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Healthy food swaps

“Trying to eat more healthily can seem daunting. In fact, by changing just a few eating habits you make a big difference to your diet. Do you live in the Manchester area? Would you be willing to be interviewed for a research project about lifestyle changes to reduce heart disease? If so, visit the NHS Direct Research site for more information. Making that change will mean you’ll get more of the nutrients your body needs. It will help you to achieve your 5 A DAY portions of fruit and vegetables. And it could help you to shed excess pounds and achieve a healthy weight. It’s [ ... ]

Low-fat vs. low-carb

Over time, many different types of diets have been popular, including low-fat and low-carb diets. Some years ago, low-fat was the mantra. More recently low-carb has been the rage, promising effortless weight loss while eating all the high-fat foods you want. Low-fat usually means high-carb but doesn’t always mean low-calorie if someone eats too many carbs, particularly processed carbs that are more concentrated in calories. Conversely, low-carb usually means high-fat. Many people who have tried this type of diet know it can be difficult to continue for a long time because a lot of good tasting fruits and other carbohydrates are [ ... ]

Top Healthy Way to Lose Weight While Breastfeeding

Top Healthy Way to Lose Weight While Breastfeeding: ”   Top Healthy Way to Lose Weight While Breastfeeding Are you breastfeeding and needs to lose a few pounds fast. This article can help you achieve just that. Read on to learn how. There are 2 aspects that is very vital when you are searching for a healthy way to lose weight while breastfeeding. I will not be brief here and act like I am helping but I will open my mind and reveal how you can lose about 5 -10 pounds in about 7 days guaranteed. Make sure you leave no word behind because [ ... ]

7 Miracle Spices With Huge Health Benefits (and Big Flavor) : TreeHugger

7 Miracle Spices With Huge Health Benefits (and Big Flavor) : TreeHugger: ” Spice up your life with these herbs, roots, and plants that benefit your health as much as they do your taste buds: From keeping your heart healthy and your arteries clear to reducing pain and warding off cancer, these everyday flavors will add a healthy punch to all your breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. 1. Chili Peppers Add some heat to your dish with chili peppers — and choose versions that are especially spicy to get the maximum amount of capsaicin. Capsacin, the “ (Via http://www.treehugger.com/.) Incoming search terms:miracle spices7 miracle spices7 [ ... ]

Alcohol Effect on the body

For the first time in years, I went to see a doctor. I try to avoid doctors because I consider them to be people who will tell me that I am diseased, rather than people who heal. Anyway, the doctor asked me about my alcohol consumption, which I already knew to be way too high. On that particular day, I had tasted six wines the night before and drunk a shot of very nice tequila for breakfast (I was interviewing someone about his new off-licence–it wasn’t my fault), so I drew a deep breath and confessed to 30 units [ ... ]

The Story of Metabolism

Once upon a time, there was a little muscle cell. It was a smart little muscle cell. It knew that the best way to create energy was to burn fat and sugar together. It was also a conservative little cell and only used as much fat and sugar as it needed, so it wouldn’t be wasteful because it knew that one day it may need to use that excess energy. Incoming search terms:A story about metabolismcant below a certain weightgetting below a certain weightmetabolism storysmart muscle cell mitochondria fatty Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via [ ... ]