9 Healthy Lifestyle Tips and Tricks
February 17, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
As 2012 begins, you may be resolved (again) to lose weight and get healthy. Many people choose the first of the year to begin a new diet or exercise regimen. Unfortunately, the majority of those people fall away from their new diets by the time March rolls around. If your ultimate goal is to be [...]
The Diabetes Diet: Lifestyle Counseling and Healthy Eating Keep Blood Sugar in Check
February 15, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
There is no doubt that diabetes is a serious health condition. According to the American Diabetes Association, 8.3 percent of the American population, or 25.8 million people, have the disease. Treating diabetes is costing the country nearly $200 billion annually. Uncontrolled diabetes can ravage your health. The list of complications linked to diabetes is long [...]
Five Ways to Enjoy Valentine’s Day Without Derailing Your Diet
February 10, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
When you think of Valentine’s Day, three things probably come immediately to mind: your sweetheart, red hearts and chocolate. While decadent sweets certainly are traditional, celebrating the holiday doesn’t have to destroy your diet. Here are five suggestions for easy, healthy, romantic Valentine’s Day activities. 1. Give a Healthy Gift Low-calorie fruit, such as strawberries [...]
Sleep-Deprived People Consume More Calories
February 8, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
Health experts have long advocated the benefits of sleep. Sleep helps a body recuperate from stress, fight off disease, and repair damaged muscles. Recent studies detailed by Reuters show that sleep deprivation is directly linked to weight gain. On average, subjects who didn’t receive a full night’s sleep ate 300 more calories than those who [...]
How to Eat Before and After a Workout
January 27, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Fitness
In order to maintain your optimal weight, the calories you consume should equal the calories you burn. We lose weight by reducing the overall number of calories we consume and increasing the calories we burn through exercise and other daily activities. From a mathematical standpoint, it doesn’t matter when you consume calories or when you [...]
10 Weight Loss Tips that Actually Work
January 25, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
There are a hundred and one reasons why each of us wants to lose weight. To look like the supermodel on the magazine cover, squeeze back into our skinny jeans or simply become healthier. In America alone fifty million people per year start a dieting journey. Although some of them succeed many do fail, time, [...]
Is the hCG Diet Safe and Effective?
January 23, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
Dr. Oz featured it on his show and now the nation is ecstatic over the latest fad diet – hCG. Is it safe and does it work? Read this to find out if it’s all that it’s cracked up to be. The newest fad diet is the hCG diet and people are head over heels [...]
Speed Up Your Metabolism Naturally
January 18, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
Some people seem to have the knack of easily maintaining a healthy weight. Others diet and exercise without achieving the level of weight loss they are looking for. The difference is in the metabolism. Metabolism is a name for all the processes that take care of generating and burning up fat cells, besides turning calories [...]
Tips to Banish Binge Eating
January 16, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Eating Disorders
Binge eating can destroy a low fat diet plan. The behavior often results from emotional disturbances. Depression brought on by stress at home or in the workplace could be a major factor. Feelings of pressure can lead to bouts of eating that offer a few moments of pleasure to relieve the pain of overwhelming stress. [...]
Lose Weight by Watching Less TV
January 15, 2012 by Nellie Bly Filed under Diet Health and Fitness
Of course, the simple act of watching a television program doesn’t add inches to your waistline. It’s all of the things that go along with watching TV that can be dangerous to your health. Research has shown that people who watch at least two hours of TV every day have a 23% higher chance of [...]
