Category: Weight Loss
WEIGHT IN PREGNANCY: SO LONG, STRETCH MARKS
A sudden weight gain for any reason can cause stretch marks, those first reddish and then pearly white lines that just never seem to go away. Well, the truth is that the best way to get rid of them is to nip them in the bud – obviously, easier said than done. If you are [...]
NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF APPETITE CONTROL: FAT
A preference for fatty foods may have developed during hunter-gatherer times because high-fat foods were both scarce and probably beneficial for survival.10 this legacy now counts against us in a world of greater availability of fatty foods with desirable textural qualities like thickness and smoothness. Does a high-fat meal reduce appetite? Professor Blundell and his [...]
EATING DISORDERS: RESISTANCE
Dealing with eating disorders would be easy if all we had to do was say, “Eat normal-sized, healthy meals at regular times and you’ll be fine.” While the prescription is basically correct, nothing is that simple. Remember, anorexics often don’t think they are sick. Instead, their illness is their identity. Thinness makes them special. They [...]
GET YOUR BODY MOVING: WHEN IT COMES TO EXERCISE, THE SKY’S THE LIMIT
For most people, vacations and plane travel are times to sit back and relax. For 48-year-old Kathleen Rayson of Munich, Germany, they’re a signal to start moving. Kathleen, her husband, Tom, and their son, T. J., journey to Florida twice a year to spend time at their second home in Sarasota. In the past, Kathleen [...]
THE FAT BLOCKER PROGRAM: BUILDING YOUR EATING PROGRAM
How do we develop an eating plan that is practical, doable, and aims in the direction of these ideals? A simple way is to follow the practical, no-nonsense food guide pyramid put out by the U.S. Government. This plan isn’t fancy and it doesn’t involve hyped-up theories of food combining, or drinking gallons of water, [...]
UNHEALTHY EATING PRACTICES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT ON BY DIETING
Compulsive Eating—The compulsive eater is obsessed with eating; extra sensitive to the sight, smell, and thought of food; chronically worried about his or her appearance; likely to rank everyone he or she sees on a thin-to-fat scale; thinking constantly about the next meal. Anorexia—Anorexics impose on themselves a severe, unhealthy restriction of eating; are consumed [...]
CHITOSAN HELPS KEEP THE ARTERIES CLEAN
If Chitosan only blocked the absorption of fat and helped us to lose weight, it would be enough. But it does more. This miraculous substance also alters the blood profile. There are many tests in a standard blood panel, but two of the most important as far as heart health are concerned are the levels [...]
THE FAT BLOCKER PROGRAM: FAT’S ABILITY CANCER OF THE COLON AND RECTUM WAS PROBABLY
Fat’s ability to activate cancer of the colon and rectum was probably first demonstrated in 1967, when a study by Ernst Wynder noted that: 1. The incidence of cancer of the colon and rectum was low in Japan. 2. The traditional Japanese diet is low in fat (only about 10 percent of its calories come [...]
WHY DO I LOVE FOOD
There are many theories to explain how the brain regulates food intake. One argues that there are two separate entities located in the hypothalamus (a small part of the brain). One is the feeding center and the other the satiety center. The feeding center sends out a signal to eat when your body requires nourishment, [...]
