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February 6, 2012

Twinkies, Counting Calories, and Losing Weight

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There are many myths about losing weight. One of the most prevalent is the fact that you don’t have to count calories to lose weight. The truth is losing weight does come down to basic math. In fact, a nutrition professor decided to go on a “Twinkie” diet. He literally ate junk food for every [...]

Turn On Those Fat Burning Hormones!

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Our body harnesses countless different types of hormones all serving their own purpose, one of those being made up of several different hormones are those that contribute to fat loss.  Since you’re trying to lose weight wouldn’t you like to know how you can change what you’re currently doing now to start activating more of [...]

Bulk Up Your Diet With Negative Calorie Foods to Lose Weight

Did you know that there are some foods, which require more energy to metabolize than we obtain from eating them? This result is usually referred to as the negative calorie effect. A simple example is water.  It supplies zero calories, but requires energy to swallow and warm to body temperature. Below is a list of [...]

Drinking Again? Alcohol Can Have Undesired Effects on Your Diet and Weight Loss

If you frequently have a glass of wine with dinner, or a few beers after work, you may wonder about the effects of alcohol on your weight loss. As you diet, each food or beverage you consume has an effect on your weight loss speed. Alcohol is no exception. Alcohol has fat, just as food [...]

Free Calorie Counters Available Online

There are a number of free calorie counters available on the internet.  These programs allow you to select a specific food and it will tell you how many calories are in one serving.  It will also tell you what the recommended serving size is.  If you are on a diet, you owe it to yourself [...]

Calorie Counter Charts Let You Track Your Food Intake

Calorie counter charts allow the millions of people that are on a dieting plan a way to track their food intake.  Half of the people on a diet at any given time don’t know how to properly diet.  Calorie counter charts help to rectify this problem. Many companies claim to have perfected calorie counter charts [...]

Calorie Definition and Weight Loss

Nutritionists measure the energy content of food in “calories” (sometimes capitalized and abbreviated as Cal or sometimes C, or abbreviated kcal as if small calories were being used), where each food calorie represents 4,186 joules. This is equivalent to 1000 of the calories used in chemistry, and thus the food Calorie would be called a [...]

Calorie Reduction Diet Lose 5 10 15 Lbs

No matter how hard we all try to lose weight, no matter how many gimmicks we buy into, no matter how many miracle foods or super foods claim all kinds of weight loss guarantees, just about any family physician will say the same thing when you ask him how to shed a few pounds.  Exercise [...]

How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks!

At least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Epidemiological research also supports a positive association between calorie-containing beverage consumption and increased body [...]

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