 Foods that Improve Your Looks
As the saying goes, “You are what you eat.” So, what effect does your diet really have on your appearance? We know that eating sensibly helps to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but it also helps to maintain a healthy appearance. When you feel good about the things you eat, and when the things you eat are good for you, chances are you’ll look that way, too. Here are 10 foods that not only help you feel great, but help you look great, too.
16-Jun-2006 - Details

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5 Foods To Add To Your Diet
So many diet programs are about what you can't have, but what about focusing on things you can add to your diet? What a concept! More food instead of less?
21-Jun-2006 - Details

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10 Reasons You are not Losing Weight
One thing many people don't understand about exercise and weight loss is this: you have to work hard if you want to change the shape of your body. That means a balance of medium-high intensity cardio exercise along with challenging strength training workouts.
02-Aug-2006 - Details

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10 Great Ways To Burn More Fat
You’re so busy you have absolutely no time to work out, right? Wrong. It’s important that you make the time and I’m here to help you do it. In this busy world filled with work pressure, family and stress we sometimes have to use a lot of creativity to sneak in workout time.
02-Aug-2006 - Details

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The secret of no cellulite
Helena Frith Powell persuades French women to reveal the key to dimple-free skin

I am on a beach in Corsica looking at a French woman's bottom. It is pert, round and deliciously tanned. At the risk of being arrested, I move a little closer. This is an important investigation. What I'm trying to discover is whether or not French women have cellulite.
23-Aug-2006 - Details

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Fasting for Clear Skin
Fasts and mono-diets can be one of the most powerful ways of detoxifying your body, allowing it the time and material necessary to recover. Fasting has been considered one of the healthiest curative and preventative measures a human can take, for thousands of years across a wide spectrum of cultures
28-Aug-2006 - Details

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7 Simple Tips to Help Fulfill Your Weight Loss Resolutions
Why is it that every time Jan 1st comes around, everyone starts to think about their new resolutions for the year? Or perhaps "new" isn't the correct word -- perhaps "recycled" is more apt? After all, isn't it true that for most people, "resolutions are made to be broken?"
15-Sep-2006 - Details

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Feed your Face: 10 Foods for better skin
Wouldn’t it be great if the food you ate made you more beautiful? Well it can –– if you’re eating the right stuff, that is. You can’t just shove junk food in your face and expect to have radiant skin. But if you swap those cheese puffs for a cup of cottage cheese, you just might get glowing results. Read on for 10 yummy foods that’ll fill your belly AND nourish your skin.
09-Oct-2006 - Details

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Avoid Winter Weight Gain
Winter is your enemy. Freezing temperatures force you inside, where you shovel heaps of high-fat comfort foods down your gullet. Before you know it, you’ve gained 10 pounds and your New Year’s resolution has you shackled to a treadmill. Winter weight gain isn’t just an urban myth; it’s driven by biology and fueled by mood. In fact, most of us gain between three and four pounds during the winter months, despite our best efforts. But fret not: You can combat winter weight gain and remain slim and trim for spring.
08-Dec-2006 - Details

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How to Make Smart Fast Food Choices While Travelling
If you're hitting the road this summer, stopping for a quick bite at a fast food restaurant is practically inevitable. Here are our suggestions for how to make smart choices at some of the most popular chains.
11-Jun-2007 - Details

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7 Ways to Manage Your Hunger!
For most people attempting to manage their weight, hunger is a normal part of the process. While this normal and occasional hunger is manageable, hunger that is unrelenting can make you vulnerable to overeating and weight gain.

People with diabetes, pre-diabetes or insulin resistance face even greater challenges when it comes to the issue of hunger. One cause may be either high or low blood glucose levels. When glucose levels are at either extreme, hunger is a common symptom. Therefore, if you have diabetes and are experiencing excessive episodes of hunger, the first thing to do is pull out your meter and check your blood glucose. If you notice a pattern of low or high readings, record your results so that you can discuss this with your diabetes healthcare team and get individualized help with adjusting your treatment plan.
01-Oct-2007 - Details

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7 Foods to NEVER Eat
There will always be those fattening foods that are easy to make, easy to get, and easy to crave. You think "OK, I know this is bad but it can’t be that bad!" Think again. Here are the top seven foods you should never ever feed your family or yourself!
01-Oct-2007 - Details