Health & Fitness

By admin • August 31st, 2010

They say that the sweet to the injury, grapefruit juice burn fat, and water, if you drink liters of it, gets rid of excess weight. We decided to test how truthful these postulates, and find out what is really bad, but it is useful to maintain the shape and healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle to associate [...]

By Valendar Turner Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia What evidence authenticates a positive HIV antibody test as proof of HIV infection? This question has greatly interested me because those of us who work in Emergency Medicine spend a considerable part of our lives exposed to other people’s blood and body [...]

Food cravings mean that the body has its signals mixed up. When we are exhausted or blue, we have low blood sugar and/or low serotonin, and the body signals the brain that it needs a pick-me-up. This signal causes a sugar craving or carbohydrate craving. Why do we crave for food? There are three basic [...]

Women tend to have more body fat than men—about five percent more. By nature, a woman’s body is developed to protect her and a potential fetus. As a result, women have more enzymes for storing fat and fewer enzymes for burning fat. Additionally, the estrogen women have activates fat storing enzymes and causes them to [...]

A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie density can promote healthy weight loss while helping people to control hunger. The calorie density (or energy density) of a food is a measurement of the average calories per weight (gram or ounce) of that food. [...]

The formula for successful weight loss is deceptively simple. To lose weight you must burn off more energy than you take in from food. You will lose one pound of body fat every time you eat 3500 fewer calories than your body burns off. To achieve this, you don’t need to know the exact amount [...]

A low-fat, plant-based diet is more effective at helping women lose weight and improving insulin sensitivity than an omnivorous diet, shows a new study appearing in the September issue of The American Journal of Medicine. Scientific studies show that obesity and overweight are far less prevalent in populations following a plant-based diet. In a recent [...]

Some of us, even those who remain active and eat right, find that we gain unwanted weight as we age. What may be missing is adequate sleep. Not sleeping enough seems to be associated with metabolic changes that can lead to overeating and obesity. Studies where sleep restriction in the laboratory was done, subjects tended [...]

Holidays provide a good excuse for overindulgence for more than a 60 day period of time to many women. A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that extra weight gained during the holidays accumulates through the years and may be a major contributor to obesity in later life. Many of [...]

It’s one of the richest vegetarian sources of protein, and a complete one. This nutritional powerhouse is not only delicious, but so versatile that it can stand in for a post workout snack or star in a stir-fry supper. Below, simple ways to incorporate tofu into everyday meals. Want to eat more soy, Think tofu. [...]

BENEFICIAL FOODS Foods that are low in fat and release energy into the  bloodstream slowly and steadily are the most useful for obese people trying to lose weight. Lean beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, and white fish are all good sources of protein that do not supply large amounts of fat.  These foods can be [...]

People tackle weight loss in ways that suit their lifestyles.  But the safest and best way to shift excess pounds is to combine regular exercise with a balanced calorie-controlled diet.  What you eat when you are trying to take off weight should not be that different from a normal eating plan-except for the amount you [...]

To help people contend with this environment, AICR has issued a new brochure entitled, Don’t Let It Happen. The brochure advises slender people to set a limit on weight gain by mentally adding 11 lbs. (5 Kg.) to their current weight. They should commit themselves to stay within that limit. When people see their weight [...]

There are two forms of sugar in the food we eat. There are naturally occurring sugars in fruits and dairy products and there are added sugars in many processed foods. Aspartame, an artificial sweetener is the technical name for the brand names, NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure. It is made up of three chemicals: Aspartic [...]

Carbohydrates are the primary fuel source for many vital organs, including the brain, central nervous system and kidneys. The digestive system breaks down carbohydrates into glucose and the pancreas secretes a hormone called insulin to help the glucose migrate from the blood into the cells. The fact that carbohydrate cause weight gain is misleading. Weight [...]

It has been proved now and again  that being overweight puts you at greater risk for many serious health problems such as high blood pressure (hypertension), heart disease, diabetes and gall bladder disease. In fact, losing weight is part of the initial treatment for some of these conditions. However, having a few extra pounds later [...]

Putting on weight,  is mainly due to result of  heredity or a change in our lifestyle that is conducive to storing energy (calories) in the form of fat tissue or heredity. These changes can include moving from an active lifestyle to a more sedentary one, changes in diet, increased consumption of fats, sugars and other [...]

