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How much fiber should one eat daily?

By on June 1, 2008 in Health

Healthy adults should consume between 20-30 grams of dietary fiber per day. If you were to eat 2-3 slices of whole-wheat toast + 1/2 cup of carrots + 1 cup of beans + a medium-sized apple you would get about 30 grams of fiber. As a general rule, to get adequate fiber in your diet, [...]

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11 Easy Fast Weight Loss Ideas that work

By on June 1, 2008 in Exercise

In today’s world, where everybody is getting conscious about looking good, it has become all the more necessary to keep oneself in shape. Well, if you have a good figure, not only it enables you to flaunt your body, but also it helps in boosting your confidence level. For some people, obesity becomes a serious [...]

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How to Identify if a Product Contains Sugar – Over 25 different names manufacturers use for sugar.

By on May 29, 2008 in Health

Sugar (in one form or another) is added to more food products than you can imagine. There are also a large number of “variants” of sugar – depending on the kind of processing that has occurred. Here is a list to get you started in identifying sugars. I’m sure you can come up with many [...]

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7 Ways The Food Companies Fool You

By on May 29, 2008 in Health

Most consumers take just 4 seconds to browse over food packaging before making a choice. That’s the window of opportunity a manufacturer has to convince you to buy their product. Here’s how they do it. Put something wholesome and natural on the front Fresh fruit, lush meadows, and green trees. The Reality. That’s just a [...]

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Curb Cravings With Green Tea – Helps the Body Burn Fat

Curb Cravings With Green Tea – Helps the Body Burn Fat

By on May 28, 2008 in Food

Green tea has a long history of healthful benefits and its qualities are significantly more effective than black tea. Both teas come from the carnellia sinensis plant but green tea leaves are steamed rather than fermented like black and oolong teas. This prevents a powerful anti-oxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), from being oxidized and therefore diminished. [...]

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Healthy Hair Diet

By on May 23, 2008 in Health

If dry, limp hair is weighing you down, then this diet is for you. Did you know that what you eat is reflected in the health of your hair? All of the hair-revitalizing shampoos in the world won’t help if you aren’t nourishing your body. Here’s how the Healthy Hair Diet can help: Just like [...]

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Morning workout increases metabolism throughout the day?

Morning workout increases metabolism throughout the day?

By on May 23, 2008 in Exercise

Working out before eating breakfast offers no additional or superior rewards. In general, any time you exercise, you’ll raise your metabolism during the session and for some time afterwards. Studies have shown that the more intensely you exercise, the longer your metabolic rate stays raised. The magnitude and duration of this increase varies from person [...]

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Eating at night = weight gain: Myth or fact?

Eating at night = weight gain: Myth or fact?

By on May 23, 2008 in Health

The important fact of metabolism is that our bodies do not stop working, even when we are sleeping! Hearts are beating, blood is circulating, lungs are functioning and brains are even working. This all takes energy — meaning we are still burning calories. There is no magic time after which the body stores fat. For [...]

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Eating and exercise: Time it right to maximize your workout

By on May 23, 2008 in Exercise

When you eat and what you eat can affect your performance and the way you feel while you’re exercising. Coordinate your meals, snacks and what you drink to make the most of your exercise routine. Eating a lot before exercise can slow you down.When you exercise after a large meal, you may feel sluggish or [...]

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