In your pursuit of a leaner body, you know doubt utilized a bathroom scale to chronicle your progress. However, you may have been doing yourself a grave disservice. As you know, a scale measures how much weight you have lost, but it will never tell you where this weight was …
In recent times it would give the impression that fats and carbohydrates have both gotten a bad rap. First, it was fat that was the culprit in all dietary ills, and low-fat diets were all the rage. Then the two switched places, with carbohydrates being the bad guys and fat …
There are many concepts that are unique to the Paleo philosophy. In this article, we will explore one of the most fundamental concepts: food groups. We’ll examine how Paleo helps you avoid starvation, promote overall health, and give you the energy you need to take on your day-to-day activities. The …
It may seem hard to believe, but taking the weight off is the easy part. Maintaining weight loss for good is where the real challenge lies. If you are like me, you have tried countless diets, only to gain the weight back. People lose lots of weight on diets every …
To a lot of people, the word “paleo” means nothing more than eating what they were eating hundreds of years ago. This article will show that the Paleo diet is actually an ancient diet that has been proven to help many people lose weight and keep it off. The Paleo …
There are all kinds of diet recommendations all over the bodybuilding magazines, fad diet books, and websites that advise you to divide your eating into different “ratios” and “percentages” for weight loss and fat burning. Some recommend high fat, low-carb, others say moderate carbs, moderate fat, high carbs, low fat, …
Low-carb diets are the newest dieting trend and seem to be effective. Here are some tips for following a balanced low-carb diet: Eat more fruit and vegetables, aiming for at least five portions a day. Include fruit at breakfast and salad at lunch. Reduce the amount of salt by eating …
With all the strenuous activities and sweat-generating regimens that most weight loss programs have, more and more people are enticed to opt for a better alternative, without the trouble of exerting too much effort. With the advent of diet pills that promote weight loss, people go mad over the appealing …
The Glycemic Index (GI) is a way of rating carbohydrate foods according to how quickly the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, and thus how quickly that glucose enters the bloodstream. The reasoning behind this is that carbohydrates that enter the bloodstream quickly raise blood sugar levels rapidly, causing a …
When we chose to change our eating habits, we usually diet to lose weight. Sometimes we may have health issues, such as high cholesterol, which is what leads us to eat healthier. Often times we diet to lose weight because as we are overweight and realize that our eating habits …