When you lose weight, your body fights back. Typically, you may be able to lose quite a lot of weight at the beginning, without much effort. Then weight loss may…
Facts About Low Carb Diets
Why Low Carb Diets don’t promote High-Performance Athletes This article is about fueling a high-performance athlete not weight-loss. Whether you call it keto, Paleo, Dukan, or Atkins, low-carb eating patterns…
Celiac Disease
Factoid: Gluten-free foods –are not necessarily better for you. Gluten-free may be displayed on many wheat products nowadays yet there is no validated science showing that eating a gluten-free diet…
Technostress and How to Cure It
Stress is categorized in various forms, chemical, physical, emotional, neurological, and environmental. Technostress interacts with all other forms of stress to create a synergistic effect (1+1= 6); for example combining…
The Glycemic Index
What the glycemic index means to the dieter and common problems related to glucose. The glycemic index was developed in the early 1980’s by David Jenkins, PhD., as a tool…
6 Easy Ways to Achieve a Balanced Diet
As cross training is important for body balance, remember to purchase and try different foods for the board range of nutrition value it provides. Don’t single out or focus on…
The Thin Fantasy
A Matter of Metabolism Weight Loss comes down to Resting Metabolism Rate/Basal Metabolism Rate combined with physical training and balanced nutrition. All humans expend energy in three ways: through the…
The Benefits of Chocolate
Feel-good endorphins Reduced risk of diabetes Reduced LDL cholesterol levels Lower blood pressure Boosts brain function Relieves stress Prevents stroke Neutralizes coughing Beats diarrhea As I say to my nutritional…
Guidelines for Vegetarians
What is a vegetarian diet? Some people follow a “vegetarian” diet, but there’s no single vegetarian eating pattern. The vegan or total vegetarian diet includes only foods from plants: fruits,…