There are herbs you can add to your diet as supplements, teas, and foods that will help your weight loss program go smoothly. Besides, there are several herbs which contain sympathomimetics and xanthine compounds synergistically increase the body’s basal metabolic rate to increase the burning of calories and fat, act as mild stimulants, and suppress [...]

Just about any food can be part of a healthy diet if taken in recommended amounts. Sugars are the simplest form of carbohydrate – which can be natural such as lactose (milk sugar) or fructose (fruit sugar) or can be refined such as sucrose (table sugar). All Starchy and sweet foods (even fruits) raise blood [...]

A slimming diet must provide all of the nutrients that the body needs. As these nutrients have to come from a lower calorie intake, it is important to cut right down on confectionery, cakes, biscuits, and sugary and alcoholic drinks, which are relatively high in calories but low in nutrients. The diet should be based [...]

The amount of water you drink  plays a key role in healthy weight loss as well as  water retention in the body. All living things require a lot of water to maintain normal life processes, and also must maintain its water supply near normal, or death will occur. If the body loses more than 20% [...]

Hypnosis is a natural state where the subconscious (creative) mind can be accessed. Since this is where a person’s memories, beliefs, and habits are stored, having access to them means that they can also be modified for the person’s benefit. Hypnosis has been used as an alternative treatment in medical institutions to manage everything from [...]

Exercise and balanced diet is the key to transform your body, but at times Working out is just not enough. Traditionally, bodies seem to fall in one of three categories: Ectomorphic, Mesomorphic, & Endomorphic. Most women have bodies as a mishmash of all three categories with up to 300 variations. If you’re naturally thin, it [...]

Chromium picolinate is a nutritional supplement that works to increase the efficiency of insulin to optimal levels. This popular nutritional supplement is a combination of the element chromium and picolinic acid. Chromium is a naturally-occurring mineral, trace amounts of which are found in everyday foods like meat, poultry, fish, and whole-grain breads. FDA recommends a [...]

Eating half a grapefruit (or drink 8 ounces of grapefruit juice) may block enzymes involved in fat and carbohydrate storage, and speed up the way our bodies burn fat, resulting in weight loss. The Grapefruit Diet usually lasts about 12 days, but if you want to continue, you must take at least two days off [...]

Menopause is a medical term used to describe the time one year AFTER you stop having periods, which occurs around age 51. But the ten or more years before your ovaries go “two claws up” can put you on a hormonal roller-coaster ride every month. During 35- 55 women experience either gain weight or  find [...]

Obesity and weight gain may increase the risk of kidney stone formation, according to a new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Obese women have a 90 percent greater risk of kidney stones These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for [...]

Dumping syndrome is a relatively rare disorder in which the stomach’s contents are delivered too quickly to the small intestine. It is a physiological reaction to the consumption of too much simple or refined sugar. The stomach serves as a reservoir that releases food downstream only at a controlled rate, avoiding sudden large influxes of [...]

A person of normal weight takes a diet which is sufficient to sustain daily activities without storing energy in the form of fat tissue. Putting on weight, however, means there has been a change in our lifestyle that is conducive to storing energy (calories) in the form of fat tissue. Also, when we speak of [...]

Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is referred to in medical science as the master hormone. It is very plentiful when we are young, but near the age of 21, our bodies begin to produce less of it. By the time we are 40 nearly everyone is deficient in HGH, and at 80 our production has normally [...]

One reason obesity is considered a serious health problem is because it is an important factor for essential hypertension (high blood pressure with no identifiable cause). The exact mechanisms for obesity to cause essential hypertension are not fully understood, but it has been linked to the kidneys. These organs play a key role in regulating [...]

Weight loss doesn’t depend on whether calories come from carbohydrates, protein or fat. To lose a pound, you must create a 3,500-calorie deficit by consuming fewer calories, burning more calories through physical activity, or a combination of both. The upward trend in the number of overweight women is caused, on average, by an imbalance of [...]

All foods carry some calories. No food is actually “negative calorie” food. BUT the overall effect of certain foods in our body is that of “negative calories”. Negative calorie foods are foods, which use more calories to digest than the calories the foods actually contain! Calories from these foods are much harder for the body [...]

To look full and cut – i.e., to display nice detail throughout your physique without having your muscles look stringy and depleted – follow our four keys to weight loss, and you’ll be shocked by how quickly you reach your goal. To make your effort truly successful, think of your body not as a temple, [...]