January 25, 2010
- Diet Pills for Health
Losing weight can be tough. Exercise is an important element of weight loss, but it can be a while before the effects are noticeable. For some people, this can be disheartening, which makes it hard to keep up the exercise regime. There are other ways to help excess weight drop off quicker, which can help [...]
November 1, 2009
- Run For Your Life!
Or at least for your health. Running offers such tremendous health benefits that if you were really disciplined and the weather were always nice, there’d be no reason to spend money on a gym membership, or aerobics classes, or a home-gym machine, or really on any sort of workout.
Here are 5 reasons why you should [...]
September 16, 2009
- Stomach This: 12 Flat Ab Foods
Exercise is the best way to lose weight, right? So, where are those beach ready abs? No matter how much you exercise, no many how many crunches you do a day, the key to getting that washboard stomach lies in the right combination of diet and exercise. By eating the right foods, you can actually [...]
July 9, 2009
- Wisdom of Ayurveda for Treating Hypertension
In today’s world of science and technology, sometimes the most wise thing to do is turn to the old and ancient wisdom to seek the cures for today’s illnesses, such as hypertension. Ayurvedic medicine, or ancient Indian science of healing has long known that there are certain simple lifestyle changes which can be made to [...]
- Savory Veggies Lower Blood Pressure
It is known that certain dietary factors contribute to keeping a healthy and normal blood pressure, such as avoiding salt and eating plenty of high fiber vegetable, fruits and grains. But now, research has revealed that there is a certain flavor-enhancing compound found in all vegetables which could be one of the reasons why the [...]
April 23, 2009
- How to Kick Start Your Weight Loss with Herbs
Experts say that the key to weight loss is eating less and exercising more, but herbs can be your loyal friend when attempting to lose weight. In fact, the use of the right herbs at the right time can help you lose weight more effectively than without. Here are a few of my favorites when [...]
March 31, 2009
- MCTs and Weight Loss
You can work hard at the gym to burn fat and stay in control over your diets, or you could start popping diet pills like Phentermine, but I am always looking for natural ways to help ease the process, aren’t you? That’s why I find the scientific studies on medium chain triglycerides and weight loss [...]
March 29, 2009
- Coffee Power
Did you know that coffee is a powerful aid in enhancing athletic endurance and performance? In fact, caffeine in coffee or other forms was once deemed a “controlled” substance by the Olympic Games Committee, meaning athletes were under coffee control!
So what exactly does it do to enhance performance? What caffeine likely does is stimulate the [...]
March 20, 2009
- The Thermic Effect of Food
Thermic effect of food (TEF) is a component of basic metabolism just like resting metabolic rate and exercise and the thermic effect of food uses up about 10% of the caloric intake of a given time period. But what exactly is this thermic effect and what foods raise it, so you can burn more calories? [...]
March 13, 2009
- The Truth Behind Conjugated Linoleic Acid
One of the names that has been popping up in the diet world a lot in recent years is Conjugated Linoleic acid. By definition, Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are a family of at least 28 isomers of linoleic acid found especially in the meat and dairy products derived from ruminants, or cows, to you and [...]
March 9, 2009
- The Benefits of Cheating (on your diet)
People often relate to diets as “make or break”—that is, if you cheat just once, you’re one. The diet is over and continuing is no longer worth your time. However, time (and the people who have succeeded in their diet goals) have told us that this approach is all wrong. They say, forget what you’ve [...]
March 3, 2009
- Capsaicin for Fat Burning
What would you say if I told you that there are bodybuilders out there who avoid all fat burner supplements but are devoted to the active ingredient in Cayenne pepper, capsaicin, and wont workout without it? I know, its totally incredible to think that the spice hanging around most people’s kitchens is actually a popular [...]
February 25, 2009
- Breakfast Keeps You Thin
We’ve all heard before that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and yet most of us still barely are able to scarf down a few hundred calories of empty carbs in the morning, citing excuses like time and I’m not hungry in the morning. Studies have shown that breakfast is the most [...]
February 12, 2009
- Burn Fat with Green Tea
When you work out in the gym every day with that huge commitment and the results come slower than you’d like, it’s a huge bummer. After all, you’re eating right and burning lots of energy so what else could you do to get the weight to drop off? Turns out it may be cutting out [...]
