Can a diet compensate for health damage caused by smoking? What foods should you eat if you smoke? When you quit, what type of diet is best to prevent weight gain? Linda Smyth, an experienced dietitian and nutritional consultant explains the issues and gives practical eating advice. As a dietitian, the three most common questions…
Usually we all seek to lose weight as fast and easy as possible, and in top of that we want results right away. And if we don’t get them, we just quit and move along. Frequently we become objective (to lose 1 kilo every week) and if in one week it lowers solely half kilo…
If you have tried every so-called healthy diet plan on the planet and every exercise program from the latest fitness guru and repeatedly failed to achieve your weight loss goals, you probably need a “healthy diet check up…from the neck up.” There’s no such thing as a healthy, fast, weight loss diet plan. Successful weight…
Losing weight is no longer an issue you can afford to procrastinate, and probably a good health scare is in order. Obesity is the second leading cause of death after smoking. It is associated with an increased mortality rate of all ages including children. Losing weight though commercialized is still to your benefit if you…
I went on my first diet around five years ago. Over the past four and a half years my weight went up and down as I tried every diet and exercise program under the sun. Nothing seemed to work for me. Until six months ago I enrolled in a weight workshop which taught me that…
Many parents are being told to put their kids on a diet or risk that they will develop serious health problems. But what is the best way to get a child to lose weight and keep it off? Here is a sure-fire list of diet dos and don’ts to help your family triumph over obesity:…
Have you ever wondered what foods should I feed my Kid to promote health and weight management? Here is a list of the top 7 healthiest foods to feed your kid and why it’s so healthy: Oatmeal: A fabulous breakfast food, full of B vitamins, iron, zinc and calcium. Old-fashioned oatmeal offers plenty of carbohydrate…
Looking for help with losing weight? Help that goes beyond the usual lifestyle changes, portion control advice and exercise routines? Weight-loss supplements touting names like “fat burner” and “thermo max” can be enticing. But do they work? And even more important, in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration’s recent ban on ephedra, are…