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Your weekly eating score card

ameliab — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

Think your diet is pretty good do you? Maybe you don’t want to know how bad it actually is! Whether you love diets or you love eating, here is a score card to help you determine how close you really are to achieving a healthy eating balance

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Eat right for your body type- metabolic typing

ameliab — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

Have you ever noticed how some people can wake up and inhale sausages, eggs and bacon for breakfast and feel great, whilst a meal like that would make others feel tired and sleepy? Or when you eat that really healthy salad sandwich for lunch, but an hour later you are tired, sleepy and hungry? The fact is that everyone is different, so understanding and eating according to your metabolic type can have a massive effect on your energy levels and overall health.

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5 simple tips fopr losing body fat

ameliab — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

OK so you’re doing what the doctor/trainer/program instructed but you don’t seem to be losing any body fat. What is going on? Why can someone else lose it so easily but you struggle? First and foremost don’t complicate matters, fat loss is not rocket science and if you do too much research you may get analysis paralysis and get confused. Before you give up, make sure you are following these 5 tips and remember this should be a way of life, not a short term fix:

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Natural Weight Loss: Negative Calorie Foods that Burn More Calories than They Contain

meetjack — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

You might have gone through articles on net or listen from your friends that negative calorie foods helps in natural weight loss. So first of all let’s know about these foods. Some foods take your body more effort to digest than others.

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Negative calorie foods and weight loss

meetjack — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

The negative calorie foods are basically vegetables and fruits, that are low in fat and high in carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Some of common example are celery, broccoli, asparagus, spinach, melons, berries, etc.

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Kick Start Your Day With These 11 Mood-Lifting Foods at Personal Development with Ririan Project

allen — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

We’ve heard the expression “you are what you eat.” When it’s crunch time, we tend to engage in all sorts of unhealthy habits that further increase our stress levels. That pizza? Bad idea. If your anxiety is spiraling out of control, food should be your ally, not your enemy. So if you find yourself cranky, tired and even clinically depressed, try these 11 mood-boosting foods.

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Researchers say 'skinny' gene really exists

murali — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

A team of American researchers say they may have found the "skinny" gene after they were able to manipulate obesity among worms and mice. Published in the Sept. 5 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the report looks at the role played by a single gene in fat formation. Greater activity in the "adipose" gene -- first discovered in fruit flies 50 years ago -- was found to keep fruit flies, worms and mice skinny, regardless of how much they ate.

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9 Reasons why An Apple a Day Really Keeps the Doctor away

krishna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”…but why? Do you really know what makes an apple so special? Why is it that we never hear an orange or a banana a day keeps the doctor away? Apples have properties that no other fruit have and its benefits have been proven overtime. You will be able to get the benefits of these properties individually with other fruits, but an apple combines everything and makes it simpler. It has been shown over and over that if it’s not simple, easy and fast, people

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Fish Oil May Help Keep Inflammation at Bay - healthfinder.gov

krishna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

Eating fish oil, rather than vegetable oil, is a better means of managing the amount of inflammatory chemicals called prostanoids in the body, researchers report. Researchers at the University of Michigan report that understanding how fish oil works may even help with the development of new anti-inflammatory drugs. "Prostanoids help control blood pressure, fight allergies, and modulate inflammation, but too much of them, especially those made from vegetable oils, can also lead to increased pai

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What is Tea ?: A Synopsis of the Basic Varieties: Black, Oolong, Green & White

krishna — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:42:42 GMT

Eliminate infusion confusion. Understanding the differences between the basic types of tea -- Black, Oolong, Green and White -- can change you from tea novice to expert!

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