What Is BMI and Why Should I Know Mine?

BMI stands for body mass index. BMI measurement is essentially a tool to help doctors and patients assess patients’ height-to-weight ratios. Like any tool, it is not perfect. It is helpful, however, especially to diagnose obesity or morbid obesity. It’s simple to check your own BMI. Simply use an online BMI calculator like ours. Enter [...]

Revamp Your Grocery List: Purchase These Low-Fat Items Instead

You can eat healthier and lose some weight by making some simple changes to your routine.  One easy change to make is purchasing food that is lower in fat. By reducing your overall fat intake, you will also reduce your caloric intake. When tracking down the sources of excess fat in your diet, the two [...]

6 Questions to Ask Before Beginning a New Diet Plan

Titles like the Cabbage Soup Diet, the Atkins Diet, the South Beach Diet, the Grapefruit Diet and Fruitarianism imply the diets offer simple, healthy ways to lose weight. While some of these diets have proven effective in the short term, there is little evidence to support longer term effectiveness and some evidence to show they [...]

Don’t Let Thanksgiving Destroy Your Diet Plan

Thanksgiving is a time where family and friends get together to celebrate, watch the big game and…eat a lot of food. If you’ve been trying to watch your weight, you may be dreading the holiday instead of looking forward to it. But with a little planning, you can enjoy Thanksgiving without sacrificing the healthy habits [...]

Can Reducing Gluten Promote a Healthier Life?

Achieving and maintaining healthy lifestyles have become popular topics of discussion among fitness gurus and novices alike. While some nutritionists may agree that whole-grain pastas and a turkey sandwich with tomatoes on wheat bread are excellent meals for those trying to watch their weight and overall health, others may not be so sure. Some people [...]

Weight Loss Calculator

Looking to see what you need to do to get to your target weight?  Our weight loss calculator can help.  Just input your current weight, then input your desired weight, and you’ll see the number of calories per day you can eat to achieve your goal in a relatively short amount of time. What Is [...]

5 Best Cities for Walkers

You already know that there are man benefits to walking, but if you are like most Americans, you may be missing some opportunities to do so. Walking in many nations is common — the use of cars to conduct basic errands is nearly unheard of. However, with our fast-paced lives, it is more common to [...]

One Good Diet Begets Another

Worried about your family’s weight gain? The best way to help your family lose weight is to work on losing weight yourself. A recent study out of Stanford Universityhas shown that following a gastric bypass surgery, adult family members of the patient also lost weight. Although the study did not include people who lost weight [...]

Wow! Truth in Advertising…Antioxidant Spices

The McCormick company, which sells cooking herbs and spices, has conducted research into the antioxidant health benefits of culinary spices. Their results show that cooking with as little as two tablespoons of certain spices can increase your intake of antioxidants by a measurable amount. While one would normally be skeptical about manufacturer-sponsored studies that show [...]

Reducing Carbs Better than Lowering Fat Intake for Metabolic Syndrome

Reducing fat intake has been the standard diet recommendation for people with metabolic syndrome. Continued research is showing that reducing carbohydrates in the diet may be more effective at improving symptoms. Since metabolic syndrome is associated with an insulin imbalance, reducing carbohydrates may help to improve insulin’s response. Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic syndrome is a group [...]

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